Each month a staff member will share a glimpse into their reading shelf in hopes that you will discover that next great read.
Discover RRPL’s Shared Shelf
Author: Mary
Discover RRPL’S Shared Shelf
Check out a staff members Shared Shelf and hopefully you will discover something new and exciting.
Discover RRPL’s Shared Shelf
Each week a staff member will share a glimpse into their reading shelf in hopes that you will discover that next great read. This week, we get a peek at a “listening” shelf. Enjoy!
One Book One City : RRPL’s Shared Shelf
Discover RRPL’s Shared Shelf
Each week a staff member will share a glimpse into their reading shelf in hopes that you will discover that next great read.
Discover Films @RRPL
Did you know that RRPL is an online provider of entertainment to our patrons? We offer entertainment through the streaming services Hoopla and Kanopy. Simply go to our website here. Click on the streaming service of your choice, create an account with your library card and begin browsing.
On a monthly basis we offer two separate programs, Film Club and Streaming Stories Spotlight, which highlights a film selected from one of our streaming services.
In June Film Club will be discussing Another Round, a 2020 comedy/drama Danish film about four high school teachers who embark on an experiment about alcohol consumption. Film Club will be discussing this film on Thursday, June 24th at 7pm. You can sign up for this event here. The film is currently streaming on Hoopla.
Also in June, Streaming Stories Spotlight will be featuring Miss Juneteenth, a 2020 American drama film about a former beauty queen and single mom preparing her teenage daughter for the “Miss Juneteenth” pageant. You can view our review of the film here. The film is currently streaming on Kanopy.
RRPL Summer Reads
My summer reading list is off to a great start!
Currently I’m reading The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade. This is a debut novel about a New Mexican family. The story begins with Angel, a 33-year-old man, living in Las Penas, New Mexico with his mother. It is Holy Week and Angel has been given the part of Jesus in the Good Friday Procession. At the same time, Angel’s 15-year-old daughter shows up pregnant on his doorstep, and so begins the family’s year long journey of love and sacrifice.
![The Five Wounds: A Novel by [Kirstin Valdez Quade]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51pl9G54qJL.jpg)
I also hope to read –
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
This novel is a Read With Jenna Book Club Pick as featured on The Today Show. Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of summer, but over the course of twenty four hours, their lives will change forever.
The The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness and Freedom on the Rails in the American West by Carrot Quinn.
The unforgettable story of one woman who leaves behind her hardscrabble childhood in Alaska to travel the country via freight train—a beautiful memoir about forgiveness, self-discovery, and the redemptive power of nature.
![The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West by [Carrot Quinn]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41fJIPiUVBL.jpg)
Mary
Discover RRPL’s Shared Shelf
Each week a staff member will share a glimpse into their reading shelf in hopes that you will find that next great read.
Discover Films @RRPL
Did you know that RRPL is an online provider of entertainment to our patrons? We offer entertainment through the streaming services Hoopla and Kanopy. Simply go to our website here. Click on the streaming service of your choice, create an account with your library card and begin browsing.
On a monthly basis we offer two separate programs, Film Club and Streaming Stories Spotlight, which highlights a film selected from one of our streaming services.
In May, Film Club will be discussing The Joy Luck Club, a 1993 drama film about the relationships between Chinese-American women and their Chinese immigrant mothers. We will meet on Thursday, May 27 at 7pm and you can sign-up here. The film is currently streaming on Hoopla.
Also in May, Streaming Stories Spotlight will highlight The Lobster, a 2015 surreal black comedy dystopian film. You can view our review of the film here. The film is currently streaming on Kanopy.
Discover Book Club Kits @RRPL
The theme for the 2021 Cleveland Humanities Festival is Identity, and RRPL has embraced this theme by offering the Book Club Kit, Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar. This book was chosen as one of the NYT’s Best Books of the Year 2020, one of Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2020, and best book of 2020 by the Washington Post and O Magazine.
Check out our Book Club Kits for 6 weeks and you will receive 8 book copies, a set of discussion questions and other pertinent information about the author and title, all inside a canvas library tote. Inquire at the Adult Reference desk for more information.
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