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#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!
Posted in Books & Reading, General, What's Up Doc / Govdocs
Tagged Book Covers, bookfacefriday, George Norris, George Norris Going Home: Reflections of a Progressive Statesman, libraries, Nebraska History, Nebraska OverDrive Libraries, nonfiction, Reading, University of Nebraska Press
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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!
#BookFaceFriday “Fish Out of Water” by Katie Ruggle
Dive in to #BookFaceFriday!
This #BookFace will have you gasping for air. Now that the kids are back in school, hopefully all of you moms out there have a little more time for reading, and if you enjoy a good romance novel you’ll want to check out “Fish Out of Water: A Novel” by Katie Ruggle (Sourcebooks Casablanca, 2024). It’s a slow burn to spicy romance novel set in the Colorado wilderness, with the classic tropes of grumpy hero, charming heroine, and only one sleeping bag. It’s available as an eBook through Nebraska OverDrive Libraries and is one of sixteen Katie Ruggle titles we have in the OverDrive collection.
“Romance lovers will have no trouble rooting for this raunchy heroine and her strong, protective hero.”
— Publisher’s Weekly
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!
Posted in Books & Reading, General
Tagged Book Covers, bookface, bookfacefriday, books, Ebook, Fiction, Fish Out of Water, Katie Ruggle, Nebraska OverDrive Libraries, Novel, Reading, romance
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#BookFaceFriday “Flunked” by Jen Calonita
Will this #BookFaceFriday be on the test?
“Calonita blithely samples from fairy tales, nursery rhymes, and folklore in this lighthearted first book in the Fairy Tale Reform School series…. Recognizable fairy-tale characters abound (profiles of the school’s instructors, like Xavier Wolfington, the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood, appear throughout), and questions of whether goodness or badness run to the core of a person leave readers with plenty to consider.”
— Publishers Weekly
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 & the Jane Austen Book Club
Resting #BookFace
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a reader in possession of free time, must be in want of a #BookFaceFriday. “Northanger Abbey,” “Persuasion,” “Emma,” and “Pride and Prejudice” all by Jane Austen are this week’s #BookFaceFriday picks, and they are all available, along with “Mansfield Park,” and “Sense and Sensibility,” in our Book Club Kit collection. Inspired by the Jane Austen book club from Papillion utilizing our collection, we wanted to highlight what we have available in our Book Club Kits for groups interested in reading a single author. Other authors we have more than six titles by include: Debbie Macomber – 25; Jodi Picoult – 21; Elin Hilderbrand – 19; Nicholas Sparks – 16; Richard Paul Evans – 14; Elizabeth Berg – 13; Barbara Kingsolver 13; Carl Hiaasen – 12; Gary Paulsen – 12; Beverly Lewis – 11; Kristin Hannah – 10; John Grisham – 10; Louise Erdrich- 9; Fannie Flagg – 9; Neil Schusterman – 8; Toni Morrison – 8; Jerry Spinelli – 8; Sandra Dallas – 8; David Sedaris – 7; Liane Moriarty – 7; Jo Nesbo – 7; Ann Patchett – 7 ; Anne Tyler – 7; and Judy Blume – 7.
“witty, clever, and engaging – and easy to read despite being written over 200 years ago. Austen is adored to this day for her sharp social commentary, and her vivid, complex characters, creating novels that continue to entertain and enchant.”
— Penguin Random House
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!
#BookFaceFriday “My Ideal Boyfriend is a Croissant” by Laura Dockrill
Sink your teeth into #BookFaceFriday!
Well butter my #Bookface and call me a biscuit, because this week we’ve got something good a cooking. Just kidding, “My Ideal Boyfriend is a Croissant: A Novel“ by Laura Dockrill (Delacorte Press, 2019) isn’t a cookbook, it’s a funny teen drama centered around one sixteen year old’s relationship with food, her body, and life. It’s available as an audiobook through Nebraska OverDrive Libraries: Kids & Teens and is currently in the “Sunshine & Reading Time: YA beach reads” collection. Featured on the Kids & Teens main page, this collection has the 300 titles ranging from romance to sci-fi to thriller, and we think it’s the perfect way to soak up just a little more summer.
“BB’s honesty, her comfort with her own body, and her love for her family and best friend shine through. Full of heart, BB’s authentic voice will strike a chord with anyone who doesn’t want to be defined by the way they look.”
— School Library Journal
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 “Old Jules Country” by Mari Sandoz
Oh give me a home where the #BookFaces roam!
