Siren Songs | The Reader’s Shelf | November 15, 2012
Print readers easily recognize names such as Lee Child and Bob Woodward. In the audiobook universe, Scott Brick and Katherine Kellgren top the best sellers lists, consistently offering listeners...
View ArticleMultnomah’s Favorite Books of 2012 | The Reader’s Shelf, December 2012
Oregon’s Multnomah County Library is the oldest public library west of the Mississippi. Portland, the county seat, is home to Powell’s City of Books and a community of avid readers. The award-winning...
View ArticleWinter’s Tale: Warm Up with These Reads | The Reader’s Shelf
As winter’s chill descends and creates perfect stay-inside-and-read weather, consider spending time with these seven works depicting the beauty and relentless nature of ice, wind, and snow. Wind speed...
View ArticleThe Reader’s Shelf | February 1, 2013
Now, Voyager: Book a Journey of the Imagination Much of the joy of reading can be traced to the various destinations waiting to be explored from the comfort of one’s own home, be the trip a fantasy or...
View ArticleElegiac Ink: Death in Graphic Novels | The Reader’s Shelf: February 15, 2013
Death is not an easy topic to explore, but when text is expanded by the graphic form, authors and artists find new ways to address the most fundamental of human experiences: coming to terms with...
View ArticleThe Reader’s Shelf | March 1, 2013
The pleasures of having a story read to us resonate from childhood through old age. Here, the committee members of the Reference & User Services Association’s (RUSA) Listen List share six...
View ArticleMission to Mars: The Reader’s Shelf | March 15, 2013
Given the excitement surrounding NASA’s successful landing last August of Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory, and the ongoing reports of its discoveries, now is the perfect time to explore the red...
View ArticleLetters from Poets: The Reader’s Shelf | April 1, 2013
Once a poet, always a poet—no matter in what literary form they may choose to write. Celebrate National Poetry Month with these distinctive collections of letters in which acclaimed poets weave vivid...
View ArticleSurviving Genocide: Memoirs of the Unthinkable | The Reader’s Shelf, April...
The men and women who survived genocide and helped others to survive deserve our everlasting admiration. Their heroic, suspenseful, and inspirational accounts are harrowing but vitally important...
View ArticleThe Reader’s Shelf: May 1, 2013
Celebrating the Best of Jewish Literature The recent winners of the Sophie Brody Medal, awarded by the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) of the American Library Association’s...
View ArticleGoing to the Dogs: Some Waggingly Good Tales | The Reader’s Shelf, June 1, 2013
Dogs are not just our best friends. As these books prove, they are also our saviors, traveling companions, and earnest and loving teachers. In the early 1960s, John Steinbeck took a long and winding...
View ArticleReading and Living the Creative Life | The Reader’s Shelf, May 15, 2013
Live the creative life vicariously in three novels about artists in passionate pursuit of their callings. Then look within to discover (or recover) your own creative DNA with the help of a writer, a...
View ArticleEvery Picture Tells a Story: Illustrated Reads | The Reader’s Shelf, June 15,...
Graphic novels offer many pleasures as they blend image and text. The best examples create an alchemic experience in which the text furthers the image and the image complicates and complements the...
View ArticleCould You Show Me on a Map? | The Reader’s Shelf, July 2013
With the advent of modern technologies like Google Maps and GPS devices, it is easy to take for granted how effortless it is to navigate from point A to point B with the touch of a button. Still, there...
View ArticleTales from the Heartland | The Reader’s Shelf
Whether it is your home, where your heart is, or just somewhere between the East and West coasts, the Midwest and its folk and physical landscapes take center stage in this mix of fiction, memoir, and...
View ArticleTales from the Heartland | The Reader’s Shelf, August 2013
Whether it is your home, where your heart is, or just somewhere between the East and West coasts, the Midwest and its folk and physical landscapes take center stage in this mix of fiction, memoir, and...
View ArticleGame On: Adventures in a Virtual World | The Reader’s Shelf
Video games are increasingly part of daily life, even for people who don’t consider themselves “gamers.” After all, it seems as if everyone these days is playing Angry Birds or Candy Crush on their...
View ArticleAnchors Aweigh! A Flotilla of Good Reading | The Reader’s Shelf
A ship, be it one that travels on stormy seas or one that defies gravity and speeds through starry skies, is a symbol of adventure, freedom, and exploration. Even landlubbers will want to launch their...
View ArticleCelebrate National Reading Group Month | The Reader’s Shelf, October 1, 2013
October is National Reading Group Month. While there are plenty of wonderful options, such as Louise Erdrich’s The Round House and Domenica Ruta’s With or Without You, this list suggests a bit of...
View ArticleHorror Gems for the Haunting Season
It’s that time of the year again, when otherwise mild-mannered readers turn into ravenous fiends searching for a terrifying fix. Instead of just turning to old standbys like the works of Anne Rice,...
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