You may have noticed the red bar that runs across our homepage. There is a ton of amazing information that hides just below the surface of the red bar. And not in a creepy way, but in an amazing, “wow I didn’t know that was there!” way. A lot of people use the red bar [...]
Awwk, I did it again! Like lots of you, I want to read Jonathan Franzen’s new novel Freedom, so I put it on hold. The problem is, my hold just arrived, I have two weeks to read it before it has to be returned, and I’m in the middle of another book that I don’t [...]
Posted on May 27, 2010, 2:50 pm, by Sharon, under
Books,
DVDs.
Greatly enjoying travels with Michael Palin this week.
Posted on May 6, 2010, 2:09 pm, by Sharon, under
Books,
DVDs.
We have great resources for dog lovers at the library. This week I am watching Dogtown New Beginnings, a National Geographic Channel production that chronicles the daily work at the Best Friends Animal Society in southern Utah. It is truly inspirational what these folks do in order to help the some of the neediest animals [...]
Halloween’s coming up, and that means horror books and movies for many people. I’m a scaredy-cat and don’t like horror stuff, so I can’t make any personal recommendations on this topic. However, Christopher, our resident enthusiast of all things electronic and downloadable, has put together a nice list of spooky (and delightfully vintage) e-stuff:
Posted on October 22, 2009, 9:54 am, by Sharon, under
DVDs.
We have received numerous requests for the third season of the television series Big Love. (…over the last two years! )
… and learn something new! If your brain is craving a little growing, come to the library! We, of course, have lots of things for you to expand your mind in all sorts of directions. One great way to do this is to check out a series of educational courses on CD or DVD by [...]
I promised in an earlier post to explain how to get new book and DVD lists, plus more, delivered from the library to your email inbox or RSS reader. Here’s how to get to the subscription page from our homepage:
This week I put out a call for random staff picks – anything that a second floor librarian has checked out recently and enjoyed. I wanted off-the-top-of-your-head recommendations from our librarians. Here are the results of the lightning round:
Posted on April 26, 2009, 3:36 pm, by Lisa, under
DVDs.
OK, here’s some more CanCon for you. I was very excited to hear from Sharon that the library was acquiring the Kids in the Hall mega-set. Mega-set! And it is big – we’ve got all 5 seasons, with 4 DVDs for each season. Because they’re so new, there are currently no holds on any of [...]