Staff Reads Blog
We are a public library full of voracious readers. Library staff use this blog to chronicle those items we have read, watched or listened to.
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Copper Beech Tree
The Kirkwood community has been very lucky over the years to have the two beautiful and stately copper beech trees located on Kirkwood Public Library grounds. They have provided shade, homes for birds, and lovely memories for many Kirkwood residents. Sadly, the...
Summer Reading Challenge
This year’s Summer Reading theme was “Discover a World of Stories.” As usual we post several reading challenges for patrons to try. One of our challenges asked patrons to read authors that were of a different gender, race, sexuality, and nationality from their...
Books on the Right to Vote
There will be a screening of the new documentary Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook on July 14th! We look forward to our patrons and the League of Women Voters joining our discussion of the film and the topics it presents. For further information on voting rights,...
Explore and Discover Books!
Native American Fiction/Non-fiction Reading ListKirkwood Public Library has compiled a list of what we consider to be essential reading for anyone interested in the Native American experience. And while this list contains well-established writers, there are newer,...
Shannon’s Hot Takes on Hot Reads for December 2018 & January 2019
Despite reports to the contrary, I did not fall off the face of the planet and forget about my blog. I did, however, find myself busier than I expected for the holidays, PLUS I had some non-YA reading I wanted to get caught up on before the end...
“Own Voices” Titles Staff Want to Read
Novelist recently introduced an exciting new feature. You can now search specifically for "Own Voices" titles by typing "SC Own Voices" into the Novelist search bar. "Own Voices" authors share a diverse or marginalized identity or trait with their character. We asked...
Read-a-Likes For Top Books of 2018
KPL Staff has compiled a list of Read-a-like books for the top circulating books of 2018 for adult, teen and juvenile reads! If you love one of the books on this list make sure to check out one of its read-a-likes.Adult FictionNo One is Coming to Save Us by Stephanie...
#OwnVoices: LGBTQ+ Reading List
Hi all! I’m Kirsten from KPL’s Reference Department, and I’m kicking off a series of blog posts about #OwnVoices books! As Jigisha discussed in her blog post here, the #OwnVoices discussion was created in 2015 to highlight books written by and...
Films In the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress preserves countless films and has kept a National Film Registry since 1988. In my early blogging days, I tried to review every single one of of them. This task soon proved itself to be too challenging for one writer with...
Best Films of 2018!
Hi everyone! Check out my full list with descriptions at TheArtsSTL.com!1. Hereditary2. The Favourite3. BlacKkKlansman4. If Beale Street Could Talk5. You Were Never Really Here6. First Reformed7. Happy End8. Blindspotting9. The Rider10. Bisbee '17 ...
KPL Podcast
- KPL Podcast October 2019This month we have a great episode for you We got the usual discussion of programs services and bookclubs In addition we interview local author and historian Steven Brawley Courtney Flesch is back to do a deep dive into all things Halloween
- KPL Podcast- September 2019Time for a new KPL podcast episode In this months podcast Ryan and Jigisha discuss the new programs and events for September We interview Shannon McLean our resident dungeon master We talk about roll playing games that Shannon runs for our teens Ryan and I discuss National Hispanic Heritage month and recommend some great books […]
- KPL Podcast August 2019The August 2019 podcast for the Kirkwood Public Library features programs services and of course our book and movie recommendations We interview Courtney Flesch our Director of Customer Service who has some fun stories about the library Have your ever wondered what the strangest thing was left in the library dropbox or what people use […]