One Book - One Lincoln 2023 Virtual Author Visit this Sunday at 2:00 p.m.!

Did you love this year's winning title in the One Book - One Lincoln public reading program, Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt? You can register to attend the live "Virtual Author Visit" with Van Pelt this Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on Zoom, by visiting the following registration form (you'll be sent the Zoom login link):

https://lincolnlibraries.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=32608&df=list&nd=90&fe=1&backTo=List&startDate=2023/10/15&endDate=2023/10/15

 

 

You can also join a group of viewers for a public "Watch Party" at the Gere Branch Library at the same time, where attendees can submit questions for Van Pelt, which library staff will share with the host.

 

 

Help us wrap up another successful year of One Book - One Lincoln!
 

Book Review: You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar + online book discussion of this book tonight 1/12/2022!!

You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy StoriesAbout Racism

by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar (305.8 AfrYr)

 

Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar are two sisters who grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. Amber has moved to New York City, where she is a writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers and host of The Amber Ruffin Show. Lacey is still living in Omaha. The book documents racist things said to Lacey. There is a back-and-forth humor between the co-author sisters that makes it impossible to not laugh, although the reality of current racism experienced by the authors is horrifying.

 

(If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo or Mixed: My Life in Black and White by Angela Nissel.)

 

( publisher’s official You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey web page ) | ( official Amber Ruffin Twitter feed ) | ( official Lacey Lamar Twitter feed )

 

Recommended by Jodi R.
Anderson and Bethany Branch Libraries

 

***** Join a virtual book discussion of You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories About Racism, co-sponsored by Nebraska Appleseed, tonight from 6:30 to 7:30 on Zoom!

To join the discussion, go to https://lincolnne.zoom.us/j/8465964290. *****

 

Have you read or listened to this one? What did you think? Did you find this review helpful?

New reviews appear every month on the Staff Recommendations page of the BookGuide website. You can visit that page to see them all, or watch them appear here in the BookGuide Blog individually over the course of the entire month. Click the tag for the reviewer's name to see more of this reviewer’s recommendations!

New BooksTalk Booklist: ALA Notable Books (2020)

 

On April 7th, 2021, Library Director Pat Leach presented her annual "American Library Association Notable Books" talk, featuring titles from that annually-published list that were released in 2020, during a Zoom version of the Lunch at the Library bookstalk series.

You can see a list of the items Pat discussed at:

ALA Notable Books - published in 2020

Interested in being added to an e-mail list for notifications about future In-Person or Online Book Talks? Visit our E-mail Groups Sign-Up page to sign up!

New BooksTalk Booklist: Graphic Novels & More with Traci G.

Under the Lincoln City Libraries' current COVID-19 safety processes, the Bethany and Gere Branch BooksTalk series have returned in a modified format for the time being -- they are currently being held as Library BooksTalks on Zoom, using the Zoom online meeting software. [ Click here for a schedule of upcoming online BooksTalks, and the information for logging in to take part! ]

We try to make available printable and searchable copies of the lists of books discussed at these talks -- depending on whether the individual presenters provided a list for sharing.

Assistant Library Directory Traci G., was the presenter on Zoom on March 26, 2021. Traci shared several of the Graphic Novels that have made an impact on her recently.

You can see the lists of the materials Traci discussed, both graphic novels and other formats, at:

Graphic Novels & More

New BooksTalk Booklists -- Lists from three unmoderated "Book Share" sessions

Are you curious about what books are discussed by the attendees of Library BooksTalks on Zoom when there wasn't a host with a prepared book presentation? Several recent "Book Share" opportunities have happened in the Winter/Spring 2021 BooksTalk season, and we've got BooksTalk Booklists for three of those sessions.

Under the Lincoln City Libraries' current COVID-19 safety processes, the Bethany and Gere Branch BooksTalk series have returned in a modified format for the time being -- they are currently being held as Library BooksTalks on Zoom, using the Zoom online meeting software. [ Click here for a schedule of upcoming online BooksTalks, and the information for logging in to take part! ]

Here are three of BooksTalk Booklists for recent "Book Share" sessions:

Zoom Book Share 3/5/2021

and

Zoom Book Share 4/16/2021

and

Zoom Book Share 5/7/2021

New BooksTalk Booklist: Scott's Grab Bag - Spring 2021

Scott C., manager of the libraries' BookGuide readers advisory pages, and a staff member at the Bennett Martin Public Library downtown, was the presenter at the Library BooksTalks on Zoom on April 23, 2021. Scott featured a broad selection of his favorite recent reads from the past 6-9 months, including fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, and DVDs.

Under the Lincoln City Libraries' current COVID-19 safety processes, the Bethany and Gere Branch BooksTalk series have returned in a modified format for the time being -- they are currently being held as Library BooksTalks on Zoom, using the Zoom online meeting software. [ Click here for a schedule of upcoming online BooksTalks, and the information for logging in to take part! ]

We try to make available printable and searchable copies of the lists of books discussed at these talks -- depending on whether the individual presenters provided a list for sharing.

You can see the lists of the materials Scott discussed, as a printable and hotlinked PDF, at:

Scott's Grab Bag - Spring 2021

New BooksTalk Booklists: Jodi R.'s "Books I've Read This Spring" and "Awards"

Under the Lincoln City Libraries' current COVID-19 safety processes, the Bethany and Gere Branch BooksTalk series have returned in a modified format for the time being -- they are currently being held as Library BooksTalks on Zoom, using the Zoom online meeting software. [ Click here for a schedule of upcoming online BooksTalks, and the information for logging in to take part! ]

We try to make available printable and searchable copies of the lists of books discussed at these talks -- depending on whether the individual presenters provided a list for sharing.

Jodi R, one of the staff at the Anderson and Bethany Branch Libraries, was the presenter on Zoom on April 9, 2021. Jodi prepared two electronic handouts for attendees: Books I've Read This Spring - 2021 and Jodi's Spring 2021 BooksTalk: Awards.

You can see the lists of the materials Jodi discussed at:

Books I've Read This Spring - 2021

and

Jodi's Spring 2021 BooksTalk: Awards

New BooksTalk Booklist: Tracy's Online Books Talk - 2020

The Bethany and Gere Branch BooksTalk series returned in a modified format for the Fall/Winter sessions of 2020 -- they are now held as Library BooksTalks on Zoom, using the Zoom online meeting software.

The first of these online booktalks was presented by Tracy T., from the Anderson and Bethany Branch Libraries on September 4th.

You can see a list of the items Tracy discussed at:

Tracy's Online Books Talk - 2020