Rebecca Howard
Imprint Contributor and LibrarianWhen you read a book, you enter a different world. But the act of reading does more than broaden our world-view; it creates empathy, and nurtures civility.
Occasionally in our bimonthly newsletter In the Moment, you'll hear a new voice: Rebecca Howard. During her 15 years with Tulsa City-County Library, Rebecca launched the readers advisory service Your Next Great Read, and served as TCCL’s county-wide Literacy Coordinator. Now, Rebecca is a regional manager, overseeing six branches of TCCL.
In Imprint, Rebecca will share her thoughts about the reader’s life, the community of the library, and, if we ask REALLY nicely, the occasional recommendation.
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Hopeful books are those that include struggle, survival, and strength of character. They aren’t void of difficult subjects. On the contrary, characters demonstrate resilience and resistance in response to hardship. Here are a few suggestions for other readers hoping to begin again. -
I feel like my best learning comes from identifying connections among ideas, so it was particularly fulfilling to see how many books seemed to be in conversation with each other on similar topics. Here are the highlights of my 2022 year with an important caveat that 2022 is not yet complete. -
If you, too, are a connoisseur level of the bittersweet, or you’re just interested in cultivating that mindset, check out some of my very favorite bittersweet novels. -
If you’re eagerly anticipating the cooler temperatures, pansies in pots, and soup on the stove, check out some of my suggestions for fall reading. -
Rebecca Howard recommends her favorite familial stories and shares some of her own, too. -
Here are some books that have changed my life along with more pivotal reads from queer authors. -
Discovering books is rarely a problem for me, as I am surrounded by options (perks of working in a library). -
I’m a natural skeptic. But every once in a while in one’s life, you experience a confluence of ideas in what you’re reading, listening to, or talking about that has the potential to create a shift in the way you see the world. -
From June to December of 2021, the American Library Association reported 155 book censorship attempts. -
Every reader has likely experienced the book hangover at some point in their life.
