National Book Lover’s Day is August 9! If you love reading about the book world, from writing to publishing to bookbinding, this list is for you! These books feature beautiful stories, fascinating facts, and an adoration for books. Check out one from the Homewood Public Library today! The Dead Romantics, Ashley Poston – Florence Day…
It’s the most wonderful week of the year: Shark Week! Be sure to check out some of these titles to read in between shark week programming. Fiction Featuring Sharks Close to Shore Combining rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative, Close to Shore brilliantly re-creates the summer of 1916, when a rogue Great White…
Meteor Day is June 30! A meteoroid is a space rock that enters the Earth’s atmosphere. It is the remains of a larger space object like a comet or asteroid. They look like earth rocks but are different in what is in them because most meteorites are made from metal. Once the meteoroid lands on Earth, we…
Happy Pride Month! June marks the beginning of a month long celebration of LGBTQIA+ individuals, their accomplishments, and identities. But, did you know why Pride happens in June? Be sure to check out these books covering Queer history and events to better understand how the fight for human rights regardless of identity or orientation continues…
Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Makes Us Whole In her new masterpiece, the author of the bestselling phenomenon Quiet reveals the power of a bittersweet outlook on life, and why we’ve been so blind to its value. With Quiet, Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us, thereby revealing an untapped…
May is Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a time dedicated to celebrating the individuals of Asian and/or Pacific Islander descent and their cultural and historical contributions to the United States. We have collected a list of memoirs, novels, and nonfiction collections by Asian/Pacific Islander authors to showcase the varied and rich cultures within the Asian and…
