Lexington County Library Your Guide to a Successful Start Make the Most of Back-to-School The back-to-school season is upon us, bringing with it a blend of excitement, nervousness and anticipation. Whether you're a student,

Home pollinators in the garden Learning & Growing with Mother Nature We have a little garden, A garden of our own, And every day we water there The seeds that we have sown.   We

Adults are reading Young Adult (YA) literature. Yeah, adult adults — grown people with jobs, who pay their own bills, chat about interest rates on mortgages, or maybe even have young adult children themselves. Not only are they reading it, they also make up most of YA literature’s readership.

2021 was a great year for romance novels. Being a romantic at heart, I devour romance books with relish and it’s so refreshing to see an increasing number of diverse authors writing books with diverse characters falling in love. It’s also interesting to see this genre evolve into several sub-genres including contemporary romances with multidimensional characters who warm your heart with their goals, quirks, worries, likes and dislikes.