Any time is a good time to read LGBTQ themed books, but since June is Pride month I'm taking this time to highlight these new titles released during 2018. Happy LGBTQ Pride Month and happy reading!
Nonfiction
Waiting for A Gentleman in Moscow?
What are you going to read while you wait for A Gentleman in Moscow?
While not the newest or hottest book in our collection, A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles has been a consistent favorite with our borrowers. Set in Moscow’s Metropol Hotel, Count Alexander Rostov been held under house arrest since 1922. The decades pass. Rostov builds a rich inner life in a tiny world. Since its publication in September 2016, there has never NOT been a waiting list to read this book whether in print, as an ebook, or as an audiobook. At this writing there are 27 readers in line for the print edition alone. It’s pretty spectacular that a novel that is nearly two years old has still got so many holds. This book has legs! You’
10 Great Reasons to Read Fiction in June 2018
What will you read in June? These ten novels offer tempting options!
Humorous Essays
Books that will keep you laughing.
This past week a library visitor asked me to recommend funny books. I tried to remember some humorous books I've read recently and realized most of my reading has been intense and serious. I appreciated this request because it led me to some humorous essay collections that I'd like to share with you.
Some of these are new books, some were released years ago, but all of them will keep you laughing.
10 Great Reasons to Read Fiction in May 2018
Wondering what to read in May? We have at least ten ideas! Here are ten new works of fiction coming to the library this month.
Graphic Memoirs and Biographies
Graphic memoirs and biographies at OPL.
Lately I've been reading graphic memoirs and biographies. I like the experience of reading both words and images. I find that the images deepen the story and help to complete the text. Listed below are a few newer titles that I've read or that are on my to-read list. All are available for check-out.
Frankenstein at 200: the Creature Lives
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is 200 years old.
You think you know Frankenstein? The green-hued creature of the 1931 movie? Peter Boyle singing and dancing in Young Frankenstein? Think again, and take a dive into the novel that started it all.
First fun fact: Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin was 18 years old when she came up with the story. While staying in Geneva in 1816 with her lover Percy Bysshe Shelley and their friend Lord Byron, Byron challenged the party to come up with the best ghost story. Mary Shelley was the only one to complete hers. She turned her story into a novel and published it anonymously in March, 1818, as Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus. It wasn’t until the 1822 second edition of the book that Mary Shelley was credited as its author.
Shelley was the daughter of the philosopher William Godwin and the feminist and philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft. Her mother died of infection shortly after Mary’s birth. At fifteen she met Percy Shelley
10 Great Reasons to Read Fiction in April 2018
Get in line for some of April's best fiction offerings.
New Nonfiction
Spring nonfiction releases.
New spring nonfiction titles are arriving at OPL. Here are some that will soon be landing on the shelves and can be placed on hold.
10 Great Reasons to Read Fiction in March 2018
Here are ten of the many great books headed to the library this month.
