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#BookFaceFriday – “Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind” by Nate Bargatze
Have a laugh with #BookFaceFriday!
So many #BookFace‘s, so little time! If you’re feeling like you didn’t get a chance to read all the amazing books that came out last year, or you just like to wait until the hold lines are shorter, you’ll love this week’s highlighted Overdrive collection. One of those amazing books published in 2025 was “Big Dumb Eyes” by Nate Bargatze (Grand Central Publishing, 2025), the comedian’s first book, full of heart and his classic funny stories. This title is available as an eBook and Audiobook in Nebraska OverDrive Libraries and is a part of the curated collection, “Best Books of 2025.” Find out what you missed last year in this great collection of over 300 titles.
“I Went To Career Day For My Daughter’s School… They Put Me At A Table With A Surgeon… They Asked Him, ‘How Long Do You Have To Go Have To Go To School To Be A Surgeon?’ He’s Like, ’54 Years,’ Or Whatever. They Asked Me, ‘How Long To Be A Comedian?’ I Was Like, ‘You’re Good Now'” —Nate Bargatze
“The Southern comic delivers a good-natured memoir of his years in the trenches… Bargatze never takes himself too seriously, but there’s plenty of grown-up self-awareness here along with the yucks.”
—Kirkus Reviews
Libraries participating in the Nebraska OverDrive Libraries Group currently have access to a shared and growing collection of digital downloadable audiobooks and eBooks. 192 libraries across the state share the Nebraska OverDrive collection of 29,081 audiobooks, 44,746 eBooks, and 6,170 magazines. As an added bonus it includes 130 podcasts that are always available with simultaneous use (SU), as well as SU ebooks and audiobook titles that publishers have made available for a limited time. If you’re a part of it, let your users know about this great title, and if you’re not a member yet, find more information about participating in Nebraska Overdrive Libraries!
Love this #BookFace & reading? Check out our past #BookFaceFriday photos on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Facebook page!
#BookFaceFriday “At Willa Cather’s Tables: The Cather Foundation Cookbook”
We’re cooking up more #BookFace!
Sit down and enjoy a cup of tea with this #BookFaceFriday. “At Willa Cather’s Tables: The Cather Foundation Cookbook” edited by Ann Romines
(Allen Press, 2010) explores recipes related to Willa Cather and her works. It was featured in our lobby as part of a display featuring cooking books in our collection. Some other featured items include “Apple Recipes for Nebraska City Apples“, “Toast to Omaha“, “Nebraska: Good Books! Good Cooks!“, “Inspired Recipes from Nebraska“, “Nebraska Centennial First Ladies’ Cookbook“, “Nebraska Pioneer Cookbook“, “Early Nebraska Cooking“, and several more.These titles are part of Nebraska Publications Clearinghouse, also known as the Nebraska State Documents Collection. This collection is comprised of publications issued by Nebraska state agencies, ensuring that state government information is available to a wide audience and that those valuable publications are preserved for future generations. University of Nebraska Press books, as well as all state documents, are available for checkout by libraries and librarians for their patrons.
“At Willa Cather’s Tables is a literary cookbook with historical context that lets you experience and enjoy (and cook!) recipes from Cather’s work, her family and friends, the places that were meaningful to her, and from the Cather Foundation and its loyal friends. This unique cookbook offers another way to explore the rich (and delicious) legacy of a great American writer.”
—National Willa Cather Center
Love this #BookFace & reading? Check out our past #BookFaceFriday photos on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Facebook page!
Posted in Books & Reading, General, What's Up Doc / Govdocs
Tagged Ann Romines, At Willa Cather's Tables, At Willa Cather's Tables: The Cather Foundation Cookbook, Book Covers, bookfacefriday, libraries, Nebraska History, Nebraska Publications Clearinghouse, Nebraska State Documents Collection, nonfiction, Reading, University of Nebraska Press, Willa Cather, Willa Cather Foundation
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#BookFaceFriday “The Last Death of the Year: A Novel” by Sophie Hannah
Our new year’s resolution is more #BookFaceFriday!
Ring in the new year in murderous style with this week’s #BookFace! “The Last Death of the Year: A Novel” by Sophie Hannah (William Morrow, 2025) is the sixth book in Hannah’s New Hercule Poirot Mystery Series, based on Agatha Christie’s original Hercule Poirot Series. “The Last Death of the Year” is available on Nebraska OverDrive Libraries as both an ebook and audiobook, along with the first 5 books in the series as audiobooks. Agatha Christie’s original Hercule Poirot series is also available as audiobooks on Nebraska Overdrive Libraries. The Nebraska Library Commission has three Agatha Christie novels available as Book Club Kits, including “And Then There Were None”, ” The Big Four”, and “Postern of Fate”.
“Sophie Hannah does an egoless, silky job of reviving Agatha Christie’s beloved Belgion detective Hercule Poirot…enough so to hope that Hannah turns to Miss Marple next.”
