Tag: historical fiction
2024 Adult Reading Challenge! August
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2024/09/14/2024-adult-reading-challenge-august/
Adults! Welcome to year 3 of our year-long reading challenge. Explore different genres, discover new authors and be entered to win prizes. To complete the challenge, read just one book in each category by midnight on December 31st, 2024. Earn bigger prizes by reading...
2024 Adult Reading Challenge! April
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2024/04/04/2024-adult-reading-challenge-april/
Adults! Welcome to year 3 of our year-long reading challenge. Explore different genres, discover new authors and be entered to win prizes. To complete the challenge, read just one book in each category by midnight on December 31st, 2024. Earn bigger prizes by reading...
A New Year, a New Challenge!
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2023/01/03/a-new-year-a-new-challenge/
DISCOVER DIFFERENT GENRES! FIND NEW AUTHORS! WIN PRIZES! JOIN OUR EXPLORING GENRES BOOK CLUB! Join us for a fun book challenge throughout 2023! Sign up and keep track via Beanstack. If you’ve participated in any of our recent summer or winter reading...
Summer Reading 2022!
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2022/06/20/summer-reading-2022/
Summer 2022 is all about Fairfield! What do you love about your town? How can you share your story? Learn something new, get creative, and have fun while earning points toward our community goal! We challenge Fairfielders of all ages to reach 1 million...
More World War II Recommended Reading and the Adult Summer Reading Code!
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2019/06/13/more-world-war-ii-recommended-reading-and-the-adult-summer-reading-code/
The Adult Summer Reading Code is: Penny ...
World War II Recommended Reading
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2019/06/07/world-war-ii-recommended-reading/
June 6, 2019 marks the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Landings and the Battle of Normandy. The library has a wonderful collection of World War II novels and non-fiction. The following are just a few suggested titles. Check back for more recommended reading every...
75th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2019/05/28/75th-anniversary-of-the-d-day-landings/
June 6, 2019 marks the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Landings and the Battle of Normandy. The library has a wonderful collection of World War II novels and non-fiction. The following are just a few suggested titles. Check back for more recommended reading every...
What is the Best Book You Read Over the Summer?
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2017/10/24/what-is-the-best-book-you-read-over-the-summer/
Thank you to everyone who participated in our end-of-the-summer raffle “What is the Best Book You’ve Read This Summer”. We received several entries and great book suggestions from our patrons. Congratulations to our raffle prize winners and be on the lookout for another chance to...
Miniaturist
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2014/08/09/draft-miniaturist/
Title: The Miniaturist Author: Jessie Burton Publisher: Harper Collins, August 2014 Summary/Review: When 18 year old Nella Oortman travels to Amsterdam to meet her new husband, she finds her life will be very different than she could ever have imagined. Nella’s new husband, Johannes...
100 Years and 4 Days
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2014/08/01/100-years-and-4-days/
In our final installment of World War I fiction and non-fiction recommendations, we would like to suggest the following titles. Cavendon Hall By Barbara Taylor Bradford “The popular and prolific Bradford knocks another fast-paced family saga out of the park with charming characters and...