October 2020

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with Graphic Novels

  • Posted on: 3 October 2020
  • By: Jon Schafle

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month I wanted to showcase some of the amazing Hispanic comic creators that we have available in print in our adult graphics collection system wide as well as digital editions that are available through Hoopla which you can also access with your library card. There's a huge amount of talented creators in the industry but I limited it to some of my personal favorite stories (I do have a soft spot for silver/bronze age comics) and I hope you'll find some new some titles to explore:

José Luis García-López

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Halloween Horror Flicks: Stephen King Theater

  • Posted on: 3 October 2020
  • By: Robert Freese

Halloween Horror Flicks:

Stephen King Theater 

Halloween and horror movies based on books by Stephen King have been a Halloween tradition in my home since the early days of VHS. There is nothing like lining up a stack of movies based on stories by King Stephen, turning down the lights and letting the creeps run wild. Grab some popcorn, a bowl of candy and let’s stay up until the witching hour with the King of Horror.

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Reese's Book Club October Pick Available on Hoopla

  • Posted on: 2 October 2020
  • By: Annie Phillips

“Elikem married me in absentia; he did not come to our wedding.” - His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie

Reese's Book Club - Hello Sunshine has just announced their October pick, His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie. While we order more physical copies for HMCPL and if you can't wait another day to read it, head over to Hoopla for an instant checkout!

Read it here.

Listen to it here.

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Two Librarians Walk into a Shelf with Grady Hendrix

  • Posted on: 1 October 2020
  • By: Robert Freese

In this week’s episode of Two Librarians Walk Into A Shelf, Michelle and Rob had the opportunity to discuss spooky favorites, both old and new, with bestselling author Grady Hendrix. You might remember back to Episode 1 of the podcast in which a discussion of all things Grady Hendrix was had. Clearly, your podcast hosts were thrilled to get a chance to talk horror and its current popularity with Mr. Hendrix.

Hendrix then left us with some book recommendations to check out for people who might be new to the horror genre, and some favorite spooky season movies as well.

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