{"id":319077,"date":"2023-01-26T12:54:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T20:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=319077"},"modified":"2023-01-26T12:54:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T20:54:52","slug":"never-too-late-to-pick-up-and-read-books-from-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/never-too-late-to-pick-up-and-read-books-from-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Never too late to pick up and read books from the past"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although we have entered a whole new year, it\u2019s not too late to catch up on the most popular and beloved titles of 2022. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Well, it\u2019s never too late to read books from the past, books have no expiration date. Read a book published this morning, books from your youth, some Shakespeare, Sun Tzu, we\u2019ve got them all. But let\u2019s get back to 2022.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The most commonly checked-out books from San Diego County Library this year were: children\u2019s books. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It makes sense, those books are much shorter, and kids definitely have more free time to read than you do. Sometimes they\u2019re even forced to read books by teachers and lit-loving parents. If there are children in your life, you might be familiar with popular series like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dog Man, and Wings of Fire. And if you\u2019re not, feel free to give any of those a look to see what is captivating the kids of today.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But we have plenty of grown-up titles that were exceptionally popular as well, you adult you. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s One Book, One San Diego title, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Brit Bennet\u2019s The Vanishing Half<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span>, was one of the most checked-out books at our library. This title is a provocative, decades-long tale of two twin sisters, separated in their teens who live wildly different lives due to history, geography and race.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Another popular title from this year was the witty romantic comedy <\/span><\/span><\/span>Book Lovers by Emily Henry<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Anyone with access to the Hallmark Channel is familiar with the \u201cbig city girl finds love in a small town\u201d trope, and this book embraces some parts of it, while subverting others. When this overworked big-city literary agent reunites with a jaded big-city book editor in a small town a prickly relationship ensues. The author doesn\u2019t force characters to abandon their complexities, or deeply-held beliefs in the name of feel-good kisses.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And finally, we have a couple of titles that prove that everyone still loves a good mystery. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lucy Foley\u2019s The Paris Apartment<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span> is a Hitchcockian tale about down-on-her-luck Jess Daniels, who accepts an invitation to get a fresh start on her life by moving in with her brother in Paris. On her arrival, Ben is gone, the apartment empty, and a building full of unfriendly neighbors have no light to shed on his disappearance. Looks like Jess will have to unravel this mystery herself!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And <\/span><\/span><\/span>Liane Moriarty\u2019s Apples Never Fall <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span>combines a complicated family saga with another disappearance. The intricate and passionate lives of the famed tennis stars of the Delaney family are told in flashback, as matriarch Joy Delany has gone missing. Is her absence something sinister or years of dysfunction coming to roost?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The La Mesa Library has many programs returning from a holiday break. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Chair Yoga on Wednesday mornings, Tech Help on Tuesday and Sunday afternoons, Storytimes for kids on Thursday mornings, and much more. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Check sdcl.org\/events<\/a> and click \u201cLa Mesa\u201d for all the details. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cr\u00e9dito de la foto: Pixabay.com<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although we have entered a whole new year, it\u2019s not too late to catch up on the most popular and beloved titles of 2022. Well, it\u2019s never too late to read books from the past, books have no expiration date. Read a book published this morning, books from your youth, some Shakespeare, Sun Tzu, we\u2019ve […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":736,"featured_media":319081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11548","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Although we have entered a whole new year, it\u2019s not too late to catch up on the most popular and beloved titles of 2022.","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"3","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11547,11548],"tags":[12463,12421,12379,13467],"class_list":["post-319077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-la-mesa-courier","tag-books","tag-la-mesa","tag-library","tag-reading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/736"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}