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May 2023 Staff Picks

May 2023 Staff Picks

Need a good book? Try one of our recent favorites.  Michelle: The Eden Test by Adam Sternbergh “If you bury a body deep enough, eventually all that’s left is the secret. And the woods never tell.” Daisy & Craig’s marriage is in trouble. In hopes of saving it, and as a surprise anniversary gift, Daisy signs them up for a weeklong retreat in the remote woods of upstate NY. The retreat is run by the Edenic Foundation and is billed as: 7 days7 questionsForever changed …otherwise known as the...

April 2023 Staff Picks

April 2023 Staff Picks

Try some of our favorite reads, perfect for Mud season! Michelle: Housemaid by Freida McFadden HOUSEMAID, a psychological thriller, had me on the edge of my seat. Short chapters make this novel a fast, enjoyable read and a perfect beach book (though I read it in the dead of winter).  There's a major plot twist *I* didn’t see coming. Bonus: I only discovered this after finishing the book, but HOUSEMAID apparently is book #1 in a series. I cannot wait to see where book #2 takes me!   Barb:...

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Join the Library’s Summer Reading Challenge!

Is the library hosting the annual Summer Challenge program? Coronavirus can’t keep us down! All of us at York Public Library are excited to announce that we will offer our annual Summer Challenge program. This year we are testing out a new (to us) online program called Beanstack. Participants of...

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Black Lives Matter. Period.

I am a fierce believer in the role of libraries not only as purveyors of knowledge and understanding, but as places for communal civic discourse. Our nation is being torn apart by the recent horrific deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and countless others at the hands of police—the...

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