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Librarian’s Choice – Friendship in a Time of Tragedy

December 2, 2020 by Lisa Navidi

By Lisa Navidi, Davis Library Every year the Maryland Humanities Commission, through The One Maryland One Book program chooses a book that promotes discussion in the community and sponsors book discussions throughout Maryland. For 2020 they chose The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See, one of the most memorable books I have read this …

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Family Fun Thanksgiving Books for Kids

November 27, 2020 by Laurie White

Thanksgiving is the ultimate family holiday, and there’s no better time to share Thanksgiving books together with our closest people! This list of picture books and juvenile fiction titles with a family and fun theme are perfect for sharing with kids, siblings, caregivers–in person or over Zoom! And best of all, they’re all available at …

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Librarian’s Choice – The Last Human

October 1, 2020 by mcplteam

The galaxy depicted in The Last Human, by Zack Jordan, is huge, home to countless trillions of beings and connected by an unimaginably complex communications and transportation network. Sarya, who’s considered just barely legally sentient, couldn’t possibly begin to understand the vastness of the galaxy, nor the network that binds it together. But despite her …

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Librarian’s Choice – Small Town Fiction

July 31, 2020 by mcplteam

By Lisa Navidi, Davis Library Small town fiction has always appealed to me, maybe because I grew up in several small towns. I especially enjoy the characters and the way they interact with each other…or not. They say all politics is local. And whoever has lived in a small town knows that for sure. Experience …

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Hiking trail in Maine

Librarian’s Choice – Lost But Not Forgotten

June 24, 2020 by mcplteam

Review by Elizabeth Lang, Public Services I recently read the Wired.com article “Why Humans Totally Freak Out When They Get Lost” by Michael Bond. I learned that when we get disoriented, we panic, often leaving the area where anyone might expect to find us, and that we tend to do this even when we know …

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Giant robot coming to a city by the sea

Librarian’s Choice – Let Sleeping Giants Lie

May 29, 2020 by mcplteam

If a giant robot hand was found near your backyard, how would your national government react? Would it tell the world, seek other nations’ help to find the other parts, and use what they learned for the betterment of all? Nah, mine neither. Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel begins when a girl falls into a …

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Librarian’s Choice – A Curious Beginning to a Curious Series

May 14, 2020 by mcplteam

There is something to the phrase “never judge a book by its cover.” When I first saw the original cover of A Curious Beginning, my curiosity was piqued. The cover, pink and gilded, showed a woman in Victorian-ish dress running from something with her back to the reader. I wanted to read it. It took …

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Librarian’s Choice – The Uninvited Guest

April 23, 2020 by mcplteam

A review of Cold Storage by David Koepp Review by Elizabeth Lang, Public Services Skylab crashes to earth in 1979, bringing with it a very aggressive hitchhiker- mutated Cordyceps Novus- which finds Earth to be a rich, nutritious planet, teeming with beings that support its explosive growth. Fortunately for humanity, it lands in a highly …

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Reading in the Time of Corona

April 2, 2020 by mcplteam

So, you think you might be hanging out in your house for the next few weeks or even months!  Here are some books suggestions that may just get you through the tough times. American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins—Normally when I begin a new book, I purposely do not read any reviews because I want to …

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Librarian’s Choice Review – Revolver

February 13, 2020 by mcplteam

Sam is an ordinary office drone, with an unsatisfactory,  mediocre life. Until one day he wakes up to find the world is falling apart. A pandemic, terrorist attacks, and a dirty bomb have led to societal collapse. But the next day, Sam’s back in his ordinary life: commuting, dreading work, and avoiding his boss. As his days continue to alternate …

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