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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!
Stay in the know with our monthly blog. Our librarians are here to update you on services, events, resources, and more.
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!
Find archived blogs and staff picks at the links below:
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Brooke
23 minutes ago2 min read
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...
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Katina
29 minutes ago2 min read
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...
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Brooke
3 days ago3 min read
Brooke's Pick: Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
After an accident, a struggling artist realizes it's hard to face your issues when you literally can't recognize faces in this novel...
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Katie
3 days ago2 min read
Katie's Pick: The Unofficial Disney Parks Cookbook by Ashley Craft
Experience the magic of the Disney Parks right in your kitchen with these 100, easy and delicious recipes inspired by Walt Disney World!...
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Heather
4 days ago1 min read
Heather's Pick: Tiana's Perfect Plan by Anika Noni Rose
A debut picture book from an acclaimed actress, singer and Disney Legend shows Princess Tiana on a never-before-seen New Orleans...
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Brooke
4 days ago3 min read
Brooke's Pick: After Oz by Gordon McAlpine
Kansas, 1896. After a tornado destroys the Gale family farm, eleven-year-old Dorothy goes missing. The Gales are terrified the worst has...
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Laura
5 days ago2 min read
Laura's Pick: Before Dementia by Dr. Kate Gregorevic
Structured around 20 questions you need to ask to help prevent, prepare, and cope, this book is a friendly, authoritative guide for...
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Brooke
5 days ago2 min read
Brooke's Pick: Such a Pretty Girl by T. Greenwood
When a controversial photo of her as a pre-teen is found in the possession of a predator—with an inscription to him from her mother on...
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Brittany
6 days ago1 min read
Brittany's Pick: The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong
A wandering fortune teller finds an unexpected family in this warm and wonderful debut fantasy. Tao is a teller of (you guessed it)...
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Brooke
6 days ago3 min read
Brooke's Pick: This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
When Alice wakes up on her 40th birthday somehow back in 1996 as her 16-year-old self, she finds the biggest surprise is the 49-year-old...
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Van
7 days ago2 min read
Van's Pick: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
When terrorists seize hostages at an embassy party, an unlikely assortment of people is thrown together, including American opera star...
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Dione
Jan 61 min read
Dione's Pick: Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
In her first memoir, the bestselling cookbook author and host of the beloved Food Network show "Barefoot Contessa" offers a personal,...
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Katie
Jan 31 min read
Katie's Pick: Mental Wellness by Pat Thomas
An authoritative guide on natural approaches to boost everyday mental wellness and provide extra support when you need it the most....
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Brooke
Jan 32 min read
Brooke's Pick: What Mother Won't Tell Me by Ivar Leon Menger
Raised in strict isolation, Juno sets in motion a chain of frightening events when she's spotted by a stranger that makes her realize she...
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Laura
Nov 12, 20242 min read
Laura's Pick: The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness
When the Congregation demands she and Matthew test the magic of their seven-year-old twins, Oxford scholar and witch, Diana Bishop,...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
Oct 10, 20242 min read
Catherine's Pick: Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
Victoria Stewart and her crew sail to the Mariana Trench in the hopes of discovering the fate of the Atargatis, which, along with its...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
Oct 2, 20241 min read
Dione's Pick: Into the Fire by Allison Brennan
Things are heating up in Arizona, in this thrilling novella introducing a page-turning new series by New York Times bestselling author ...
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Brooke
Oct 1, 20242 min read
Brooke's Pick: She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica
An ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient’s frightening past in this riveting thriller. I read my first Mary Kubica book nearly a...
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Crystal
Aug 30, 20241 min read
Crystal's Pick: Sweet Jane by Joanne Kukanza Easley
A drunken mother makes childhood ugly. Sweet Jane by Joanne Kukanza Easley was an emotional, coming of age story about healing from past...
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Catherine
Aug 30, 20242 min read
Catherine's Pick: Selling the Dream by Jane Marie
Peabody and Emmy Award–winning journalist Jane Marie expands on her popular podcast The Dream to expose the scourge of multilevel...
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Brittany
Aug 30, 20242 min read
Brittany's Pick: Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Once Upon a Time meets The Office in Hannah Maehrer’s laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned novel, about the sunshine assistant to an...
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Laura
Aug 12, 20242 min read
Laura's Picks: All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
After a string of disappearances in 1975 Missouri, a one-eyed boy heroically thwarts a kidnapping, igniting a chain of events that blur...
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Brooke
Aug 12, 20242 min read
Brooke's Pick: Look in the Mirror by Catherine Steadman
When her late father leaves her property in the British Virgin Islands--a vacation home she never knew existed, Nina wonders what else he...
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Van
Jul 25, 20242 min read
Van's Pick: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
On a three-day journey through the snowbound Balkan hills, Hercule Poirot must weed through an array of international suspects to find...
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