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Staff Recommendations
One of our July 2008 Staff Recommendations "With distruction caused by Hurricane Katrina still adversely affecting Louisiana residents, including the supernatural community, telepath Sookie Stackhouse discovers family she never knew she had and once again risks her life for both the Were and Vampire communities. This latest series installment (published in May 2008) further cements Sookie's relationship with the supernatural community - every o..."  [full comments]

Updated with ten new entries every month, including novels, non-fiction, audio/CD adaptations, DVDs and music-related items. Check out the July 2008 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 "If you haven't met the miracle traveling salesman Vernon Moore, you're missing a series of very special books. In The Land of Second Chances starts the series that continues w..."  [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
Hitch!
-- submitted in May by Amanda A.
Rope It's Only a Movie To Catch a Thief The Dark Side of Genius
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
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: 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: 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. 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: 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 Go to the Sunday A.M. page
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