— USA Today
Book Club Kits Rules for Use
- These kits can be checked out by the librarians of Nebraska libraries and media centers.
- Circulation times are flexible and will be based upon availability. There is no standard check-out time for book club kits.
- Please search the collection to select items you wish to borrow and use the REQUEST THIS KIT icon to borrow items.
- Contact the Information Desk at the Library Commission if you have any questions: by phone: 800/307-2665, or by email: Information Services Team
Find this title and many more through Nebraska OverDrive! Libraries participating in the Nebraska OverDrive Libraries Group currently have access to a shared and growing collection of digital downloadable audiobooks and eBooks. 189 libraries across the state share the Nebraska OverDrive collection of 21,696 audiobooks, 35,200 eBooks, and 3,964 magazines. As an added bonus it includes 130 podcasts that are always available with simultaneous use (SU), as well as SU ebooks and audiobook titles that publishers have made available for a limited time. If you’re a part of it, let your users know about this great title, and if you’re not a member yet, find more information about participating in Nebraska Overdrive Libraries!
Love this #BookFace & reading? Check out our past #BookFaceFriday photos on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Facebook page!
#BookFaceFriday “The Christmas Heirloom” by Kristi Ann Hunter, Becky Wade, Sarah Loudin Thomas, and Karen Witemeyer
Nothing brings people together like #BookFaceFriday!
Some gifts are meant to last, like in this week’s #BookFace! “The Christmas Heirloom: Four Holiday Novellas of Love through the Generations” by Kristi Ann Hunter, Becky Wade, Sarah Loudin Thomas, and Karen Witemeyer (Bethany House Publishers, 2018) is a collection of four heartwarming Christmas novellas about love, faith, and the power of family all tied together through a mysterious brooch passed from mother to daughter for generations. The ebook is available on Nebraska OverDrive Libraries and is part of the curated collection “Warm Up With Holiday Reading.” Find your perfect winter read in this collection of over 470 titles, available all December.
“Perfect for the Christmas season, four beloved authors bring their bestselling, award-winning talents to a multigenerational collection of romantic holiday novellas. In stories ranging from 1820s Regency England to present-day Washington state, readers will be treated to Christmas tales of an heirloom brooch passed from mother to daughter for almost two hundred years. Will the family legend claiming the brooch brings love to its recipient hold true for these women separated by the years but bonded together by the ties of family?”
— From the Back Cover
Find this title and many more through Nebraska OverDrive! Libraries participating in the Nebraska OverDrive Libraries Group currently have access to a shared and growing collection of digital downloadable audiobooks and eBooks. 189 libraries across the state share the Nebraska OverDrive collection of 21,696 audiobooks, 35,200 eBooks, and 3,964 magazines. As an added bonus it includes 130 podcasts that are always available with simultaneous use (SU), as well as SU ebooks and audiobook titles that publishers have made available for a limited time. If you’re a part of it, let your users know about this great title, and if you’re not a member yet, find more information about participating in Nebraska Overdrive Libraries!
Love this #BookFace & reading? Check out our past #BookFaceFriday photos on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Facebook page!
Posted in Books & Reading, General
Tagged Becky Wade, bookfacefriday, Holiday, Karen Witemeyer, Kristi Ann Hunter, Nebraska OverDrive Libraries, Novel, OverDrive, Reading, Sarah Loudin Thomas, The Christmas Heirloom, The Christmas Heirloom: Four Holiday Novellas of Love through the Generations
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#BookFaceFriday “Christmas Shopaholic” by Sophie Kinsella
It’s a #BookFaceFriday shopping spree!
Still trying to finish your holiday shopping? This week’s #BookFace has you covered! “Christmas Shopaholic: A Novel” by Sophie Kinsella (The Dial Press, 2019) is the 9th book in Kinsella’s Shopaholic series that follows Rebecca Bloomwood through her adventures in life, romance, and of course shopping. The entire series is available as an ebook or audiobook on Nebraska OverDrive Libraries. “Christmas Shopaholic” is also a part of the curated collection, “Warm Up With Holiday Reading.” Find your perfect winter read in this collection of over 470 titles, available all December.
“Becky is still a hardworking, eminently lovable character who just wants to do the right thing, even if she usually screws everything up and finds herself in hilariously awful situations. . . . A laugh-out-loud funny book that will delight longtime Kinsella fans and those looking for a cozy holiday story.”
— Kirkus Reviews
Find this title and many more through Nebraska OverDrive! Libraries participating in the Nebraska OverDrive Libraries Group currently have access to a shared and growing collection of digital downloadable audiobooks and eBooks. 189 libraries across the state share the Nebraska OverDrive collection of 21,696 audiobooks, 35,200 eBooks, and 3,964 magazines. As an added bonus it includes 130 podcasts that are always available with simultaneous use (SU), as well as SU ebooks and audiobook titles that publishers have made available for a limited time. If you’re a part of it, let your users know about this great title, and if you’re not a member yet, find more information about participating in Nebraska Overdrive Libraries!
