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Annie Suhy is the editor of Libby Life. When she’s not working, practicing yoga, or petting cats, she’s doing paint-by-numbers and buying more plants. An avid poetry fan, her favorite collection is "The Splinter Factory" by Jeffrey McDaniel. She is an Aries.

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Listen to your favorite celebrity narrate their own memoir by borrowing one of these audiobooks on the Libby reading app. 

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New celebrity memoir audiobooks read by the author

Listen to your favorite star tell their story.

Meghan Volchko is a writer for Libby Life and a collection development librarian. Her English degree set her up perfectly for grad school, where she received her MLIS and has been immersed in the world of books ever since. You can find her reading with her cat, traveling with her friends and family, or having kitchen dance parties with her daughter. HEAs are life.

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Take a break from your bracket and check out these basketball books on the Libby app from your library.

6 slam-dunk books about basketball

Take a break from your bracket with these basketball reads.

Emma Dwyer is a Product Trainer at OverDrive, where she provides support to Public Library partners. She is also a former co-host of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Prior to joining the Training team, Emma was a Digital Content Librarian. She enjoys reading, Love Island (UK), travel (to warmer climates like her home state of California), coffee, and hanging out with her family and dog.

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 With an endless stream of new books to read, sometimes you just want to pick one you’ve already read. Check out what we’re re-reading on the Libby app. 

What we’re re-reading: 4 books that never get old

With an endless stream of new books to read, sometimes you just want to pick one you've already read.

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Discover your book horoscope and align your next read with your star sign on Libby, the library reading app.

The books you should read this year based on your zodiac sign

It's Pisces season! Find new book picks.

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Nobody likes to wait. Now you don’t have to with these ebooks and audiobooks you can borrow right now with no waiting in the Libby app.

What to read while you’re on a waitlist

Nobody likes to wait. Here's what you can read right now.

After 30 years in higher ed. library life, Lynn Bycko is now a Digital Content Librarian, supporting public libraries in mainland Europe. She also publishes newsletters in German and Swedish about digital content for libraries in those language regions. You will have her full attention if she hears the words "sustainable agriculture," "food forest," "apiary," or "homesteading." In her spare time, she enjoys family life, pets, beekeeping, and gardening.

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Celebrate Irish authors by borrowing one of these books on the Libby app that have defined contemporary Irish literature. 

12 Irish authors you should read for St. Patrick’s Day

Celebrate by borrowing a book by an author that has helped define contemporary Irish literature.

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We asked Libby app readers to share some of their fondest memories of visiting the library. Here’s what they said...

25 of our favorite memories at the library

We asked readers to share their fondest library memories. Here's what they said...

Shelia Mawdsley did everything from answering questions at the Reference Desk to tech training to running a classic lit book club in her 17 years in public libraries. Now she helps other public libraries make the most of their OverDrive collections. In her spare time, she’s either writing or reading, usually with an opera playing in the background. If you ever run into her, ask Shelia about #WITMonth.

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For the ides of March, find books about Julius Caesar and Roman history on the Libby app. 

Beware the ides of March with these 6 historical reads

May you get through the day unscathed.

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Get librarian recommendations on the books you need to read in the Libby app this spring.

10 books you need to add to your spring TBR list

Librarians recommend the books you need to read this season.

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