Ready to kick back with a thriller that will keep you turning pages late into the night? Then grab a copy of The Quiet Girl, the latest selection for the Big Library Read, the world’s largest digital book club. From June 28- July 12, AAPLD cardholders can borrow the ebook from our OverDrive/Libby digital collection with no holds or waiting. […]
Summer lovin’… brides and grooms… the moon in June makes you swoon… if there’s a better month than June to fall in love with a romantic read, we don’t know what it is! That’s why the June Reading Resolutions challenge is to read a romance novel or love story. If you’re new to romance fiction, you might not be aware […]
Summer lovin’… brides and grooms… the moon in June makes you swoon… if there’s a better month than June to fall in love with a romantic read, we don’t know what it is! That’s why the June Reading Resolutions challenge is to read a romance novel or love story. If you’re new to romance fiction, you might not be aware […]
Graduation season is almost here, so May is a great month to reflect on transitions; from middle school to high school, and from high school into the world beyond—whether that’s college, a job or another sort of adventure. It’s also a great month to pick up a Young Adult fiction or non-fiction title. Adults, whose coming of age years may […]
This month’s Reading Resolutions challenge is to read a graphic novel or Manga. While our library has an excellent collection in our Young Adult/Teen area, these books might be less familiar to adult readers. If you’re wondering what a graphic novel is, the simple answer is that it’s a story told through illustrations. While most people are familiar with comic […]
When it comes to books that have been made into movies, do you prefer to read the book before you see the movie, or after? Everyone has an option on the topic (book first fan, here!) but whatever your preference, you’ll love March’s Reading Resolutions theme, which invites you to read a book that’s been made into a movie, a […]
February is awards month. It’s time for the Golden Globes, and the Oscars, and also a great month to read an award-winning book! In the book world, major awards don’t correspond neatly to one month, but AAPLD’s print and digital collections include winners of all the major literary and genre fiction awards, from 2020 through many previous years. To help […]
The 2021 Reading Resolutions Challenge kicks off with the theme “Famous and Infamous,” which invites you to read a biography, autobiography or memoir. What’s the difference? According to Oxford Languages/Google, a biography is an account of someone’s life written by someone else. An autobiography is an account of someone’s life written by that person. A memoir is similar to an […]
Make 2021 your best reading year yet, with a fun reading challenge that continues all year long! Reading Resolutions encourages you to read a book that fits a different theme each month. For each month you participate, you’ll be entered into a monthly prize drawing, and a grand prize drawing at year’s end. These are the twelve monthly themes: […]
So far, snow hasn’t been falling, but books are definitely calling, as AAPLD opens its 2020-21 Winter Reading program. The program officially kicked off on Monday, December 14, and runs through February 1. Signing up is easy! If you created a Beanstack account for 2020 Summer Reading, just go to aapld.beanstack.org or use the Beanstack app. Log-in and follow the […]
