Bowman Library Update for 12/17/25
Bowman Library will be closed Wednesday morning, December 17, due to building maintenance. We expect to open at 1 PM. Stay tuned!
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Our teen book spotlight this week is on some amazing YA nonfiction titles! Nonfiction does not have to be boring and these books are going to prove it; there is something out there for everyone. Many of the titles featured this week are some of my personal favorites and I cannot recommend them enough!! These books and more can be found by searching the catalog using the search tag #amazingyanonfiction as well as on Libby and Hoopla. Check back next week for a new teen…
Our middle grade book spotlight this week is on books that have been made into movies!! Let’s be real for a second--there are a ton of books that have been made into movies and the majority of them are not nearly as good as the source material. The titles we are featuring this week are examples (at least in my opinion) of books that are better than the movie and I encourage you to read them and prove me otherwise! These books and more can be found by searching the catalog…
Our middle grade book spotlight this week is on books that feature games (video, virtual, board, and so on), mazes, and puzzles because it is International Gaming Week!!! I love games and puzzles because there are so many choices, you can complete them either with others or by yourself, and there is always a bit of challenge that makes the victory that much sweeter. The titles we have this week will inspire you to take on some sort of gaming this week or you can just feel free to…
Our teen book spotlight this week is all about going back to some of my New England roots. On the third Monday of April every year, there is a regional holiday called Patriots’ Day--it is to mark the occasions of the Battles of Lexington and Concord which are seen to be the start of the Revolutionary War. It is also when the Boston Marathon is traditionally run (which is one of the hardest 26.2 mile courses to run in the world) and the Boston Red Sox always play a late morning home…
Our middle grade book spotlight this week is books that have the word “summer” in their titles!!! To help us kick off these summer months filled with reading, we are exploring books that have “summer” in the titles to give us some inspiration and that summer feel. We have a great mixture of sports, humor, realistic, historical, and more so there is something for everyone and the titles are easy to remember because summer can be found in the titles! These books and more can be…
Our teen book spotlight this week is on books that have one word titles!!! Sometimes, we just need something that is going to be quick and easy to remember and those titles fit the bill. We have a great mixture of fantasy, historical, time traveling, thrillers, and more so there is something for everyone and the titles are easy to remember! These books and more can be found by searching the catalog using the search tag #yaoneword as well as on Libby and Hoopla. Check…
Our middle grade book spotlight this week is taking a look at Detective Stories!!! Now, these stories do not have to be your traditional Sherlock Holmes type stories for them to be considered “detective”. Instead, these stories are ones that our main characters are trying to solve and figure something out; for some it may be a murder or a dead body but for others it could be something from their past or even a trying to figure out if bigfoot really does exist. You will be…
Our middle grade book spotlight this week is all about Science Fiction!!! What I love about Science Fiction is that there are so many different types and aspects--Science Fiction is defined as anything that could possibly happen in the future and it does not mean that it has to be in outer space even though that is a common setting. Science Fiction can contain a number of topics from robots and artificial intelligence, to living in outer space and intergalactic wars. We even…
Our middle grade book spotlight this week is on books that feature siblings because you know family always leads to some crazy times and amazing memories! We have a great mix of realistic, fantasy, and even some classics that are just as good today as they were when they first came out; I love books that feature siblings because they can be featured in any genre. These books and more can be found by searching the catalog using the search tag #youthsiblings as well as on Libby and…
Our teen book spotlight this week is on books that feature books that have been inspired by different mythologies!! I love learning about mythology with all of the different gods, goddesses, monsters, heroes, and myths and all of our titles this week would not be here without their inspiration. We have stories that have been inspired by Greek, East Asian, and even Aztec mythologies. They are adventure and action packed as well as some mixed into humor and historical fiction--…