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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:

We always have a good book in hand!

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
Jan 12 min read
Subscription Services with Laura
Did you realize the Lafourche Parish Library has a vast array of digital download and streaming services available ...
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Crystal
Nov 26, 20242 min read
December 2024: Blogging with Crystal
The Christmas season at the library is amazing, spectacular, and fun-filled. In my opinion, it’s just as exciting as Summer Experience...
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Crystal
Nov 12, 20242 min read
Crystal's Pick: The Secret to Happiness by Suzanne Woods Fisher
Fired from her dream job after making a huge mistake, Callie Dixon lands at her aunt's Cape Cod ice cream shop, hoping that in time,...
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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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Katina
Nov 1, 20243 min read
November 2024: Blogging with Katina
Libraries have a long and storied history of being learning centers for people of all ages. Ours is no different. Part of the Lafourche...
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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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Lafourche Parish Public Library
Oct 1, 20242 min read
October 2024: Blogging with Van
Our library system has some great programming lined up for you in October. In addition to Halloween and Fire Prevention Month, LPPL is...
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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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Katie
Aug 30, 20245 min read
September 2024: Blogging with Katie
Even though our summer experience program is over, we’re still busy here at LPPL. The fall season is full of engaging programs, all free...
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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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Catherine
Aug 1, 20242 min read
August 2024: Blogging with Catherine
This year’s Summer Experience was so much fun! We always love the enthusiasm that our community brings to it. As families and educators...
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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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Heather
Jul 25, 20242 min read
Heather's Pick: Art Club by Rashad Doucet
Starting an after-school art club, Dale Donovan, who wants nothing more than to create comics forever, assembles together creative...
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Brooke
Jul 25, 20242 min read
Brooke's Pick: The Guests by Margot Hunt
When a Category 5 hurricane is poised to hit their coastal Florida town, the Davies family takes refuge in their waterfront manse....
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Brittany
Jul 25, 20242 min read
Brittany's Pick: The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
In 1918, field nurse Laura Iven returns to Belgium to uncover the truth about her brother Freddie's supposed death in combat, while...
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Dione
Jul 1, 20245 min read
July 2024: Blogging with Dione
Have you found your summer adventure yet? There’s still time to participate in Lafourche Parish Library’s Summer Experience. You can...
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Brooke
Jun 28, 20243 min read
Brooke's Pick: Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
A young woman attempts to navigate adulthood, new motherhood and her meager bank account in our increasingly online world. Rufi Thorpe...
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Katina
Jun 28, 20242 min read
Katina's Pick: Cajun Mardi Gras by Dixie Poche
Dive into Cajun Mardi Gras, where the party goes down with a wholly different flourish. People the world over know about Mardi Gras. It’s...
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