If you enjoy sunsets and long walks on the beach, this week’s #BookFace is for you. Actually, if you you enjoy the Sandhills, settlers literature, and slightly obscure writings of Nebraska authors, then this #Bookface is for you. Check out “Old Jules Country: A Selection from “Old Jules” and Thirty Years of Writing after the Book was Published” by Mari Sandoz (University of Nebraska Press, 1965) which includes selections from six volumes of Sandoz’s Great Plains Series The Beaver Men, Crazy Horse, Cheyenne Autumn, The Buffalo Hunters, The Cattlemen, and Old Jules and from her study of a great people, These Were the Sioux, also included are two essays, “The Lost Sitting Bull” and “The Homestead in Perspective,” a Cheyenne prayer and two sketches unavailable elsewhere—”Snakes” and “Coyotes and Eagles”—complete this collection. This title is part of the Nebraska Publications Clearinghouse, which receives documents every month from all Nebraska state agencies, including the University of Nebraska Press (UNP). UNP books, as well as all Nebraska state documents, are available for checkout by libraries and librarians for their patrons.
“This anthology provides a stimulating sampling for readers not yet acquainted with Sandoz’s work. For her extensive following, it offers the opportunity for a satisfying reappraisal of her overall achievement.”
— University of Nebraska Press
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 Friday Night Knitting Club” by Kate Jacobs
It’s the #BookFaceFriday Night Knitting Club!
This #BookFace is calling for a cozy night in! “The Friday Night Knitting Club” by New York Times bestselling author Kate Jacobs (G.P. Putnam’s Sons; 2012) is the first Friday Night Knitting Club series, centered around a group of women gathering together in a New York City yarn shop to knit and share stories.
We have 20 copies for your reading group to borrow in our Book Club Kit collection, along with copies of the other two books in the Friday Night Knitting Club series. All three books are also available as an audiobook on Nebraska OverDrive Libraries.“It’s all here—dating, love, motherhood, career, estrangement, death and, especially, friendships that span generations…[A] quick, fun, poignant yarn.”
— The Seattle Times
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? Check out our past #BookFaceFriday photos on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Facebook page!
#BookFaceFriday “Shane” by Jack Schaefer
Like a #BookFace Cowboy!
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo, this week’s #BookFaceFriday is sure to get you in the mood for the Nebraska State Fair or your county rodeo! “Shane” by Jack Schaefer (University of Nebraska Press, 1984) is a classic teen and YA western revolving around the Starrett family and the titular Shane’s arrival on their farm and how he shapes their lives. It’s available as an eBook and audiobook on through Nebraska OverDrive Libraries and is also available as a book club kit through the Nebraska Library Commission. The novel is also part of the Nebraska Publications Clearinghouse, which receives documents every month from all Nebraska state agencies, including the University of Nebraska Press (UNP). UNP books, as well as all Nebraska state documents, are available for checkout by libraries and librarians for their patrons.
“If you read only one Western in your life, this is the one.”
— (Roland Smith, author of the Peak Marcello adventure novels)
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!
Book Club Kits Rules for Use
Contact the Information Desk at the Library Commission if you have any questions: by phone: 800/307-2665, or by email: Information Services Team
- 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? 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!
Posted in Books & Reading, General
Tagged Book Art, Book Club Kits, Book Covers, bookface, bookfacefriday, books, Jack Schaefer, Novel, Reading, rodeo, Shane, University of Nebraska Press
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#BookFaceFriday “The Peculiar Gift of July” by Ashley Ream
The Peculiar Gift of #BookFaceFriday!
Take a break from real life drama for something a little lighter with this week’s #BookFace. Check out “The Peculiar Gift of July: A Novel” (Dutton, 2025) by Ashley Ream, it’s a heartwarming, magical read featuring Anita Odom, a small town grocer, set in her ways and maybe just a little bit lonely, who’s life is turned upside down when her cousin’s fourteen-year-old daughter shows up on Anita’s doorstep. It’s available as an eBook and Audiobook through Nebraska OverDrive Libraries and is one of two Ashley Ream titles we have in the OverDrive collection.
“Few writers balance vulnerability and wit like Ream, and in The Peculiar Gift of July, she does so with a storyteller’s lightest touch…The setting may be fictional, but the emotional terrain of is rooted in real, lived feeling: grief, caregiving, community and the ways we find family in the most unexpected places…The book’s magical realism is subtle, more sparkle than spectacle…It’s also deeply funny. Ream has a sharp eye for the odd rhythms of community life…The shimmer is everywhere. It’s in the scent of cardamom from the bakery. In the lonely ache of people trying to do right by each other. In the way a town, however eccentric, can knit itself back together around the edges of a heartbreak.”
