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Films in Focus: Dysfunctional Families
Dysfunctional Families: All of these movies feature dysfunctional families, just in time for Thanksgiving and dealing with your own family. Maybe you should watch these movies to feel better about the...
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The Plum Tree by Ellen Marie Wiseman
Reviewed by Holly (Library Patron) If you like Hallmark movies then this might be a read for you! It takes place in Germany during WWII. The author provides a very descriptive text. At first I thought...
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#TBT: 1964 & 1965
Popular Books Published in 1964 & 1965 1964: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / Roald Dahl Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka’s mysterious...
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This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Reviewed by Jayne S (Library Staff) I love this author and his latest novel keeps me as one of his biggest fans! This is a stand-alone book, not part of his Cork O’Connor series. It is set in 1932...
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The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg
Reviewed by Holly (Library Patron) This book is a wonderful story of three characters that have entered a period in their lives that seems depressing and void of meaning. The inter-generational nature...
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Films in Focus: Marvel
Popular Marvel Movies in Our Collection Ant-Man (2015) Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, cat burglar Scott Lang must embrace his inner...
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The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
Reviewed by Jen Bremer (Library Staff) Where do fairytales come from? What if fairytales were real? Fans of magical realism and fairytales will absolutely love The Hazel Wood. Main character, Alice...
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#TBT: 2007
Popular Books Published in 2007 A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier / Ishmael Beah In a heart-wrenching, candid autobiography, a human rights activist offers a firsthand account of war from the...
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Spencer’s New Pet by Jessie Sima
Reviewed by Stephanie Ramirez (Library Staff) Spencer has a new pet. This pet is a bit unique, however–it’s a balloon. Spencer loves his pet and wants to take him everywhere–to the vet, the park, a...
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The Turk and My Mother by Mary Helen Stefaniak
Reviewed by Jayne S (Library Staff) This historical fiction novel begins in Croatia right before the start of World War I. Agnes and her mother-in-law are left behind when Agnes’ husband travels to...
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Films in Focus: Dancing
Dancing Movies: Here are some movies in our collection that either focus on dance or have famous dance scenes in them. Billy Elliot (2000) A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love...
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Inside Out: A Memoir by Demi Moore
Reviewed by Stephanie Ramirez (Library Staff) From the moment you start this frank, honest memoir, you are moving full-speed through superstar Demi Moore’s fraught life. Raised by two addict parents,...
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#TBT: 1953 & 1954
Popular Books Published in 1953 & 1954 1953: Go Tell It On the Mountain / James Baldwin While his family struggles with guilt, bitterness, and spiritual issues, John Grimes experiences a religious...
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The Lovely and the Lost by Jennifer Lynne Barnes
Reviewed by Jen Bremer (Library Staff) Mysteries, lost children, mischief, and DOGS! This book has it all. I read it a single night and stayed up WAY past bedtime to do so. Teens Kira, Jude, and Free...
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The Collectors by Jacqueline West
Reviewed by Jane Oliver-Purton (Library Staff) Do you notice things people have left behind or lost, or just forgotten? Van does. Van sees all kinds of things other people don’t notice at all,...
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Films in Focus: Hallmark Christmas Movies
Hallmark Christmas Movies: What is better than a Hallmark Christmas movie during the holiday season? Pick up one of these to enjoy! A Bramble House Christmas (2017) Finn Conrad becomes suspicious as to...
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Until It Fades by K.A. Tucker
Reviewed by Jen Bremer (Library Staff) Hard working, young single mother, Catherine Wright, has the world on her shoulders and trauma in her rearview mirror. She’s putting everything she has into...
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#TBT: 1995
Popular Books Published in 1995 Notes from a Small Island / Bill Bryson Bill Bryson’s account of the seven weeks he spent traveling through Great Britain by train and on foot. (914.10 BRY) The Lost...
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Moulin Rouge! The Musical (2019)
Reviewed by Emily Terasa (Library Staff) I’ve always enjoyed the music from Moulin Rouge, so when I heard a Broadway musical was being made based on the movie, I was excited to hear what it would...
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Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Reviewed by Holly (Library Staff) This book took me on a journey back to High School. The main character is a home schooled girl that is attending public school for the first time. The author...
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