Skip to main content
Atlantic County Library System

Atlantic County Library System

Main menu

  • Home
  • Branches
    • Absecon Branch
    • Brigantine Branch
    • Buena Community Reading Center
    • Egg Harbor City Branch
    • Egg Harbor Township Branch
    • Galloway Township Branch
    • Hammonton Branch
    • Mays Landing Branch
    • Pleasantville Branch
    • Somers Point Branch
    • Ventnor Branch
  • Books
    • Search Our Catalog
    • Book Clubs
    • Book Club In A Bag
    • Book Reviews
    • NoveList K-8 Plus
    • NoveList Plus
  • Digital Media
    • ACLS Mobile App
    • Axis 360 eBooks
    • Freegal Music
    • Hoopla
    • Library App Shelf
    • OverDrive eBooks & eAudiobooks
    • OverDrive eMagazines
    • TumbleBook Library
  • Resources
    • Databases & Research
    • Historical Resources
    • JerseyCat
    • Magazines & Newspapers
    • Mango Languages
    • Resource Center
    • Salem Press Reference Resources
  • Services
    • Books By Mail
    • Computers & Internet Access
    • Deaf and Hard of Hearing Resources
    • Interlibrary Loan
    • Meeting Rooms Policy
    • Mobile Printing Service
    • Mometrix eLibrary Test Preparation
    • Northstar Online Learning
    • Tutor.com
    • Visually Impaired Services
    • Wi-Fi at ACLS
    • Wi-Fi Hotspots
  • At The Library
    • About Us
    • Atlantic County Library Foundation
    • Calendar of Events
    • Contact Us
    • Item Donations
    • Job Opportunities
    • Library Advisory Commission
    • Library Value Calculator
      • How the Values were calculated
    • Photo Gallery
    • Storytime
    • Apply for a Free Library Card

Book Review: “The Nursery,” by Szilvia Molnar

Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 5:00am
By Claire Dederer
In her debut novel, “The Nursery,” Szilvia Molnar paints an honest, frightening and claustrophobic picture of new motherhood.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Commitment,’ by Mona Simpson

Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 5:00am
By Elisabeth Egan
In Mona Simpson’s new novel, “Commitment,” a precariously functioning family fractures under the pressure of mental illness. Or does it?
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


What We’re Reading

Friday, March 17, 2023 - 1:38pm
Gilbert Cruz talks to Book Review staff members about the books they’ve been enjoying lately.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: “Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar,” by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow, and “Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!,” written by Tonya Bolden and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

Friday, March 17, 2023 - 10:57am
By Chris Raschka
Before her, guitarists played the blues, and mostly sat down doing it. Sister Rosetta Tharpe stepped out.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


'Poverty, By America' shows how the rest of us benefit by keeping others poor

Friday, March 17, 2023 - 5:15am
By Jennifer Ludden

Pulitzer winner for Evicted Matthew Desmond examines why the U.S. has more poverty than other rich nations. He finds it spends big on social programs, but gives the most to those who need it least.

(Image credit: Crown)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


9 New Books We Recommend This Week

Thursday, March 16, 2023 - 1:54pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


2 novels to cure your winter blahs: Ephron's 'Heartburn' and 'Pineapple Street'

Thursday, March 16, 2023 - 12:22pm
By Maureen Corrigan

When it came out in 1983, Nora Ephron's comic novel became an instant bestseller. Now newly released, Heartburn pairs well with Jenny Jackson's smart comedy of manners, Pineapple Street.

(Image credit: Penguin Random House)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


'Heart Sutra' is a satire that skewers religious institutions without mocking faith

Thursday, March 16, 2023 - 7:21am
By Lily Meyer

Chinese novelist Yan Lianke treats the deities of China's major religions as quiet, omnipresent participants in the novel's events, which range from slapstick comedy to shocking violence.

(Image credit: Grove Press)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


New Crime Books From Joyce Carol Oates, Harini Nagendra and More

Thursday, March 16, 2023 - 5:00am
By Sarah Weinman
In Joyce Carol Oates’s “48 Clues Into the Disappearance of My Sister,” a troubled, resentful younger sibling describes the long-ago events.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Trang Thanh Tran Has a Song for That

Thursday, March 16, 2023 - 5:00am
By Elisabeth Egan
From Pomplamoose to MXMS to Taylor Swift, this best-selling author’s playlist is tailored to all the moods in “She Is a Haunting.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


  • ‹ previous
  • 4 of 1089
  • next ›
More events
 
  • My Library Account
  • Join the Library
  • Ask a Librarian
  • Calendar of Events
  • FAQs

Search this Site

Atlantic County
Government

Atlantic County Government

Atlantic County Library System
40 Farragut Ave., Mays Landing, NJ 08330
phone: (609) 625-2776 | fax: (609) 625-8143

Comments or questions? Contact Us

Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson
Board of County Commissioners, John W. Risley, Jr., Chairman

Cultural and
Heritage Affairs

Heritage and Cultural Affairs