— The Seattle Times
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 “Miss Liberty” by Erin Moonyeen Haley
Miss Congeniality meets #BookFace!
Practice your pageant wave with this week’s #BookFaceFriday, “Miss Liberty” by Erin Moonyeen Haley (Storytide, 2025), a novel for 3-7 graders. Hailed as Dumplin’ meets the small-town drama of Gilmore Girls, this fun fourth of July read is the perfect summer read for kids.
“In this heartfelt debut, Haley sensitively portrays a character who’s struggling to hold on to the comfort of the familiar while contending with fear regarding an uncertain future. Savvy’s personal ambitions collide with her desire to support her sister’s efforts making for engaging, relatable familial and internal drama.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The Nebraska Library Commission receives a large number 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. You can see some of her favorites of the past year in the recent NCompass Live webinar episodes: Best Teen Reads of 2024 and Best Children’s Books of 2024.
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, Erin Moonyeen Haley, juvenile fiction, Miss Liberty, Novel, Reading, Sally Snyder
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#BookFaceFriday “Cat + Gamer: Volume 1” by Wataru Nadatani
You cat to be kitten me right meow, it’s #BookFaceFriday!
Cat got your tongue with this adorable #BookFace? “Cat + Gamer: Volume 1” by Wataru Nadatani (Dark Horse Manga, 2022) is the first book in a collection of eight manga novels. Only recently published in English, this manga series is hailed as a cute, fun, and heart-warming story of a gamer learning to live with a cat. It’s available as an eBook through Nebraska OverDrive Libraries: Kids & Teens and is currently in the “New Titles” collection. Featured on the Kids & Teens main page, this collection has the 200 latest editions to the collection.
“Although the protagonist, Riko, is an adult, the overall story is still appealing to younger audiences because of the cute cat hijinks and the focus on video games over Riko’s life as an OL (office lady). In many ways, the manga is about both how to raise a cat and the basics of Japanese video game culture. This focus is why the series ultimately has a younger appeal and is relevant to all ages. There truly is something for everyone, unless for some blasphemous reason the person doesn’t like cats (which is preposterous).”
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 “The Southpaw” by Mark Harris
Take me out to the #BookFace!
If you’re a fan of America’s greatest pastime or you just love a slow afternoon at the ballpark check out this week’s #BookFaceFriday, “The Southpaw” by Mark Harris and Henry W. Wiggin (Bobbs-Merrill, 1953) it would be a great choice for your next read. This novel revolves around a left-handed pitcher on a fictional New York baseball team, it is a part of the Nebraska Publications Clearinghouse, which receives documents every month from all Nebraska state agencies, including the University of Nebraska Press (UNP). UNP books, as well as all Nebraska state documents, are available for checkout by libraries and librarians for their patrons.
“As the temperature warmed up in recent days, there was no better way to prepare for the season than to reread Mark Harris’s “The Southpaw, ” one of the finest sports books I know. . . . Harris loves the game itself, and he never loses sight of its value to America.” —George Vecsey, “The New York Times”
This week’s #BookFace model is Bruce Oorlog, NLC’s Mail/Material Specialist and avid baseball fan!
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!
Posted in Books & Reading, General
Tagged Baseball, Book Art, Book Covers, bookface, bookfacefriday, books, Mark Harris, Novel, Reading, The Southpaw, University of Nebraska Press
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#BookFaceFriday “The Garden of Small Beginnings” by Abbi Waxman
This #BookFaceFriday is ready to sprout!
If you’re looking for a summer beach read without the beach, this #BookFace has you covered. “The Garden of Small Beginnings” (Berkley, 2017) by USA Today bestselling author Abbi Waxman is a slice-of-life romance following widowed Lilian Girvan as she’s starting to get back into the swing of life, starting with a vegetable-gardening class her newest boss has signed her up for. With help from her two daughters and her supportive sister, she faces a botanical challenge and discovers a group of quirky gardeners. It’s available as an eBook through Nebraska OverDrive Libraries and is currently featured in the “Beach Reads” curated collection that’s filled with captivating reads to fill your summer days.
