David’s Pick: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz This lovely duo of books tells the story of angry loner Aristotle and mellow bookworm…
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May 2022 Staff Picks
Brenda’s Pick: Between two kingdoms: a memoir of a life interrupted by Suleika Jaouad Suleika Jaouad’s memoir has two parts: her life in the first “kingdom” was when she…
March 2022 Staff Picks
Brenda’s Pick: A little chaos DVD co-written, directed and starring Alan Rickman A little chaos” is a charming story set during the time of King Louis XIV and the building…
Spring Break Comic Camp 2024
This year’s Spring Break Comic Camps run Monday through Friday, March 18-22. KIDS CAMP (Ages 8-10) RUNS 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM TEEN CAMP (Ages 11+) RUNS 1:00 – 3:00…
January 2022 Staff Picks
David’s Pick: Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart If you feel you’re ready for a pandemic novel, at least this one is funny. Echoing Boccaccio’s Decameron, a group of friends flee the…
October 2021 Staff Picks
Brenda’s Pick: Ripe Figs: recipes and stories from the eastern Mediterranean by Yasmin Khan This is a gorgeous book about food, people, and recipes and stories about them all. The…
August 2021 Staff Picks
Brenda’s Pick: We are all perfectly fine: a memoir of love, medicine and healing by Jillian Horton M.D. This memoir winds in and out from within the setting of a meditation…
March 2021 Staff Picks
Brenda’s Pick: The reality bubble by Ziya Tong This book takes aim at humanity’s willful blindness through a series of chapters that create an awareness of wonder and then shows…
January 2021 Staff Picks
Brenda’s Pick: The smallest lights in the universe by Sara Seager Toronto-born author/astrophysicist, Sara Seager was recently named an officer of the Order of Canada for her research and study of…
November 2020 Staff Picks
Becky’s Pick: Caste : the origins of our discontents by Isabel Wilkerson Reading through the last chapters of Caste: the Origins of Our Discontent during the days around the 2020 US…