We first started the Hoboken Public Library Staff Picks Blog in March of 2013 with a review by Reference Librarian, Matt Latham of Garth Ennis’s Graphic Novel, The Boys. Since then there have been some changes over the years. The Boys is now more popular than ever since it has been adapted to a streaming series and Matt is no longer at HPL (though we are still lucky to have him in the BCCLS family as a director at another North Jersey library). Recently with the Pandemic we’ve begun focusing on items that can be checked out as ebooks or streamed for those who are unable to physically come in to the library. Our blog has been viewed over 70,000 times by over 50,000 people! We wanted to take a look back at some of our favorite and most popular posts.
Our most viewed post of all times is from Matt Latham on Soul, Funk and Blues Revival: Some Contemporary Bands Sporting an Energetic Retro Sound. Another popular post was Sherissa Salas’s post on Susan Glaspell’s play, Trifles. Several of my popular posts, are also favorites of mine written about Adult Fairytale Series, Vampire Detective TV Shows, and Mystery TV Shows based on books. Our most popular post of last year was Steph Diorio’s post about A Midwife’s Tale and her request for Hoboken residents to share their experiences during the Pandemic so they could be included in our historical archives for future generations (she is still accepting people’s stories and photographs so email reference @ Hoboken.bccls.org if you’d like to share). Other popular posts from 2020 included YA Library Assistant, Elbie Love’s post about Brown Girl Dreaming and Children’s Library Assistant, Melissa Medina’s post about Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre. Our most popular post so far this year was Information and Digital Services Librarian, Ethan Galvin’s post about One Night Two Souls Went Walking.
A new post goes live typically every Wednesday at 11 AM. Thank you to everyone who is following us whether you just joined us recently or if you have been here from the beginning. We love providing you with new picks from our staff, but we also hope that you enjoy reading through the 400 and counting posts we have in our archives. They are a great way to find a new author or books in your favorite genre.
Written by:
Aimee Harris
Head of Information and Digital Services
Hoboken Library Staff Picks 
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