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Staff Recommendations
One of our November 2009 Staff Recommendations "I'd never read any of the late Donald Westlake's Dortmunder books before the libraries' Just Desserts mystery discussion group selected Get Real for a recent monthly discussion. I loved it! What appeared, o..."  [full comments]

Updated with ten (or more) new entries every month, including novels, non-fiction, audio/CD adaptations, DVDs and music-related items. Check out the November 2009 recommendations right now, submit your own review scores on our recommended titles, or browse the archive of all past Staff Recommendations, either by author/title or by reviewer!

Go to the Staff Recommendations page

Customer Reviews
A new customer-reviewed title "First in the series with Detective Kubu, we search for both the identity and the killer of a body found bleaching near a Botswanian waterhole. Kubu follows a tangled -- there are more than 70 chapters -- plot to r..."  [full comments]

Would you like to share your own reviews of books, CDs, DVDs, audio or video tapes, or read brief reviews from other local readers? Then stop by our Customer Reviews page, browse the existing reviews, and fill out our simple form to Submit Your Own Review! Go to the Customer Reviews page

Guest Reviews
A new customer-reviewed title Leta Powell Drake, Lincoln's star of television and stage, provides our latest Celebrity Guest Review...of the 2007 One Book One Lincoln finalist, Water for Elephants. Visit our Guest Reviews page, to see her review, plus a list of past Guest Reviewers. Go to the Guest Reviews page
Reader Lists
Zombies...the New Vampires!
-- submitted by BookMan

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies World War Z Zombie Survival Guide Zombies for Zombies
Do you have a short list of recommended books, recorded books, CDs or DVDs/Videos you would like to share with fellow BookGuide visitors? Then stop by our Reader Lists page, browse the lists submitted by other readers, and fill out our simple form to Submit Your Own List! Go to the Reader Lists page
Podcasts image Want to listen to our weekly book review podcast -- 'Casting About? How about sitting in -- virtually -- on one of our past Books Talk book discussion groups? Then visit our Podcasts page for to sign up to receive our Podcats via RSS feed, and to browse our archive of recent and past podcast releases!

Latest Podcasts: 'Casting About Episode #51: What We Read When We Were Teens and One Book One Lincoln - A Step Back in Time, September 29, 2009 Go to the Podcasts page
Books talked about on KFOR Book Chat episodes
Want to track down the books talked about by library staff on the Book Chat episodes of KFOR 1240 A.M.'s popular Problems & Solutions talk show? We also still have an online archive covering March 2002 through the present!
Archives: Current 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 INDEX Go to the KFOR Book Chats page
Books talked about on KZUM BookTalk episodes
Interested in the books talked about by library staff (and others) on episodes of KZUM 89.3 F.M.'s popular Wednesday evening (6:30 p.m.) BookTalk talk show? Check our KZUM BookTalks page. We've got an archive of listings going back to 2006, plus some advance listings as they become available.
Archives: Current 2008 2007 2006 2005 Go to the KZUM BookTalks page
Index to Sunday A.M. book reviews
Looking for a listing of the books reviewed in the Lincoln Journal Star's Sunday A.M. and/or The (402) 411 literary section? Look no further...you'll find a list of them right here! We post the new ones at the beginning of each week, and we also have an index archive dating back to June 2004!
Archives: Current 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 Go to the Sunday A.M. page
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