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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.

The Wedding Date

Romance Reads

By Jazzerae Williams | May 5, 2020
People in this article:
Samantha Downing, Lee Child, Jasmine Guillory, Alexa Martin
Book Buzz

Reads to Help You Embrace (or Escape) the New Reality

By Delia Swanner | April 28, 2020
People in this article:
William Defoe, John Barry, Jose  Saramago, P.G. Wodehouse, Alexandra Chang, Samantha Harvey
Cozy Reads

Comfort Reads While Social Distancing

By Savannah Dorsett | March 31, 2020
People in this article:
Alexander McCall Smith, Rita Mae Brown, Joanna Fluke, Beverly Cleary, Jane Austen, William Makepeace Thackery
Books based on bingeworthy shows

Read it! Don’t Stream It

By Anjela Martinez | March 24, 2020
If I Built a School by Chris Van Dusen

Spring Reading

By Michelle Luna | March 10, 2020
People in this article:
Chris Van Dusen, Jerry Craft, Cecelia Watson
#OwnVoices

New Voices =  Fresh Reads

By Anjela Martinez | February 18, 2020
People in this article:
Corinne Duyvis, J.K. Rowling, Bryan Washington, Michael Arceneaux, Harriet Tubman, Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Dorothy Butler Gilliam, Jasmine Guillory, Alexa Martin, Nikki Shaw
African American History Month

Coretta Scott King Books Award Winners: Commemorating African American History Month

By Kelly Patton | February 4, 2020
People in this article:
Nikki Grimes, Elizabeth Coleman, Bryan Collier, Laban Carrick Hill, Claire Hartfield
Instant Pot and cookbook

Instant Pot Inspiration

By Nancy Hu Conro | January 21, 2020
People in this article:
Nancy Hu Conro, Melissa Clark, Aubrey Johns, Kameco De Los Santos, David Murphy, Ellen Brown
Most requested books of 2019

The Most Requested Books of 2019

By Nancy Hu Conro | December 31, 2019
People in this article:
Delia Owens, Susan Orlean, Natasha Newton, George R.R. Martin, Tara Westover, Angie Thomas, Natsuki Takaya, Joseph Delaney, Stef Wade, Zack Zombie
The Bad Seed

On Peace and Good Will to All

By Michelle Luna | December 17, 2019
People in this article:
Michelle Luna, Jory John, Pete Oswald, Heather Havrilesky
Killers of the Flower Moon

Thinking Thanksgiving

By Alexandra Drake | November 26, 2019
Mocktales

Mocktales: Re-tellings of the Classics

By Anjela Martinez | November 26, 2019
People in this article:
Tim Federle, Jane Austen, Uzma Jalaluddin, Herman Melville, Elizabeth Crook, Kathy Wang, Nancy Hu
Savannah Dorsett

Dear Reader....

By Savannah Dorsett | November 5, 2019
People in this article:
Bram Stoker, Wilkie Collins, Ruth Ware, Henry James, Jean Webster, Meg Cabot, Beth O'Leary, Julie Schumacher, Mary Adkins, Andy Weir, Savannah Dorsett
Lemony Snicket's Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid

Short Stories for Shorter Days

By Michelle Luna | October 15, 2019
People in this article:
Michelle Luna
Book Wreath

How to Show Off Your Love of Books - and Your Creativity

By Nancy Hu Conro, Anjela Martinez | October 1, 2019
People in this article:
Susan Orlean, Lisa Occhipinti, Jason Thompson
Local authors

Some Buzzworthy Local Authors

By Savannah Dorsett | September 24, 2019
People in this article:
Miranda James, Dean James, Jimmie Ruth Evans, Katherine Center, Jojo Moyes, Elizabeth Berg, Attica Locke, Gene Locke, Mike Freedman, Wes Anderson
Salt

'Salt': Spicing up our Food and History

By Alexandra Drake | September 3, 2019
People in this article:
Mark Kurlansky
Cookbooks

Back-to-Kitchen for Back-to-School: Cookbooks that Make the Most of Your Time

By Nancy Hu Conro | August 27, 2019
People in this article:
Paula Forbes, Rosanna Pansino
Cookbooks

Get Inspired to Cook

By Caitlin Campbell | August 13, 2019
People in this article:
John Whaite, Alison Cayne
Fortunately, the Milk

Whimsical Tales

By Michelle Luna | July 23, 2019
People in this article:
Neil Gaiman, Lee Israel
Road trips

Audiobooks that Answer 'Are We There Yet?'

By Nancy Hu Conro | July 16, 2019
A Child of Books

'A Child of Books' and 'Figuring'

By Michelle Luna | July 2, 2019
People in this article:
Michelle Luna, Oliver Jeffers, Maria Popova
The Unofficial Guide to Ancestry.com

Catch the Genealogy Bug at the Houston Public Library

By Joy Oria | June 11, 2019
Star Wars

May the Fourth Be With You

By Mary Cohrs | May 7, 2019
People in this article:
Mary Cohrs
Texas Library Association’s Children’s Round Table

Texas 2x2 Reading List

By Sara Pope | April 30, 2019
People in this article:
Cirocco Dunlap, Greg Pizzoli, Christian Trimmer, Juana Martinez-Neal, Madeline Valentine, Kristin Johnson, Amy Roberts, Rebecca Ivey, Cynthia Cooksey, Sara Pope, Karen Currie
Texas Bluebonnet List

Reading Recommendations from the Bluebonnet List

By Linda Stevens | April 23, 2019
People in this article:
Angela Cervantes, Barry Wittenstein, Chris Hsu, Julie Falatko, Colin Jack, Chad Sell, Jacqueline Woodson
Books

Buzzing about Books

By Mary Cohrs | April 16, 2019
People in this article:
Mary Cohrs
Parker Posey

Spotlight on Parker Posey

By Alexandra Drake | April 9, 2019
People in this article:
Parker Posey
Luckenbach

Let's Go to Luckenbach

By Mary Cohrs | March 26, 2019
People in this article:
Becky Crouch Patterson, Hondo Crouch
Women's History Month

March into History with these Ladies

By Savannah Dorsett | March 19, 2019
People in this article:
Julia Pierpont, Sam Maggs, Huang Daopo, Eli Whitney, Susan La Flasche Picotte, Elaine Weiss, Elizabeth Norton