If you like true crime stories, this one will knock you out. It involves paid pardons and murder-for-hire at the highest level of government in Tennessee. Back in the late …

Our Book Whisperer spreads the field with two books about life journeys: one fictional journey in The Rooster Bar and one real-life journey in Managing Expectations.
Linda’s first recommendation, The Rooster …

Fake news was so 2016. We’re now battling deep fakes. What’s the difference? 
Back in 2016, we started hearing about fake news, filter bubbles and echo chambers in earnest. Few of …

Our Book Whisperer Linda Sullivan gives two extremes this week to stretch our imagination: The Midnight Library and Half Sick of Shadows.
Linda gives cautions with this first recommendation, The Midnight …

Note: Mary Pom Claiborne has given her spot to John Morton today for a special showing of Rule High School’s dance band and an eclipse from 92 years ago.
Much like …

Our Book Whisperer Linda Sullivan takes us into the prison environment from one funny and touching novel, Nowhere but Home, to one of intrigue and mystery,The Guardians.  Both will keep …

Things are hopping at the library this month with Saturday programs, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Musical Storytimes and even lessons in decluttering. Plus, April is National Poetry Month, so we’re celebrating …

Book Whisperer Linda Sullivan reaches into the past for this week’s recommendations with two novels grounded in historical realities: The Four Winds and Sparks Like Stars.
Linda tells us her first …