Love this #BookFace & reading? Check out our past #BookFaceFriday photos on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Facebook page!
#BookFaceFriday “Dory Fantasmagory” by Abby Hanlon
It’s a fantasmagory #BookFaceFriday!
This week’s #BookfaceFriday is bursting with character!
“Dory Fantasmagory” (Dial Books, 2015) is the first in Abby Hanlon’s ongoing children’s series all about Dory. Recommended for kids in grades 1-4, “Dory Fantasmagory” is filled humor and charming pencil-drawn illustrations. It’s available as a Book Club Kit from the Nebraska Library Commission, with 3 copies for your reading group to borrow. You can also find the next five books in the Dory Fantasmagory series as audiobooks through Nebraska OverDrive Libraries: Kids & Teens.This title came to us via a donation from Sower Books in Lincoln! We love that book stores and book clubs around the state regularly donate their books so that more people can read them. So we want to say a big THANK YOU to all those who have sent us donations!
“This inventive child is irresistible…Charming, funny and true to life.”
— Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Book Club Kits Rules for Use
- These kits can be checked out by the librarians of Nebraska libraries and media centers.
- Circulation times are flexible and will be based upon availability. There is no standard check-out time for book club kits.
- Please search the collection to select items you wish to borrow and use the REQUEST THIS KIT icon to borrow items.
- Contact the Information Desk at the Library Commission if you have any questions: by phone: 800/307-2665, or by email: Information Services Team
Libraries participating in the Nebraska OverDrive Libraries Group currently have access to a shared and growing collection of digital downloadable audiobooks and eBooks. 196 libraries across the state share the Nebraska OverDrive collection of 29,164 audiobooks, 45,416 ebooks, and 6,269 magazines. As an added bonus it includes 130 podcasts that are always available with simultaneous use (SU), as well as SU ebooks and audiobook titles that publishers have made available for a limited time. If you’re a part of it, let your users know about this great title, and if you’re not a member yet, find more information about participating in Nebraska Overdrive Libraries!
Love this #BookFace & reading? We suggest checking out all the titles available for book clubs at http://nlc.nebraska.gov/ref/bookclub. Check out our past #BookFaceFriday photos on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Facebook page!
#BookFaceFriday “The Christmas Bookshop” by Jenny Colgan
Merry #BookFaceFriday!
Whether you participate in the Icelandic tradition of Jólabókaflóð, or just love gifting books, we can’t recommend shopping at your local bookstores enough and this week’s #BookFace presented the perfect opportunity to highlight one! If you’re just looking for a cozy festive read, check out “The Christmas Bookshop: A Novel” by Jenny Colgan (HarperCollins, 2021) available as an ebook and audiobook in Nebraska OverDrive Libraries. It’s a part of the the curated collection, “Warm Up With Holiday Reading.” Find your perfect winter read in this collection of over 470 titles, available all December.
“Colgan’s new Edinburgh-set Christmas novel is full of references to books, descriptions of the twisty insides of a bookshop, and fun details about Scotland, Quakerism, and the centuries-old Great Yew Tree of Ormiston. Get ready to root for these charming characters as they bungle their way toward a merry Christmas.”
— Library Journal (starred review)
Find this title and many more through Nebraska OverDrive! Libraries participating in the Nebraska OverDrive Libraries Group currently have access to a shared and growing collection of digital downloadable audiobooks and eBooks. 189 libraries across the state share the Nebraska OverDrive collection of 21,696 audiobooks, 35,200 eBooks, and 3,964 magazines. As an added bonus it includes 130 podcasts that are always available with simultaneous use (SU), as well as SU ebooks and audiobook titles that publishers have made available for a limited time. If you’re a part of it, let your users know about this great title, and if you’re not a member yet, find more information about participating in Nebraska Overdrive Libraries!
Love this #BookFace & reading? Check out our past #BookFaceFriday photos on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Facebook page!
Friday Reads and #BookFaceFriday – “Taste of Home: The Best Family Feast”
This combo #BookFace & #FridayReads is cooking up a great meal!
It’s that time of year again where we’re cooking big meals for family events, and sometimes that means being brave and trying new recipes. I found a simple solution with easy access to magazines on Nebraska OverDrive Libraries! “Taste of Home” just one of 4,615 English titles now available as an eBook from Nebraska OverDrive Libraries! Magazines do not count against a reader’s checkout limit of 6, and magazine issues may be checked out for 7, 14, or 21 days, depending on your library’s policy. Along with all the English-language titles, you have access to Spanish-language titles, and many other languages including French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Afrikaans, and Italian.
