"James Garner has always been one of my absolute most-favorite television actors. Though I was born a little too late to have enjoyed him in Maverick, I consider The Rockford Files to be, perhaps, one of the most perfectly-constructed television series ever made. And James Garner deserves the lion's share of the credit for that. He puts out the impression of g ..." [full comments]Updated with ten (or more) new entries every month, including novels, non-fiction, audio/CD adaptations, DVDs and music-related items. Check out the January 2012 recommendations right now, submit your own review scores on our recommended titles, or browse the archive of all past Staff Recommendations, either by author/title or by reviewer!
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"I found myself wishing that Ivy Ruckman had simply plopped her characters into the middle of the action rather than hitting us with so much foreshadowing. The result is a lackluster start. In the first chapter of In Care of Cassie Tucker, Cassie's younger brother is screaming about their rooster. Cassie rescues her brother and then teaches him his numbers. Next, Cassie h..." [full comments]Would you like to share your own reviews of books, CDs, DVDs, audio or video tapes, or read brief reviews from other local readers? Then stop by our Customer Reviews page, browse the existing reviews, and fill out our simple form to Submit Your Own Review!
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Leta Powell Drake, Lincoln's star of television and stage, provides our latest Celebrity Guest Review...of the 2007 One Book One Lincoln finalist, Water for Elephants. Visit our Guest Reviews page, to see her review, plus a list of past Guest Reviewers.
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People Magazine's 10 Best Books of 2011
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Do you have a short list of recommended books, recorded books, CDs or DVDs/Videos you would like to share with fellow BookGuide visitors? Then stop by our Reader Lists page, browse the lists submitted by other readers, and fill out our simple form to Submit Your Own List!
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 Want to listen to our weekly book review podcast -- 'Casting About? How about sitting in -- virtually -- on one of our past Books Talk book discussion groups? Then visit our Podcasts page for to sign up to receive our Podcats via RSS feed, and to browse our archive of recent and past podcast releases!
Latest Podcasts: 'Casting About Episode #53: Bennett Martin Public Library - Teen Advisory Board and Bethany Books Talk - January 22 2010 - Crafts and Hobbies in Fiction
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Visit our new Books, Movies & More web pages, powered by BookLetters! Sign up to receive booklist newsletters in a wide variety of genres, check out the latest bestseller lists and view over 50 award-winner lists for adults and teens!
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 Looking for a listing of the books reviewed in the Lincoln Journal Star's The (402) 411 and/or Sunday A.M. literary section? Look no further...you'll find a list of them right here! We post the new ones at the beginning of each week, and we also have an index archive dating back to June 2004!
Archives: Current 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
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 Want to track down the books talked about by library staff on the Book Chat episodes of KFOR 1240 A.M.'s popular Problems & Solutions talk show? We also still have an online archive covering March 2002 through the present!
Archives: Latest Episode 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 INDEX
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Interested in the books talked about by library staff (and others) on episodes of KZUM 89.3 F.M.'s popular Wednesday evening (6:30 p.m.) BookTalk talk show? Check our KZUM BookTalks page. We've got an archive of listings going back to 2006, plus some advance listings as they become available. [Note: KZUM discontinued Book Talk in October 2009 -- however we will keep this archive up for reader interest.]
Archives: 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
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