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Read in a Sitting
If the idea of blowing through a 500-lb book is as appealing as running a marathon in a parrot costume, read on. Maybe it’s all the heavy slogging we’ve done this past year, but I find myself shying...
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Recent Reads
Last month I found myself with some unexpected time to read several fiction books that are hard to find a common theme for, but perhaps the common denominator is that they all transport us into...
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Short Story Averse
While I’ve always loved short stories, I know there are some people who are hesitant to try them out. One of the major complaints I’ve heard over the years is that short stories are, well, just too...
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Stay Home, Stay Reading
As the world moves online in response to the coronavirus, virtual book gatherings have grown in popularity. At Everett Public Library, we have also moved many events and programs online in an effort...
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Dynamic Fluids
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com I’ve always found books about scientific ideas oddly comforting. In times of stress, books in the sciences, with their often specific and single-minded focus, allow me...
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Spot-Lit for February 2020
These titles – from established, new, and emerging authors – are some of the most anticipated new releases of the month, based on advance reviews and book world enthusiasm. Click here to see all of...
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Spot-Lit for October 2019
These titles – from established, new, and emerging authors – are some of the most anticipated new releases of the month, based on advance reviews and book world enthusiasm. Click here to see all of...
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Heartwood 9:1 – The Life and Opinions of Zacharias Lichter by Matei Calinescu
Zacharias Lichter is an ugly man with a deformed face, in tattered beggar’s clothes, who is said to be one of the city’s most familiar, bizarre, and picturesque figures. He has haunted the streets and...
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Spot-Lit for January 2019
January is looking like a stellar month for fiction readers. It is rare for a book to win a coveted starred review from each of the four big trade book review sources (Booklist, Kirkus, Library...
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Movers and Shakers – the Women who Helped Build Snohomish County
Nurses at Everett’s first hospital, which opened on Broadway in January of 1894. Image from the Everett Public Library’s Northwest Room Collection. In our last A Reading Life post about Women’s History...
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Spot-Lit for December 2017
The best-books-of-the-year lists have been popping up (including our own), but the year’s not over yet. Here are our fiction picks for December. These are some of the most anticipated new releases of...
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Spot-Lit for June 2017
These titles – from established, new, and emerging authors – are some of the most anticipated new releases of the month, based on advance reviews and book world enthusiasm. Click here to see all of...
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Just the Facts, Ma’am
The other day I was walking out with an armload of books on CD, and Richard our audio book selector got all excited because he thought I was getting non-fiction (something he’d like to see checked out...
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You Just Need a Good Book!
Recently Christin Rude from the University of Washington Bookstore came to the Everett Public Library and presented some reading recommendations to the Everett Woman’s Book Club. I have been attacking...
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Top Ten Books That Have Stayed With Us
If you’re on Facebook and have friends who read, you may have come across the recent meme which asks you to list the top ten books that have influenced and stayed with you in some way. You’re not...
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In Memoriam: David White
We here at A Reading Life have lost one of our own. Our friend and colleague David White passed away unexpectedly September 20th. I’m having a difficult time coping with the fact that he is really,...
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Inside the Northwest History Room: Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Here in the Northwest History Room of the Everett Public Library, we get frequent visitors looking into the history of buildings and land usage. One of the first resources we point people to is our...
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Books to Read before the Movie Premieres
I’d like to augment Alan’s series on books which have been made into movies with this list of 2014 movies which are based on books. This is going to be an awesome year at the movies and you’ll enjoy...
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Talk to Us!
We are happy to announce that, starting with this post, comments are now enabled on this blog. This means that you can now join in the discussion and let us know how you feel about the books and...
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e-Reading in Everett
I have been wanting an e-reader ever since the debut of the Kindle in November 2007. After watching prices drop and much back and forth, I broke down and bought a Nook a few weeks ago, even though the...
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