With 50+ recipes to choose from, it’s fun looking for something new to try in the kitchen. The issue has recipes for Thanksgiving classics such as a Favorite Dutch Apple Pie, Foolproof Gravy, and Parker House Rolls, along with some more fun and funky iterations like Oyster Stuffing, Dill Pickle Potato Salad, and Sweet Potato Coconut Pie with Marshmallow Meringue. However my favorite option is the Cinnamon Roll Cheesecake, a delicious looking combination of two of my favorite desserts. With the clear instructions that Taste of Home provides, I’m hoping to make a yummy dessert for my family to share on the holidays.
“Taste of Home is America’s #1 cooking magazine and your #1 recipe resource for delicious, family-favorite dishes! And you’ll love the variety—200+ easy recipes and tips in every issue will help make any occasion special, from everyday meals to holiday celebrations.”
—Taste of Home Blurb
Libraries participating in the Nebraska OverDrive Libraries Group currently have access to a shared and growing collection of digital downloadable audiobooks and eBooks. 196 libraries across the state share the Nebraska OverDrive collection of 29,164 audiobooks, 45,416 ebooks, and 6,269 magazines. As an added bonus it includes 130 podcasts that are always available with simultaneous use (SU), as well as SU ebooks and audiobook titles that publishers have made available for a limited time. If you’re a part of it, let your users know about this great title, and if you’re not a member yet, find more information about participating in Nebraska Overdrive Libraries!
Love this #BookFace & reading? We suggest checking out all the titles available in our Book Club collection, permanent collection, and Nebraska OverDrive Libraries. Check out our past #BookFaceFriday photos on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Facebook page!
Taste of Home: The Best Family Feast. September 26, 2025.
Posted in Books & Reading, Friday Reads, General
Tagged bookface, bookfacefriday, books, Ebook, Friday Reads, Magazine, Nebraska OverDrive Libraries, Reading, Taste of Home
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#BookFaceFriday “Walking in Two Worlds” by Wab Kinew
Watch your step! It’s #BookFaceFriday!
November is National Native American Heritage Month Month, join in paying tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans. Check out “Walking in Two Worlds” by Wab Kinew (Tundra Book Group, 2021). It’s a YA fantasy novel about a teenage girl caught between her gaming life online and the real world. It’s available as an audiobook through Nebraska OverDrive Libraries and is a part of the “Native American Heritage” curated collection. Peruse this collection of over 160 titles that range from YA to nonfiction, available all November.
“With dizzying action set in virtual reality, Walking in Two Worlds is at once exhilarating, clever, and poignant, seamlessly blending traditional knowledge with science fiction for an important entry into the genre of Indigenous Futurism. It doesn’t just walk in two worlds, it sprints.”
— David A. Robertson, award-winning author of the bestselling The Barren Grounds
Libraries participating in the Nebraska OverDrive Libraries Group currently have access to a shared and growing collection of digital downloadable audiobooks and eBooks. 194 libraries across the state share the Nebraska OverDrive collection of 26,898 audiobooks, 36,794 ebooks, and 5,133 magazines. As an added bonus it includes 130 podcasts that are always available with simultaneous use (SU), as well as SU ebooks and audiobook titles that publishers have made available for a limited time. If you’re a part of it, let your users know about this great title, and if you’re not a member yet, find more information about participating in Nebraska Overdrive Libraries!
Love this #BookFace & reading? We suggest checking out all the titles available for book clubs at http://nlc.nebraska.gov/ref/bookclub. Check out our past #BookFaceFriday photos on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Facebook page!
#BookFaceFriday – Nebraska Book Award Winners
It’s a blue ribbon #BookFaceFriday!
What do all of these #BookFace picks have in common? They’re all 2025 Nebraska Book Award winners and they’ll all be featured at this weekend’s Nebraska Celebration of Books literary festival. “Creative Genius: The Art of the Nebraska Capitol” by by Susanne Shore, Kevin Moser, Drew Davies, received the Design Award. “Animal Climate Heroes!” by Alison Pearce Stevens, and illustrated by Jason Ford received the Cover & Illustration Award. “Isamu’s American Dream” by D.D. Davenport received the Fiction Award. Drew Davies, Alison Pearce Stevens, and D.D. Davenport, will be speaking at author roundtables and available for book signings at the festival.
Winners of the 2025 Nebraska Book Awards will be honored at the Nebraska Celebration of Books (NCOB) Literary Festival. Held on Saturday, November 15th, from 10:00am-5:30pm, this literary event will be on the second floor of the UNL City Campus Union and Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center in downtown Lincoln. The festival will include author roundtables, book signings, and a reception, with the awards ceremony directly after at 4:30. The ceremony will feature short acceptance speeches and readings by the winning authors and illustrators. Book award categories include fiction, nonfiction, children/young adult, poetry, and cover/design/illustration, all winning books have a Nebraska connection and were published in 2024. The ceremony will also feature the presentation of the Mildred Bennett and Jane Geske Awards. For more information about the festival and to stay up to date on the featured authors and speakers visit bookfestival.nebraska.gov.