“Waxman’s skill at characterization…lifts this novel far above being just another ‘widow finds love’ story. Clearly an observer, Waxman has mastered the fine art of dialogue as well. Characters ring true right down to Lilian’s two daughters, who often steal the show. This debut begs for an encore from Waxman.”
— Kirkus Reviews (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 “Music is History” by Questlove
Put a record on this #BookFaceFriday!
Dive deep into the history of music with this #BookFace. The New York Times bestseller “Music is History” by multi-Grammy Award winner author Questlove (Harry N. Abrams, 2021) takes a look at contemporary America and its music starting from 1971. It’s available as an eBook through Nebraska OverDrive Libraries and is currently featured in the “Artistic Reads” curated collection, along with many other novels about art and artists.
“An entertaining, informative and far-reaching work, meticulously excavating American culture and history with the eye of a seasoned cratedigger.”
— The Washington Post
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!
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#BookFaceFriday “The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein
This #BookFaceFriday is man’s best friend!
If you’re a dog person, then this #BookFace is for you! “The Art of Racing in the Rain” by New York Times bestselling author Garth Stein (Harper Paperbacks; 2018) is an emotional but ultimately uplifting novel about life, love, and loyalty- but told as only a dog could.
We have 35 copies for your reading group to borrow in our Book Club Kit collection, and it’s available as both an eBook and audiobook on Nebraska OverDrive Libraries.“The perfect book for anyone who knows that some of our best friends walk beside us on four legs; that compassion isn’t only for humans; and that the relationship between two souls…meant for each other never really comes to an end.”
— Jodi Picoult
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? Check out our past #BookFaceFriday photos on the Nebraska Library Commission’s Facebook page!
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Tagged Audiobook, book club kit, Book Club Kits, Book Covers, bookface, bookfacefriday, books, Ebook, Nebraska OverDrive Libraries, Reading
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#BookFaceFriday “The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents” by Terry Pratchett
Cat got your #BookFace!?
This #BookFaceFriday has more than nine lives! Check out “The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents” by bestselling fantasy author Terry Prachett (HarperCollins; 2001), it’s number 28 in Prachett’s Discworld series.
This is a standalone Discworld novel retelling the classic fairytale of the Pied Piper. We have 14 copies for your reading group to borrow in our Book Club Kit collection, and you can read more about it in our Book Club Spotlight series!“An astonishing novel. Were Terry Pratchett not demonstratively a master craftsman already, The Amazing Maurice might be considered his masterpiece.”
— Neil Gaiman
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!
#BookFaceFriday “Songs in Ursa Major” by Emma Brodie
Listen to the rhythm of #BookFaceFriday!
This week’s #BookFace is all about chasing your dreams. “Songs in Ursa Major” is a scintillating debut by Emma Brodie (Knopf, 2021), a love story that’s all about music and the trappings of fame. Filled with the heart and vibes of the early 70’s music scene, the novel has a powerful core that asks how much are you willing to sacrifice for your dreams? You can listen to the audiobook yourself through Nebraska OverDrive Libraries!
“Entrancing… This superbly crafted debut novel immerses readers in a story of family, love, and music from the first page. Brodie makes a point about the destructive force of drug abuse, and bears witness to unsavory business practices in the music industry. This book would make a wonderful movie; readers will long for an album of Jane’s songs to go with it.”
— Library Journal, starred
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 “The Lola Quartet” by Emily St. John Mandel
Get inspired with #BookFaceFriday!
Let #BookFace be your muse and check out what’s being showcased on the Nebraska OverDrive Library home page, you’ll find titles like this week’s #BookFace, “The Lola Quartet” by Emily St. John Mandel (Vintage, 2015) which follows disgraced journalist Gavin Sasaki, as he goes back home to regroup after being fired for plagiarism and finds out he may have a daughter he never knew about. You can check out the ebook yourself through Nebraska OverDrive Libraries!
“Compelling. . . . Perhaps all novelists can be said to wrestle with morality; Mandel seems to wrestle with it at greater length and in greater depth than most. . . . First-rate fiction.”
— Dallas Morning News
This week’s #BookFace model is Ethan Nelson, the new Director of the Western Library System! Ethan is a native Nebraskan who grew up on a farm about forty miles south of Scottsbluff. He loves a good book with his favorite genre being fantasy, and is currently reading Michael Moorcock’s Elric saga. He now lives in Scottsbluff with his adorable cat Tails. If you get a chance send him a note and welcome him to Nebraska’s Regional Library systems!
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!
