#ShelfLife - March 10, 2017

If you like pancakes as much as we do, then the highlight of your week was probably Tuesday's celebration of #NationalPancakeDay. Check out our tribute to this breakfast favorite: a short stack of pancake-themed books topped off with a book about maple syrup!

Our #ShelfLife feed on Instagram this week covered all sorts of fiction and non-fiction books, from fashion and memoirs to mystery thrillers and how-to books. If you see a book you like, leave a comment for us and then visit our online catalog to place a hold on it.

Have a great weekend!

Today is #nationalpancakeday! After you wipe the syrup off your chin, continue the celebration with a short (or tall) stack of books from your library. We've ordered PANCAKES, PANCAKES! by Eric Carle, MARSUPIAL SUE PRESENTS THE RUNAWAY PANCAKE by John Lithgow, IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE by Laura Numeroff, PIGGY'S PANCAKE PARLOR by David McPhail, and HIDING OUT AT THE PANCAKE PALACE by Nan Marino topped with a drizzle of MAPLE SYRUP SEASON by Ann Purmell and a side of BREAKFAST ON MARS edited by Rebecca Stern and Brad Wolfe. #amreading #ShelfLife #pancakepancake #maplesyrup #librariesofinstagram #bookstagram

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THE BOOK OF MIRRORS by E.O. Chirovici novel is about stories: the ones we tell, the ones we keep hidden, and the ones that we’ll do anything to ensure they stay buried. #ShelfLife #eochirovici #thebookofmirrors #thriller #fiction #crimefiction #amreading

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It's #NationalDressDay, says designer Ashley Lauren Kerr on @nationaldressday, so here are a few book covers from our collection following the theme of #memorabledresses. Clockwise from top left: THE MIDNIGHT DRESS by Karen Foxlee, LITTLE BLACK DRESS by James Patterson, THE WEDDING DRESS by Rachel Hauck, MENNONITE IN A LITTLE BLACK DRESS: A MEMOIR OF GOING HOME by Rhoda Janzen, and THE PARTY DRESS BOOK by Mary Adams. #ShelfLife #fiction #ya #teenfiction #nonfiction #memoir #librariesofinstagram #bookstagram #dress

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Have a young reader that prefers comic books to text books? Check out the latest installment in the SCIENCE COMICS series to land on our shelves, BATS: LEARNING TO FLY by Falynn Koch (@falynnk). These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer a complete introduction to topics such as coral reefs, dinosaurs, and volcanoes. #ShelfLife #sciencecomics #kidlit #graphicnovel #comics #nonfiction #science #bats #biology #ecology

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Today is #nationalproofreadingday, so be extra careful to check your writing before you send out an email or hand in a research paper! If you need help citing sources, checking grammar, or editing your novel, here are four books that can help: THE CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE, REVISION AND SELF-EDITING FOR PUBLICATION, THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO EDITING YOUR FICTION, and THE COPYEDITOR'S HANDBOOK. #ShelfLife #proofread #homeworkhelp #editing #grammar #bookstagram

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If you missed Heather Rogers (@simplyorganizedyou) on WSB with Belinda Skelton a few weeks ago, stop by the Retirement 101 program at the Cumming Library this Sunday, March 12 at 3:00 p.m. This month’s topic is down-sizing and de-cluttering and Heather wrote the book on it…literally. Her book, A SIMPLIFIED LIFE: HOW TO ACHIEVE ORDER AND CALM SO YOU CAN RECLAIM TIME, ENERGY, AND CONTROL, is available on library shelves now. #ShelfLife #librariesofinstagram #declutter #organized

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