By Macy Conley It's June, so it is also pride month! In observance of this national festival of tolerance and love, we are going to celebrate LGBTQ+ friendly novels found throughout our library. Let's dive into it! Adult: The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth "When Cameron Post's parents die suddenly in a car …
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YA Books to read based on Hogwarts Classes
by Macy Conley If you are stuck in a reading rut or just love everything to do with Harry Potter (shout out to fellow potter heads), this list can help find books for your TBR list based on your favorite Hogwarts class. All the books mentioned are located in the teen room at the El …
Top 5 Ways to Revive Your Resume
by Macy Conley Applying for your dream job is nerve wracking enough, updating your resume shouldn't be. Below are listed the top 5 ways to bring life to your resume. Include only relevant information. This may seem like a no brainier, but you would be surprised how many resumes include information that doesn't pertain to …
Post-Apocalyptic Fiction and Our Environment
By Alicia Ballard Who doesn’t love a good sole-survivor-in-a-post-apocalyptic-wasteland story? A good high-tension story to wrap yourself in and escape reality for a few hours. Yet, we can always come back to our comforts and our stable society. Yet, if we are not careful, we may end up throwing ourselves into the same situation that …
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Series Highlight: Game of Thrones
By Alicia Ballard Game of Thrones is a wildly popular television series featured on HBO. The series started in 2011 and will be entering its last season in April of 2019. The television show is based on the book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. A full fifteen years …
DIY Bookmarks
By Macy Conley Most librarians have found something used as a book mark that wasn't a book mark. Some librarians have found old pictures, money, or pressed flowers hidden between the pages of a book. Other librarians have been unfortunate enough to find items like tin can lids, banana peel, or deli meat. No librarian …
Importance of Roses in the Dark Tower Series
By Alicia Ballard Before we start, here are a few terms: Constant Reader: Stephen King Fan Keystone Earth: The main version of Earth out of multiple realities To most people, Roses symbolize love, but to Constant Readers, they symbolize something far greater. Stephen King’s Dark Tower series spans eight novels, and several short stories. …
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Spring Out of Your Comfort-Zone
By Alicia Ballard Some readers, including myself, get stuck on a certain author or genre. It can be a satisfying but dangerous thing. One moment you could be on a science fiction binge, then the next thing you know, it’s been six months of nothing but science fiction and you feel guilty about the pile …
Getting to know our library board: Karen Pappas
By Sheila Barnard What jobs and/or volunteer work do you do outside of the library board? Friends of the Library, various activities with Wesley UMC, Project Transformation Reading mentor How long have you been on the library board? Two years Where did you grow up? Choctaw, OK Where did you go to school? Choctaw High …
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We Love Our Friends: Casey Taylor
by Sheila Barnard What jobs and/or volunteer work do you do outside of the Friends? Substitute teacher at Wesley Playschool, owner operator of Taylor-Made Confections, baby sitting. How long have you been with the friends? 6 months Where did you grow up? Walters, OK Where did you go to school? Walters High School Tell us …