Love this #BookFace & reading? Check out our past #BookFaceFriday photos on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Facebook page!
#BookFaceFriday “Yellowbird, There’s a Problem” by Lee Bachand
The cat is out of the bag, it’s #BookFaceFriday!
This #BookFace is ready for the hunt! “Yellowbird, There’s a Problem” by Lee Bachand (Lee J Bachand; 2013) follows Amy “Yellowbird” Becker, fashionista, genius, and heir apparent to her grandfather’s powerful shipping company as she arrives on the NSU campus. Powerful forces work to take her out of the picture, but Yellowbird won’t go down without a fight.
We have 4 copies for your reading group to borrow in our Book Club Kit collection.“Get ready for a wild ride around the world. This book has everything; intrigue, suspense, and mystery with lots of action. Amy Becker “Yellowbird” is the total package, beauty, brains, and brawn. As the heir apparent to her great uncle’s dynasty, she fights and claws her way through a man’s world.”
— Reader Comments
Book Club Kits Rules for Use
- These kits can be checked out by the librarians of Nebraska libraries and media centers.
- Circulation times are flexible and will be based upon availability. There is no standard check-out time for book club kits.
- Please search the collection to select items you wish to borrow and use the REQUEST THIS KIT icon to borrow items.
- Contact the Information Desk at the Library Commission if you have any questions: by phone: 800/307-2665, or by email: Information Services Team
Love this #BookFace & reading? Check out our past #BookFaceFriday photos on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Facebook page!
Posted in Books & Reading, General
Tagged book club kit, Book Club Kits, Book Covers, bookface, bookfacefriday, books, Lee Bachand, Reading, Yellowbird There's a Problem
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#BookFaceFriday – “Victorian Psycho” by Virginia Feito
Happy Halloween #BookFaceFriday!
It’s a #BookFace bloodbath! If you’re still looking for a Halloween read consider checking out the suspenseful thriller “Victorian Psycho” by Virginia Feito (Liveright, 2025), a riveting tale of a bloodthirsty governess who learns the true meaning of vengeance. This title is available as an eBook and Audiobook in Nebraska OverDrive Libraries and is a part of the curated collection, “Scare Up a Good Book: Horror and dark reads.” Find your perfect horror read in this collection of over 250 titles, available all October.
“Sleek, deadly and paced like a runaway train, Feito’s novel is an absolutely delectable mashup of horror sensibilities, and one of 2025’s must-read genre releases. …At just 200 pages, Victorian Psycho is lean, lithe and clear in its purpose and its violent delights. It’s a book you can easily finish in a single sitting, yet Feito’s prose is so dense with meaning and subtlety that you may just pick it right back up again.”
—BookPage, starred review
Libraries participating in the Nebraska OverDrive Libraries Group currently have access to a shared and growing collection of digital downloadable audiobooks and eBooks. 192 libraries across the state share the Nebraska OverDrive collection of 29,081 audiobooks, 44,746 eBooks, and 6,170 magazines. As an added bonus it includes 130 podcasts that are always available with simultaneous use (SU), as well as SU ebooks and audiobook titles that publishers have made available for a limited time. If you’re a part of it, let your users know about this great title, and if you’re not a member yet, find more information about participating in Nebraska Overdrive Libraries!
Love this #BookFace & reading? Check out our past #BookFaceFriday photos on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Facebook page!
Posted in Books & Reading
Tagged Book Covers, bookface, bookfacefriday, books, Ebook, Nebraska OverDrive Libraries, OverDrive, Reading, Victorian Psycho, Virginia Feito
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#BookFaceFriday “Over My Dead Body” by Sweeney Boo
Creepy and cooky, mysterious and spooky, they’re all together ooky, the #BookFace family!
We’ve been at the Nebraska Library Association Conference this week connecting with Nebraska’s librarians and Library staff! Sally Snyder, NLC’s Children and Youth Services Coordinator, also had a table there full of her giveaway books, all available for libraries to take home with them. One of those books is this week’s #BookFace, “” by Sweeney Book (Candlewick Press, 2022). Aimed at readers grade 8 and up, this witchy graphic novel set at a magical school is sure to round out your YA collection of Halloween and October themed reads!
“Spooky, mysterious, and also full of heart, this graphic novel is an enchanting story of friendship and found family. An exciting fantasy full of mystery and witchcraft.”
—Kirkus Reviews
This title comes from our large collection of children’s and young adult books sent to us as review copies from book publishers. When our Children and Young Adult Library Services Coordinator, Sally Snyder, is done with them, the review copies are available for the Library System Directors to distribute to school and public libraries in their systems.
Love this #BookFace & reading? Check out our past #BookFaceFriday photos on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Facebook page!
Posted in Books & Reading, General, Youth Services
Tagged Book Covers, bookface, bookfacefriday, Fantasy, Halloween, Over My Dead Body, Reading, Sweeney Boo, YA books
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#BookFaceFriday – “Everyone is Lying to You” by Jo Piazza
Smile pretty it’s #BookFaceFriday!
Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead in this week’s #BookFaceFriday! This social media influencer thriller is sure to keep you on your toes; check out “Everyone is Lying to You: A Thriller” by Jo Piazza (Dutton, 2025.) This title is available as an eBook and Audiobook in Nebraska OverDrive Libraries and is a part of the curated collection, “Scare Up a Good Book: Horror and dark reads.” Find your perfect horror read in this collection of over 250 titles, available all October.
“Jo Piazza dazzles in Everyone Is Lying To You, pairing a witty, inviting tone with a pulpy, seedy mystery full of sharp twists–a combination as fun as it is clever. . . . Add to that Piazza’s deliciously ripped-from-the-headlines plot, and you have the makings of an edgy, juicy thriller that doesn’t let up until its explosive end.”
—Bookreporter
Libraries participating in the Nebraska OverDrive Libraries Group currently have access to a shared and growing collection of digital downloadable audiobooks and eBooks. 192 libraries across the state share the Nebraska OverDrive collection of 29,081 audiobooks, 44,746 eBooks, and 6,170 magazines. As an added bonus it includes 130 podcasts that are always available with simultaneous use (SU), as well as SU ebooks and audiobook titles that publishers have made available for a limited time. If you’re a part of it, let your users know about this great title, and if you’re not a member yet, find more information about participating in Nebraska Overdrive Libraries!
Love this #BookFace & reading? Check out our past #BookFaceFriday photos on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Facebook page!
#BookFaceFriday “1984” by George Orwell
Sometimes it feels like #BookFace is watching me!
“Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights!” is the theme of this year’s #BannedBooksWeek, and we are celebrating with a banned #BookFace! The Nebraska Library Commission supports readers and the freedom to read so we make sure our various collections reflect that. “1984” by George Orwell (Signet Classic, 1961) has been challenged and banned for its political themes, particularly being perceived as pro-communist or anti-government, its explicit sexual content, and its portrayal of surveillance and censorship. A book is considered challenged when calls are made for it to be banned or removed from the public’s access. This is one of many banned or challenged titles NLC has available in our Book Club Kit Collection, titles like The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, Looking For Alaska by John Green, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, Beloved by Toni Morrison, and the Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling, just to name a few. This week’s #BookFace and other banned books can be found on the NLC Book Club Kit webpage. This service allows libraries and school librarians to “check out” multiple copies of a book without adding to their permanent collections, or budgets. NLC also has several banned or challenged titles available to our Nebraska OverDrive Libraries, including “1984” as both an ebook and an audiobook.
“This work remains as powerful, timely, and important now as it was when first published in 1949—even more so as Orwell’s totalitarian vision unfolds disquietingly in the present day. The novel challenges students with thought-provoking ideas that will spark discussion, composition, research, and debate. In one of the original dystopian cautionary tales, past history is changed to serve an agenda and independent thought is outlawed. Orwell’s text guides readers out of complacency so that they never slacken the vigil against oppression.”
— School Library Journal
You can find more information about Banned Books Week and the fight against censorship at ALA.org/advocacy/bbooks! What are you doing to celebrate Banned Books Week? Let us know!
Book Club Kits Rules for Use
- These kits can be checked out by the librarians of Nebraska libraries and media centers.
- Circulation times are flexible and will be based upon availability. There is no standard check-out time for book club kits.
- Please search the collection to select items you wish to borrow and use the REQUEST THIS KIT icon to borrow items.
- Contact the Information Desk at the Library Commission if you have any questions: by phone: 800/307-2665, or by email: Information Services Team
Libraries participating in the Nebraska OverDrive Libraries Group currently have access to a shared and growing collection of digital downloadable audiobooks and eBooks. 192 libraries across the state share the Nebraska OverDrive collection of 29,081 audiobooks, 44,746 eBooks, and 6,170 magazines. As an added bonus it includes 130 podcasts that are always available with simultaneous use (SU), as well as SU ebooks and audiobook titles that publishers have made available for a limited time. If you’re a part of it, let your users know about this great title, and if you’re not a member yet, find more information about participating in Nebraska Overdrive Libraries!
Love this #BookFace & reading? Check out our past #BookFaceFriday photos on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Facebook page!
#BookFaceFriday – “Tender is the Flesh” by Agustina Bazterrica
You’ll want to devour this #BookFaceFriday!
I ate this #BookFace with some fava beans and a nice Chianti! Spooky season is upon us and nothing sets the vibe like a scary story. This week’s #BookFaceFriday is the perfect way to get your adrenaline flowing; check out “Tender is the Flesh” by Agustina Bazterrica (Scribner, 2020.) This title is available as an eBook in Nebraska OverDrive Libraries and is a part of the curated collection, “Scare Up a Good Book: Horror and dark reads.” Find your perfect horror read in this collection of over 250 titles, available all October.
