The Collection Connection
News From Your State Library
Volume 3 Issue 2
New and Notable Titles
Bestsellers
- The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (Oprah Book Club Selection)
- The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- Happy Place by Emily Henry
- Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
- My Friend Anne Frank by Hannah Pick-Goslar with Dina Kraft
- Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
Finance/Legal
Every Tenant's Legal Guide by Janet Portman, Marcia Stewart and Ann O'Connell
Get It Together: Organize Your Records So Your Family Won't Have To by Melanie Cullen and Shae Irving
How to Avoid Foreclosure: A Step-by-Step Guide to Loan Modifications, Short Sales and Deeds in Lieu: A Handbook for Realtors, Attorneys, and Homeowners by Peter J. Ryan
Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions: Get the Most Out of Your Retirement & Medical Benefits by J. L. Matthews
Health/Wellness
Drop Acid: The Surprising New Science of Uric Acid - The Key to Losing Weight, Controlling Blood Sugar, and Achieving Extraordinary Health by David Perlmutter M.D. and Kristin Loberg
Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's by Patti Davis
The Fun Habit: How the Pursuit of Joy and Wonder Can Change Your Life by Michael Rucker Ph.D.
The New Rules of Aging Well: A Simple Program for Immune Resilience, Strength, and Vitality by Frank Lipman M.D. and Danielle Claro
C.A.S.T.L.E. Method: Building a Family Foundation on Compassion, Acceptance, Security, Trust, Love, and Expectation + Education by Donna Tetreault
The Music Advantage: How Music Helps Your Child Develop, Learn, and Thrive by Anita Collins, Ph.D.
Taking the Stress Out of Homework: Organizational, Content-Specific, and Test Prep Strategies to Help Your Children Help Themselves by Abby Freireich and Brian Platzer
What Do You Say?: How to Talk with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home by William R. Stixrud, Ph.D. and Ned Johnson
Technology
The Everything Guide to Remote Work: The Ultimate Resource for Remote Employees, Hybrid Workers, and Digital Nomads by Jill Duffy
The Nowhere Office: Reinventing Work and the Workplace of the Future by Julia Hobsbawm
- Photoshop Elements 2021 by Barbara Obermeier and Ted Padova
- Social Media: How to Engage, Share, and Connect by Regina Luttrell
Workplace
- Birds of All Feathers: Doing Diversity and Inclusion Right by Michael Bach
- Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 12 Powerful Tools for Leadership, Coaching, and Results by Marilee Adams, Ph.D.
- Deal with Stress: Improving Your Health Through Changing How You Work by Bloomsbury Publishing
Kentucky Highlights in Fiction and Non-Fiction
- The Birdcatcher by Gayl Jones
- Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York by Frank X Walker
- Kentucky's First Senator: Life and Times of John Brown, 1757-1837 by Steven Walker
- Phyllis George: Shattering the Ceiling by Paul Volponi and Lenny Shulman
- Traces: A Novel by Patricia L. Hudson
- Waverly Hills Sanatorium: A History by Lynn Pohl
- Where Secrets Lie by Eva V. Gibson
- Who Killed Betty Gail Brown?: Murder, Mistrial, and Mystery by Robert G. Lawson
Best Beach Reads
Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo
Happy Place by Emily Henry
Rather than telling their friends they've broken up months ago, a couple pretends to be together while on their annual vacation with their best friends. What could go wrong?
NYT Bestseller and a most anticipated book of 2023 from: BuzzFeed * Ellen* Southern Living * Medium * Readers Digest * Zibby Mag
Pineapple Street: A Novel by Jenny Jackson
Hot Events for Book Lovers This Summer
Mark Your Calendars!
- The final GonzoFest Louisville, celebrating all things Hunter S. Thompson, will be held July 14-15.
- The Booker Prize longlist, aka the "Booker Dozen," of 12 or 13 books will be announced on August 1, 2023.
- The Mythopoeic Society's awards for best adult and children's fantasy literature will be announced during their Online Midsummer Seminar on August 5-6.
- National Book Lover's Day is August 9.
KDLA Library Cards Are Coming!
We're going retro! We will soon be sending out library cards to all new library account applicants. If you already have an account, but would like to receive a card, please contact Deborah Hibbard, State Library Circulation & Marketing Librarian, deborah.hibbard@ky.gov, 502-564-8378. Please note - receiving a card will entail getting a new library account number which may affect any holds and wish lists that you have in KLU/Libby.
Upcoming August Webinar - WorldCat Discovery
We will be holding a webinar in August (date to be determined) on the ins and outs of our WorldCat Discovery catalog. WorldCat Discovery is not your average library catalog! With WorldCat Discovery, you can search not only KDLA's collections, but the collections of thousands of libraries worldwide. WorldCat is the most comprehensive database of library bibliographic information in the world. So check our Training Events Calendar later this summer for registration information.
Database Spotlight
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