| December 27, 2024 This will be the last edition of BookSizzle. We hope you have enjoyed it over the years!
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| Happy New Year The universal celebration of the new year at the stroke of midnight dates back to the late 19th century. Before then, there was no standard time system in the United States, and time was very localized. The exact moment of midnight could vary from town to town and village to village. That started to change in 1883, when railroad companies began using four continental time zones, resulting in the greater synchronization of public clocks. Under this system, people could pinpoint the current hour and minute with accuracy, and time became more coordinated. With these advancements-and the invention of electric lighting on public streets by the late 1800s-the notion of celebrating the new year as the clock strikes midnight was born. This all helped pave the way to the creation of the public New Year's Eve celebrations, including the one in Times Square in the early 1900s. Ring in the New Year with these titles |
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| Rebecca Yarros Rebecca Yarros is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. She loves military heroes and has been blissfully married to hers for over twenty years. She's the mother of six children, and is currently surviving the teenage years with two of her four hockey-playing sons. When she's not writing, you can find her at the hockey rink or sneaking in some guitar time while guzzling coffee. She and her family live in Colorado with their stubborn English bulldogs, two feisty chinchillas, and a Maine Coon cat named Artemis, who rules them all. Check out her books here |
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| Library Reads Library Reads-The top ten books published this month that library staff across the country love, with additional hall of fame authors. Check them out here |
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| And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been-Rainer Maria Rilke
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