Halloween is only a few days away, which means it’s time for me to recap my scary reading for the month in the fourth annual Shelf Life Fun Size Halloween Book Reviews: The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff This book was a library book club selection that we strategically scheduled to discuss in … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2016
Exercise Your Right to Know Your Rights
As a citizen of this country, you have many rights. Sadly, despite what the Beastie Boys have told you, the right to party is not officially one of them, though I suppose that’s why they said you have to fight for it. Fortunately, the Bill of Rights grants you plenty of rights that are official, … Continue reading
Use Your Library Card to Take Technology Home
If you’ve watched TV lately, you’ve probably caught a series of commercials in which a family is comically struggling to survive without access to the internet. While the commercials’ solution to an internet-less existence is to buy their product, BPL is offering a better, free-er means of bringing the internet to you. We’re proud to … Continue reading
Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down? Let Us Know
Readers of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram may have noticed our little library has gotten quite a bit of press lately. We haven’t been making front page headlines or anything, but we’ve been blowing up the popular “Cheers and Jeers” section, which for the unfamiliar is a dedicated print space for Metroplex residents to either shower … Continue reading
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