A Year in Review, Literarily By Pam ParkerDirector of Library Operations Our “Best of 2025” is a smorgasbord of reads, with 50 fiction and 50 nonfiction titles, selected from books published during the year. Using literary awards, other ‘best of’ lists, starred reviews, staff picks, and patron suggestions, we handcraft our list with an eye for stand-out reads that we suggest will endure well beyond the … [Read more...] about Best of 2025
Fresh from the Stacks
Digital Happenings: Boundless is Going Away
Libby Becomes our Go-to App for eBooks and eAudiobooks The digital platform Boundless will be going away at the end of November 2025, due to the closure of its parent company. While we are sad to see it go, we are moving those titles over to Libby, our other eBook and eAudiobook service. Rest assured, we will continue to add fresh eBook and eAudiobook titles to Libby each month. Many of the new titles will be exclusive to members of The Community Library, which shortens waiting times. … [Read more...] about Digital Happenings: Boundless is Going Away
Book Review: Careless People:
A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism Librarian Andrea Nelson recommends "Careless People" by Sarah Wynn-Williams. “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Back when Facebook (now Meta) was young, a sign hung on the wall of … [Read more...] about Book Review: Careless People:
Launchpad to the Whole Wide World
Every Book in the LibraryBy Kyla Merwin, Communications Manager Autumn has arrived in the Wood River Valley in a flurry of change. Leaves are turning from green to gold, students are returning to school with their packs full of books, optimism, and #2 pencils, and southbound birds are spreading their wings. With September has also come the happy annual occasion of Library Card Sign-up Month. When my grandmother first took me to the public library in Missoula, Montana, I was agog with … [Read more...] about Launchpad to the Whole Wide World
From Paris to Hemingway’s Idaho
“Hunger Was Good Discipline” The Community Library presents a new foyer exhibit that explores Hemingway's time in Paris in the 1920s, and his later years in Ketchum, Idaho—where he shaped his memories into the pages of A Moveable Feast. This exhibit will be on display through December 2025. Between Two Places Two periods stand out in Hemingway’s life: his early years in Paris and his later years in Ketchum. In Paris, he kept disciplined writing routines and built … [Read more...] about From Paris to Hemingway’s Idaho
70 Years, 70 Books
Reflecting on 70 Years of Publishing By Pam ParkerDirector of Library Operations Happy Anniversary to The Community Library, which celebrates 70 years as an institution in 2025. Our librarians thought it would be fun to look back on those years and identify stand-out books that were published for each year. We did this for four categories: fiction, nonfiction, young adult and children’s. Then we created a mash-up list that picks the most significant title for each … [Read more...] about 70 Years, 70 Books
