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VINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY - August 12th, 2025 10:34 pm

Review of "Dear Manny" by Nic Stone:Some time ago, I read a book titled 'Dear Martin,' by Nic Stone. I really liked it, although it wasn’t a pretty story with sunshine and rainbows. The storyline i...
BENTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY - August 11th, 2025 1:12 pm
You can make an online donation to support the Benton County Historical Society by clicking HERE or mail a donation to: Benton County Historical SocietyP.O. Box 22 Vinton, Iowa 52349Here's a story f...
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VINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY - August 7th, 2025 11:59 am

'Darling Girls' by Sally Hepworth is another great find among our library shelves.What a page turner this dark suspense novel is!! It is filled with mystery, thrilling psychological drama, and sprinkl...
LAPORTE CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY - August 6th, 2025 11:47 am
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VINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY - August 6th, 2025 11:00 am

If you’re in the mood for a wild, obsessive-compulsive, and delightfully disturbed female narrator, add Maud Ventura's debut novel 'My Husband' (translated from French by Emma Ramadan) to your ...
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VINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY - August 1st, 2025 11:42 am

This weekend I read 'The Homemade God,' the latest from the talented Rachel Joyce. We meet four adult siblings, shocked to learn their father plans to marry a woman he just met. Should they inter...
VINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY - July 30th, 2025 4:21 pm

In the mood for a dark thriller?I highly recommend 'Fox' by Joyce Carol Oates. Francis Fox is a teacher at an elite boarding school who has somehow evaded justice—grooming young teen girls while sl...
KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE - July 30th, 2025 10:27 am
Kirkwood Community College and IowaWORKS will open a joint location this Friday, Aug. 1, located at 1025 Kirkwood Parkway SW in Cedar Rapids, on the college’s main campus. The new partners...
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VINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY - July 29th, 2025 8:04 pm

I love a dark comedy that makes me laugh hysterically in the wee hours of the morning and 'The Road to Tender Hearts' by Annie Hartnett absolutely delivered! PJ Halliday, a 60-something former lo...
VINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY - July 27th, 2025 9:15 pm

Review of 'Bridge to Terabithia' by Katherine Paterson:I said I would never read it, but here we are! I always heard that 'Bridge to Terabithia' was, and I quote, "heart-rending", "so sad", "a te...
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