Nancy Hu Conro

Click the Buzz Me button to receive email notifications when this writer publishes a new article or a new article in this column is published. As we will be counting down to a new decade, we thought we’d look at the most popular items by genre at the library this year! So, we’ve gathered lists of the books in our system with the most holds, thinking that this would show which books Houstonians were really itching to get their hands on and give some insight into our readers’ 2019 interests.

Click the Buzz Me button to receive email notifications when this writer publishes a new article or a new article in this column is published. Every October since 2011, libraries and partner organizations across southeast Texas have selected a book and encouraged area booklovers to read, discuss and attend related events. They call it Gulf Coast Reads and this year’s selection is Susan Orlean’s The Library Book about the 1986 Los Angeles Public Library fire that destroyed thousands of books.

Click the Buzz Me button to receive email notifications when this writer publishes a new article or a new article in this column is published. Find cooking inspiration in these cookbooks. (Video: Anjela Martinez and Nancy Hu Conro, Harris County Public Library) The carefree days of summer have finally left us to get back to the regularly scheduled program that is fall. Getting the family back to school schedules can be a struggle for some and one of the major stresses can be meal planning.