I have been a John Green fan for a long time. Typically found in the YA section, Green has been writing about love, friendship and all types of human relationships since his first novel, Looking for Alaska (a personal favourite of mine), was published in 2006. "The Anthropocene Reviewed" is his first foray into the... Continue Reading →
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Click on the title of the book to place a hold! The Life She Had - K.L. Armstrong A pulse-pounding new thriller from the bestselling author of Wherever She Goes and Every Step She Takes. If someone was threatening your home, how far would you go to protect it? Celeste Turner has a woman living in her shed.... Continue Reading →
I'd heard about this book for quite some time, but was never quite sure of the plot. The title is quite literal, so I had a good feeling it had something to do with death. "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera follows two teenaged boys, Matteo and Rufus, who are both informed... Continue Reading →
Brent Scollie, a graduate of Fort William Collegiate Institute, Queen’s University and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Library Science, retired from the federal public service in 1997. His insights on the Victorian era in Thunder Bay are derived from many years of research. This has resulted in numerous publications about the period mostly focussed... Continue Reading →
When I was younger, I wanted to learn Ukrainian from my family. My grandfather had a copy of Буквар, the 1964 Ukrainian reader that my dad and my aunts learned from. Unfortunately, it was only in Ukrainian, and so not very accessible to someone who only knew English (without a willing translator). So I was... Continue Reading →
Book clubs offer a great opportunity for friends and book lovers to gather (whether virtually or in person) to catch up and discuss a good book. There’s only two problems with this activity and they seem to come up at every meeting: what book should the group read next and how do you find enough... Continue Reading →
"Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens was published in 2018 and was quickly chosen to join Reese Witherspoon's bookclub. Naturally, this helped launch the novel into even more fame, and it has been a top-pick for readers ever since. Here at TBPL, it was the 5th most circulated adult fiction book of 2021. "Where... Continue Reading →
Weeding the collection is one of the harsh realities of library life. It's inevitable: when we add new books, something else has to go. Making those decisions is a complex process with many different factors, but in this episode we are talking about just one: circulation. When did this book last get checked out? If... Continue Reading →
If you're looking for a story that is funny, poignant, surprising and full of heart, you've come to the right place. Beth O'Leary's "The No-Show" follows three women - Siobhan, Miranda and Jane through a year of their lives. These three women may not know each other, but they all have one thing in common... Continue Reading →
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