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Booklist – April 2024 National Library Week is April 7-13! The United States has observed National Library Week the second week of April since 1958 to promote library use, motivate …

Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Booklist – March 2024 There is nothing quite so unique as the relationship between siblings. Most of us have felt the joy and subsequent pain of growing up with brothers …

Love Is in the Air

Booklist – February 2024 It’s February, and love is in the air! Metaphorically and literally. The sky has always been a place filled with adventure, the unknown, and a sense …

A Fresh Start

Booklist – January 2024 It’s the start of a new year! For many this means setting goals, cleaning out the house, and forming new habits. For others it just means …

Land of the Midnight Sun

Booklist – December 2023 Alaska always captures our imagination. Is it the sheer size of the state? Is it Arctic cold and permafrost? Is it the aurora borealis? Is it …

The Best Book Club Ever

Booklist – November 2023 Book clubs have a history that goes back almost 400 years when a group of women organized themselves to discuss sermons and texts aboard a ship …

Cascade Volcanoes

Book List – June 2023 One of our Reader’s Advisors has a goal of traveling the Cascade Volcanic Arc, a road trip from Mount Baker near the Canadian border to …

Mental Health Awareness Month

Book List – May 2023 Each year millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental illness. During May, we can bring our voices together to advocate for …

The Rest of the Story

Booklist – April 2023 Beginning during World War II and continuing until 1976, Paul Harvey produced a radio program called The Rest of the Story. It consisted of stories presented …

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

Book List – Women’s History Month March 2023 In 1976, in an obscure scholarly article, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich wrote, “Well behaved women seldom make history.”  Today these words appear on …

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Check out Talking Book Topics for January – February 2023 and send in an order form with your requests. Happy reading! Talking Book Topics (PDF) Order Form (PDF)