Grand Rapids Public Library

Do you love audiobooks? Are you a fan of YA fiction? Are you a teen? If you’ve answered yes to all three of those questions I’ve got good news for you. This summer, starting May 30 SYNC will be offering two free teen audiobook downloads each week.  These MP3 titles can be downloaded for free [...]

Happy Star Wars Day!Come to the main library and check out our collection of Star Wars books, movies, and music on display. We have the originals, we have the dreaded prequels, we have cartoons, we have comics.  There may also be an R2D2 coming out of our new book shelves so keep an eye out, [...]

At last the wait is almost over and some of TVs greatest shows are returning with new episodes. On Saturday, March 30th the TARDIS will be reappearing on our screens with the Doctor and his newest companion in Doctor Who.  The Doctor will be discovering the secrets of his newest companion Clara Oswin Oswald while [...]

Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare  When seventeen-year-old orphaned shapechanger Tessa Gray is kidnapped by the villainous Mortmain in his final bid for power, the London Institute rallies to save her, but are beset by danger and betrayal at every turn. Third book in the Infernal Devices series Requiem by Lauren Oliver “While Lena navigates the [...]

Cinders & Sapphires by Leila Rasheed The intertwined lives of the prominent Averley family and the servants of Somerton Court are forever changed when an old secret comes to light. Everbound by Brody Ashton Now that Nikki Beckett’s boyfriend has been sucked into the tunnels of the Everneath, Nikki must journey down to the underworld [...]

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer Scarlet Benoit and Wolf, a street fighter who may have information about her missing grandmother, join forces with Cinder as they try to stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana in this story inspired by Little Red Riding Hood. The Tragedy Papers by Elizabeth Laban While preparing for [...]

    The Friday Society by Adrienne Kress Cora, Nellie, and Michiko, teenaged assistants to three powerful men in Edwardian London, meet by chance at a ball that ends with the discovery of a murdered man, leading the three to work together to solve this and related crimes without drawing undue attention to themselves. Middle [...]

The holidays are upon us and that usually means hitting the road for family celebrations.   If you’re anything like me then you’ll be sick of Christmas music within 10 minutes of a road trip having been haunted by Jingle Bells since November.  The solution? Audiobooks.  I’ve made plenty of road trips over the years with [...]

Today we vote. Tomorrow we may or may not have a new president.  I went at around 11:30 this morning and was luckily only in line for about 20 minutes.  Despite my having a fortunately quick jaunt to the polls it’s not the precedent. The line was weaving out the doors when I left! While [...]

Son  by Lois Lowry Tilt by Ellen Hopkins The Kill Order by James Dashner ZOM-B by Darren Shan The Rise of the Nine by Pitticus Lore Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson Ashen Winter by Mike Mullin The Last Dragon Slayer by Jasper Fforde