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Friday Reads: Toad by Katherine Dunn
I don’t remember how I came to read Katherine Dunn’s cult-classic novel, Geek Love. It is the story of a circus couple and their literally homemade “freak show”; all of their children were purposely...
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#BookFaceFriday –“Cotton Candy” by Ted Kooser
That one looks like a…#BookFaceFriday! There is something so sweet about this week’s #BookFaceFriday, “Cotton Candy: Poems Dipped Out of the Air” by Ted Kooser (University of Nebraska Press; 2022.)...
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#BookFaceFriday “The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise” by Dan Gemeinhart
Fasten your seat belts, it’s #BookFaceFriday! [NLCStart] Get ready to hit the road with this week’s #BookFaceFriday! Looking for the next great read for your middle grade book club? The Nebraska...
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Friday Reads – Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
Imagine being 12 years old and moving to a tiny Nebraska town with no internet, no TV, and no cell phone service. Heck, imagine being 40 and doing that! In this day and age, it’s almost unthinkable....
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Friday Reads: Lord of the Fly Fest by Goldy Moldavsky
What would happen if you lured all the Instagram beauty influencers to a tropical island with the promise of music, luxury accommodations, and access to other beautiful people… and then left them...
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2024 ‘One Book For Nebraska Kids & Teens’ Titles Selected
The Nebraska Library Commission is excited to announce the 2024 titles selected for the One Book For Nebraska Kids & Teens program: Wouldn’t it be great if kids all over Nebraska were talking...
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Friday Reads: The Guest Lecture by Martin Riker
If stream-of-consciousness writing, existential dread, and fun facts about 1930’s economic theory are your jam, you are in for a treat. When Abby accepted the invitation to give a guest lecture on the...
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#BookFaceFriday “The Chaperone” by Laura Moriarty
[NLCstart]Better keep an eye on this #BookFaceFriday! This #BookFaceFriday shouldn’t be left unattended! The story of young silent movie star, Louise Brooks, and the woman who escorts her to New York...
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#BookFaceFriday “El Conejito Knuffle” by Mo Willems
¿Dónde está el #BookFaceFriday? No need to retrace your steps to find this #BookFaceFriday! This week, we are highlighting one of the new Spanish language titles recently added to our Book Club Kit...
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Friday Reads – The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt
I do read more age-appropriate books occasionally, I promise. But when my hold for The Labors of Hercules Beal became available, I tossed aside the mystery I was halfway through to dive into this...
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#BookFaceFriday “No Summit Out of Sight” by Jordan Romero
Off we go, into the wild blue #BookFaceFriday! Get ready to climb every mountain with this week’s #BookfaceFriday,”No Summit Out of Sight: the True Story of the Youngest Person to Climb the Seven...
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Friday Reads & #BookFaceFriday –“Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel” by The...
We’ve reached the point in our “post-pandemic world” (or as close as we have come to being post-anything) where it seems every book set in the current time period mentions COVID-19. For example, my...
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