Clik here to view.
Read-Alikes
Cigarettes were the Agent Orange you paid for. –Sully (Hearts in Atlantis) The Things They Carried is widely hailed as one of the finest books about the Vietnam War. Sometimes poignant war stories...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reading as a Collective Experience
For the past two years, Everett Public Library has partnered with Sno-Isle Libraries to bring The Big Read to all of Snohomish and Island counties. The Big Read is an example of an extremely...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sometimes the Critics are Just Plain Wrong
A few of us at the library got suckered into reading Adam Ross’s Mr. Peanut based largely on its favorable review in the New York Times. We might have been wise to take in the preponderance of other...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Everett Reads!
We are pleased to announce that bestselling author Jamie Ford will be at Everett’s Performing Arts Center on Friday, February 4th at 7:30 p.m. in celebration of the kickoff for Everett Public Library’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Listening to Books
If you’ve ever listened to an audiobook, you probably know that a great narrator can give us a wonderful listening experience (and worse, a poor narrator can ruin a book altogether). When you are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2012 Everett Reads! with Sherman Alexie
In case you haven’t heard, our 2012 Everett Reads! author is Sherman Alexie. From his large body of work, we’ve chosen his National Book Award for Young People’s Literature winning The Absolutely True...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sportz
We Like Sportz (and we don’t care who knows) I’ve played sports for much of my life but I would not consider myself a “jock”. That’s one of the reasons the above-referenced Lonely Island lyric, from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Louder than a Bomb
All I have to say about this film is, “Wow.” Actually, I do have more to say about Louder than a Bomb. I didn’t know what to expect from this documentary – the poetry slam movement erupted in the 90’s,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Everett Reads! 2013
It’s 2013, and it’s almost February. Time for Everett Reads!TM 2013! Those of us with pets often wonder what it is our pet is thinking. What do they perceive about us? What do they perceive about the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Take the Adult Summer Reading Challenge
“Groundbreaking Reads” is the theme for Everett Public Library’s 2013 Adult Summer Reading Challenge. Groundbreaking books of the reader’s choice, including fiction or nonfiction, new or not-so-new...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Everett Reads Where’d You Go, Bernadette
February is the Everett Public Library’s 4th annual, month-long Everett Reads! celebration. All of Everett is invited to read the same book. This year the selected title is Maria Semple’s bestseller,...
View Article
