We have that? – Bat Chain Puller by Kurt Loder

Gather ’round, children, and I’ll tell you of days long past, when MTV aired more than just shows about pregnant teenagers and negative ethnic stereotypes drinking until they vomit.  A time when music videos were shown – in their entirety, no less – more often than scripted programming.  A time when the News division of [...]

Twenty-Two Reasons to Check Out a Kindle

Still haven’t taken a look at our Kindles yet?  Well, let me give you 22 reasons why you should – the 22 titles we currently have loaded on each and every one! Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives by John Palfrey & Urs Gasser Breathless: A Novel by Dean R. Koontz Dewey: [...]

Recommended: “The Kitchen House” by Kathleen Grissom

Melanie Cluley, a Generalist in the Human Resources department, wanted to pass along her recommendation of Kathleen Grissom’s first novel, The Kitchen House (which is available on our library Kindles).  Here’s the description from the publisher’s website: When a white servant girl violates the order of plantation society, she unleashes a tragedy that exposes the [...]

Not Us: After Watchmen – a List from GQ magazine

GQ recently published a list called “The 20 Graphic Novels You Should Read (After Watchmen),” and I have to say, this is one of the best examples of this sort of list I’ve seen come down the pike in quite a while.  Its an incredibly diverse selection of titles, covering a wide range of genres, [...]

Recommended: Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons

Recommended by Bill Doughty, Circulation Assistant at the Krupp Library So there’s a good chance you saw the recent movie adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ famed graphic novel Watchmen.  But if you haven’t read the book, you owe it to yourself to check it out.  And if you have read it before, you [...]