“From the first words of the Argentine novelist Agustina Bazterrica’s second novel, Tender Is the Flesh, the reader is already the livestock in the line, reeling, primordially aware that this book is a butcher’s block, and nothing that happens next is going to be pretty.”
—New York Times Book Review
Libraries participating in the Nebraska OverDrive Libraries Group currently have access to a shared and growing collection of digital downloadable audiobooks and eBooks. 192 libraries across the state share the Nebraska OverDrive collection of 29,081 audiobooks, 44,746 eBooks, and 6,170 magazines. As an added bonus it includes 130 podcasts that are always available with simultaneous use (SU), as well as SU ebooks and audiobook titles that publishers have made available for a limited time. If you’re a part of it, let your users know about this great title, and if you’re not a member yet, find more information about participating in Nebraska Overdrive Libraries!
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#BookFaceFriday “The Book Club for Troublesome Women” by Marie Bostwick
Well behaved #BookFaces rarely make history!
Well bless your heart it’s #BookFaceFriday! September is national Library Card Sign-up Month, this year’s theme is “one card, endless possibilities,” so we thought “The Book Club for Troublesome Women: A Novel” by Marie Bostwick (Harper Muse, 2025) was the perfect fit. This historical fiction novel set in the 1960s, celebrates nostalgia, female friendship, and breaking the mold, and is all about how books can open the door to more than just reading. It’s available as an eBook through Nebraska OverDrive Libraries or you can find other bookish reads featured in our “Library Card Sign Up Month” curated collection.
“Bostwick’s latest is ideal for fans of historical fiction and those who enjoyed Bonnie Garmus’s LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY, Kristin Hannah’s THE WOMEN, or Kate Quinn’s THE BRIAR CLUB, which explore the historical roles of women and the challenges they faced within a society structured to define and limit their roles in and out of the home.”
— Library Journal Starred Review
Libraries participating in the Nebraska OverDrive Libraries Group currently have access to a shared and growing collection of digital downloadable audiobooks and eBooks. 194 libraries across the state share the Nebraska OverDrive collection of 26,898 audiobooks, 36,794 ebooks, and 5,133 magazines. As an added bonus it includes 130 podcasts that are always available with simultaneous use (SU), as well as SU ebooks and audiobook titles that publishers have made available for a limited time. If you’re a part of it, let your users know about this great title, and if you’re not a member yet, find more information about participating in Nebraska Overdrive Libraries!
Love this #BookFace & reading? We suggest checking out all the titles available for book clubs at http://nlc.nebraska.gov/ref/bookclub. Check out our past #BookFaceFriday photos on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Facebook page!
#BookFaceFriday “George Norris, Going Home: Reflections of a Progressive Statesman”
In order to form a more perfect #BookFace!
This past Wednesday, September 17th, was Constitution Day, celebrating the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1787. What better way to celebrate here in Nebraska than highlighting our own contributor to the Constitution, Senator George Norris? Senator George William Norris was the main author and sponsor of the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution (the “Lame Duck” amendment), which shortened the time period between the November election and the date when the newly-elected officials take office. He was also instrumental in the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Rural Electrification Act. Closer to home, he secured the funding for the Tri-County Project that helped create the Kingsley Dam and Lake McConaughy, and he led the conversion of Nebraska’s legislature from a bicameral to unicameral system, which remains the only one-house legislative system in the United States. Check out “George Norris, Going Home: Reflections of a Progressive Statesman“ by Gene A. Budig and Don Walton (Bison Original, 2013), with a preface by George W. Norris, is one of many titles about Senator Norris available in the Nebraska Library Commission’s government documents collection, as well as Nebraska Overdrive Libraries.
One of the most prestigious academic presses in the country, the University of Nebraska Press sends us around 75 select titles per year, which are added to the Nebraska Publications Clearinghouse, also known as the Nebraska State Documents Collection. This collection is comprised of publications issued by Nebraska state agencies, ensuring that state government information is available to a wide audience and that those valuable publications are preserved for future generations. University of Nebraska Press books, as well as all state documents, are available for checkout by libraries and librarians for their patrons.
“A remarkable account of the life of one of the most influential politicians in the last hundred years. . . . His extraordinary achievements for all American people offer a rare glimpse at what can be achieved when people and politicians put aside narrow interests. . . . Budig and Walton have produced a short and powerful document that draws on the reflections of the Senator and others who knew him at the end of his life. It would serve us well if a copy of this book were in every school library across the country.”
—Richard Sterling, former president of the National Writing Commission
This title can also be found as a eBook on Nebraska OverDrive Libraries. Libraries participating in the Nebraska OverDrive Libraries Group currently have access to a shared and growing collection of digital downloadable audiobooks and eBooks. 194 libraries across the state share the Nebraska OverDrive collection of 26,898 audiobooks, 36,794 ebooks, and 5,133 magazines. As an added bonus it includes 130 podcasts that are always available with simultaneous use (SU), as well as SU ebooks and audiobook titles that publishers have made available for a limited time. If you’re a part of it, let your users know about this great title, and if you’re not a member yet, find more information about participating in Nebraska Overdrive Libraries!
