All About My Favorite Badger, Frances!

All About My Favorite Badger, Frances! June 18, 2019 Since her first appearance 59 years ago in Bedtime for Frances, Frances has charmed both young and old with her wise antics and gentle songs…

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited June 10, 2019 Science fiction teaches us not to bother. Don’t investigate that derelict spaceship. Don’t try to figure out what “soylent green” is, because figuring stuff out only causes trouble. Sure, there are wonderful…

Pride in Special Collections

Pride in Special Collections June 15, 2019 In honor of Pride Month and the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, I looked at the papers of Larry Romans and news coverage about the Nashville LGBTQ community…

Happy Father's Day to Leopold Bloom

Happy Father's Day to Leopold Bloom June 16, 2019 Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there, but especially Leopold Bloom. Since Father's Day is the day to celebrate dads and…

Why You Should Go to Story Time

Why You Should Go to Story Time June 11, 2019 For some, it seems like a no-brainer to bring their child to story time at the library. For others, the thought never even occurs that the library is a safe space to foster their child’s development…

Summer's Not the Same Without a Book, Part I

Summer's Not the Same Without a Book, Part I June 26, 2019 This summer, some of NPL's super-knowledgeable bloggers gave us reading recommendations for the summer. Here's round one! Be on the lookout for the others later this summer…

Summer's Not the Same Without a Book, Part II

Summer's Not the Same Without a Book, Part II July 24, 2019 This summer, some of NPL's awesome bloggers shared reading recommendations for the season for NPL's Unbound magazine. Here's round two! Be on the lookout for the final round in…

Summer's Not the Same Without a Book, Part III

Summer's Not the Same Without a Book, Part III August 21, 2019 Well, summer's winding down, but we've got a final set of reading recommendations and accompanying programming that we hope you'll enjoy.…

New Southern Fiction

New Southern Fiction June 20, 2019 This is the funniest and most enjoyable book I’ve read this year.  If you’re a little misanthropic and have a vacation coming up, you need to place your hold now…

I'm Lieutenant Daniels, Call me Jack

I'm Lieutenant Daniels, Call me Jack July 4, 2019 Lieutenant Jacqueline 'Jack' Daniels' is a homicide detective whose personal life is perpetually in shambles. Unfortunately, fixing her life has to be put on the back-burner while she tries to deal…

Remembering Gloria Vanderbilt

Remembering Gloria Vanderbilt June 17, 2019 From poor little rich girl to inspiration for Holly Golightly to '70s blue jeans mogul, Gloria Vanderbilt’s life was rarely boring. The well-…

Reading about Robin

Reading about Robin September 12, 2019 If you're looking for the definitive Robin Williams bio, look no further. September is the best month of the year. Mostly because it happens to…

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Review

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Review July 22, 2019 Since Amazon Prime (not Netflix) released their adaptation of Good Omens, I've watched it 4 times and read the book once. Let me tell you what all the hullabaloo is about…

21st Century Science Fiction

21st Century Science Fiction July 8, 2019 Science fiction writers of the past dreamed of futures, dark and bright, in which humans traveled to the stars, colonized other worlds, and encountered aliens both friendly and deadly. In all their imaginings, did…

What's Done in the Dark Will Drown You in the Light

What's Done in the Dark Will Drown You in the Light August 31, 2019 Jebediah Foster used to be a bad man, but then he feel in love with a lovely widow and decided to begin his life anew. He will soon learn that one can't simply forget the past and…