La Quinta Public Library

By now, you've probably noticed that some of your items are renewing automatically before they are due. This is a new feature that recently started and t here are a few things to keep in mind so I've copied our FAQs page from our catalog below.  We'd like to remind you that even with this feature, you are still responsible for keeping track of your checked out items. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask us! Happy Reading, - Jade, Reference Librarian From our Riverside County Catalog page:   Patrons will no longer need to manually renew eligible items before they are due. Borrowed items will be renewed automatically three days before the due date, with certain exceptions. Items belonging to Riverside County-Temecula Public Library, Murrieta Public Library or Inyo County Free Library are NOT eligible for automatic renewal at this time. FAQs When will my items automatically renew? The system will attempt to renew your checked out it

Our fourth and final book list of the month features books by some great authors for Short Story Month! Click on the titles below to learn more about the books that you can find at your La Quinta Library. And if any of these don't interest you, check out our Short Story Section near the main Reference Desk! And if you want even more title suggestions, check out these links:   20 Must-Read Collections for Short Story Month , 5 Books to Read for Short Story Month , Akashic Books: Short Story Month , Apparently, May is Short Story Month - perhaps you would like some related content?  Happy Reading! Jade, Reference Librarian Books for Short Story Month Friday Black - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Clothed, Female Figure - Kirstin Allio Almost Famous Women - Megan Mayhew Bergman That Time I Loved You - Carrianne Leung Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado Men Without Women - Haruki Murakami Diving Belles and Other Stories - Lucy Wood The Ramshead Alg

Our third list of the month features books by some great authors for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! Click on the titles to learn more about the books. If you want to learn more about Asian Pacific Americans, visit this website . And if you want even more title suggestions, check out these links:  21 Must-Read Books for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month , 50 Must Read 2018-2019 Books with East Asians on the Cover , 10 Must-Read YA Books by Asian American Authors , and The Newest Wave of Asian-American Writers You Should Know. Happy Reading! Jade, Reference Librarian Books for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month The Widows of Malabar Hill - Sujata Massey Heroine Complex - Sarah Kuhn The People in the Trees - Hanya Yanagihara The Night Tiger - Yangzse Choo I Am a Filipino: and this is how we cook - Nicole Ponseca Adventures in Starry Kitchen: 88 Asian-inspired Recipes From America's Most Famous Underground Restaurant - Nguyen Tran Aarti Paar

May is National Pet Month! Curl up with your pet and enjoy one of these books listed below. All of them can be found at the library and you can click on the titles to learn more about them.  If you're on Facebook, check out our page and see some photos of our staff's pets! Happy Reading! Jade, Reference Librarian Books for National Pet Month The Friend - Sigrid Nunez A Dog's Way Home - W. Bruce Cameron Spill Simmer Falter Wither - Sara Baume Mozart's Starling - Lyanda Haupt Dewey's Nine Lives - Vicki Myron Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon - Bronwen Dickey Peggy and Me - Miranda Hart Biloxi - Mary Miller Cat Out of Hell - Lynne Truss Creatures Great and Small - Colette Lily & the Octopus - Steven Rowley Twice Told Tail - Ali Brandon

There are a lot of things to celebrate in May! Our first book list for this month features books by Jewish American or Jewish authors as May is Jewish American Heritage Month. Click on the links below to learn more about the books! And if you want more title suggestions, check out these links from Book Riot:   20 Essential Jewish-American Novels (And Story Collections) of the Past 20 Years  &  100 Must-Read Works of Jewish Fiction . Happy Reading! Jade, Reference Librarian Books for Jewish American Heritage Month Gangsterland - Tod Goldberg American Pastoral - Philip Roth Kaddish.com - Nathan Englander The History of Love - Nicole Krauss Motherless Brooklyn - Jonathan Lethem The UnAmericans: Stories - Molly Antopol The Last Flight of Poxl West - Daniel Torday Sadness is a White Bird - Moriel Rothman-Zecher The Fortunate Ones - Ellen Umansky Waking Lions - Ayelet Gundar-Goshen Eternal Life - Dara Horn Jewish Comedy: A Serious History