The Collection Connection

2022

Summer is a slower time, a time for peace and relaxation. What better way to while away a summer day than to read a book? In this newsletter, KDLA staff share their favorite recent reads. We'll also spotlight NoveList, a readers' advisory database where you can find your next unputdownable book. And as always, we'll list our newest and most notable titles, available to send to your office, or to download to your mobile device.

See something of interest? Click on the hyperlinked title to be taken to the item record in our catalog, sign in, and click Send to My Office. If the title is also available as an eBook/audiobook, you can click on the blue View button to be taken to KY Libraries Unbound for check out. Only like general and genre fiction? We also have all types of fiction in large print and audiobooks, as well as plenty of fiction eBooks/audiobooks through Kentucky Libraries Unbound.

Bestsellers

• Book Lovers by Emily Henry
  
• Escape by James Patterson & David Ellis
• The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand
• The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Sparring Partners by John Grisham
• Verity by Colleen Hoover
  
• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Employee Wellness & Workplace

Health/Wellness

• Biohack Your Brain: How to Boost Cognitive Health, Performance & Power by Kristen Willeumier and Sarah Toland
• Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself by William W. Li
• Fitness for Everyone: 50 Exercises for Every Type of Body by Louise Green
• Restart: Designing a Healthy Post-Pandemic Life by Doreen Dodgen-Magee
• Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: Honor Your Emotions, Nurture Your Self, and Live with Confidence by Lindsay C. Gibson
• The Stress Management Handbook: A Practical Guide to Staying Calm, Keeping Cool, and Avoiding Blow-Ups by Eva M. Selhub
• The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain by Alan Gordon and Alon Ziv

Parenting

• How to Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids and Be OK with It: Real Tips & Strategies for Parents of Today's Gen Z Kids by Lisa Sugarman
  
• No Regrets Parenting: Turning Long Days and Short Years into Cherished Moments with Your Kids by Harley Rotbart
• Parenting Generation Screen: Guiding Your Kids to Be Wise in a Digital World by Jonathan McKee
  
• Preparing to Blend: The Couple's Guide to Becoming a Smart Stepfamily by Ron L. Deal
• Raising Sons of Promise: A Guide for Single Mothers of Boys by Roland C. Warren
  

Technology

• Adobe InDesign: 2021 Release by Kelly Kordes Anton
• Cybersecurity, Attack, and Defense Strategies: Counter Modern Threats and Employ State-of-the-Art Tools and Techniques to Protect Your Organization Against Cybercriminals by Yuri Diogenes and Erdal Ozkaya
• The Long-Distance Teammate: Stay Engaged and Connected While Working Anywhere by Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel
• Windows 10 for Dummies by Andy Rathbone
• Zoom for Dummies by Phil Simon

Workplace

• Actions Speak Louder: A Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming an Inclusive Workplace by Deanna Singh
  
• Ageism Unmasked: Exploring Age Bias and How to End It by Tracy Gendron, Ph.D.
• The Arsonist in the Office: Fireproofing Your Life Against Toxic Coworkers, Bosses, Employees, and Cultures by Pete Havel
• The Authority Gap: Why Women are Taken Less Seriously Than Men and What We Can Do About It by Mary Ann Sieghart
  
• Dealing with Difficult Customers: How to Turn Demanding, Dissatisfied, and Disagreeable Clients Into Your Best Customers by Noah Fleming
  

• Flexible Working: How to Implement Flexibility in the Workplace to Improve Employee and Business Performance by Gemma Dale

• The Harvard Business Review Manager's Handbook: The 17 Skills Leaders Need to Stand Out by Harvard Business Review
  
• The Practice of Government Public Relations by Mordecai Lee

Kentucky Highlights in Fiction and Non-Fiction

• Blossoms, Barbeque, and Blackmail by Tonya Kappes
• Day Hiking the Daniel Boone National Forest: Includes Natural Bridge and Cumberland Falls State Parks by Johnny Molloy
• Groundskeeping: A Novel by Lee Cole
• Hillbilly Hustle by Wesley Browne
• Horse by Geraldine Brooks
• Night Came with Many Stars by Simon Van Booy
• A Shot in the Moonlight: How a Freed Slave and a Confederate Soldier Fought for Justice in the Jim Crow South by Ben Montgomery
• Twilight in Hazard: An Appalachian Reckoning by Alan Maimon
• When the Meadow Blooms by Ann Gabhart

NoveList has been helping readers find their next favorite book for more than 25 years! Using this unique database is like having your own personal librarian at home, helping you to choose books based on your individual reading tastes. It began with a common book lover's problem; the world of publishing is simply too large for any one person to remember all the great titles available. So founder Duncan Smith decided to create a "secret weapon" for keeping track of recommended titles. In 1994, the first version of NoveList was sold to Downers' Grove Public Library in Illinois, and the rest is history! NoveList has been helping readers, librarians, and educators discover new and exciting titles ever since. NoveList does this by examining the many different aspects of a book that may catch your attention, called “story elements,” such as appeal terms (like mood, writing style, settings), plot themes, and genres. They then tag each book with appropriate story elements, making it easy to see if a book is right for you, and to search for similar titles and authors as well. To access NoveList, go to the Research Databases page on our website, and click the KYVL icon. Once you have signed in with your library account number and password, you will be taken to KYVL's main page. From there, click on Databases in the orange menu bar at the top of the page, and then NoveList. Then, it's time to dive in and find the next books for your keeper shelf!

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