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BLOG & STAFF PICKS
Want the latest and greatest news from your LPPL? Want to read what we are reading? You're in the right place!
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Stay in the know with our monthly blog. Our librarians are here to update you on services, events, resources, and more.
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Like you, our librarians love to read good books. Discover what we think about the books we've read, and find some new titles to add to your TBR (to be read) pile with our monthly Staff Picks!
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Find archived blogs and staff picks at the links below:
We always have a good book in hand!
Brooke's Pick: Sunrise On the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
It's the 50th annual Hunger Games and as the games begin, District 12 tribute Haymitch Abernathy realizes he's been set up to fail, but...
Brooke
4 days ago2 min read
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Brittany's Pick: Every Way With Granny Crochet by Julia Madill
Fifty shapes to crochet using classic granny stitch. Think outside the box (or square, that is), grab your hook and create circles,...
Brittany
4 days ago2 min read
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Brooke's Pick: Shopgirls by Jessica Anya Blau
A novel of found family, growing up, and the best and worst of the 1980s, revolving around San Francisco’s most exclusive department...
Brooke
5 days ago3 min read
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Catherine's Pick: Babel by R.F. Kuang
A Chinese boy orphaned by cholera and raised in Britain is trained to work at Oxford's prestigious Royal Institute of Translation, the...
Catherine
5 days ago2 min read
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Crystal's Pick: Happy Harbor by Rachel Hanna
Josie Campbell has spent her entire adult life distancing herself from her childhood in the small Southern town of Happy Harbor. But when...
Crystal
6 days ago1 min read
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Brooke's Pick: Let's Call Her Barbie by Renee Rosen
Including a readers guide and exclusive vintage Barbie photos, a bold new novel shows how Ruth Handler, along with head engineer Jack...
Brooke
6 days ago2 min read
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Library Calendar + Program Types with Brooke
Summer Experience 2025: Level Up @ Your Library is in full swing, and gamers are "pressing play" on a variety of programming...
Brooke
May 282 min read
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Adventure Kits & Portable Story Time Kits with Lynette
If you’re looking for STEAM activities for your family, Adventure Kits are the perfect option for you. Kits include themed hands-on...
Lynette
Apr 242 min read
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Catherine's Pick: Baking for Two by America's Test Kitchen
America's Test Kitchen takes the guesswork out of baking on a smaller scale by reengineering all your favorite baked goods in the Baking...
Catherine
Apr 241 min read
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Crystal's Pick: Little Souls by Sandra Dallas
In 1918 Colorado, as the Spanish Influenza run rampant, sisters Helen and Lutie, after their tenant dies, must assume care of her...
Crystal
Apr 241 min read
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Hotspots with Shannon
No Wi-Fi at home, no problem. LPPL has the answer for you in the form of dedicated mobile hotspots. Mobile hotspots work by using...
Shannon
Mar 11 min read
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Brooke's Pick: Clever Little Thing by Helena Echlin
After her daughter Stella begins mimicking the personality of her deceased babysitter, Blanka, pregnant Charlotte becomes convinced that...
Brooke
Feb 52 min read
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Brittany's Pick: Water Moon by Samanta Sotto Yambao
Hana Ishikawa inherits a hidden pawnshop in Tokyo where people trade their regrets, but when a precious item is stolen and her father...
Brittany
Feb 52 min read
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Brooke's Pick: The Favorites by Layne Fargo
Katarina Shaw and Heath Rocha, childhood sweethearts turned champion ice dancers, captivated the world with their fiery chemistry until a...
Brooke
Feb 33 min read
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Laura's Pick: Blood Beneath the Snow by Alexandra Kennington
Revna is no stranger to struggle. As the only member of the royal family without a magical ability, she is seen as an embarrassing...
Laura
Feb 31 min read
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Brooke's Pick: Hannah Tate, Beyond Repair by Laura Piper Lee
A new mom reinvents herself and finds her happily-ever-after in this heart-filled romance about family, second chances, and growing into...
Brooke
Jan 312 min read
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Katina's Pick: The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
When retired math teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the...
Katina
Jan 312 min read
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Book-a-Librarian with Brittany
Do you have things that need doing? We can help! Did you know that all of our branches have a Book-a-Librarian service? We can help with...
Brittany
Jan 312 min read
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Brooke's Pick: A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
Leaving behind her socialite family in Atlanta, Ricki Wilde moves to New York to open a flower shop as the Harlem Renaissance swirls...
Brooke
Jan 152 min read
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Van's Pick: Slay by Laurell K. Hamilton
Dreading introducing her fiancé, the newly crowned vampire king of America, to her ultra-religious human relatives, necromancer Anita...
Van
Jan 152 min read
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Brooke's Pick: Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell
Fourteen years after they went their separate ways, 33-year-old Shiloh, a divorced, single mom living back in the same house she grew up...
Brooke
Jan 142 min read
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Dione's Pick: Good Lookin' Cookin' by Dolly Parton & Rachel Parton George
You’re invited to pull up a chair to a year of meals, friends, and fun with the Partons, as Dolly and her sister (and favorite cook)...
Dione
Jan 142 min read
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Brooke's Pick: Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle
Every time she meets a new man, Daphne Bell receives a slip of paper with his name and a number on it--the exact amount of time they will...
Brooke
Jan 132 min read
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Katina's Pick: The Bookshop by Evan Friss
An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cultural life, from department stores to...
Katina
Jan 132 min read
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