As I write this, I’m getting hungry towards the end of my workday, hence the wine and cheese in the title. I know a lot of people aren’t big on non-fiction reading, while others can’t understand why anyone would bother reading a novel. I like both, but my reading habits lately have me thinking about [...]
Ever find yourself looking for the next book in a series? With some authors it is fairly easy. With Sue Grafton for example, you can be fairly sure that B is for Burglary comes before C is for Corpse. With other authors it can be fairly challenging, and sometimes even the date is not helpful [...]
Through the magic of pivot tables in Excel we are able to bring you a list of the top circulating books at the Corvallis-Benton County Public library for the last six months.
I love to look at our collection statistics. Which books did go out? Which did not? Although I love to ponder these numbers as insights into the collective psyche of Benton County, the statistics can sometimes be misleading.
Recently, NPR listeners cast 136,000 votes on what they thought were the best beach books ever.
Our fiction librarian extraordinaire, Sharon, has created a great reading suggestions page for you fiction lovers out there.
This weekend is the PRIDE Corvallis celebration (events calendar here). I thought this would be a fitting time to highlight some of the great GLBTQ books in our collection here on the second floor.
We’re all looking for new authors and titles to read, aren’t we? (I know I am). There are a lot of ways to get this sort of information, but here are two fun ones.
I recently discovered the wealth of book lists available on the Multnomah County Library website. Last week I used it to help a patron who wanted a list of mystery authors from other countries.
Yesterday I stepped out into my small side yard and heard a very loud buzzing sound. First I thought, “what kind of power tool is that?”. I then looked up at the two plum trees in my neighbor’s yard, and was amazed to see that they were filled with bees.
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