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January 2025 Staff Picks

January 2025 Staff Picks

Jan 9, 2025 | , ,

Kick off your reading goals with some inspiration!  See what books our staff loved in January.Michelle: Wordhunter by Stella Sands WORDHUNTER by Stella Sands: "an utterly original and compulsively readable detective story about a woman who uses her uncanny ability to analyze words and speech patterns to help solve crimes." Sidebar: it even includes sentence diagrams!!! Huzzah!   Devin: Last Kids on Earth by Max Brailler I’ve been reading these illustrated novels with my son, and I love...

December 2024 Staff Picks

December 2024 Staff Picks

Dec 26, 2024 | , ,

Unwrap a Good Book: Our Staff's December Reading RecommendationsMichelle: How to Read a Book by Monica Woods A lovely gem of a book. Wood's novel focuses on three characters whose stories are told in alternating chapters. Harriet is a retired English teacher who leads a book club at a women's prison. Violet is one of the women in her group; she is incarcerated for vehicular homicide. Frank is the husband of the woman Violet killed. Violet is released from prison and the story unfolds from...

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Coming Soon… Mondays!

Dec 20, 2021 | ,

For many, Mondays are a source of dread: the weekend is over, there's rush hour traffic to deal with, you have an all-around feeling of malaise, and you can't get to the Library to pick up a movie or a book. Or three.  Monday hours at the Library had never been an option - until voters approved...

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Comics Plus has come to YPL!

Dec 17, 2021 | ,

By Devin Burritt, Reference and Technology Librarian for York Public Library I came to graphic novels and manga as an adult. As a kid, my idea of a comic was something that was expensive, only contained a tiny bit of a plot, and was more likely than not to be about a superhero. It’s not that I...

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December 2021 Staff Picks

Nov 29, 2021 | ,

Looking for a good book to snuggle up with by the fire? Try one of our December staff picks! Tasha: Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney Am I too late to get in on the fun? If not, my pick of the month can be Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney. Another page turner from the author of Sometimes I...

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Autentica Pasta Italiana with Michele!

Nov 10, 2021 | ,

Having grown up in Italy, my great-grandfather expected the family over for dinner every Sunday. Homemade pasta, or macaroni as we called it, was just one of the items on the menu, usually served sometime after an appetizer and before a meat or fish dish. My grandmother would hand-cut the pasta...

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Farewell Sudie!

Nov 4, 2021 |

November 5th will be Sudie's last day at the library. When she first retired in 2012 after being our Assistant Director, we managed to convince her to come back  and she stayed on for 5 years. Sadly, we think she is really going to leave this time! Stop by during the day on November 5th to say...

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November 2021 Staff Picks

Nov 1, 2021 | ,

We are all thankful for good reads at the York Public Library! Check out some of our staff's favorites below.  Devin: The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline A historical fiction novel about the colonization of Australia told from the perspectives of three women. Heart-wrenching at times, it also...

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