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#BookFaceFriday “Wishtree” by Katherine Applegate

Hey Johnny Appleseed! Check out this week’s #BookFaceFriday! Is there anything better than a holiday completely dedicated to trees? How about picking up a book are settling down to read under one this...

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#BookFaceFriday “The Blind Assassin” by Margaret Atwood

This #BookFaceFriday is to die for! Did you just binge the new Handmaids season and now you’re looking for an Atwood fix? Well, look no further. NLC has multiple Margaret Atwood titles available in...

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#BookFaceFriday “Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982” by Cho Nam-Joo

I am #BookFace hear me roar! Hearing stories by and about different cultures, countries, and people groups is one of the best parts of being a reader. Explore the Nebraska Library Commission’s Asian...

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#BookFaceFriday “The Soldier’s Wife” by Margaret Leroy

Hats off on this #BookFaceFriday, we salute you. As we get ready to celebrate Memorial Day and the start of summer, we wanted to highlight some of the great war and veteran themed titles we have to...

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#BookFaceFriday “The Authenticity Project” by Clare Pooley

Sit back and relax with this #BookFaceFriday! Every week the Nebraska Library Commission adds new titles to our Book Club Kits Collection! Some we purchase, some are donated by libraries and book...

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#BookFaceFriday “Next Year in Havana” by Chanel Cleeton

Things are heating up with this week’s #BookFaceFriday! As summer temperatures rise so does our search for the perfect summer read, and maybe the perfect summer drink. A Tequila Mockingbird or...

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#BookFaceFriday “The Brightsiders” by Jen Wilde

It’s Jem and the Holograms meets #BookFaceFriday! We see your true colors shining through with this week’s Pride-themed Bookface! Nebraska OverDrive Libraries has a special collection this month...

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#BookFaceFriday “Furia: A Novel” by Yamile Saied Méndez

Calling all YA readers with this week’s #BookFaceFriday! Attention! Attention, please! We have an announcement: Book clubs are not just for adults. That’s all, thank you for coming to my TED Talk. But...

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#BookFaceFriday “The Duke and I” by Julia Quinn

Is it steamy out here, or is it just #BookFaceFriday? A rakish rouge, a scheming debutante, a mysterious gossip column…what could go wrong? Whether or not you spent your pandemic binging Bridgerton on...

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#BookFaceFriday “The Great Alone” by Kristin Hannah

The mountains are calling, and #BookFaceFriday must go. Sometimes you find the perfect book club read, but if you’re really lucky, you find the perfect book club author. We think Kristin Hannah...

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#BookFaceFriday “The Collected Works of Jim Morrison” by Jim Morrison

The time to hesitate is through, it’s #BookFaceFriday! Come on baby light my fire as we explore the poetry, prose, and lyrical genius that was Jim Morrison. “The Collected Works of Jim Morrison:...

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#BookFaceFriday “The Lake” by Natasha Preston

This #BookFaceFriday knows what you did last summer! Pack up your marshmallows and bug spray because we’re headed to summer camp with “The Lake” by Natasha Preston (Random House Children’s Books,...

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#BookFaceFriday “Sidekicked” by John David Anderson

We love a good back-to-school #BookFaceFriday! Ahh, the smell of freshly sharpened pencils and new erasers, makes us want to go out and buy school supplies! This week’s #BookFace is a reminder that a...

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#BookFaceFriday “The Perfume Thief” by Timothy Schaffert

 We’d let this #BookFaceFriday steal us away any day! Nebraska’s very own Timothy Schaffert has just released his latest book, “The Perfume Thief” (Doubleday, 2021) and we just couldn’t wait to share...

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#BookFaceFriday “All In” by Billie Jean King

It’s match point for this week’s #BookFaceFriday! We’re serving up “All In: An Autobiography” by Billie Jean King (Knopf, 2021.) for this week’s #BookFaceFriday, just in time for the start of the U.S....

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#BookFaceFriday “Brat” by Andrew McCarthy

If someone doesn’t believe in #BookFaceFriday, I can’t believe in them. “Blaine!? That’s a major appliance, that’s not a name!” But whatever his name is, we are like totally here for his memoir. Dive...

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#BookFaceFriday “Anxious People” by Fredrik Backman

 No need to fret, it’s #BookFaceFriday! New book club kits alert! The Nebraska Library Commission’s Book Club Kit Collection is constantly growing. either from purchases or donations. One of our newest...

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#BookFaceFriday “The Calamities of Kalamity Kate”

Yeehaw! Get along, lil’ #BookFaceFriday! In honor of a true Nebraska legend, today we are highlighting Leta Powell Drake’s memoir, “The Calamities of Kalamity Kate: A History of Nebraska’s Children’s...

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#BookFaceFriday “The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek” by Kim Michele Richardson

Having fun isn’t hard when you’ve got a Library Card! We are all about celebrating libraries and everything they can do for a community, but the first step in accessing all of their amazing services...

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#BookFaceFriday “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald

This week’s #BookFaceFriday is off-limits! We are celebrating Banned Books Week with a very dapper banned #BookFace! The Nebraska Library Commission supports readers and the freedom to read so we make...

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