Check out the eBooks recently added to the library's collection.

Check out the feature films on DVD recently added to the library's collection.

Check out the television on DVD recently added to the library's collection.

Check out the nonfiction films on DVD recently added to the library's collection.

Check out the audiobooks recently added to the library's collection.

Check out the music on CD recently added to the library's collection.

Charlaine Harris has just released the last entry in the Sookie Stackhouse series, Dead Ever After, and according to various blogs that I've read many Sookie fans are quite upset!   However, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly (linked below) when asked whether she was happy with the ending, she said "It’s the ending I had planned all along, maybe from like the second book on. There will be people who are super happy and there will be people who will not be happy, but you have to stay true to your own vision."  

May is National Bike Month, and the week of 13-17 May is Bike to Work Week.  If you have been toying with the idea of bike commuting, why not give it a try this week?  On Friday the 17th, riders will be meeting at the State House steps at 8:00AM for a ride down Main St. to Mast General Store to show their support for bike commuting in Columbia.  There will also be several other bike-related events, sponsored by the Columbia Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee, taking place throughout the month.  Visit the website of the Palmetto Cycling Coalition to learn more about these events.  In the meantime, check out some of the Richland Library's books on bicycling to learn more about biking safely, maintaining your bike, and much more.

On CBS This Morning sociologist Dr. Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D. discussed her book The Normal Bar which was cowritten with fellow sociologist James Witte, Ph.D and wellness entrepreneur Chrisanna Northrup.  The Normal Bar outlines the elements that constitute "normal" behavior among happy couples and provides practical suggestions on how couples can establish a "new normal" in their own relationship.