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December

November

October

Top Ten Scariest Books of 2017 (10/13/2017)
September

Memphis Reads – Banned Book Week – September 24 – 30, 2017 (9/28/2017)
August

Memphis Reads – Monument Men by Robert M Edsel and Bret Witter (8/28/2017)
Memphis Reads- HIGH ON ARRIVAL by Mackenzie Phillips (8/1/2017)
July

Memphis Reads Book Review – Presidential Diversions by Paul F. Boller (7/17/2017)
June

Memphis Reads – HILLBILLY ELEGY by J.D. Vance (6/2/2017)
May

Memphis Reads – The Girl Before by JP Delaney (5/18/2017)
Memphis Reads – Indigo by Beverly Jenkins (5/8/2017)
April

Memphis Reads – The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough (4/17/2017)
March

Memphis Reads – Orleans by Sherri L. Smith (3/31/2017)
Memphis Reads – Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie (3/23/2017)
Memphis Reads – Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake (3/3/2017)
February

Memphis Reads – Rainbow Cottage by Grace Livingston Hill (2/27/2017)
Memphis Reads – The Color Purple by Alice Walker (2/3/2017)
January

Memphis Reads – As I Descended by Robin Talley (1/17/2017)
Memphis Reads – El Deafo by Cece Bell (1/5/2017)
2016

December

Memphis Reads – Richard Adams 1920 – 2016 (12/27/2016)
Memphis Reads – The Ugly Duckling by Iris Johansen (12/20/2016)
November

Memphis Reads – Pretending to be Erica by Michelle Painchaud (11/17/2016)
October

Memphis Reads – If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo (10/6/2016)
September

Memphis Reads – Banned Books Week 2016 (9/26/2016)
Memphis Reads – Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler (9/21/2016)
Memphis Reads – Tall Tail by Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown (9/19/2016)
August

Memphis Reads – EVEN WHEN YOU LIE TO ME by Jessica Alcott (8/29/2016)
Memphis Reads – The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey (8/10/2016)
Memphis Reads – Falling by Jane Green (8/4/2016)
July

Memphis Reads – The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater (7/14/2016)
Memphis Reads – Don’t You Cry by Mary Kubica (7/12/2016)
Memphis Reads – Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) (7/5/2016)
June

Memphis Reads – 2001 A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (6/30/2016)
Memphis Reads – Spotlight on Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (6/13/2016)
Memphis Reads – The Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll (6/9/2016)
May

Memphis Reads – Spotlight on Roots: The Saga of an American Family (5/25/2016)
Memphis Reads – Jesus Before the Gospels by Bart D. Ehrman (5/24/2016)
Memphis Reads – Paper Towns by John Green (5/18/2016)
Memphis Reads – Holidays and Festivals (5/6/2016)
Memphis Reads – Book Awards Update 2016 (5/5/2016)
Memphis Reads – May 7, 2016 is Free Comic Book Day (5/2/2016)
April

Memphis Reads – Roby Reviews: The Ultimate Betrayal (4/22/2016)
Memphis Reads – Roby Reviews: Best Friends Forever (4/22/2016)
Memphis Reads – Roby Reviews: One in a Million (4/21/2016)
Memphis Reads – Roby Reviews: Changing Faces (4/20/2016)
Memphis Reads – Roby Reviews: Casting the First Stone (4/19/2016)
Memphis Reads – Roby Reviews: The Perfect Marriage by Kimberla Lawson Roby (4/18/2016)
Memphis Reads – Beverly Cleary: Author, Librarian, and Centenarian (4/12/2016)
Memphis Reads – It’s National Library Week! (4/11/2016)
March

Memphis Reads – Find Her by Lisa Gardner (3/30/2016)
Memphis Reads – Hooked by G. Bruce Knect (3/11/2016)
Memphis Reads – Umberto Eco and Pat Conroy (3/7/2016)
February

Memphis Reads – Author Obit – Harper Lee (1926-2016) (2/22/2016)
Memphis Reads – Bookish Images (2/12/2016)
Memphis Reads – News and Notes (2/11/2016)
January

Memphis Reads – Disclaimer by Renee Knight (1/22/2016)
Memphis Reads – LUSH by Natasha Friend (1/12/2016)
Memphis Reads – The Wright Brothers by David McCullough (1/4/2016)
What to read Memphis Reads from before 2016? Visit the Memphis Reads Blog Archive.

About Memphis Reads!

Memphis Reads is a blog series where Memphis Public Library staff members can discuss their favorite adult fiction and non-fiction books. Library staff members contribute reviews, essays, and news items about titles in the Library's collection and raise ideas, questions, and concerns for Memphians to consider.

Memphis Reads – May 7, 2016 is Free Comic Book Day

 in Memphis Reads  tagged Free Comic Book Day / News and Notes

News and Notes


Free Comic Book Day is Saturday, May 7, 2016.

Visit www.freecomicbookday.com to view this year’s list of titles and to find participating locations in the Memphis area.

Don’t forget the library offers free comic books to check out with a library card every day.

Search the library catalog under graphic novels or comic books.

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