Erica’s Pick of the Week: Rosaline Palmer Takes The Cake
Erica’s Pick of the Week is a fresh, funny romcom set behind the scenes of a famous British baking show.
Cook Memorial Library at 100. The 1940s.
As the 1930s came to a close, Libertyville looked forward to the possibility of an expanded Cook Memorial Library. The library’s collection of 15,000 books was crammed in the first floor of the former Cook home and the structure was in need of external repairs. In 1939, the Libertyville Lions Club formed a Cook Memorial…
I Think That I Shall Never See…
At this time of year, beautiful green trees are a magnificent backdrop to our summer days. If you’re a tree-hugger, or just a nature enthusiast, you will enjoy some of our recent books about our wooden forest friends. Click on the title to find the book in our online catalog. More than Meets the EyeFinding…
Andrea’s Pick of the Week: The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
When you think of gardening, what comes to mind? A new activity, brought on by Covid cabin fever? Something your mother or grandmother did? It’s certainly not a necessity for most of us anymore. Growing food, like sewing clothes or building furniture, has become industrialized and commoditized in our modern society. The rise of big…
Jean’s Pick of the Week: Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton
Who doesn’t love a good adventure story? Especially if it’s a story of man pushed to his ultimate physical and psychological limits. Even better is if the tale involves danger, heroics, intrigue, insanity, and betrayal; and what’s best of all is if the story is true. A recently published book that fits the bill on…
