H appy New Year! Have you ever wondered what the most popular items at the Buda Public Library were last year? Never saw these books because they’ve been checked out all year? Start the New Year off right with some of last year’s favorites! Here are the top fiction books and audio books for teens an...

I t’s nearing the end of October, so that means it’s time again for All Hallow’s Read! Neil Gaiman, author of quite a few creepy novels, made up this day as a reason for people to give each other scary books. The Buda Public Library is happy to lend out creepy books all year round! (Cue maniacal lau...

By Gary White, winner of the 2015 Buda Public Library short story contest Oct 21, Lackland AFB  Dear Dad, Just a short e-mail to tell you about recent events here. I finally got the rest of my uniforms back from the tailors after getting my Staff Sergeants stripes sewed on! No more daily trips to th...

Staff Report The winner of the Friends of the Buda Library Short Story Writing Contest is Gary White of Mountain City with “Say a Prayer for Gussie.” White also came in first place in 2014. White will win $200 for his first place story. Short stories had to be less than 4,000 words and could be on a...

S ummer is almost here and, for many of us, that means we’ll be travelling! And you know what goes perfectly with travelling? Audio books! Discover what masses of commuters already know: listening to an audio book helps overcome the tedium of travel. At the Buda Public Library, we have several ways ...

By Melinda Hodges E ver wonder what the most popular items at the Buda Public Library? Here’s a list of the most frequently checked out books and audio books for teens and adults between April 2014 and April 2015!   Adult and teen books: “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green, 30 checkouts; “Gone Gi...

By Marc Hunter I ’ll admit it. I have been snobbish against short stories. I just didn’t see the point and thought that an author needed a few hundred pages to tell a good story. But now I have seen the light. Why consider reading short stories? It’s the good stuff. No fluff or filler here. Authors ...