Off the Shelf

Posted on June 09, 2021

The library’s summer book sale continues through this week. Prices will vary and are posted in the library conferenc...

Posted on June 02, 2021

For those looking for new books to read, here are some titles released in May you might want to put on your TBR list....

Posted on May 26, 2021

The library is about to experience a sign that normalcy is returning. We are holding our annual June book sale.&...

Posted on May 19, 2021

Walter Isaacson, the author of best-selling biographies of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs, brings his writing skills...

Posted on May 12, 2021

BookBub is an internet site devoted to surprise, surprise, books. For those who like to find current deals on eB...

Posted on May 05, 2021

Some people hate to cook, some people love to cook. The library has shelves of cookbooks that work for both sides of t...

Posted on April 28, 2021

The Library Reads list for May is now available. This is a list of books recommended by libra...

Posted on April 21, 2021

Most readers have had that rare experience either by serendipity or recommendation of finding that one book that compl...

Posted on April 14, 2021

If there is one thing we have all learned during this last year under coronavirus is: nothing is certain. I am point...

Posted on April 07, 2021

Readers are in for a very tempting spring where books are concerned. This is one of the side effects of the COVID-19 pande...

Posted on March 31, 2021

With the temperatures moving towards spring levels, many people are thinking about their gardens. The library ha...

Posted on March 24, 2021

LibraryReads lists the top ten books published each month that librarians across the country love and recommend. ...

Posted on March 17, 2021

E-Book use dramatically increased last year due to the coronavirus; with libraries and bookstores closed or services l...

Posted on March 10, 2021

Cozy mysteries are a genre of mystery that are lighter; there is usually little actual blood and gore to be found. T...

Posted on March 03, 2021

The Bridgeport Public Library provides access to over 30 different electronic services and databases. ...

From the Bench: From Poverty to Prominen...

Often, in this blog, I talk about my own personal experiences to get to a point. Often, those include stories involvin...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: Locals in Music Business fr...

Some of these young men look familiar? You may know them today, but this is a look back to them in 2005 as part of Ac...

Posted by Dick Duez
Outside the Tribe: BHS Baseball Team in ...

There is a new business in town. I’m not sure if it is called The Bridgeport Lumber Company or The Br...

Posted by Chris Johnson
Off the Shelf: Book Sale, Summer Reading...

The library’s summer book sale continues through this week. Prices will vary and are posted in the library conferenc...

Posted by Sharon Saye
The Grapevine: The Beauty of Growing Zuc...

The month of June has arrived in all its glory. It is so beautiful to see the trees heavy with the green foliage...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen
ToquiNotes: After 43 Years Teaching, the...

It is very likely that 43 years ago there was no one that predicted Jim Broslawsky would be announcing his retirement...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto