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Find a Romance in February

 

What do you do when you're waiting for the next book in you favorite series? Bite your nails, eat chocolate, pull out your hair? I'm reserving my copy from SLCL now and brushing up on my fav series and trying a few new ones

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"Wayward Saints" by Suzzy Roche

 

Suzzy Roche, youngest sister in the trio known as The Roches, has written...

The Way We Were

 

Two major literay awards in 2011 were won by novels exploring themes of memory and time. Jennifer Egan was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2011 for "...

The Long Night by Steve Wick

 

In "The Long Night," author Steve Wick tells us what it was like to be a broadcast journalist...

Shadow Divers

 

Does the word "non-fiction" scare your book discussion group? Does it sound boring, dry, like reading a text book? Well, then you need to take a look at St. Louis County Library's non-fiction book discussion  kit titles. These books read like fiction and guess what; you may...

Lord of the Rings

 

I've always found that any mundane task, such as studying, cleaning, or the aforementioned laundry, always goes faster set to some really good music. Luckily for those of us who get stuck with drudgery, SLCL has some grand scores to make your next annoying chore feel like an epic...

Rubber

 

"I think you might want to watch this movie," a co-worker told me.

"What's it about?"

"Well, it is about a tire that comes to life and goes on a killing spree."

(Insert chirping noises representing the crickets in my head as I stare dumbfounded at said co-...

Marvel 1602

 

How would the modern superheroes we have come to know and love have lived in the 17th century? Prolific author Neil Gaiman gives us his vision in "...

Deadline Artists

Have you ever looked at a pile of unread newspapers and wished that someone would pull out the best of the lot for your reading pleasure? Good news! The book "...

Rules of Civility

 

First time author Amor Towles' "Rules of Civility" is a stylish and sophisticated novel reminiscent of the writings of  F. Scott...

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