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December 2024 Staff Picks

December 2024 Staff Picks

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...

November 2024 Staff Picks

November 2024 Staff Picks

Enjoy one of our favorite recent reads with the beautiful fall weather. Michelle: The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley by Courtney Walsh Researcher Isadora Bentley is a loner. And desperately unhappy. She stumbles on an article entitled "Thirty-one Ways to be Happy" and decides to do a little research project of her own: prove the author wrong. A light, fun read. Two thumbs up!  Devin: Parenting is Weird by Chesca Hause It's hard not to delight at all these honest, hilarious, parenting...

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November 2021 Staff Picks

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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October 2021 Staff Picks

Fall into a good book. Take a look at our October staff picks for some ideas! Devin: Circe by Madeline Miller This is a wonderful reinterpretation of Greek myths told through a female perspective. The author shines a light on the role of traditional masculinity pervasive in common myths, and...

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Meet Devin, our new Reference and Technology Librarian!

Originally published in the York Weekly  My name is Devin, and I am the newly minted Reference and Technology Librarian at the York Public Library. If you need help with local history, reference, or technology, I’m your guy! My favorite thing to do in a library is to teach people how to use...

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August/September 2021 Staff Picks

Get cozy with a cup of tea and a great book. Here are the staff picks for August and September! Michele: This Little Light by Lori LansensThis captivating story takes place in the near future, over 48 hours. Timely book touching upon abortion, social media, and women’s rights in this coming of age...

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Auction Reflections from our Auction Committee Co-Chairs

“Enriching Lives. Inspiring Minds. Creating Community”: These three phrases express the York Public Library’s central mission. Those of us who worked to put on the first online YPL Auction came to understand how much the people of York appreciate the work the Library does every day to live out the...

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