Classically Beautiful Books Now on Display at CDPL

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Have you ever chosen a book just for its beautiful cover? This month, we have gathered an array of books with exceptionally beautiful covers, spines, and interior pages. You may find marbled papers, embossed letters, unique illustrations, or other hidden gems.  The following is just a highlight of the visually-impressive collection we’ve assembled for you […]

What’s Hot – The 1619 Project

This New York Times Bestseller is a collection of Essays and a few poems which reframed our understanding of American history by placing slavery and its continuing legacy at the center of our national narrative. It started with a Pulitzer Prize winning essay in the New York Times Magazine and has grown into so much […]

Book to Screen: Mothering Sunday

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We’re bringing you another recommendation today for a book-to-film adaptation, perfect for fans of quiet domestic tales and historical fiction. Read on to learn more about the summary of Graham Swift’s Mothering Sunday and its new film adaptation, out in theaters on March 25! ** From the Booker Prize-winning author, an intensely moving tale that begins with […]

Series Spotlight: The Maddaddam Trilogy

We’re dipping our toes into the backlist today to highlight a slightly underappreciated series by Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood–and we promise it’s an older series absolutely worth checking out! Read on to learn a bit about the summary of the first book in this post-apocalyptic series. Will you be adding it to your TBR? […]

What’s Hot – The Judge’s List

Everybody loves John Grisham, so it’s no surprise that his newest book, The Judge’s List, has been on the New York Times bestseller list for almost 20 weeks. It’s the second book in The Whistler Series which follows Lacy Stoltz, a lawyer who is out to fight corruption in the Florida Judicial system. But things […]

Judging by the Cover: Classically Beautiful Books

While strolling through the library’s shelves a few weeks ago I discovered a beautiful copy of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island (FIC Ste). It was bound in green cloth like a classic novel from the 1800s or early 1900s and covered with foil-stamped parrots. Even though the book itself was published in 2009, it felt […]

Series Spotlight: League of Extraordinary Women

Happy Women’s History Month, dear readers! We obviously need to devote at least one of our spotlights this month to Evie Dunmore’s delightful League of Extraordinary Women series because–well, just because! Each of these charming historical fiction titles explore the challenges faced by various suffragists living in Victorian England, and, as you can maybe tell […]

Studio Ghibli Vibes

Spring is the perfect time to enjoy the beautifully animated masterpieces created by director Hayao Miyazaki and Japan’s Studio Ghibli. Why not sample some books that conjure up similar warm feelings of magical slice-of-life days? Come browse ALL the picks on the 2nd floor before April 15th! Before the Coffee Gets Coldby Toshikazu Kawaguchi What […]

Changes to Libby/Overdrive

CDPL has joined the Indiana Digital Library on Libby/Overdrive! What does this mean? If you used Libby/Overdrive prior to now, you may have noticed that we used to belong to the Indiana Digital Download Center consortium–that essentially meant we pooled our resources with a larger group of libraries to bring you as many reading options […]

What’s Hot – Red, White & Royal Blue

I’ve been looking for an excuse to talk about this book, so when it made Goodread’s top 50 most read books this month (probably because a new edition was announced) I jumped on the opportunity to include it in What’s Hot. This book is a personal favorite of mine. It’s a really cute romance with […]

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