New Year’s

  • New Year, New Series

    2024 has begun, and with it, a whole new slate of reading goals! Perhaps you want to pick up a new hobby to meet a New Year’s resolution, or want to try new-to-you genres. Another great way to bring in the new year is with a new book series! Here are some great series starters… Continue reading

  • Now that you’ve blown your New Year’s resolutions…

    Has it happened yet? Has that steely resolve behind your New Year’s Resolution already failed? Not so fast: what happens next is crucial. What if it isn’t willpower you lack, but the flexibility to embrace failure as part of the process? As Maya Angelou wrote, “…it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you… Continue reading

  • New Years Resolution: Read More Books!

    Coming to you from the cyberpunk dystopia that really needs to end, pleasepleaseplease, a series of New Year’s Resolution themed posts because the only way out is through. So, you’ve decided to read more for your New Year’s resolution. Excellent choice! Books are good for you, can help you learn a new skill, and are… Continue reading

  • Goal Setting for 2021

    Throughout this past year and a half of _______?, I have realized one thing. This one short life we are given could be lost at any time. Time is so short! How does one even clarify how to make the best use of the time we have left? Illuminating this forced me to narrow my search.… Continue reading

  • It’s New Year’s – let’s make a booj!

    Coming to you from the cyberpunk dystopia that may some day in fact end, a series of New Year’s Resolution themed posts: because the only way out is through. For those not in the know, a bullet journal is basically an agenda/to do list/journal/tracker that you create yourself with, in its most no-frills form, just a… Continue reading

  • New Year, Do Nothing

    The refrain “new year, new you” is a popular one around the first of the year, exhorting you to fix bad habits, set new resolutions, and generally get your life in order. Maybe it’s time for a change; maybe it’s time to read some books that help you focus on the joy and purpose of… Continue reading

  • Holiday Reads for the Rest of Us

    To get into the holiday spirit this year I’ve been cranking up the Christmas tunes, decorating the Christmas tree, and drinking hot cocoa while watching Home Alone, but when it comes to books I need something a little less sparkly and bright. I like to read realistic fiction – nothing against a good cozy mystery… Continue reading

  • New Year’s Resolution- To be More Eco-Friendly

    ~posted by Selby With a new year come new year’s resolutions. Whether you want to learn to carve wood, invest in the stock market or create a will, the library probably has something to help you. One of my resolutions is to be more environmentally friendly. After reading the first two books below, I was… Continue reading

  • Romantic Wednesdays: Just Like Starting Over

    By Jessica W. Every year, January comes around and we make resolutions. Find love, learn a new language, go to the gym, we try to give ourselves a new start, a fresh page with the beginning of a new year. Some of us go farther than others when we want a new start—we don’t just… Continue reading

  • Romantic Wednesdays: Movies for the New Year

    Check out these romantic movies that feature the classic combination of true love and a new year. When Harry Met Sally Continue reading