Our newest member of the Hartland Library staff, Erik, shares their love of sci-fi and graphic novels and Liz tells us about the pleasure of escaping into another world – fantastical or historical. They each share the good and the bad of series fiction and why it’s okay to judge[…]
Hartland Library READS Episode 11 – May 2022
Listen to Amy and Peggy talk about some of their favorite reads, past and present.
Hartland Library READS Episode 10 – April 2022
Nancy and Peggy talk about a few of their staff favorites on this month’s episode. Nancy discovers a novel in letters about food and friendship that takes place in the 1960s and a gender bending historical novel based on the real life of Dr James Miranda Barry born as Margaret[…]
Hartland Library READS Episode 9 – March 2022
Some great staff favorites this month! Amy our Children’s Librarian talks about the Libba Bray YA novel, The Diviners (2012) and if you haven’t discovered it yet…the ever popular YA Jackie Faber series. Yay for pirates! Yay for pirates who identify as a girl! It’s Liz’s first time on the[…]
Hartland Library READS Episode 5 March 2021
The Hartland Public Library staff in Hartland, Vermont talk about new and not-so-new favorites each month. This month Nancy talks about baking, technology, and talking cats; Amy has cats too – Evil Alien Warlord Cats and more; Peggy shows her affection for all things Scandinavian; Kelly reveals how graphic novels[…]
Hartland Library READS Episode 8 – February 2022
We’re back!! This month Dennise and Peggy talk about a few of their favorite books and one movie. Dennise discovers two books with “house” in the title and a novel that has a mystery inside a Hello Kitty lunchbox. Peggy talks about honeybees, Paris, and a film about the creation[…]
Hartland Library READS Episode 3 January 2021
The staff at the Hartland Public Library in Hartland, VT chat each month about some of their favorite books and other bookish things. This month Nancy chose one non-fiction and one fiction book, Dennise is into mysteries, Kelly shares two titles that are funny and touching, Amy used the Libby[…]
Hartland Library READS Episode 2 – December 2020
In the episode, Nancy talks about some women’s adventure fiction, Amy revisits the Shadowhunter YA series by Cassandra Clare, Kelly tells us why uplifting books are so important now, and Dennise shares the book she has put on the staff picks shelf more than a few times.
Hartland Library READS October 2020
Hartland Public Library (Vermont) staff talk about new and not-so-new staff favorites. This month Nancy talks about three books that all center around journeys, Amy has some favorites for kids, teens, and parents with a special nod to Sandra Boynton for Halloween. Kelly has listened to a few of her[…]
Hartland Library READS Episode 7 – May 2021
In this month’s episode, Nancy’s first book is a satisfying historical fiction read about an orphan girl who is taken into the home of an eccentric and brilliant doctor and becomes his (illegal) assistant. Her second book is a non-fiction book about the natural world and why it matters to[…]