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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Have a date night on us! Whether you want to celebrate Valentine's, Galentine's, or just treat yourself, we've got a great night in store for you every Friday night in February.
Each time you attend a movie night in February, you'll get up to two tickets to put in the drawing for a Movie Lovers Bundle Prize! Not only are drinks and snacks free, you can also take some commemorative photos at our themed photo booths!
Here's what's in store:
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Handley’s West Reading Room is now the Teen and Tutor Room! This space is designed specifically for teens and tutoring groups to use. Let’s explore all this room has to offer.
Collections All our Young Adult materials are now located in this room. This includes fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, and manga. Our video game collection is also stored here.
Other than our new books, we have two displays in this room. One is connected to our teen programming, and the…
Our teen 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 using the…
This blog is about another nifty feature in the library catalog that you may not have found yet. I will use two books as an example. The first book “The Sherlockian” is a historical mystery with parallel narratives. When I type the name in the search bar for the library and then click on the title, I see the page below. Notice the link on the left titled “Series & read-a-likes”.
When I click on “Series & read-a-likes” I get another page with lots of useful information. The top tab has…
In this installment of the Pushing My Shelf blog series, Karen explores a cozy British mystery.
This month we thought we would do a blog series for the Push Your Shelf Bingo Challenge. The challenge is to complete Bingo squares that “push your shelf.” In other words, read or try something that you might not ordinarily consider; something not typically found on your bookshelf. Find out more here.
To cheer you on some participating staff members* are contributing short blogs that…
You used to creep and crawl real well
But then you learned to walk real well.
There was a time you’d coo and cry,
But then you learned to talk and, my!
You almost always try.
You almost always do your best.
I like the way you’re growing up.
It’s fun, that’s all.
~ Mister Rogers, “You’re Growing” 1967
This week at the Handley Regional Library System we’ll explore stories and songs about growing up and all the exciting thoughts and feelings that go with it. Search the catalog for…
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