Question: Incredibly, there’s a business in Bloomington-Normal that’s celebrating a birthday today and is almost as old as Bloomington itself. Can you name it?
Answer: You are reading it. This paper celebrates another birthday today — No. 187 — established January 14, 1837. It is the oldest business in McLean County. Bloomington itself is only six years older than this paper.
GROWMARK employees are collecting supplies to support the new Midnight Cafe at the Salvation Army’s Safe Harbor Shelter in Bloomington.
Clay Jackson
Bloomington Public Library’s Best Books of 2023
Children’s Books: My New Friend Is So Funny!
1. “My New Friend Is So Funny!” by Mo Willems; 244 distributed
Children’s Books: I really like slop!
2. “I really like slop!” by Mo Willems; 223 distributed
Children’s Books: Pigs Make Me Sneeze!
3. “Pigs make me sneeze!” by Mo Willems; 209 distributed
Children’s books: I broke my trunk!
4. “I broke my trunk!” by Mo Willems; 207 distributed
Children’s Books: I’m Invited to a Party!
5. “I’m invited to a party!” by Mo Willems; 206 distributed
Children’s Books: Listen to My Trumpet!
6. “Listen to My Trumpet” by Mo Willems; 201 distributed
Children’s Books: I’m Going!
7. “I’m Going!” by Mo Willems; 199 distributed
Children’s Books: Dog Man Vol 2 Unleashed
8. “Dog Man Vol 2 Unleashed” by Dav Pilkey; 186 distributed
Children’s Books: Diper Overlode
9. “Diper Overlode” by Jeff Kinney; 181 distributed
Children’s Books: The Babysitters’ Club Volume 13
10. The Baby-Sitters Club Vol 13: Mary Anne’s Mystery of Bad Luck: A Graphic Novel by Cynthia Cheng; 179 distributed
Books for Teens: We Were Liars
1. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart; 56 distributed
Books for Teens: A Guide to Killing a Good Girl
2. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson; 55 distributed
Juvenile Books: I Gotta Give You Up
3. “Gotta Give You Up” by Ruta Sepetis; 53 distributed
Juvenile Books: The Last Gambit
4. “The Last Gambit” by Jennifer Lynn Barnes; 52 distributed
Books for Teens: The Summer I Got Pretty
5. The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Hahn; 51 distributed
Books for Teens: Huda F Are You
6. “Huda F Are You?” by Huda Fahmi; 47 distributed
Books for Teens: The Gamer’s Guide
7. The Player’s Handbook by Jeremy Crawford; 46 distributed
Teen Books: One Piece East Blue Vol 4-6
8. “One Piece: East Blue Vol. 4-6 Omnibus” by Eliichiro Oda; 44 distributed
Books for Teens: One of Us Lies
9. One of Us Lies by Karen McManus; 43 distributed
Books for Teens: You’ll Be Home By Now
9. “You’d Be Home Now” by Kathleen Glasgow; 43 distributed
Books for Adults: It All Ends With Us
1. “It Ends With Us” by Colleen Hoover, 161 distributed
Books for Adults: Chemistry Lessons
2. “Chemistry Lessons” by Bonnie Garmus; 89 distributed
Books for Adults: The Biloxi Boys
3. The Biloxi Boys by John Grisham; 85 distributed
Books for Adults: Extremely Bright Creatures
4. “Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt; 84 distributed
Books for adults: 9 Nov
5. “November 9” by Colleen Hoover; 79 distributed
Books for Adults: Maybe Now
6. “Maybe Now” by Colleen Hoover; 77 distributed
Books for Adults: Spare
8. “Spare” by Prince Harry; 71 distributed
Books for Adults: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
8. “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” by Gabriel Zevin; 71 distributed
Books for Adults: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
9. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reed; 70 distributed
Books for Adults: Mad Honey
10. “Mad Honey” by Jodi Picoult; 69 distributed
