Review: ‘Kafka’s Drawings,’ by Andreas Kilcher
A new book of the modernist’s sketches reveals the tension he saw between words and images.
Dov Forman Wants You to Know His Great-Grandmother’s Holocaust Story
An 18-year-old student and a 98-year-old survivor teamed up to write “Lily’s Promise,” a best-selling memoir of Auschwitz and its aftermath.
Book Review: ‘The Latecomer,’ by Jean Hanff Korelitz
In “The Latecomer,” Jean Hanff Korelitz takes on complicated family dynamics, infidelity, race, class, religion, guilt, art and real estate.
Newly Published, From Rainbow Cocktails to Magical Beasts
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Playdate at the Library
Open to ages 6-36 months. Registration required. Enjoy stories, rhymes & songs designed to develop early literacy skills with your little one. Guardians must remain present. Face masks are required for everyone 2 years and older, regardless of vaccination status. Please bring a blanket or towel for your group to sit on.
New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers: May 29, 2022
An up-to-date list of the New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers. Weekly.
Delivered: 5/24/2022 9:00:00 PM
Delivered: 5/24/2022 9:00:00 PM
New York Times Fiction Bestsellers: May 29, 2022
An up-to-date list of the New York Times Fiction Bestsellers. Weekly.
Delivered: 5/24/2022 8:00:00 PM
Delivered: 5/24/2022 8:00:00 PM
Strange, Slippery and Beautiful: A Master Essayist at Work
“The Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick” presents a critic who ruminates on topics as varied as Maine, Monica Lewinsky and grits.
Book Review: ‘The Bar at Twilight,’ by Frederic Tuten
Frederic Tuten’s story collection “The Bar at Twilight” is full of bittersweet portraits of artists and the places that shaped them.
Review: “Sleepwalk,” by Dan Chaon
Just how lawless and unhinged can the world rendered in “Sleepwalk” get?
Mystery: May 2022
Drawn to puzzles? These books will provide you with a steady stream of who-dun-its for your solving delight. Monthly.
Delivered: 5/24/2022 12:00:00 AM
Delivered: 5/24/2022 12:00:00 AM
Teen SEALS Organization Meeting
Open to teens. Learn about our SEALS (Students Employ Assistance & Library Support) group & sign up to participate in our Summer Reading Program. All programs subject to change or cancellation.
Furry Buddies
Open to ages 6-14. Registration required. Read a story to therapy dogs, Erin, Kody, Fritz, and Frieda, who love sharing stories with children.
Seasonal Work
unCovered review by Rachel Simmons, Librarian, ACLS Hammonton Branch
Seasonal Work by Laura Lippman is a collection of short stories written in Lippman’s style of mystery suspense fiction. It is written in four parts with three short stories in each part. The title story “Seasonal Work” focuses on a father and his children surviving poverty and evoking sympathy from strangers for their misfortunes, but are the misfortunes real or staged? Tess Monaghan, PI, is on the case. Part two focuses upon women getting the best of their male abusers. In “Snowflake Time,” (one of my favorites), a news reporter from 2016 is a victim of the #metoo movement and is forced to quit his job. He then writes a popular cozy mystery series that goes awry in a darkly humorous way involving cats. Part three contains three coming of age stories. In “Five Fires,” a young adult narrates her experience one summer during a time five fires occur pointing to arson. Can we rely on her narrative or is she delusional? Finally, part four highlights stories involving couples and the secret lives they live. In “Slow Burner” a wife’s husband, previously caught cheating, is at it again with a new burner phone. Is it right for her to eavesdrop on his text messages to the mistress? What can she do? Read it to find out. This novel is available in hardback, CD and eBook. Recommended.
Review: ‘Evening Hero,’ by Marie Myung-ok Lee
In “The Evening Hero,” a retired Korean-born obstetrician navigates later adulthood in an unwelcoming American mining town.
Review: ‘What the Ermine Saw,’ by Eden Collinsworth
A history of Leonardo da Vinci’s 15th-Century portrait, “Lady With an Ermine,” is also a history of modern Europe.
Historical Fiction: May 2022
Do you prefer novels with period detail? Become part of history, without having to slop through the mud or face the guillotine yourself. Monthly.
Delivered: 5/23/2022 12:00:00 AM
Delivered: 5/23/2022 12:00:00 AM
A New Psychological Thriller Explores the Grim Underbelly of Life as a Social Media Moderator
Hanna Bervoets’s latest novel, “We Had to Remove This Post,” is a discomfiting mystery about the disturbing parts of social media that most people never see.
The exorcism of God [DVD]
Author: Hidalgo, Alejandro, film director, film producer, screenwriter. Kabche, Karim, film producer. Abdo, Antonio, film producer. Seidl, Joel, film producer. Fernández Calvete, Santiago, screenwriter.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: EXORCISM
Format: Video disc
Summary: An American priest is haunted by the consequences of a terrible act which he committed while possessed during an exorcism in Mexico eighteen years prior. Father Peter Williams, an American exorcist, hides a shocking secret: possessed by a demon he was trying to expel, he committed a terrible sacrilege. To atone for this sin, Peter devotes his life to charity work in a small town in Mexico. Eighteen years later, his deeply buried secret comes to light when the demon from his past returns, possessing a girl and unleashing a deadly disease. Now Peter must choose between saving his soul and saving the people he loves most in one final, epic battle against the evil within.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: EXORCISM
Format: Video disc
Summary: An American priest is haunted by the consequences of a terrible act which he committed while possessed during an exorcism in Mexico eighteen years prior. Father Peter Williams, an American exorcist, hides a shocking secret: possessed by a demon he was trying to expel, he committed a terrible sacrilege. To atone for this sin, Peter devotes his life to charity work in a small town in Mexico. Eighteen years later, his deeply buried secret comes to light when the demon from his past returns, possessing a girl and unleashing a deadly disease. Now Peter must choose between saving his soul and saving the people he loves most in one final, epic battle against the evil within.
Pokémon, the series [DVD]. Journeys : Destination: coronation!
Author: VIZ Media, publisher. Warner Home Video (Firm), film distributor.
Published: 2022
Call Number: J POKEMON JOURNEYS SERIES
Format: Video disc
Summary: Follows the adventures of Ash and Goh as they travel all over the world researching, battling, and catching Pokémon. Ash and Goh are having a blast researching, battling, and catching Pokémon all over the world! But when Goh's friendship with his partner Scorbunny is put to the test, he discovers what it means to be a Pokémon Trainer. Then, Ash has his first Pokémon World Coronation Series battle against an electrifying opponent, Team Rocket helps out a movie star Ditto with stage fright, and Chloe and Yamper befriend a lost Pidove. And when Pikachu becomes jealous of Ash's new partner Riolu and runs away to Pallet Town, can an exasperated Mimey convince Pikachu to return to Ash?
Published: 2022
Call Number: J POKEMON JOURNEYS SERIES
Format: Video disc
Summary: Follows the adventures of Ash and Goh as they travel all over the world researching, battling, and catching Pokémon. Ash and Goh are having a blast researching, battling, and catching Pokémon all over the world! But when Goh's friendship with his partner Scorbunny is put to the test, he discovers what it means to be a Pokémon Trainer. Then, Ash has his first Pokémon World Coronation Series battle against an electrifying opponent, Team Rocket helps out a movie star Ditto with stage fright, and Chloe and Yamper befriend a lost Pidove. And when Pikachu becomes jealous of Ash's new partner Riolu and runs away to Pallet Town, can an exasperated Mimey convince Pikachu to return to Ash?
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