by JVBrown | Jan 13, 2021 | News
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., joins nearly 16,000 public libraries and tens of thousands of readers across the United States in offering the latest Together We Read: US digital book club selection. From February 10 to 24, Brown...
by JVBrown | Jan 11, 2021 | News
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., recently transitioned to being a fine-free library This change affects items owned by the Brown Library, which includes Links, Bookmobile, and Storymobile books, music and DVDs. Brown Library hotspot...
by JVBrown | Dec 9, 2020 | Robin, Staff Picks
Unlikely friends Archie Jones and Samid Iqbal meet during their World War II service for the British and settle near each other in London. This expansive novel follows their marriages and the lives of their children in an increasingly multicultural city. Samid’s...
by JVBrown | Dec 9, 2020 | Robin, Staff Picks
The story opens with a mystery: why did Sportcoat, a cranky, forever drunk, deacon of the local Five Ends Baptist Church, shoot the local drug dealer at point-blank range? Deems, the dealer, survives, and McBride takes us on a journey through the relationships and...
by JVBrown | Dec 9, 2020 | Robin, Staff Picks
David Sedaris reading the audiobook of his own work is always a treat to be savored. Here he has collected what he judges to be some of his best work from the past, as well as some new essays. Most are very funny, with those dealing with his mother’s alcoholism, his...
