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We see good books in your future! Get these and other librarian recommendations at your favorite library location! #SCLRecs
It`s back to school time in Springfield! Get stories about school at your favorite library location. #SCLRecs #BackToSchool
Take a look at some of the new and upcoming additions to the Springfield City Library`s paperback romance collection!
#SCLrecs #springfieldma #romancerecs #newromance 🥰
A fan of the book (and/or the new movie) Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston? Check out these similar titles!
#SCLRecs #RedWhiteandRoyalBlue
August is National Dog Month! Pick up books about dogs at your local library branch. #SCLRecs #NationalDogMonth #DogBooks
Happy National Book Lovers Day to our fellow book lovers!
#NationalBookLoversDay #SCLrecs #librarylove
Want to learn more about J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project? Check out these books we have at the library.
#SCLrecs #springfieldma #oppenheimer #bookrecs
Calling all Barbies and Kens! If you still can`t stop thinking about the Barbie movie, check out these books.
#SCLrecs #barbie #bookrecs #springfieldma #libraries
The @masscenterforbook Reading Challenge for August is to read a book in translation. Whether you`re looking for a graphic novel, memoir, or literary fiction novel, we have a recommendation for you! Not seeing something you`d like to read? Swing by one of our branches or email ask@springfieldlibrary.org and a librarian can help you find something up your alley.
What are you reading this month?
#SCLrecs #booksintranslation #bookrecs
Beat the heat and stay cool this summer with these icy books!
#SCLrecs #springfieldmass #bookrecs
Fan of Dark Fantasy novels? Check these out from your favorite library location! #SCLRecs #DarkFantasy
For July the @masscenterforbook Reading Challenge is to read a book borrowed from the library! This could be any book including a new release, re-reading a childhood favorite, or one of our library staff`s recommendations.
What are you reading this month? Let us know in the comments!
As always, you can sign up for the reading challenge at massbook.org/readingchallenge
You can track your reading on BeanStack: springfieldlibrary.beanstack.com
#readingchallenge #anybookcounts #SCLrecs #springfieldma
Check out these and more at your favorite library! #SCLRecs #PrideBooks #PrideReads
Carol Higgins Clark, who as a young woman retyped manuscripts by her mother, the famed mystery writer Mary Higgins Clark, before going on to become a best-selling suspense novelist herself, died on Monday in Los Angeles. She was 66. Ms. Higgins Clark wrote more than a dozen novels on her own, beginning with “Decked” in 1992, and several others with Christmas themes in collaboration with her mother, who died in 2020. [NY Times, June 16, 2023] #SCLRecs #CarolHigginsClark
This summer, get swept up into one of these great beach reads!
#SCLrecs #beachreads #romancereads #springfieldma
In June, we celebrate Black Music Month. Get to the library to check these and other books, music, and more! #BlackMusicMonth #SCLRecs
Get these and more at your local library! #SCLRecs #PrideReads #PrideBooks
On June 19, 1865, nearly two years after President Abraham Lincoln emancipated enslaved Africans in America, Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas with news of freedom. More than 250,000 African Americans embraced freedom by executive decree in what became known as Juneteenth or Freedom Day. With the principles of self-determination, citizenship, and democracy magnifying their hopes and dreams, those Texans held fast to the promise of true liberty for all. [Source: NMAAHC] #Juneteenth #SCLRecs
Julia Elizabeth Garwood passed away June 8th at the age of 78. Garwood was an American writer of over twenty-seven romance novels in both the historical and suspense subgenres. She had at least 24 New York Times Bestsellers. #SCLRecs #JulieGarwood
Cormac McCarthy, the formidable and reclusive writer of Appalachia and the American Southwest, whose raggedly ornate early novels about misfits and grotesques gave way to the lush taciturnity of ``All the Pretty Horses`` and the apocalyptic minimalism of ``The Road,`` died on Tuesday at his home in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 89. [NY Times, June 13, 2023] #SCLRecs #CormacMcCarthy
It`s Audiobook Month *and* Pride Month! Check out these recommendations for audio and e-audiobooks available at the Springfield City Library. #SCLRecs #AudiobookMonth #PrideBooks
It`s never too late to join our reading challenge!
