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#BookFaceFriday “The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God”
This week’s #BookFace had us at “seriocomic love story,” and yes, seriocomic is a real word. “The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God” by Timothy Schaffert (Unbridled Books, 2005) is this week’s...
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#BookFaceFriday “Wired”
This week’s #BookFace is practically electric! “Wired” by Julie Garwood (Berkley, 2017) is this week’s #BookFaceFriday and seemed like the perfect way to kick off the next round of our Nebraska Library...
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#BookFaceFriday –“Pope Joan”
#BookFace– the woman, the myth, the legend! “For a thousand years her existence has been denied. She is the legend that will not die–Pope Joan, the ninth-century woman who disguised herself as a man...
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#BookFaceFriday “Dream Like a Champion”
This week’s #BookFace is definitely a winner! We’ve got “Dream Like a Champion: Wins, Losses, and Leadership the Nebraska Volleyball Way” by Brandon Vogel and John Cook (University of Nebraska Press,...
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#BookFaceFriday “A Lincoln Dialogue”
This week’s #BookFace is monumental! Nebraska #BookFace goes national! We decided to take advantage of our location this week while we represent Nebraska at the National Book Festival. We just couldn’t...
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#BookFaceFriday “Big Stone Gap”
This #BookFace is going to leave a gap in our hearts! Any book with the opening line, “This will be a good weekend for reading.” sounds good to me. This week’s #BookFaceFriday is “Big Stone Gap” by...
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#BookFaceFriday “The Last Farmer: An American Memoir”
Old McDonald has nothing on this week’s #BookFaceFriday! “The Last Farmer: An American Memoir” by Howard Kohn (Bison Books, 2004) is a great read, even if you’re just a farm kid at heart. This memoir...
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#BookFaceFriday “Night Road”
This #BookFace is a long and winding road! This week’s #BookFaceFriday is “Night Road” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Press, 2011). Hannah is a New York Times bestselling author, who is known for her...
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#BookFaceFriday “Fahrenheit 451”
This #BookFaceFriday is burning down the house! This week’s #BookFace was an easy choice because it’s #BannedBooksWeek, an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last...
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#BookFaceFriday “Promoting Great Reads”
You don’t want to miss this #BookFaceFriday! #BookFace is all about Teen Reads this week with. “Promoting Great Reads to Improve Teen Reading: Core Connections with Booktalks and More” by Lucy Schall...
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#BookFaceFriday “Open Your Eyes”
This #BookFaceFriday is a real nail biter! #BookFace this week is a new kind of thriller. “Open Your Eyes” by Paula Daly (Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2018) is a new audiobook available to all Nebraska...
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#BookFaceFriday “Graphic Novels: A Genre Guide…”
Holy Wisdom, Batman! Check out this week’s #BookFace! Do you struggle with purchasing graphic novels for the library, or recommending them to readers? Luckily for you this week’s #BookFace has you...
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#BookFaceFriday “Short Hair Detention”
And the Book Award goes too… #BookFaceFriday is celebrating the Nebraska Book Award winning memoir “Short Hair Detention: Memoir of a Thirteen-Year-Old Girl Surviving the Cambodian Genocide” by Channy...
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#BookFaceFriday “Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine”
Socially awkward never looked so good… Calling all book clubs! Check out “Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: A Novel” by Gail Honeyman (Penguin Books, 2018). If it’s good enough for Reece...
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#BookFaceFriday “What Is Gone”
This week’s Bookface is a smash hit! #BookFaceFriday is celebrating the Nebraska Book Award winning memoir “What Is Gone” by Amy Knox Brown (Texas Tech University Press, 2017). The author, Amy Knox...
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#BookFaceFriday “Homesteading the Plains”
O give me a home where the buffaloes roam! This week’s #BookFace is about that home on the range! #BookFaceFriday is celebrating the Nebraska Book Award winning nonfiction history book “Homesteading...
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#BookFaceFriday: NLC Annual Book Drive
We’re on the edge of our seats for NLC’s annual book drive!! Every year, for the last thirty years, Nebraska Library Commission staff collect new or gently used books for children and teens to be...
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#BookFaceFriday: NLC Book Drive 2018
Knock! knock! Who’s there! It’s #BookFaceFriday!! Today is the last day to deliver your donated books! Anyone and everyone is welcome to drop off donated books. We need them by the end of the day...
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#BookFaceFriday “Let’s Be Reasonable”
This is a #BookFaceFriday to make Grant Wood proud. Is there anything more iconic Midwestern than American Gothic? We got the chance to create our own with this week’s #BookFace selection “Let’s Be...
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#BookFaceFriday “Running With Scissors”
I’d hate to have a Freudian slip with this #BookFace… Get off your therapist’s couch and check out “Running with Scissors: A Memoir” by Augusten Burroughs (Picador, 2003). This New York Times...
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