Audio Readers! Here’s what circulated the most in 2017 in CD format: 10. Tom Clancy: True Faith and Allegiance by Mark Greaney 9. My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout 8. All by Myself, Alone by Mary Higgins Clark 7. The Black Book by James Patterson and David Ellis 6. The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly 5. Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good by Jan…
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Here are the top ten most circulated feature films in 2017: 10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 9. Captain America: Civil War 8. Takers 7. Pixels 6. Guardians of the Galaxy 5. The Girl on the Train 4. Finding Dory 3. Now You See Me 2 2. The Legend of Tarzan and…
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Cue the drum roll! Here’s the countdown of the most circulated fiction books in 2017. #10. Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles #9. Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich #8. The Fix by David Baldacci #7. 16th Seduction by James Patterson #6. No Man’s Land by David Baldacci #5. Never Never by James Patterson #4. Cross the Line by James Patterson #3. The Whistler by John Grisham #2. Camino Island by John…
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Have you noticed how often characters in books go to the public library for help in solving problems? The main character of “Into the Beautiful North” by Luis Alberto Urrea is a good example. Nineteen-year-old Nayeli dreams about her father, who journeyed the United States when she was…
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Gene Chávez to lead book discussion Gene Chávez, founder and president of Chávez and Associates in Kansas City, will lead a discussion of Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya, at 7 p.m. on September 20. This is the second book in a three-part “Faith in Fiction: Christianity” series. Bless Me Ultima tells the tale of…
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—Steve Richards reviews “The Knowledge Illusion” by Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach Imagine a book that upsets your world in a way that is also comforting and encouraging. The Knowledge Illusion by Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach convincingly argues that we don’t know as much as we think we do. Yet that is what enables…
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Father’s Day cards one finds in the stores are pretty abysmal, in my opinion. With Papercrafts & Coloring coming up (second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.), I decided I’d look for something I wanted to give my dad for Father’s Day. I turned to Pinterest and found a pretty sweet image of a…
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I appreciate the Newton Public Library for many things. One of those things is the library book clubs. It has helped me expand the type of authors and literature I read. I would not have selected the variety that I have been exposed to through the book clubs.…
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Newton Public Library readers were interested in self-help, cookbooks, manga and a miraculous true story! 1. Christmas with Southern Living The definitive resource for Southern food, decorating, and entertaining ideas. It’s the publication no Southern home-in any part of the country-can be without. 2. The Life-Changing Art of Tidying…
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NPL’s favorite reads of 2016, according to circulation: 1. Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham Sebastian Rudd is not your typical street lawyer. He works out of a customized bulletproof van, complete with Wi-Fi, a bar, a small fridge, fine leather chairs, a hidden gun compartment, and a heavily armed driver. He has no firm, no…
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