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November 2024 Staff Picks

November 2024 Staff Picks

Nov 4, 2024 | , ,

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...

October 2024 Staff Picks

October 2024 Staff Picks

Oct 2, 2024 |

Enjoy one of our favorite recent reads with the beautiful fall weather. Michelle: None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell Alix is out celebrating her 45th birthday and bumps into Josie, a stranger whose birthday is the same day: "birthday twins." To Alix's surprise, they bump into each other a few more times in a matter of days. Alix is a podcaster and in quick order, she decides to take on Josie and her story for a podcast project. And that's where things get really weird. Twists and turns abound...

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Auction Reflections from our Auction Committee Co-Chairs

Jul 14, 2021 | ,

“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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Staff Picks July 2021

Jul 8, 2021 | ,

Need something new to read? Check out our staff picks for July, and then sign up for the 2021 annual York Public Library Summer Challenge. There is still time! Jeanine: The Guest List by Lucy Foley   An Agatha Christie type of who dunnit complete with an inscrutable cast of characters, a remote...

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Juneteenth: Reading Recommendations from YPL Staff

Jun 19, 2021 | ,

For the first time, we are celebrating Juneteenth--also known as Freedom Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day--as a federal holiday. It is the annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States.  Juneteenth dates back to June 19, 1865 when union soldier, Major General Gordon...

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Staff Picks June 2021

Jun 17, 2021 | ,

Need something new to read? Check out our staff picks for June, and then sign up for the 2021 annual York Public Library Summer Challenge! Jeanine: When the Stars Go Dark  by Paula McLain    A psychological thriller featuring a seasoned but fragile detective running away from her own personal...

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How to Bid in our Online Auction

Jun 16, 2021 |

When the Auction is live (Thursday, June 17 at 8AM through Friday, June 25 at 5PM), follow these instructions to bid on auction items. If you still have questions, please contact Jane Siviski, York Public Library Development and Marketing Coordinator, at 207-363-2818 ext. 1016 or email...

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