Year of the Rabbit Reading Recommendations

The Year of the Rabbit is quickly approaching! Celebrate the New Year with some of our favorite rabbit books. We have included recommendations for all ages. 

CAUTION: True Crime Recommendations for Adults

True Crime Recommendations for Adults

Did you know? This January, FCPL is bringing back its popular True Crime series called "Scene of the Crime." 

To celebrate a genre near and dear to our librarians’ hearts, some of our Post Road Library staff have created a list of their favorite True Crime media. In this list, you’ll find podcasts, documentaries, books, and more. These recommendations are for adults.

Staff Picks:The Editor by Steven Rowley

 

The Editor by Steven Rowley

Though his lifelong dream is coming true, first-time author James Smale feels out of his league when a major New York publisher offers to buy his manuscript and former First Lady Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis becomes his editor.  

The fictional manuscript, based loosely on Smale’s own family, drives a wedge between his own mother, who doesn’t want her personal life shared, and his hope to better understand his family.  

Set in 1990s New York, The Editor offers a fascinating glimpse of traditional publishing, the editorial process, late 20th Century culture, U.S. politics, and modern family dynamics. Like Rowley’s other bestselling books, Lily and the Octopus and The Guncle, The Editor uses humor and insight to thoughtfully portray characters dealing with loss. 

Staff Picks Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Two of my favorite reads in 2022, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin and New Waves by Kevin Nguyen revolve around Generation Xers balancing long-term friendships, romantic misfires, and careers in the tech industry. 

In Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, childhood friends reconnect as young adults to design elaborate games and virtual worlds together. Sam Masur is a shy Korean American with physical and emotional injuries, while Sadie Green comes from a wealthy Jewish family. The story chronicles three decades of their lifelong friendship that includes successes, failures, fallouts, reconciliations, and grief. I really enjoyed reading about the creative processes behind these fictional game designers’ ground-breaking achievements and their unbreakable connection. You don't need to be a gamer to appreciate this unique story. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow was awarded the Goodreads Choice Award for 2022.    

Jingles the Elf is back!

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Jingles the Elf visits Post Road Library!

Have you heard the news? Jingles is back! The mischievous elf has been spotted at the Post Road Library. What will he get up to this year? You’ll have to stop by the library to find out.

FCPL Reads 2022 - December Goal

It's the final month of FCPL Reads 2022! Here's the last reading goal to inspire you to Read Something New (to You!) in 2022!

The reading goal for December is to read a book by an author or featuring a character with a background different than your own.