What we're reading: Last Resort

VINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
August 14, 2025 12:10 pm

'Our Last Resort' by Clémence Michallon is the second suspenseful thriller I’ve read by this talented French author—and I’m hooked on her writing style!Frida and Gabriel, now adults, escaped the cult they were raised in.

What we're reading: Dear Martin

VINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
August 12, 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.

Back in the Day (1912) : Brakeman Injured

BENTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
August 11, 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.

What We're Reading: Darling Girls

VINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
August 7, 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 sprinkled with just the right amount of humor.

LaPorte City Public Library August Newsletter

LAPORTE CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
August 6, 2025 11:47 am

What We're Reading: My Husband

VINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
August 6, 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 Libby App ASAP.

What We're Reading: The Homemade God

VINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
August 1, 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.

What We're Reading-Fox

VINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
July 30, 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 slipping from school to school under new names and identities.

Kirkwood Community College and IowaWORKS to open joint location

KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
July 30, 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.

What We're Reading: The Road to Tender Hearts

VINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
July 29, 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 lottery winner, has spent over a decade drinking away his life at the local bar where everyone adores him—until he finds himself divorced and estranged from his youngest daughter.