Evil Librarians Take Over the World and Other Book Recommendations

Perhaps the only thing better than visiting the library to check out books is reading an exciting page turner set in a library (or a parallel universe library)! Evil librarians take over the world…mysterious books that unlock secrets…strange murders in the stacks. If you can think of a story plot set in a library, there’s …

Prepare for the Final Season of Game of Thrones

If you’re like many of us here at the library, you’re in deep denial that the final season of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” is starting this month. And to make it worse, we STILL don’t have the sixth book in the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series from George, yet! So what’s a Westeros …

Thought Your Book Was Late? This One’s Nearly 40 Years Overdue

It’s a story that will make you laugh! It certainly made all of us at the Library District smile. Recently, Poudre River Public Library District received an unexpected package in the mail. It contained an old Fort Collins Public Library book that was nearly 40 years overdue! The long lost book? “Working with Stained Glass” …

25 Contemporary Authors to Read for Black History Month

Did you know that the month of February was chosen for Black History Month to coincide Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln’s birthdays? As part of your Black History Month celebrations, take a look at fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from these 25 contemporary, award-winning and acclaimed authors. American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by …

Everyone’s Falling in Love with Romance Books!

Romance Fiction is booming as a billion-dollar industry that outperforms other book genres, and it doesn’t show any sign of slowing. The industry is about a third larger than the inspirational book industry, and about the size of the mystery novel genre and science fiction/fantasy genre markets combined. Romance is BIG business (and not just …