Love is in the air this week as many of us celebrate Valentine’s Day. Whether you’re celebrating with a loved one, boycotting the...

To read or not to read? That is the question. When you sit down with a book that’s not quite grabbing your attention, how do you gauge...

This past week I took Loren to the library for our usual Thursday morning visit. There was a fun energy in the room as the library staff...

There’s something magical about Christmastime in Christmas Town. In many ways it feels like we are living the Frankenmuth version of an...

All around the world winter is synonymous with colder, darker times. Iceland, a country roughly the size of Ohio, receives a meager 5...

Gratitude is at the forefront of our hearts and minds this week as we gather with friends and family to celebrate Thanksgiving and the...

I was 27 years old when I lost my job (budget cuts) and my roommate (mold allergy) in the same day. I cried and sulked around my...

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...