Till We Have Faces
“When the time comes to you at which you will be forced at last to utter the speech which has lain at the center of your soul for years, which you have, all that time, idiot-like, been saying over and over, you’ll not talk about joy of words. I saw well why the gods do not speak to us openly, nor let us answer. Till that word can be dug out of us, why should they hear the babble that we think we mean? How can they meet us face to face till we have faces?”
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
January will learn the hard way that adventures are rarely easy, and even worse, can be extremely dangerous.
Witchy Women and Haunted Places
The books on this list range in tone from Latinx folklore-derived magical realism to claustrophobic psychological terror but they all feature the uncanny, the surreal, or the supernatural in the … Continued
Battle of the Books 2020: 6th Grade Booklist
6th Grade Battle Tuesday, February 18th, 2020 Learn more and register at www.carnegielibrary.org/battleofthebooks If you’re interested in audio or digital copies of the books check out Hoopla and Overdrive (library … Continued
Battle of the Books 2020: 9th through 12th grade booklist
9th – 12th Grade Battle Tuesday, March 3, 2020 Learn more and register at www.carnegielibrary.org/battleofthebooks If you’re interested in audio or digital copies of the books check out Hoopla and … Continued
Battle of the Books 2020: 7th & 8th Grade Booklist
7th & 8th Grade Battle Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 Learn more and register at www.carnegielibrary.org/battleofthebooks If you’re interested in audio or digital copies of the books check out Hoopla and … Continued
The Institute
King, the beloved and prolific Master of Horror, is back just in time for a perfectly unsettling Fall read. His new book, The Institute, is a novel that has an … Continued
Memoirs of a Murderbot
After Murderbot hacks its governor module, all it wants is to be left alone to watch its favorite serial while doing the bare minimum of its security job. Too bad its human clients are constantly putting themselves in danger—and asking it to talk about its feelings.
Romance Recommendations by a Teen Volunteer
Miriam, a teen volunteer at CLP – East Liberty and an avid reader, shares some of her favorite romance novels on the Teenspace shelves. The Selection I recommend this book … Continued
Breathe. Sunflower. Rainbow.
The hit Neflix show Stranger Things is full of mysteries. The first official Stranger Things novel Suspicious Minds tells the story of Eleven’s Mom, Terry and her journey from college student to test subject.