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12 Weeks of Hot Summer Reads: After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick
12 Weeks of Hot Summer Reads, Cancer, Caroline Parr, Humor, LibraryPoint Blog, Middle School, Reading Room Blog, unRequired Reading Blog, Teen Blog, Surviving High School
08/23/2010 - 7:34am

This is Week 4 of a 12-Week series of blog posts reviewing new young adult books. Check back each Monday for a new review. 

After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick
Tad Ibsen is a scrawny kid who walks into the classroom on crutches, muttering angrily to himself, with a huge red scar across the side of his head. Why does the teacher seat the new kid next to Jeffrey Alper? “Suddenly I get it,” Jeffrey explains to the reader. “I don’t always catch on so fast, but this time, I put two and two together…I lean over and whisper, ‘Hi, I’m Jeffrey. I had cancer, too.’ He looks at me like I’m a particularly loathsome slice of school-lunch meat loaf and says, ‘Wow, congratulations! What do you want, a medal?’” Of course, they’re best friends from that moment on. 

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Sun and Sand Film Series: Beach Blanket Bingo
1960s, Beach, Christie Hoerneman, films, Headquarters Film Series, LibraryPoint Blog, Arts Blog
06/25/2010 - 3:26pm

Come join the Central Rappahannock Regional Library as we present Beach Blanket Bingo, the first film in the Sun and Sand film Series at the Headquarters Library on Saturday, June 26th at 2:00 pm.

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Bears Everywhere
Caroline Parr, Children's Book Columns, LibraryPoint Blog, Books and Reading, Picture Book
06/23/2010 - 11:37am

    Children’s books are never too far from the minds of children’s librarians.  On a recent hiking trip to the North Carolina mountains, a phrase from a children’s verse got stuck in my head:  “We’re going on a bear hunt, we’re going to catch a big one, it’s a beautiful day, we’re not scared!”  Maybe our bear bells scared them away, but the black bears that populate the coves and ridges of the Nantahala National Forest never showed themselves to our group (thank goodness).

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John Paul Jones: A Founder of the U.S. Navy
18th century, American Revolution, France, Fredericksburg (Va.), History Feature Articles, John Paul Jones, LibraryPoint Blog, U.S. Navy, Virginia Johnson, History Blog, History, Virginia History
06/23/2010 - 3:52pm

From a Scottish port to colonial Fredericksburg to the royal courts of France and Russia, the little man who famously refused to give up the fight was perfectly at home in both cottages and elegant salons, but he was always eager to set sail for adventure and glory.

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The Atrium Gallery: Hsi-Mei Yates and Students
LibraryPoint Blog, Samantha Thomason, Arts Blog, Exhibits, Arts and Artists
06/22/2010 - 1:07pm

Paintings by Hsi-Mei Yates and her students are on display in the Headquarters Atrium Gallery through June.

Hsi-Mei lives in Stafford and has a studio at LibertyTown Arts Workshop.

Visit her web site to find out more:

www.hsi-meichinesewatercolor.com/
 

Blue Chain (Crabs)

Hsi-Mei Yates - "Blue Chain (Crabs)"
Watercolor
$500

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Cooking the wolf (or fox) at the door
food memoirs, LibraryPoint Blog, Recipes, Scott Phillips, Summer reading, Reading Room Blog, Cooking
06/22/2010 - 11:52am

Three authors wrote notable books on eating in lean times: MFK Fisher, Elizabeth David, and Patience Gray. Fisher and David wrote during and just after the war, respectively. Gray wrote about places where food was scarce at certain times of the year. They all offer sage advice and write well. 

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Text Us!
LibraryPoint Blog, Samantha Thomason, Teen Blog
06/18/2010 - 3:59pm

Have a question? Text us!

We now offer free text message reference services (standard message rates from your provider apply).

Here's how:
Text us at 66746 and start your question with AskCRRL
(Example: AskCRRL What are the library hours on Saturdays?)

We will respond as soon as possible.
Save us in your contacts as AskCRRL and text us questions when you're on the go.

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New eAudiobooks: June 2010
Audiobook, LibraryPoint Blog, New eAudiobooks, Samantha Thomason, Reading Room Blog, Books and Reading
01/11/2011 - 12:13pm

In June we added 33 adult titles, 29 of which are are available in MP3 format (suitable for iPods, iPhones, iPads, etc.). We also received 7 new children's/young adult titles (4 available in MP3). Check out our most recent additions!

Browse our newest downloadable audiobooks in the library catalog,  or go directly to the NetLibrary web site (free account needed) or Media Center (install required) to download. If you don't have a NetLibrary account, follow these simple instructions to create one.

New eAudiobooks June 2010

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The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People who Read Them, by Elif Batuman
Graduate school, LibraryPoint Blog, Russian literature, Scott Phillips, Summer reading, Reading Room Blog, Books and Reading, Humor, Literary/Classics
06/16/2010 - 12:55pm

Odd, the things one finds when browsing the shelves. I found this jewel the other day, when I was looking for something, anything to read. What a great way to start summer reading: a visit to Samarkand, hi-jinks at graduate school seminars,encounters with strange yet endearing characters , dark hints about Tolstoy's death, and the link between King Kong and Isaac Babel.

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Donating Your Computer's Time
Chuck Gray, LibraryPoint Blog, Tech, Tech Trends, volunteering, Tech Answers, Science and Technology
09/27/2012 - 9:40am

Modern computers are many times more powerful than they need to be for most of the things we use them for.  Simply writing papers, surfing the Web, watching videos, playing games, etc. . . such tasks don't take full advantage of these machines' potential and when they're not in use, well . . . they're not in use.  They could be doing so much more. 

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