Barack Obama

  • 2022 Finalists for Best Audiobooks

    This year’s Audie Awards gala – yep, still virtual – is scheduled for March 4: here’s a list of the nominees. (Well, the nominees that we’re able to get in libraries; some productions are unavailable for library distribution; find the full list here. So who’s in the running? Everybody who’s anybody, including such seasoned narrators… Continue reading

  • Thanks Obama: Summer Edition

    We have just a little over a month before we say good bye to summer and hello to fall, which gives you plenty of time to read some of former president Barack Obama’s summer reading favorites! Toni Morrison’s collected works, including Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye, and Beloved – a longtime popular author even… Continue reading

  • Thanks Obama

    It’s that time of year again! Former President Barack Obama has released his list of favorite reads in 2018 and it’s gooooooooood. Becoming by Michelle Obama – Obviously his favorite! And a Peak Pick! An American Marriage by Tayari Jones American Prison by Shane Bauer Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Arthur Ashe: A Life by… Continue reading