Love this #BookFace & reading? Check out our past #BookFaceFriday photos on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Facebook page!
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#BookFaceFriday “Family Ties” by Gary Paulsen
As far as anyone knows we’re one big happy #BookFace!
Snap a picture, it’s time for this week’s #BookfaceFriday, “Family Ties” by Gary Paulsen (Wendy Lamb Books, 2014). Book five in his Liar Liar series, family antics and the ties that bind are put on center stage in this quirky, funny YA read. Family Ties is available as a book club kit from the Nebraska Library Commission. You can also find the first four books in the Liar Liar series as e-books through Nebraska OverDrive Libraries: Kids & Teens. Family ties is one of thirteen titles by Gary Paulsen available to schools and public libraries as a book club kit.
This title came to us via a donation from the John A. Stahl Library in West Point! We love that book clubs around the state regularly donate their books so that more book clubs can read them. So we want to say a big THANK YOU to all those who have sent us donations!
“The fifth book (following Vote) about now fourteen-year-old Kevin Spencer is funny and off-beat. He continues to see life through his self-centered lens, but, in a bid to impress the beautiful Tina, Kevin volunteers to plan his uncle’s wedding. The plot is a bit over-the-top, but since Kevin is not an entirely reliable narrator, readers won’t expect logic.”
— School Library Journal
Book Club Kits Rules for Use
- These kits can be checked out by the librarians of Nebraska libraries and media centers.
- Circulation times are flexible and will be based upon availability. There is no standard check-out time for book club kits.
- Please search the collection to select items you wish to borrow and use the REQUEST THIS KIT icon to borrow items.
- Contact the Information Desk at the Library Commission if you have any questions: by phone: 800/307-2665, or by email: Information Services Team
Libraries participating in the Nebraska OverDrive Libraries Group currently have access to a shared and growing collection of digital downloadable audiobooks and eBooks. 194 libraries across the state share the Nebraska OverDrive collection of 26,898 audiobooks, 36,794 ebooks, and 5,133 magazines. As an added bonus it includes 130 podcasts that are always available with simultaneous use (SU), as well as SU ebooks and audiobook titles that publishers have made available for a limited time. If you’re a part of it, let your users know about this great title, and if you’re not a member yet, find more information about participating in Nebraska Overdrive Libraries!
Love this #BookFace & reading? We suggest checking out all the titles available for book clubs at http://nlc.nebraska.gov/ref/bookclub. Check out our past #BookFaceFriday photos on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Facebook page!
#BookFaceFriday “Smithsonian Magazine – The Noble Fury of Samuel Adams”
This #BookFaceFriday is making history!
We’re in Washington D.C. for this week’s #BookFace! The Smithsonian Magazine is just one of 4,401 English magazine titles available as an eBook from Nebraska OverDrive Libraries! Three years of issues are available of many titles, as well as some single titles (generally special edition issues of certain magazines or items like adult coloring books). Magazines do not count against a reader’s checkout limit of 6, and magazine issues may be checked out for 7, 14, or 21 days, depending on your library’s policy. Along with all the English-language titles, you have access to Spanish-language titles, and many other languages including French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Afrikaans, and Italian.
“Smithsonian magazine places a Smithsonian lens on the world, looking at the topics and subject matters researched, studied and exhibited by the Smithsonian Institution—science, history, art, popular culture and innovation—and chronicling them every day for our diverse readership.” —Smithsonian Magazine Blurb
We just had to bring this week’s bookface with us to the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.! The Nebraska Center for the Book has selected one youth book and one adult book by Nebraska authors to represent the state at the 2025 National Book Festival: “Ted Kooser: More than a Local Wonder” by Carla Ketner and “The Long March Home: A World War II Novel of the Pacific” by Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee. Both titles will be part of the National Center for the Book’s Great Reads from Great Places program. Check out the festival schedule, featured authors, and highlights for past events on the Library of Congress’s event page! You can even enjoy the event from home and watch the festival through the National Book Festival website.
Libraries participating in the Nebraska OverDrive Libraries Group currently have access to a shared and growing collection of digital downloadable audiobooks and eBooks. 194 libraries across the state share the Nebraska OverDrive collection of 26,898 audiobooks, 36,794 ebooks, and 5,133 magazines. As an added bonus it includes 130 podcasts that are always available with simultaneous use (SU), as well as SU ebooks and audiobook titles that publishers have made available for a limited time. If you’re a part of it, let your users know about this great title, and if you’re not a member yet, find more information about participating in Nebraska Overdrive Libraries!
Love this #BookFace & reading? Check out our past #BookFaceFriday photos on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Facebook page!