The June @masscenterforbook Reading Challenge is to read a book set in a country you’ve never visited. Some of our recommendations include a Pride and Prejudice retelling set in Pakistan, a memoir about an Egyptian bookseller, and a potato farmer on Mars. Comment below where you want to visit!
Remember that the reading challenge is still available on beanstack where you can track your reading and earn badges! Head to springfieldlibrary.beanstack.com to start.
For more info, go to massbook.org/readingchallenge or ask a librarian.
#MassBookReadingChallenge #readingchallenge #springfieldma #SCLrecs #bookrecs
Happy Pride! Read these nonfiction titles for adults, or ask your librarian for the perfect book for you!
#Pride #Pride2023 #PrideBooks #SCLRecs
Remember the amazing artist Tina Turner with a book, movie, or CD from the library.
#TinaTurner #RIPTinaTurner #SCLRecs
Find a good book for the long weekend, and read about the sacrifices of those who serve.
#SCLrecs #MemorialDay #SCLRecs
Stop by the library to check out our new large-print books! If you are looking for a specific title, give us a call and we can put it on hold for you.
#SCLrecs #largeprintbooks #newbooks #library #SpringfieldMA
The movie version of "Are You There God? It`s Me, Margaret." by Judy Blume is getting rave reviews. Get it and similar books for tweens at your favorite library location! #SCLRecs
For the first time ever, the Pulitzer board has given out two fiction prizes simultaneously, to Hernan Diaz’s “Trust” and Barbara Kingsolver’s “Demon Copperhead." Get these and other Pulitzer winners and nominees at your favorite library location! #SCLRecs
The May @masscenterforbook Reading Challenge is to read a nonfiction book on a subject that’s new to you. In our recommendations for this month, we have books about bird migration, the NBA, and internet linguistics! Not seeing a book on a subject that interests you? Ask a librarian for a different recommendation!
Remember that the reading challenge is still available on beanstack where you can track your reading and earn badges! Head to springfieldlibrary.beanstack.com to start!
For more info, go to massbook.org/readingchallenge or ask a librarian!
#MassBookReadingChallenge #readingchallenge #springfieldma #SCLrecs #nonfictionrecs
For those who love mysteries with punny titles and amateur sleuths, check out our new cozy mysteries at the library!
#SCLrecs #cozymysteries #springfieldma #newbooks #Libraries
It`s Earth Day! Grab a book from the library and read all about our amazing home planet! #EarthDay #SCLRecs
Looking for a good book? Check out these librarian recommendations for Mysteries, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Graphic Novels (for adults). Swipe to see them all! #DiverseBooks #WeNeedDiverseBooks #SCLRecs
Anne Perry, the prolific London-born author of historical and socially conscious crime fiction who in her teens served five years in prison for murder, a sordid past that came to wide attention with the release of a 1994 movie, died on Monday in Los Angeles. She was 84.
Ms. Perry’s criminal past was revealed publicly in the summer of 1994 when word leaked out that Peter Jackson would recount her story in his forthcoming film “Heavenly Creatures,” starring Kate Winslet as the smugly confident teenage girl who later changed her name to Anne Perry and Melanie Lynskey as her sullen and insecure classmate Pauline. The film was released in November.
Her first novel, “The Cater Street Hangman,” was published in 1979. Kirkus Reviews called it “a hearty mystery/romance” and concluded that “Perry’s easy, irreverent Victoriana is the real attraction here.”
Her most recent novel is “The Traitor Among Us,” the fifth installment in her Elena Standish series, begun in 2019, centering on a female English detective. It is to be published in September. [New York Times, April 12, 2023] #AnnePerry #SCLRecs
Library News
Springfield residents meet candidates ahead of municipal election (WWLP)
Election season is here for the city of Springfield, and Wednesday night residents had the chance to get to know the candidates a little better.
Meet & Greet Candidates for Mayor and City Council
The Springfield City Library is partnering with the City’s Election Commission to offer residents an opportunity to meet candidates for local elections.
Springfield high school yearbooks available online (WWLP)
The free catalog offers Springfield high school yearbooks dating back as far as the 1900s. Since August 2022, the library has collected more than 400 yearbook donations.