Summer reads
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Cool Reads for Summer Heat
Summer might be winding down, but the heat sure isn’t. Take a mental cool down with these summer reads, but reader beware: like the gorgeous, inviting waters of the Puget Sound, these pretty covers hide deep and sometimes dangerous undercurrents. In Hurricane Summer by Asha Bromfield, not all is fun in the sun for 18-year-old,… Continue reading
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England, 1976: Heatwave
If you spend enough time around books – reading books, reading reviews, shelving books – you start to notice trends, and sometimes they’re very specific. (For example in the first half of 2019, there were at least two books with main characters in comas reassessing their lives: The Inbetween Days and The Book of Dreams).… Continue reading
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Book Bingo: Cookbooks and food memoirs
Join The Seattle Public Library and Seattle Arts & Lectures for our second annual Summer Book Bingo for adults! Follow us throughout the summer for reading suggestions based on each category. Today, suggestions for your “Read a Cookbook or a Food Memoir” square: A cookbook might seem like an odd choice for summer reading, but nowadays chefs are including more narrative next to… Continue reading
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Romantic Wednesdays: warming up to summer
It’s almost summertime! In anticipation of the languid, warm days ahead, check out these great beach reads. The Summer He Came Home by Juliana Stone After spending 10 years on the road to rock star fame, bad boy Cain’s circumstances bring him back home to Crystal Lake – and in the path of cautious single… Continue reading
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Summer reading: Reviews from readers at our Southwest branch
Feed by Mira Grant Loved it!!! Couldn’t put it down. The zombies are here to stay. Bloggers saved the day and are here to stay also. A sci-fi with drama and action. ~ Trudy The Half-stitched Amish Quilting Club by Wanda E. Brunstetter This book really brings together an odd assortment of characters. You are… Continue reading
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A Dream of Summer
A Dream of Summer, because we are all dreaming of summer… Here we are in the heady rush of summer, where busy summer plans are making themselves felt regardless of the on-again, off-again weather. In the midst of all the hurry, I find myself longing for quiet dreaming reads – the ones that speak of… Continue reading
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Personalized reading suggestions for teens in Seattle!
For all you teens in Seattle — our incredible teen services librarians are ready to help you find a book you WANT to read. All you have to do is use the Ask-a-Librarian form to tell us a little bit about what you like to read. We’ll get back to you in a day or two… Continue reading
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A Different Kind of Beach Read
Personally, I’ve never understood the concept of a “beach read.” I like to read the same kind of books at home by the fire (note to self: put in fireplace soon) in the middle of winter as I do while lying on a wrinkled, too small towel on the hot sands at the beach. Here… Continue reading
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Summer Reads for Tweens
Are your kids counting down the days until school gets out, looking forward to a long summer stretch without homework? Put them in a summer mood and keep them reading into fall with these new titles: Crunch by Leslie Connor Dewey is feeling the crunch! When his parents get stranded miles away from home, it… Continue reading
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Children’s Summer Reads: Picture Books
Summer is almost here, along with Summer Reading programs, days at the beach, camping, and a much deserved respite from school. Now is the time for some fun, recreational reading. These new titles are sure to put kids in a summer state of mind: Dancing Feet, by Lindsey Craig; illustrated by Marc Brown Exuberant creatures… Continue reading
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Children’s Summer Reads: Chapter Books
Summer is almost here, along with Summer Reading programs, days at the beach, camping, and a much deserved respite from school. Now is the time for some fun, recreational reading. These new titles are sure to put kids in a summer state of mind: Animal Rescue Team: Gator on the Loose! , by Sue Stauffacher… Continue reading
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Icy cold reads spotted at Greenwood Branch
Novels and poetry pictured above: The Cold Moon: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel by Jefffrey Deaver Cold Day in July by Stella Cameron Just Give Me A Cool Drink of Water ‘fore I Diiie by Maya Angelou A Cold Touch of Ice: A Mamur Zapt Mystery by Michael Pearce Ice Age by Brian Freemantle Tahoe Ice Grave by Todd Borg… Continue reading
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‘The Help’ reaches its tipping point
There’s a lot to love about summer reading when you work in a library, but the best part is when people stop by to tell you what they’ve been reading. And that’s how, early in June, I found one of my favorite books of the past several years: The Help by Kathryn Stockett. In this… Continue reading
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Summer Reading: A few favorites from Montlake
Books pictured here include: Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss One Song at a Time by Rob Sheffield Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman Two Rivers by T. Greenwood The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper The Secret of Lost Things by Sheridan Hay Two… Continue reading
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Staff Favorites: Summer reads . . .
Ahhh … summer reading in Seattle. Whether you’re bringing a book to the beach or packing one (or four) for vacation, our staff has some recommendations for you. And perhaps while you’re at the Library you’d like to log your books read in our Adult Summer Reading notebook? All you need to do is write… Continue reading
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Great Fantasy Audiobooks for the Road
Parents everywhere are looking for solutions to their annual summer dilemma… “How do we find audiobooks that the entire family – adults included – can enjoy for that long car/airplane/boat trip?” Here are a few suggestions that are guaranteed to entertain: The Amulet of Samarkand, by Johnathan Stroud Read by Simon Jones CDJ St892A Nathaniel,… Continue reading
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Central District and High Point reader suggestions
Readers from the Douglass-Truth Branch and the High Point Branch offer some of their favorite books from this summer. Here are suggestions for some late-summer memoirs, a medical thriller set in Seattle, poetry and novels. Readers in Douglass-Truth’s Adult Summer Reading Program suggest: Shame on It All by Zane A captivating story of three sisters showing the true meaning of… Continue reading
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Summer Reads: Beacon Hill and Rainier Beach reader suggestions.
Beach Reads? Rainy Day Reads? Its anyone’s guess! Welcome to August in Seattle! Beacon Hill and Rainier Beach participants in our popular Adult Summer Reading Program tell us a bit about what good reads they’ve found at the end of the rainbow. Beacon Hill readers suggest: The Devil’s Whisper, by Miyuki Miyabe Layers of mystery: a missing… Continue reading