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Enjoyed Daisy Jones & The Six? Try These! by Elesha Halbert-Teskey

I recently finished watching the TV adaptation for Daisy Jones & The Six. I’d read the book when it came out and think they did a great job writing it for television. I’m a sucker for books about musicians and I love the ‘70s vibe of the story.

For those who haven’t heard of Daisy Jones & The Six, it’s about a band who was at their peak of success in the late 1970’s and fell apart. The book is written in interview style (which I wasn’t sure about at first, but was fine with once I got into it),...

Un bon moyen de préparer nos travaux de jardinage et autres activités de plein air par Carmen Peddie

C’est enfin le moment de planifier le jardin et d'autres travaux extérieurs similaires tels que la construction de structures extérieures ou la rénovation de notre terrasse, le compostage ou même la plantation d'arbres.

C'est toujours un plaisir et parfois un défi de décider quoi planter ou même de savoir où mettre le jardin. Doit-il rester au même endroit ou doit-il être placé à un autre endroit plus propice? Quels ont été les résultats de l'année dernière et qu'est-ce qui n'a pas poussé ?...

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Popular Checkouts at TSPL!

Here are our most checked out book from January 1 to March 31, 2023.

Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese

Verity by Colleen Hoover

A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

Without a Trace by Danielle Steel

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

Spare by Prince Harry

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica

It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover

The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes

The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline

The Boys...

I'm Looking for a Good Book by Alison McCorkle

We often hear comments from our patrons, stating that they’re looking for a good book. This can be quite a dilemma!  The staff member’s idea of what a good book is and the patron’s idea of what a good book is can be quite different indeed.

What I’ve done for this blog is just do random searches using the words spring, garden, wedding etc. and then focused my attention on a few of the titles that I felt were interesting, attractive or intriguing to me. This is what I chose from my search:

The...

Irish Reads by Cole McNaughton

Saint Patrick’s Day is upon us. If you would like to get in touch with those Irish roots, or even to celebrate, here are a few titles on Temiskaming Shores Public Library’s shelves with Irish themes for our readers.

Dream When You're Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg (LP BER) is a historical fiction and a character study of how three sisters and their Irish-American family coped while their sons, husband, and boyfriends were away during WWII.

We are the Brennans by Tracey Lange (FIC LAN) is story...