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Book Buzz

Book Buzz is a blog produced in collaboration with neighborhood librarians from Houston Public Library, Harris County Public Library and the Bellaire Library. Find all the buzz about books and reading here.

Picture books

Picture Books for Loved Ones this Holiday Season

By Elisabeth Padjen | December 11, 2018
Courtroom dramas

Books on Courtroom Dramas and Social Justice

By Linda Stevens | December 4, 2018
Mary Cohrs

New Reads over Thanksgiving

By Mary Cohrs | November 20, 2018
NaNoWriMo

Calling all Novelists - it’s NaNoWriMo!

By Savannah Dorsett | November 13, 2018
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Savannah Dorsett
Elvis

Reading With Elvis

By Linda Stevens | November 6, 2018
People in this article:
Linda Stevens
Manga

Winding Up for Work in the Whimsy of Manga

By Sammie Rahimi | October 30, 2018
People in this article:
Sammie Rahimi
Dracul

New Vampire on the Block: Dracul

By Mary Cohrs | October 23, 2018
Savannah Dorsett

A Librarian’s Guide to Whodunits (And Who to Read Next)

By Savannah Dorsett | October 9, 2018
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Savannah Dorsett
State Fair

State Fair of Texas

By Mary Cohrs | October 2, 2018
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Mary Cohrs
Scary books

Good Reads that are Scary, But not too Scary

By Linda Stevens | September 25, 2018
Books for teens

No Ordinary Matter: Books for Teens

By Analisa Falcon | September 18, 2018
Farmer's Almanac

The Old, Trusty Farmer’s Almanac

By Mary Cohrs | September 11, 2018
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Mary Cohrs
Swing Time by Zadie Smith

Reflection on 'Swing Time'

By Alexandra Drake | August 28, 2018
People in this article:
Zadie Smith
Tailgating

Tailgating Time

By Mary Cohrs | August 21, 2018
Social reading

Social Reading: Bookstagram, Booktube and More

By Linda Stevens | August 14, 2018
People in this article:
Linda Stevens
Read-a-Romance Month

Love is for Everyone!: Read-a-Romance Month

By Savannah Dorsett | August 7, 2018
People in this article:
Helen Hoang, Annabeth Albert, Annabelle Costa, Vanessa North, Alyssa Cole
Space race

The Eagle Has Landed: Books on the Space Race

By Mary Cohrs | July 31, 2018
People in this article:
Neil Armstrong, David West Reynolds, Tom Wolfe, Andrew Chaikin, Charles Murray, Catherine Bly Cox, Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Buzz Aldrin, Malcolm McConnell, Craig Nelson, Rod Pyle
Summer reads

Summertime Reads

By Elisabeth Padjen | July 17, 2018
People in this article:
David Carter, Morag Hood, Kate Klise, Peg Kehret, Edgar Cantero
Summer series

Summer Series

By Mary Cohrs | July 10, 2018
People in this article:
J.K. Rowling, J. R. R. Tolkein, Patrick O'Brian, Lee Child, Nevada Barr
Wonka

Reading to Feed

By Linda Stevens | July 3, 2018
People in this article:
Marsha Mehra, Richard Morais, Michael Twitty, Jeffrey Steingarten, Aimee Bender, Road Dahl
Love letters to books

Love Letters to Books from a Librarian, Part 2

By Savannah Dorsett | June 26, 2018
People in this article:
Savannah Dorsett
Ice cream books

Sweet Summertime: The Scoop on Ice Cream History

By Mary Cohrs | June 19, 2018
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Mary Cohrs
Comedic memoirs

Comedic Memoirs

By Linda Stevens | June 12, 2018
People in this article:
H. Jon Benjamin, Tina Fey, David Sedaris, Trevor Noah, Tiffany Haddish, Eddie Izzard, Scaachi Koul, Harpo Marx
Love letters to books

Love Letters to Books from a Librarian

By Savannah Dorsett | June 5, 2018
People in this article:
Savannah Dorsett
Summer reading

Summer Reading

By Mary Cohrs | May 29, 2018
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Mary Cohrs
Asian American Heritage Month

Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Through Books

By Anjela Martinez | May 22, 2018
People in this article:
Kevin Kwan, Rakesh Satyal, Henry Chang, Jimmy Yang, Melissa McCarthy
Archie

Everything Old Is New Again

By Carrie Robinson | May 15, 2018
Hamilton

Hamilton: The Rest is History

By Mary Cohrs | May 8, 2018
People in this article:
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ron Chernow, Jeremy McCarter
Linda Stevens

Very Early Reading

By Linda Stevens | May 1, 2018
People in this article:
Eric Carle, Nina Laden, Kate Merritt, Mo Willems, Christie Matheson, Jen Arena, Blanca Gomez, Anna McQuinn, Margaret Wise Brown
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

Stay Woke in 2018

By Carrie Robinson | April 24, 2018
People in this article:
Barbara Lee, Michelle Alexander, Benjamin Todd Jealous, Becky Bond, Michael Waldman