Showing posts with label booktalk booklist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label booktalk booklist. Show all posts

Sunday, October 8, 2023

New BookTalk Booklist on BookGuide: Jen's 5-Star Fiction


Jen J., librarian at the Bennett Martin Public Library downtown, was the guest presenter for a booktalk at the Bethany BookTalks on September 8, 2023, where she shared some of the best novels she's read recently.

Check out the list of titles Jen shared at the following link: 

Jen's 5-Star Fiction

Sunday, November 6, 2022

New BookTalk Booklist on the BookGuide web site: Adult Storytime Readings - Fall 2022


Don't miss the last Adult Storytime event at Gere Branch Library this coming Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m. -- hear readings by library staff from across the city -- short stories, essays, poetry, and more -- from books available in the libraries.

You can already see the list of reading selections from the September Adult Storytime in the following booktalk booklist on the Lincoln City Libraries' BookGuide reader resources pages at this link: (and the page will be updated with the November reading selections after the November 9th session has taken place!)


Sunday, August 28, 2022

New BookTalks Booklist: ALA Notables from 2021 with Library Director Pat Leach

 


Did you know that Library Director Pat Leach is retiring on August 31st?

It seems only appropriate to share the latest installment in her annual bookstalks about the American Library Association list of Notable Books, on this, the Sunday before Pat leaves us.

On March 24th, 2022 at the South Branch BooksTalks, and at the April 6, 2022 Lunch at the Library session at the downtown library, Library Director Pat Leach presented her annual "American Library Association Notable Books" talk, featuring titles from that annually-published list that were released in 2021.

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

ALA Notable Books - published in 2021

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!

Sunday, August 21, 2022

New BooksTalk Booklist: Speculative Fiction with Garren H.


On March 17th, 2022 at the South Branch BooksTalks and on March 18th, 2022 at the Bethany Branch BooksTalks, Garren H.,  the youth librarian from the downtown library, presented a bookstalk he titled Speculative Fiction. Garren broke a list of 32 titles, some adult and some Young Adult, mostly recent with a couple older classics thrown in, into seven focus categories. He also prepared a slideshow (which you can view at the link below).

Check out the complete list of books featured in Garren's talk, in this bookstalk booklist on the Lincoln City Libraries' BookGuide reader resources pages at the following link:


Sunday, June 26, 2022

New BooksTalk Booklist: Not Your Mama's Romance Novels, presented by Alicia G.

On April 14th 2022, former Lincoln City Libraries staff member Alicia G. was the guest BooksTalk presenter at the South Branch evening BooksTalk group, presenting a talk on edgy contemporary romance fiction.

Check out Alicia's list of recommended reads, in this booktalk booklist on the Lincoln City Libraries' BookGuide reader resources pages at the following link:


Sunday, December 20, 2020

New BooksTalk Booklist: Susan's Selections - November 2020

  

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

Susan S., teen specialist at the Eiseley Branch Library, was the presenter on Zoom on November 20th, 2020. She discussed a number of works she's recently enjoyed, appropriate for adults and teens.

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

Susan's Selections - November 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!