The Biblio File January 10, 2022 Well, this year is starting out very similar to the past few years – everyone is trying to keep busy, figure out ways to make things happen in “the new normal” and generally working hard to keep safe and keep spirits up. This might be a good time to…
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The Biblio File January 3, 2022 Happy New Year from the PPL! We hope everyone had a safe and cozy holiday. The world right now is a little bit crazy and we feel like books are a safe haven where you can escape reality for a little while. Online you can find many 2022 reading…
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The Biblio File December 20, 2021 Two things – how great is this idea?? And where can I get some of those snowman marshmallows? Please note that the library will be closed from Friday, December 24, 2021 to Saturday, January 1, 2022 inclusive, for holidays. We will re-open on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 1:00. …
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The Biblio File December 13, 2021 Who doesn’t love Top 10 lists? Bookbrowse has doubled that with their “Top 20 Best of the Year,” chosen by their subscribers. The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr Bewilderment by Richard Powers Three Girls from Bronzeville by Dawn Turner The Magician by Colm…
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The Biblio File December 6, 2021 Is the winter weather officially here? For those of you that see a temperature below -10 and think it’s time to stay in and read by the fire – here are a few more from our Patron’s Choice Awards: The Iron Rose, the Extraordinary Life of Charlotte Ross, MD…
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The Biblio File November 29, 2021 Well, we blinked and now it’s almost December. Here are a few book related activities. A Christmas reading challenge that is meant for kids but could easily be enjoyed by adults! Who doesn’t want to read in a den/fort?? And to get you thinking about the New Year –…
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The Biblio File November 22, 2021 Calling all eBook readers! We are hoping to start our own collection of eBooks at the PPL and would appreciate some input. Please email the library at email@pinawapubliclibrary.com with suggestions for titles, genres, any recommendations and thoughts about what you’d like to see in our collection. Looking for a…
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The Biblio File November 15, 2021 Library patron George Gibson has kindly provided a book review – thank you George! I have just finished reading J. S. Milloy’s A National Crime, 1999. Pinawa Public Library 371.829 MIL. Milloy (Oxford scholar, Professor of History and Native Studies at Trent University) was tasked in 1996 with researching and creating…
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The Biblio File November 8, 2021 The winner of this year’s Booker Prize is The Promise by Damon Galgut. “The Promise is set in South Africa during the country’s transition out of apartheid, and explores the interconnected relationships between the members of a diminishing white family through the sequential lens of four funerals. The Promise…
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The Biblio File November 1, 2021 Well look at that – November 1st and it’s winter. Seems like a good day to highlight a few more of our PPL Patron’s Choice book awards, in case you were looking for a reason to stay home and read. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr…