Celebrate World Book Day!
April is a very literary month. National Poetry Month is in April and so is National Library Week, and on April 23 it’s National Shakespeare Day, the same day that […]
A record store in the palm of your hands! See what you find on hoopla!
Those who grew up with record stores like Tower Records, Penny Lane Records, and many other smaller music shops will probably remember how fun it was to browse through the […]
PPL140: 1930-1945
From 1930-1945, the world saw a great deal of suffering and conflict. The Great Depression, which began with the Wall Street crash in October 1929, and the Dust Bowl, only […]
PPL140: 1915-1929
Many big changes came along in the next 15 years in the US, and the world. The Great War, to be redubbed World War I after we survived a second […]
PPL140: 1900-1914
The following books were published between the dawn of the new century –the Progressive Era–and the outbreak of World War I. The list of bestsellers for each year comes from […]
PPL140: 1884-1899
We thought we’d kick off our Pasadena Public Library 140th Anniversary celebration with titles published during the Library’s first decade and a half. The classic titles below are all still […]
New Year resolution – read more books!
It’s 2024, a new beginning, and it seems like everyone wants to know what your New Year resolution is. Ah, you almost feel the pressure to come up with something […]
Cozy Content for a Long Winter Night
In Iceland, the tradition of Jólabókaflóðið/jolabokaflod, or “Christmas Book Flood,” is a wonderful ritual of cuddling up to read books gifted to one another on Christmas Eve. It is prominent […]
From Our Tables to Yours… 2023
Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 23. We hope you have plans to eat well in the company of friends and loved ones, and that you have plenty of both food and […]
Guilty pleasures
When it comes to reading or music, many of us have a book or band that we secretly like. Or maybe it’s not so much a secret but something we […]