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Library Latest – January 11, 2022

Posted on by Chris Tremblay

Start off 2022 by checking out one of the highest circulating books or films from 2021!

Nonfiction
1. Say I’m Dead by E. Dolores Johnson
2. Myers+Chang at Home by Joanne Chang
3. A Promised Land by Barack Obama
4. The Premonition by Michael Lewis
5. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat
6. Modern Comfort Food by Ina Garten
7. Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
8. Jubilee by Toni Tipton-Martin
9. The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson
10. Ottolenghi Flavor by Yotam Ottolenghi

Fiction
1. The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
2. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
3. The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
4. Sooley by John Grisham
5. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
6. Win by Harlan Coben
7. When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain
8. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
9. The Guest List by Lucy Foley
10. Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

DVD/Blu-ray
1. Knives Out
2. Minari
3. News of the World
4. Mulan
5. Soul
6. Promising Young Woman
7. The Father
8. 1917
9. Nomadland
10. Wild Mountain Thyme

Library Latest – January 4, 2022

Posted on by Lauren Pfendner

Did you make a resolution to read more this year? These eight books are two biographies for the price (free, of course) of one!

 

 

Prefer eBook and audio options? Find those here…

The Sword and the Shield: eBook 

Vincent and Theo: eBook | audiobook

War Paint: eBook | audiobook

Romantic Outlaws: eBook 

The Professor and the Madman: eBook | audiobook

Paper Bullets: eBook | audiobook

The Zealot and the Emancipator: eBook 

 

Library Latest – December 14, 2021

Posted on by Lauren Pfendner

Did you know that those awesome, cheesy, awesomely cheesy tv holiday movies come out on DVD? They do and we’ve got ’em! Come in today to check one out or place a hold in time for your holiday season viewing pleasure. And for streaming options, be sure to check out the ‘Season Favorites’ section of Kanopy!

 

 

Friends Author Series: Revolutionary WBCN

Posted on by Lauren Pfendner

Journalist and documentary producer Bill Lichtenstein will speak about his book WBCN and the American Revolution: How a Radio Station Defined Politics, Counterculture and Rock and Roll on Wednesday, December 1st at 7:30pm. Lichtenstein is the winner of more than sixty major journalism awards, he has written for publications including the New York Times, the Nation, the Village Voice, and the Boston Globe, and produced and directed the feature-length documentary, WBCN and the American Revolution. He worked at WBCN from 1971 to 1977, beginning as a teenage volunteer on the station’s “Listener Line.”

The book, which will be released by MIT Press/Penguin Random House on Tuesday November 23, is a companion to the film festival sensation  WBCN and The American Revolution. The popular rock documentary will air on PBS World on Friday, November 19 at 8 p.m. EST and Saturday, November 20 at 1 a.m., 9 a.m., and 3 p.m. EST. The film will also be re-broadcast on public television stations around the country throughout the fall and winter (check local listings). In the Boston area it  will be airing on WGBH2 on Thursday, Nov. 11 at 9 p.m. and on WGBX44 on Sat. Nov. 13 at 8 p.m.

Registration is required; please register here. Zoom information will be sent in your registration confirmation.  Thanks to the Friends of the Belmont Public Library for making this author series possible.

Library Latest – November 30, 2021

Posted on by Lauren Pfendner

Have you seen the new Staff Selects display in the library? It’s over in the west wing near the new books. Check out what library staff are currently reading and recommending!

 

 

Prefer eBook and audio options? Find those here…

Sorrowland: eBook | audiobook

The Poisonwood Bible: eBook

It Started with a Scandal: eBook | audiobook

Midnight Riot: eBook | audiobook

Just as I Am: eBook | audiobook

Gulp: eBook | audiobook

Library Latest-November 23, 2021

Posted on by Chris Tremblay

Staff Holiday Gift Guide-Check out these selections that staff members think would make great gifts this holiday season!

The Arts

Fiction

Nonfiction

Mystery

Cookbooks

Science Fiction

 

Library Latest – November 9, 2021

Posted on by Lauren Pfendner

We’re halfway through International Games Week (Nov. 5 – 12). Pick up one of these books for on theme reading material when you’re taking a break from all the gaming. (And if you’re visiting the library, be sure to check out the Playtest Zones where you can test out new board games and let us know if we should add them to our circulating collection!)

Fiction

 

Nonfiction

 

Prefer eBook and audio options? Find those here…

Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts: eBook | audiobook

In Real Life: eBook

SLAY: eBook | audiobook

Cards on the Table: eBook | audiobook

Significant Zero: audiobook

Your Move: eBook 

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: eBook | audiobook

Library Latest – November 2, 2021

Posted on by Lauren Pfendner

Looking for some reads to help you dive into Native American Heritage Month this November? Check out this selection of riveting Native voices – emerging and classic, fiction and nonfiction!

Fiction

 

Nonfiction

 

Prefer eBook and audio options? Find those here…

Sabrina and Corina: eBook | audiobook

The Removed: eBook | audiobook

Firekeeper’s Daughter: eBook | audiobook

House Made of Dawn: eBook | audiobook

When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky: eBook

Winter Counts: eBook |  audiobook

The Seed Keeper: eBook | audiobook

Abandon Me: eBook

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: eBook

Bad Indians: eBook 

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: eBook | audiobook

Friends Author Series: Joyce Maynard

Posted on by Lauren Pfendner

The Friends of the Belmont Public Library are delighted to bring New York Times best-selling author Joyce Maynard to the Belmont Public Library virtually to discuss her latest novel, Count The Ways, on Wednesday, October 20th at 7:30pm.To register, click here.

Joyce Maynard is the author of nine previous novels and five books of nonfiction. Her syndicated column Domestic Affairs ran from 1984 to 1990. Her bestselling memoir, At Home in the World, has been translated into sixteen languages. Maynard is a fellow of the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo. She is the founder of Write by the Lake, a week-long workshop on the art and craft of memoir, held every year since 2001 at Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Her novels To Die For and Labor Day were both adapted for film. Maynard currently makes her home in New Haven, Connecticut. You can learn more about Joyce at her website here.

Registration is required; Zoom information will be sent in your registration confirmation.  Thanks to the Friends of the Belmont Public Library for making this author series possible.

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