Join the Homewood Public Library’s Not Your Mama’s Book Club on Tuesday, March 1st as we explore how the Enneagram system works and a description of each of the types. Leading the discussion will be our special guest, Maggie Banger, a Licensed Professional Counselor with a masters certification in the Enneagram from the Institute for Conscious Being. No…
What is Dark Academia? If you like academic settings, groups of morally ambiguous characters, and haunting mysteries, check out these dark academia novels from the Homewood Public Library! This newly popularized subgenre of literature focuses on the lives of students and the boundaries they are willing to push in their pursuits of greater knowledge. Knowledge…
Looking to get lost in a new adventure? Let’s dive deep. Series Spotlight highlights various Teen/YA Book Series. (Titles are listed in series order). This time we highlight the Heart of Dread series by Melissa De La Cruz. Melissa de la Cruz grew up in Manila and moved to San Francisco with her family, where…
Did you know we have a Graphic Novel Book Club that meets every month here at the library? If you have a love for the visual arts, or just like reading comic books then why not join us? Our next upcoming meeting of graphic novel super-fans is on Monday, November 22, 2021, from 4-5 p.m….
The first American Indian Day was celebrated in May 1916 in New York, when Red Fox James, a Blackfeet Indian, rode his horse from state to state, getting support to have a day honoring American Indians. In 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed a resolution designating November as “National American Indian Heritage Month.” Similar proclamations have…
The Reckoners is a sci-fy/fantasy series written by YA author Brandon Sanderson. Born in Nebraska, he did not start into reading until his teacher recommended the book Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly. The Reckoners is a futuristic adventure that follows a group known as “the reckoners” who form a resistence movement against the ruling force called…
