by Shannon McLean | Oct 5, 2021 | KPL Staff Reads, Teen Connection
Welcome back to Shannon’s Hot Takes! As I attempted to title September’s blog, I thought about the three very different titles that I am reviewing, and at first couldn’t think of anything they had in common. An Argentinean werewolf tale, a...
by Shannon McLean | Sep 1, 2021 | KPL Staff Reads, Teen Connection
I’m back! A couple of years ago, I started a blog called Shannon’s Hot Takes on Hot Reads, focused on Teen Hot Reads. It went well for a few months, but then I realized restricting myself to only reading Teen Hot Reads was unsustainable. I can’t help...
by Jigisha Patel | Aug 19, 2019 | KPL Staff Reads
← Books on the Right to Vote 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,...
by Shannon McLean | Feb 4, 2019 | KPL Staff Reads, Teen Connection
← "Own Voices" Titles Staff Want to Read 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...
by Emma | Dec 20, 2018 | KPL Staff Reads
← #OwnVoices Best Films of 2018! → When I set out to write this post, I was determined to pick my top 5 books of the year. However, I found it impossible to whittle down the list. This is why I always dread the question, “What’s your favorite book?” I...
