If you are like us, access to online books has been essential these past few months! But it feel goods to start sharing staff picks knowing that our library, and other local libaries, are starting to offer safe ways to borrow actual books again! For now, only Lafayette cardholders can put holds on Lafayette items for curbside pickup (by appointment), but we couldn’t be happier to make our hold service available again!
Check out what our staff has been reading!
Recommended by Angelique
- People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (fiction)
- Erosion, Essays of Undoing by Terry Tempest Williams (nonfiction)
- The Best we Could Do, an Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui (graphic novel)
Recommended by Bernice
- The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre (nonfiction)
- The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson (nonfiction)
Recommended by Brandon
- The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemison (Broken Earth series, fantasy/sci-fi
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (dystopian fiction)
- Parasite (DVD, R – Oscar Best Picture 2020)
Recommended by Katie
- Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (biography)
- How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang (fiction)
- Pravda Ha Ha: True Travels to the Ends of Europe by Rory Maclean (nonfiction, ebook)
Recommended by Kelli
“These are my picks for young readers in the LGBTQ genre. All very sweet coming of age stories, appropriate for questioning, queer, or straight kids.” – Kelli
- George by Alex Gino (children’s fiction)
- Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake (children’s fiction)
- The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring Blake (children’s fiction)
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (teen fiction)
Recommended by Sherlene
- Clueless (DVD, PG-13, Comedy)
- Emma by Jane Austen (fiction)
- Patsy Cline: 12 Greatest Hits (country music)
- Topsy-Turvy (DVD, R, documentary about the making of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado)
- The Attenbury Emeralds, the new Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane mystery by Jill Paton Walsh (fiction)
- Keto Friendly Recipes: Easy Keto for Busy People by Jennifer Marie Garza (cookbook)