Summer is the season we all have been waiting for and it’s just reaching its peak! Bookstores are open. Libraries are back open. Many of us are coming “Outside” for the first time in a long time....
The summer is filled with great new titles to add to our booklist. This July we added a variety of titles to the selection. The world is opening up again. Many of our To Be Read or TBR stacks are piling...
June is Rainbow Book Month, a nationwide celebration of authors and writers who reflect the lives and experience of the LGBTQ+ community. Originally this organization was called GLBT BooK Month, which...
Black Lives are worthy to be celebrated. In the book Lone Star Past: Memory and History in Texas it recalls a man explaining: “We was all walkin’ on golden clouds ... Everybody went wild ... We was free....
Spring is here and with it are many new books to leaf through. As we crawl out of winter’s slumber and embrace the changing of seasons, a good book can create space for intentional bonding and developing...
It has been a long year checked out of public libraries. When the pandemic shut down the country, it took away our ability to browse the aisles of our favorite libraries or the ability to visit our favorite...
Feature Photo: Bryce Cobbs / artbybryce.com “When you starts measuring somebody, measure him right, child, measure him right. Make sure you done taken into account what hills and valleys he come...
Taking time to read either for leisure or education keeps an open line of communication between the world and communities. Reading can be a form of selfcare. Books are a great escape from reality and a valuable...
March is International Women’s Month. This year’s campaign theme and hashtag is “Balance for Better”. The theme creates space for change and progression, not just in one area but many. There are so many...
There has been 263 celebrities, politicians, CEO’s, and others accused of sexual misconduct since 2017. The #MeToo Movement has created space for discussions, debates, and stories of personal experience...
