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Adult Services Manager Bill Carroll has been selected as C-SPL Reader of the Month for June. Here he's shared what kind of books offer...

Ever feel like you’re stuck in a rat race? Yeah, me too. RX: a graphic memoir by Rachel Lindsay explores the rat race of corporate Amer...

“It’s as if I feel at home everywhere or nowhere at all?” Simon Muchat bares this telling sentiment near the beginning of the newly tra...

I recently lost several family members in a car accident so the first few pages of Lorina Mapa's graphic memoir were emotionally inte...

Greta is a young girl learning the art of blacksmiths. She finds a wounded tea dragon on her way home one day and befriends its owner...

Mystery, romance, interesting characters, and fun world-building details combine to make O Human Star  by Blue Delliquanti one of my top...

It's been a while since a manga series caught my eye, but when The Ancient Magus' Bride by Kore Yamazaki came across my des...

Continuity is both the best and the worst thing about superhero comics. It’s a huge part of what fans love about these stories, but it’...

Victoria Jamieson is one of my favorite middle grade graphic novelists. She wrote the Newbery Honor Book Roller Girl ,  and I've bee...

There is no shortage of acclaim for the perfection of Tetris*. Its cultural impact cannot be overstated. Tetris has wormed its way int...

Do you love cats? How do you feel about outer space? I love cats and I also love space, so  CatStronauts Mission Moon  by Drew Brocking...

I really enjoyed Mad Max: Fury Road (a.k.a. the car chase movie with interesting female characters), so when I saw previews for Atomic...

Sometimes it pays to take a chance on a book based entirely on the cover art or a clever title. Jumping into a story blindly with no re...

None of us will live forever, but Callie, who was born with a congenital heart defect, has never been able to escape the awareness that...

If you grew up on a steady diet of Nancy Drew and Scooby-Doo , and are particularly drawn to stories about plucky girl sleuths, I highly...

When I'm stressed, something that always helps me relax is to watch a video of jellyfish swimming . They're both comical and el...

When I was in fourth grade, I discovered the Redwall series by Brian Jacques . I devoured them, reading what my library had and then beg...

When it comes to superhero comics, I prefer my stories to be optimistic, fun, and, well, heroic. Not necessarily heroic on a save-the-w...