People routinely tell me the columns they like best are what others are reading, so let’s start 2022 with lots of ideas. Thanks, Beth...

One of the truest things we can count on in 2022, no matter what else is going on, is new books will be published, and your library will...

There’s a fun chart floating around called “Book Blurbs – Glossary of Terms.” I’ve tried to figure out the origin of this clever glossary...

The American Library Association has a lot to say regarding the development of literacy and the part libraries play in that important...

Many readers crave a good series because we become attached to the characters and love the way favorite authors put together a plot....

The American Library Association (ALA) is one of several sponsors of Banned Books Week, the purpose of which is “to celebrate the freedom...

Nineteenth century British poet Walter Landor made this observation, and many people have agreed since then. I thought it would be...

What I always refer to as “my personal book club” is celebrating reading, dining, and even traveling together for 24 years soon. I asked...

Perhaps you’ve noticed changes in your reading habits over the past year and a half. Personally, I have felt that I don’t have the same...

We are used to getting free books at the library. That’s the whole idea. To get the most out of the library’s resources, having a library...

Here is something you really want to do. Go to the library’s homepage (wicksonlibrary.org) and scroll past the middle of the page. You’ll...

Sometimes we aren’t in the mood for complexity, and we want to read something quickly from start to finish. We want to read about birds...

In the library’s quest to have fun in the summer rewarding readers for doing what they do, i.e., read, it has become easier than ever to...

One of life’s little treats is finding a mystery series where the books are good but so is the TV show. The British are excellent at this...

Books for Lunch had its first post-Zoom era in person meeting at the library last week, a dozen strong including three new people. Here...

Before the “big reveal,” consider how the library has created new space out of old space all along without increasing its footprint since...

For whatever reason, it appears that this column has only featured romance novels a couple times over the past nine years. Yet when I...

Nine years ago, during a discussion about the library needing a book club, then-director Mary Chasseur told me there was a history of...

We’ve all done it. We’ve been baited into an argument about the best way to read a book. Paper only! many say. The feel, the smell, the...

Beginning Monday, June 14 – two days before this article is published in the newspaper – Summer Reading is once again happening for every...