It's February, and that means that hearts and candy and flowers are everywhere as we celebrate love in all its splendor on Valentine's Day. However, the amateur sleuths in these cozy mysteries are facing something more sinister than Cupid's arrows this month. Check out how some of your favorite sleuths handle the holiday, their own…
St. Valentine: Patron Saint of Lovers
Our modern Valentine's day with hearts and flowers, candy and cards, affords an interesting example of how hagiography can evolve over time. The name Valentine is a rather popular one with several emperors, a pope, and multiple saints bearing the name. However, the Valentine of Saint Valentine's Day is generally considered to be one of…
St. Tammany Parish Library’s Favorite Books of 2018
This time of year we are inundated with articles looking back at the year in review. But here at the library, we are more interested in the year in books. These are the titles that were checked out the most in 2018. Did any of your favorites make the list? 1. The Rooster Bar 2. The Great…
Getting Cozy: New Year, New Start
It's a new year. The perfect time to start something new. While many people are focused on changing their diet or exercising more, the sleuths in these series are facing more drastic changes. Whether moving back to their home towns or fleeing the big city in search of a more peaceful life, these leading ladies…
Celebrating the Tricentennial: Mr. Bingle
Jingle, jangle, jingle, here comes Mr. Bingle With another message from Kris Kringle, Time to launch your Christmas season, Maison Blanche makes Christmas pleasin', Gifts galore for you to see, Each a gem from MB! Mr. Bingle made his debut in the Maison Blanche department store windows on canal street during the 1948 Christmas season. The…
Hallmark Christmas Movies: New at the Library in 2018
The holiday season is quickly approaching. And though I firmly believe that the first sighting of Santa should be at the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, the Hallmark Channel began their Christmas movies before Halloween this year. However, never fear, they will be replaying them all season long, and you have plenty of…
If you love the Hallmark Channel’s Christmas Movies, Check Out the Books!
Every year the Hallmark Channel releases a fabulous slate of Christmas movies. But did you know that many of these movies are based on books? Two of the new movies for 2018 are based on titles you can pick up at your favorite branch of the St. Tammany Parish Library. Movie: Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe…
National Book Awards 2018
The National Book Awards were held in New York on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. Established in 1950, the awards celebrate the best writing in America and currently honor the best fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people's literature published each year. Publishers nominate titles, and books in each category are judged by a panel…
Getting Cozy: World War I
As we celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Armistice Day, this month we are highlighting cozy mysteries that happen during World War I or feature war widows or sleuths dealing with the aftermath of the war. Check out the list below to learn more about these exciting series. The list includes the first book in the…
Celebrating the Tricentennial: New Orleans and the Great War
On November 11, 2018, we celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of Armistice Day or the end of World War One (after World War Two, the holiday would come to be known as Veteran's Day). The war began in the summer of 1914 after the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Initially Americans, including Louisianans, remained officially…
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