Inspired by the Book: Our Most Anticipated Movies and TV Shows for 2022

Some of the best shows and movies are inspired by books. Don and Sarah return to discuss some of the titles that they’re looking forward to watching. IN THEATRE Death on the Nile (February 11) Based on Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile; one of the Hercule Poirot series – 47 books in Christie’s series started publishing in 1920.  The…

Recommended Reads for Time Travel Lovers #BookDropsCLE

What makes Time Travel stories so popular? Don and Sarah return for another Book Drops to break down the time travel genre and explore what makes these titles so popular. They also have reading recommendations just in time for Groundhog Day! Recommended Reads for Time Travel Kindred by Octavia Butler (Don/Sarah) Timeline by Michael Crichton Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 1/22/1963 by…

Cleveland Public Library Presents the Power of Women – Writers & Readers Series 2022

Cleveland Public Library is hosting a series of candid conversations with four women who have redefined standards for race, culture, and society. It’s part of Writers & Readers which engages authors, academics, and public figures in discussions surrounding the books and stories that have shaped their lives. This year’s theme is Courage, Commitment, and Change. 2022 WRITERS & READERS SERIES AUTHOR DATE Misty Copeland…

Best Books of 2021 – Cleveland’s Recommended Reads for 2021 #BookDropsCLE

SO many lists at the end of the year! How do you decide what’s notable, best, award-winning, Top 10, or Top 100 list? List-making is inherently fraught with caveats and disappointments! “Why wasn’t XYZ on there!”  Genre books don’t necessarily make it on the “Best Books” of the year unless you’re specifically looking at “The Best Sci-Fi…” or “The Best Romance Titles of…” even…

Moonpenny Island Represents Ohio at National Book Festival

The Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library selected Moonpenny Island by Cleveland author Tricia Springstubb (HarperCollins, 2015) to represent Ohio’s literary heritage at the 2017 Library of Congress National Book Festival, which will be held September 2 in Washington, DC. Springstubb’s middle-grade novel surrounds a young protagonist who lives on Moonpenny Island, a setting inspired by a real-life island…