BLOG & STAFF PICKS

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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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Crystal's Pick: The Women by Kristin Hannah

In 1965, nursing student Frankie McGrath, after hearing the words "Women can be heroes, too," impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and...

Staff Picks

Crystal

Jun 18, 20242 min read

June 2024: Blogging with Heather

Trains, Planes, and Travel, Oh My! Just as the school year is ending, the fun and adventure at the library is just beginning. The end of...

Blog

Heather

Jun 1, 20242 min read

Dione's Pick: The Cookie That Changed My Life by Nancy Silverton

The eagerly anticipated baking bible from America's most respected authority: 100+ recipes for cookies, cakes, breads, breakfast...

Staff Picks

Dione

May 23, 20242 min read

Brooke's Pick: The Someday Daughter by Ellen O'Clover

The daughter of a self-help superstar, Audrey is determined to create her own identity and agrees to go on her mother's book tour, hoping...

Staff Picks

Brooke

May 20, 20242 min read

May 2024: Blogging with Brooke

Pack your bags ... we're going on an adventure this summer at your Lafourche Parish Public Library! Our 2024 Summer Experience is headed...

Blog

Brooke

May 1, 20242 min read

Crystal's Pick: The Dust Bowl Orphans by Suzette D. Harrison

Grieving the loss of her child, Zoe Edwards, cataloguing old photos for an exhibition, discovers an image of a teenage girl who looks...

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Crystal

Mar 27, 20242 min read

Catherine's Pick: Meet Me By the Fountain by Alexandra Lange

An entertaining and evocative stroll through the rise, fall, and ongoing reinvention of malls, which proved to be a powerful draw for...

Staff Picks

Catherine

Mar 22, 20242 min read

Brittany's Pick: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

A Cambridge professor, scholar and researcher on the study of faeries visits the hardscrabble village of Hransvik where she gets closer...

Staff Picks

Brittany

Mar 22, 20242 min read

Katie's Pick: Guarded Treasure by Mae Lovette

Mae Lovette’s debut romance novel, Guarded Treasure, is a steamy opposites attract adventure that I could not put down. Edith Taylor is...

Staff Picks

Katie

Mar 4, 20241 min read

March 2024: Blogging with Shannon

Did you know that March is one of two months out of the year in which you can have your fines forgiven? Though libraries generally...

Blog

Shannon

Mar 4, 20241 min read

Brooke's Pick: Real Self-Care by Pooja Lakshmin, MD

Packed with actionable strategies to deal with common problems, Real Self-Care is a complete roadmap for women to set boundaries and move...

Staff Picks

Brooke

Feb 22, 20242 min read

Dione's Pick: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the...

Staff Picks

Dione

Feb 15, 20242 min read

Brooke's Pick: The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi

Be productive without sacrificing peace of mind using Lazy Genius principles that help you focus on what really matters and let go of...

Staff Picks

Brooke

Feb 5, 20242 min read

Katina's Pick: The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl

The beloved New York Times opinion writer and best-selling author presents this stunning literary devotional that follows the creatures...

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Katina

Feb 2, 20242 min read

Brooke's Pick: The Silence in Her Eyes by Armando Lucas Correa

A young woman with a rare neurological condition is convinced her neighbor is going to be murdered. Armando Lucas Correa's new novel The...

Staff Picks

Brooke

Feb 1, 20242 min read

February 2024: Blogging with Brittany

Do you love libraries? Of course, you do! You’re not a philistine! Well, as Library Lovers’ Month, February is all about you. We’d love...

Lafourche Parish Public Library

Jan 31, 20242 min read

Heather's Pick: A Story No One Has Ever Heard Before by Avi Steinberg

Once upon a time there was a story no one has ever heard before, inspired by a carrot on the run, a knight who’d trade his sword for a...

Staff Picks

Heather

Jan 31, 20242 min read

Brooke's Pick: The Good Part by Sophie Cousens

When she makes a wish to skip to the good part of her life, 26-year-old Lucy Young wakes up to a handsome husband, a high-powered job and...

Staff Picks

Brooke

Jan 25, 20242 min read

Van's Pick: Empire Falls by Richard Russo

Milo Roby tries to hold his family together while working at the Empire Grill in the once-successful logging town of Empire Falls, Maine,...

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Van

Jan 24, 20242 min read

Brooke's Pick: The Second Chance Year by Melissa Wiesner

When her wish to redo her awful year comes true, Sadie Thatcher, with her life in shambles, navigates her second chance, seeing the red...

Staff Picks

Brooke

Jan 9, 20242 min read

Laura's Pick: Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson

From the author of Steve Jobs and other best-selling biographies comes an intimate story of a controversial businessman who helped to...

Staff Picks

Laura

Jan 5, 20242 min read

Brittany's Pick: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice...

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Brittany

Jan 2, 20242 min read

January 2024: Blogging with Laura

Another year has come and gone - it seems like this year just flew by! As always, a lot has happened in our libraries this year....

Blog

Laura

Dec 28, 20232 min read

Brooke's Pick: The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman

Four friends in NYC hold onto their unconventional Christmas tradition even when their paths diverge - but the changes they fear might be...

Staff Picks

Brooke

Dec 19, 20232 min read