RRPL Staff Share Their Summer Reading Plans
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Poppy Harmon Investigates by Lee Hollis Recently widowed Poppy Harmon discovers that her husband left her penniless. He was a gambler and even gambled away their daughter’s trust fund money. He had taken out a second mortgage without Poppy’s knowledge. Poppy is a retired actress who played a detective’s secretary in a 1970’s television series.…
New Books Tuesday @ RRPL
Here we have some new exciting releases for you to take a look at this week! Rabbits by Terry Miles – Conspiracies abound in this surreal and yet all-too-real technothriller in which a deadly underground alternate reality game might just be altering reality itself, set in the same world as the popular Rabbits podcast. Animal…
CIFF 2021 Recap
It’s been a couple of months since the Cleveland International Film Festival held their 2021 event. Again this year, all films were available through streaming; they should be back to live and in person beginning on March 30, 2022! Beth, Mary and I were lucky enough to be able to attend the Film Festival, watching…
RRPL Summer Reads
Here’s a sampling of books I’m looking forward to reading this summer. Often drawn to historical fiction, I have included a cozy mystery by Carolyn Hart. I hope you enjoy my suggestions. The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict “The remarkable story of J. P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman…
RRPL Summer Reads- The Chosen and The Beautiful
It’s finally June which means that summer is officially right around the corner! We will be counting down the days until the first day of summer, Sunday, June 20th, by sharing the books we are most excited to read in the months ahead. Each week you’ll get a look at titles that Rocky River Public…
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by Alison Weir Katharine was just 16 when she married nobleman Edward Burgh. After his untimely death, she married Catholic baron John Latimer, a widower twice her age. While John is on his deathbed, Katherine falls in love with Thomas Seymour, and they plan to marry. At 30 years old, Katharine attracts the attention of…
