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...

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...

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...

This week let’s feature an author, no doubt toward the end of his career (he’s 79), who has a Michigan connection and has been productive...

This past week, I sat down with Library Director Pamela Williams and discussed a number of Frequently Asked Questions that I’ve been...

One of the library’s most popular adult programs is the series of Constitutional Law Seminars led by retired United States Magistrate...

Have you ever noticed when watching mysteries how often the English professor did it? As soon as I see an English professor as part of...

We all know tone when we hear it. Is there any mom or dad ever who hasn’t looked at their kid and said, “Don’t use that tone with me.”...