August 28, 2012

September 2012 Book Discussion Book Available

More copies have arrived of the Contemporary Book Discussion Group’s September title Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland (Fairport Public Library chose it for their August book group!) They are available at both McGraw and Evans branches. The book group will meet Wednesday, September 12 at 7:00 pm and Thursday, September 13 at 3:00 […]

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August 24, 2012

New Teen Books- Week of August 20th

, Rebecca Rupp After the death of his older brother, Daniel Anderson became engrossed in recording details about dead people, how they died, and whether their deaths mattered but he is eventually drawn back into interaction with the living. Carter’s Unfocused, One-Track Mind, Brent Crawford Fifteen-year-old Will Carter’s sophomore year at Merrian High presents new […]

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August 24, 2012

New Adult Books for August 2012

Here are some of the new titles we’ve ordered: FICTION 12.21 Dustin Thomason A tale inspired by the 2012 apocalypse phenomenon finds a CDC expert and a Mayan scholar racing against time in the wake a confounding medical mystery and a priceless artifact from the scholar’s lost ancestral home. Battleborn Claire Vaye Watkins A debut […]

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August 23, 2012

2012 Adult Summer Reading Winners

Thank you to all those who participated in the Irondequoit Public Library’s Adult Summer Reading Program! Below are a list of winners from each branch. Congratulations! Helen McGraw Branch Prize Winners Week 1: Maria DeVita Week 2: Becky Luxon Week 3: Lisa Dunn Week 4: Tara Oakes Week 5: Judy Hall Week 6: Carolyn Wilson […]

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August 21, 2012

MVP Managing Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Program @ McGraw on 8/22

Come join us for a program from MVP on Managing Blood Pressure and Cholesterol!   When: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 7:00 PM Where: Helen McGraw Branch, 2180 E. Ridge Rd. Why: Our blood pressure and cholesterol numbers are affected by many things, from age to heredity to foods that we eat. Learn the new […]

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August 20, 2012

New Teen Books- Week of August 13th

, Kirsten Miller Haven Moore and Iain Morrow leave Rome and head back to New York after Haven’s friend Beau mysteriously disappears, andencounter the Horae, an underground group of women who agree to help Haven discover Beau’s whereabouts in one of her past lives if she will in exchange infiltrate the Ouroboros Society and lure […]

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August 17, 2012

New Teen Books – Week of August 13th

Enclave, Ann Aguirre In a post-apocalyptic future, Deuce, a loyal Huntress, brings back meat while avoiding the Freaks outside her enclave, but when she is partnered with the outsider, Fade, she begins to see that the ways of the elders may be wrong.   The Kill Order, James Dashner Mark and Trina struggle to survive […]

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August 16, 2012

Alzheimer’s Series at Evans Library

The Rochester & Finger Lakes Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association’s Neighbor Next Door program will be presenting an Alzheimer’s Series at the Pauline Evans Branch, 45 Cooper Rd, on the following dates from 7:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 4 – Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease Tuesday, October 2 – Behaviors Tuesday, November 6 – Communication Tuesday, […]

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August 10, 2012

New Teen Books – Week of Aug 6th

, Flynn Meaney When all the boys start transferring out of Julius P. Heil High, a lovable slacker becomes a hot commodity much to his best friend’s bewilderment.   Liar and Spy, Rebecca Stead Seventh-grader Georges adjusts to moving from a house to an apartment, his father’s efforts to start a new business, his mother’s […]

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August 4, 2012

New Teen Books- Week of July 30th

, Marilyn Kaye Meadowbrook Middle School is an ordinary school with ordinary students: queen bees, jocks, nerds, brains, all the usual suspects. With nine exceptions. These students look like the others, but each of them has a special supernatural attribute that marks them out. This volume includes the stories of Amanda, Jenna, and Emily. The […]

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