Okay. So let’s pretend that I haven’t previously yapped on about how much I don’t like to talk about the weather… Currently, I think it’s the only thing anyone -including myself!- can talk about! But if you take a look outside? That’s why! It’s not winter anymore, it’s officially Spring! And yes, I know there have been many a-Spring snowstorm in the past, but I’m not sure that makes this any easier to take. Do you? To take my mind off the chilly snowstorm out there… How about I share some titles that have been recently added to The Reading Room -and then you guys can come in to get them! We’ll talk -you pick the topic- after you get here…

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
And She Was by Alison Gaylin
The Ghostman by Roger Hobbs
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women’s Literary Society by Amy Hill Hearth

See you soon!

— Stacey

No. I mean really. Doesn’t it seem like it was just Monday? Like yesterday was Monday? But that can’t be true as *today* is Monday -and we all know there is no such thing as a week that goes Monday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and so on. I guess if you want to talk about wormholes or some other method of time bending you feel free! I’ll just try to focus on the newest books you can find in The Reading Room and let the science of multiple Monday’s concern someone else for now…

The Midwife’s Tale by Samuel Thomas
Warm Bodies by Issac Marion
The Dinner by Herman Koch
Blind Goddess by Anne Holt

Please enjoy the books *and* the scientific conundrum provided today! …Happy Monday Monday!

— Stacey

What a beautiful weekend! What a shame to lose an hour of such good weather -but how great is it that the days are getting longer?! Well, so goes the ups and downs of Daylight Savings Time… In the end, I’m just as glad to have the extra daylight, aren’t you? I mean really, the longer it’s lighter means the longer the day and the longer I have to read! Luckily there are lots of newly added titles in The Reading Room to occupy all those extra hours!

A Possible Life by Sebastian Faulks
The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
Here I Go Again by Jen Lancaster
Speaking From Among The Bones by Alan Bradley
The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier

Enjoy! (both the books *and* the sunshiny days!)

— Stacey

Hello, Monday! Hello, sunshine! It’s beautiful outside today and there are only sixteen tiny days until Spring, so I should be all spring feverish with extra energy to boot! But -I’m soooo tired! As a trained investigator (aka a Librarian!) I went looking to see if this is a real phenomenon or if I just need to move my bedtime up to 8/8:30? Kids! It’s real! If you, like me, feel as if your eyelids are drooping beyond control? We’ve got Frühjahrsmüdigkeit! Or Spring Fatigue, if you like. Do you think it’s because of the mild winter? Or the mild weather now? Or just one of those things that defies explanation? While you ponder those choices, why don’t you ponder some new books to read?

The Husband List by Janet Evanovich
This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin
The Art of Wishing by Lindsay Ribar

Enjoy!

— Stacey

Read people, read! I’ve got *another* long list of books newly added to The Reading Room! Which means you kids have to get busy too! So today, we get right down to business…

The Emperor’s Conspiracy by Michelle Diener
The Runaway Princess by Hester Browne
The Heat of the Sun by David Rain
Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini
I Could Pee on This by Francesco Marciuliano
A Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller

So now it’s back to you. Pick your book(s) and enjoy!

— Stacey

Yes! It’s Monday! And there are new books to share from The Reading Room! Who wouldn’t be excited by this news? Who? Plus! The Westminster Dog Show took place last week -and that was a whole lot of cute dog prancing by for two days! So let’s celebrate today with a list of five interesting books and one amazing dog!

Life Among Giants by Bill Roorbach
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
Blood Lance by Jeri Westerson
Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality by Elizabeth Eulberg
Jane: The Woman who Loved Tarzan by Robin Maxwell

And..

Congratulations to Banana Joe the Affenpinscher! Enjoy!

— Stacey

It’s high, it’s low, it’s snowing, it’s sunny… What’s up with the crazy weather?! Do you think it makes it more fun to be a meteorologist when the weather is so unpredictable? Or is it more nerve-wracking -as people are more likely to be mad if the forecast is incorrect? How lucky that you can read in *any* sort of weather! There are seven books to share today -one for each day of the week. This way you can plan ahead for sunshine or sleet -both excellent for reading environments. Shall we?

This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
Are You My Mother? Alison Bechdel
A Fistful of Collars Spencer Quinn
How to Lead a Life of Crime by Kirsten Miller
The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
City of Women by David Gillham

Or maybe you’d like to purchase a lovely book for your sweet Valentine? Submit a Reader’s Request and we can send you suggestions, tailored to your and your sweetie’s reading needs!

Have a great week!

— Stacey

Dear Mother Nature, I’m humbly requesting the End. Of. Snow! If I may?

I have Spring Fever like nobody’s business and so I’ve decided to share a few of my searches through The Reading Room, looking for spring-y books:

Spring!
Fever!
Rain!
Warm!
Sun!

True, I did this as a keyword search so the results are pretty broad -but what a nice group of words, no? I’m sure there’s more than one nice book waiting for you in that crowd -just like I’m waiting for the warm sunshine. Just a little looking and a little patience -then happy days! Enjoy.

— Stacey

It’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day! A day when many other government agencies might be closed, but not your local library! We’re here and we’re open and we’re hoping to hook you up with a good book -or two… Shall we get right down to business, so you can make your mind up before you arrive? Or maybe these will just be the two book titles that make you think of something else you’d like to read? Well, there’s only one way to find out -share those Latest Additions!

The Informationist by Taylor Stevens
Bossypants by Tina Fey

So, we’ll see you soon?!

— Stacey