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#BookFaceFriday “Running With Scissors”
I’d hate to have a Freudian slip with this #BookFace… Get off your therapist’s couch and check out “Running with Scissors: A Memoir” by Augusten Burroughs (Picador, 2003). This New York Times...
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#BookFaceFriday “Songs of the Humpback Whale”
Today we’re giving it our best shot at speaking whale… HhhAaapEEE BooookffAaace FrrrriiiidAAaayyy! While we didn’t see any whales off the coast of Puerto Rico, we did take advantage of the beach for...
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#BookFaceFriday “Louisiana’s Way Home”
There’s no place like home for this week’s #BookFaceFriday! From two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo comes a story of discovering who you are—and deciding who you want to be. “Louisiana’s Way...
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#BookFaceFriday “A Factory of Cunning”
Who’s up for a little #BookFace intrigue? Take a trip to eighteenth-century England with this week’s #BookFace title. Get to know Mrs. Fox as she navigates upper class society after escaping her...
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#BookFaceFriday “Carry On”
Who needs space when you’ve got #BookFaceFriday? Magic school, love trouble, political intrigue, and monsters running around, this week’s #BookFace really does have everything. Nebraska author, Rainbow...
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#BookFaceFriday “Gossamer”
Have you been dreaming of #BookFaceFriday? “An owl called, its shuddering hoots repeating mournfully in the distance. Somewhere nearby, heavy wings swooped and a young rabbit, captured by sharp talons,...
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#BookFaceFriday “Girls Resist!”
A is for Activism, B is for #BookFace! #BookFaceFriday this week is highlights our “Who Runs the World?: Women’s History” collection on Nebraska OverDrive Libraries! “Girls Resist!: A Guide to...
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#BookFaceFriday “Last Night at the Blue Angel”
This week’s #BookFace has all that jazz … #BookFaceFriday continues to celebrate Women’s History Month with Nebraska Book Award-winning author Rebecca Rotert and her literary debut Last Night at the...
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#BookFaceFriday “I Am Malala”
#BookFace and Women’s History, it doesn’t get much better than that! #BookFaceFriday this week is definitely a double threat as a part of both our “Who Runs the World?: Women’s History” collection on...
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#BookFaceFriday “Jane Austen: Her Heart Did Whisper”
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” ― Northanger Abbey Jane Austen really knows how to tell it like it is. This week’s...
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#BookFaceFriday “Public Library and Other Stories”
O magic place it was — still open thank God. -Alexandra Harris What could be more appropriate than this week’s #BookFaceFriday highlighting National Library Week! Celebrate with “Public Library and...
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#BookFaceFriday “The Good Neighbor”
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood! It’s a beautiful day for a neighbor with this week’s #BookFaceFriday! If the sight of a red cable knit cardigan brings a smile to your face, and our opening...
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#BookFaceFriday “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”
I think that I shall never see, a poem lovely as … this #Bookface! “If there was only one tree like that in the world, you would think it was beautiful. But because there are so many, you just can’t...
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#BookFaceFriday “Lemons”
When life gives you lemons, we make #BookFace! NLC’s #BookFaceFriday is joining forces with Nebraska’s Reading Classic Committee! Reading Classics is a statewide competition that promotes and...
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#BookFaceFriday “Class Mom”
Do you take your PTA meetings with a side of snark? We have a #BookFaceFriday for you! “Class Mom: A Novel” by Laurie Gelman (Macmillan Audio, 2017) is an available audiobook to all Nebraska OverDrive...
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#BookFaceFriday “Things We Don’t Know We Don’t Know”
#BookFaceFriday is being blown away by Nebraska’s new State Poet! Matt Mason, Nebraska’s recently proclaimed State Poet for the term of 2019-2024, visited us to chat about poetry and his new role on...
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Friday Reads: The Woman in the Window, a novel by A.J. Finn
Shortly after I started back in April I was asked if I wanted to contribute to the commissions “Friday Reads” blog and of course I said “Yes!” And then I froze. I had been moving so I haven’t read...
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#BookFaceFriday “Rosie’s Glasses”
Sometimes all you need is a new perspective . . . This week’s #BookFace is all about rocking that perfect pair of specs! “Rosie’s Glasses” by Dave Whamond (Kids Can Press, 2018). It’s a wordless...
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Throwback Thursday: Bookmobile at School District 32
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week we have a 4-1/8″ x 2-1/2″ black and white photograph of the Nebraska Public Library Commission’s bookmobile from 1937. This picture is...
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#BookFaceFriday “On the Road”
We just can’t wait to get on the road again . . . Passport services at the Library? That’s exactly what we’re talking about in this week’s NCompass Live and #BookFaceFriday! Which made “On the Road” by...
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