Haitian Heritage Book Bingo Reading Challenge
As soon as you step out of the Newkirk Avenue-Little Haiti subway stop, it's obvious that Haitian heritage has deep roots in Brooklyn. Haitian-American literary culture has a great history here, with so many incredible writers calling Brooklyn home, such as author Edwidge Danticat, New Yorker staff writer Doreen St. Felix, and poet Anaïs Duplan.This fall, we invite you to honor Haitian literature, culture, and history with a book bingo reading challenge!From now until November 21st, we challenge you to:Read or listen to a book about Carribean historyRead a book written in Haitian KreyolRead…
Book Bingo Round-Up! My 23 Books of 2023
Laura, Center for Brooklyn History
While the very first book I finished in 2023 was for BPL’s Book Bingo game, I crammed most of the squares into the last three months of the year, furiously flipping pages to complete my bingo card. And I can very happily say that, despite my procrastination, I completed the whole thing—bonus square included! Here’s my 2023 BPL Book Bingo list in the order in which I read them, and with the corresponding bingo category in bold: I began with a classic graphic novel in January, Maus I and II by Art Spiegelman, which I purchased from Books Are Magic on Smith Street. It was a somber read, but I’…
Audiobooks for Your August Adventures
It’s that time of year, when New Yorkers with a car are headed out of town for beaches, mountains, tents—anywhere that isn’t miles of uninterrupted concrete and squashed lanternflies—while those who don’t have wheels are making beelines for New York City’s great parks, equipped with cold beverages, blankets, and the desire not to use one’s eyes for anything other than cloud-gazing and staring into long, green blades of grass. If you’re like me, you like to have a story to disappear into as you do all this escaping and relaxing (and because you’re reading a library blog, you probably are like…
BPL Book Bingo: Reading Across the Ages
Kimberly Behan
BPL Book Bingo! 23 Books for 2023
Each time a new year rolls around, it seems the age-old resolution to “read more books” does too. This year, we challenge you to not only read more books but to read 23 books for 2023! And, we've developed a list to guide your reading and encourage you to step outside your comfort zone. So, in 2023, we challenge you to read: A book for the new year (check out some of our New Year's booklists for inspiration!) A book with a bookmark from a previous patron A book in translation An audiobook or eBook …