Good Reads

From the New York Times and local area book shops

• The latest news about books from the New York Times as well as weekly book reviews.
• Check out Northern Michigan bestsellers at Horizon Books
• http://www.horizonbooks.com/northwest-michigan-bestsellers
  
• Or find some books on Leelanau County at Cottage Book Shop in Glen Arbor http://www.cottagebooks.com/Localbestsellers.htm
• Michigan Used and Rare books at Dog Ears Books in Northport--James B. Hendryx was a Suttons Bay resident!  http://www.dogearsbooks.net/MichiganAdventure.html
   & http://www.dogearsbooks.net/MichiganGreatLakes.html
  
• Read up on what NPR has to say about the latest books and interesting authors.

Bestsellers and Award-Winners

Check out our "Titles of Note", covering best-selling lists from Book Sense.

What's Next is the handy reference guide that lists fiction books in series, so that you always know what book comes next. http://ww2.kdl.org/libcat/whatsnext.asp

Newsfeeds Updated Hourly

• National news from National Public Radio.
• World headlines from the BBC Online.

Local Newsmedia

• Leelanau Enterprise is the voice of Leelanau County, serving as the official medium for local government, an outlet for the county's four public and seven non-public schools and the place sought by residents and visitors for news and views of Michigan's "Little Finger" Peninsula.http://www.leelanaunews.com/drupal/

• Northern Express Weekly is northern Michigan's largest weekly newspaper, known for its extensive entertainment and dining listing covering 13 counties throughout the northwestern lower peninsula of Michigan. The publication has grown steadily, won editorial awards, and become and institution in the area. Original publishers Robert Downes and George Foster still run the newspaper and live locally while enjoying the active lifestyle often featured in the Express. http://www.northernexpress.com/

• Traverse City Record-Eagle Grand Traverse County's local paper for over 150 years http://record-eagle.com/

• Grand Traverse Insider If it's happening in the Grand Traverse, Benzie, or Leelanau Counties, The Insider's aim is to tell you about it - every Sunday, delivered to your home, free of charge. A Morningstar publication since 2008. http://www.morningstarpublishing.com/grand_traverse_insider/

• leelanau.com comprehensive website commercially produced devoted to all things Leelanau--including festivals and events, lodging, education, entertainment, businesses, and the arts.http://www.leelanau.com/

• Northwest Michigan's Second Wave tells the story of the new economy along and within Michigan's northwest coast -- a narrative of creative people and businesses, new development, cool places to live, and the best places to work and play. http://nwmichigan.secondwavemedia.com/

• The Ticker is a multimedia news and events service serving the Traverse City, Michigan area. We deliver a free daily news email to more than 25,000 subscribers, and maintain a web site that features up-to-the-minute Traverse City weather, news, events, community information, homes for sale, movie times, airfares, and much more.http://www.theticker.tc/

• Interlochen Public Radio Northern Michigan's public radio stations for music and news.http://ipr.interlochen.org/
• Channel 7&4 News (NBC affiliate) http://www.upnorthlive.com/
• Channel 9&10 (CBS & Fox affiliates) http://www.9and10news.com/