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FALL 2008
Trying to satisfy your supernatural desires? Look no further than
The Book of Lost Things
by British author John Connolly.
If you would like to read a modern literary masterpiece, try
Lavinia by Ursula K. Le-Guin.
The latest title in the Wind River series
is
The Girl With Braided Hair by
Margaret Coel
Movies ...
Revisit one of Cyd Charisse's
classics,
The Band Wagon.
Try a recent staff favorite,
The Bucket List.
For spine tingling action in the desert;
The Mummy
and
The Mummy Returns.
Music ...
Idina Menzel has a new CD called
I Stand.
The songs of The Carpenters covered by
artists of the Nineties in
If I Were a Carpenter.
Pat Boone singing rock classics, In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy.
SPRING 2008
Bitten
by the scrapbooking bug? try
Prints Charming by Rebeca Seitz
If you just cannot
get enough of American politics, check out
The Race by Richard North Patterson.
If
you are looking for a lyrical, enchanting read, try
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle.
If you enjoy
Janet Evanovich’s humorous novels, she has two new ones out:
Wife for
Hire and Plum Lucky.
Movies ...
If you liked the battles in
Troy or the cinematic style of
Sin City,
check out 300.
If you enjoyed
The Holiday, try Love Actually.
If
I Am Legend
peaked your interest,
don’t forget 1997’s Outbreak.
Music ...
See what people are talking about and
give the
Jonas Brothers self-titled CD a listen.
If you admired
Alicia Keys Songs in A Minor, give a listen to her new CD,
As I Am.
If you
are a fan of Beatles music, check out the soundtrack from the movie Across
the Universe.
SPRING - 2007
Looking for something new?
Try a British police mystery...
In a Dark House
by Deborah Crombie
With No One as Witness
by Elizabeth George
Unlucky for Some
by Jill McGowan
Interested in gardening
mysteries?
You may enjoy these recent titles...
The Lost Gardens: An English Garden Mystery
by Anthony Eglin
Death in the Orchid Garden: A
Gardening Mystery by Ann Ripley
Bindweed
by Janis Harrison
Do you love the
multilayered novels of Jodi Picoult?
Try these authors...
Chris Bohjalian,
Sue Miller,
Luanne Rice
Movies ...
Spring is in the air and so is romance! Try these classic love stories available on
DVD at the library:
Doctor Zhivago
- The romantic score is also available in the Soundtrack section of the
CDs
Notorious -
Featuring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman
Trouble in Paradise -
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
If you liked the Golden Globe nominated
movie Thank You For Smoking,
try… Network
Wag The Dog, Bob Roberts
If you liked the Mission Impossible series, try…Bourne
Identity, “James Bond” Films, Spy Game
Music ...
If you like the smooth romantic vocals of
Tony Bennett,
try these artists...
Harry Connick Jr.,
Michael Bublé
If you like the energetic R&B group,
Destiny’s Child,
try these artists...
Aaliyah, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Usher
Finally, don’t forget those New Year’s resolutions! Get fit while
listening to these titles available on CD at the library:
Walk, Vol. 3: High-Energy Hits
Shape Fitness Music (Located in the
POP/ROCK section)
Walking to Classics (Located in the
POP/ROCK section)
WINTER - 2006
If you like Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie
Plum series, try...
Karen E. Olson’s Annie Seymour
series
If you like Charlaine Harris, try...
Greywalker
by Kat Richardson
Proven Guilty
by Jim Butcher
Winter Blues? Laugh them away with these titles...
The Big Bamboo
by Tim Dorsey
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
Geek Love
by Katherine Dunn
FALL - 2006
If you like Christine Feehan’s
Carpathian Series,
try...
Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dark Hunter Series
If you like scuba diving, try...
Dive Deep and Deadly
by Glynn Marsh Alam
Luanne Fogarty has taken some time off from teaching to rebuild her family
home in the Florida swamps. She also does the occasional dive job for the
police.
Swimming With The Dead
by Kathy Brandt
Set in the British Virgin Islands, Hannah Sampson, an underwater
investigator, tries to solve the murder of the police commissioner’s son.
Summer - 2006
Speed Of Dark by Elizabeth
Moon
This
story is a compelling exploration of the concept of "normalcy" and
what might happen when medical science attains the knowledge to
"cure" adult autism.
The Fairy Godmother
by Mercedes Lackey
This
Cinderella-like fairy tale takes its own twist when our heroine
decides to get a job away from her stepmother and sisters after they
leave on a trip. She gets a job as an apprentice to a fairy
godmother. This first story in the Five Hundred Kingdoms series has
a great sense of humor and keeps you reading. The second book in the
series is "One Good Knight".
Judgment of the
Grave by Sarah Stewart
Taylor
In
studying historical gravestones, Harvard professor, Sweeney St,
George meets a 12 year old boy whose family has been in the grave
stone carving business since the late 18th century. Later they find
a corpse wearing a Revolutionary War reenactment uniform and find
out that this person was writing a book about the boy's ancestor.
Can Sweeney find out who killed a Revolutionary War reenactor and
also solve a 200 year old missing person case involving a militiaman
who vanished
Spring - 2006
If You Like. . .
Rosamunde Pilcher try Roman Spring by Sally Stewart
Richard Russo
try Small Town Odds by Jason Headley
Judith Tarr
try The Dark Mirror by Juliet Marillier
We Recommend. . . .
Blue Smoke by Nora Roberts
Reena Hale has wanted to become a fire investigator ever since her
family’s restaurant went up in flames when she was eleven. Even though she
is very good at what she does, her love life doesn’t seem to have the same
success. Behind the scenes, she doesn’t realize that there is a pyromaniac
stalker who is obsessed with killing any man Reena loves.
Winter - 2005
Isaac’s Storm
by Erik Larson
Larson blends science and history to tell the story of the hurricane that
slammed into Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900. A tidal surge of some
four feet in as many seconds
inundated the city. By the time the water and winds subsided, entire
streets had disappeared and as many as 10,000 were dead--making this the
worst natural disaster in America’s history.
Prairie Gothic
by J.M. Hayes
Mad Dog, Englishman, and the other eccentric inhabitants of Buffalo
Springs, Kansas, have their hands full in their second adventure. A raging
blizzard makes driving dangerous and communication haphazard. The whole
novel takes place in about a 12 hour period of nonstop action and the
descriptions have you feeling like you’re in that blizzard.
Always Time To Die
by Elizabeth Lowell
This story begins with the tidy
murder of "The Senator," the ill and infirm patriarch of a prominent Taos,
New Mexico clan. Carly May is commissioned to write a family history by a
disgruntled family member who hopes she’ll dig up dirt. By combining new
techniques of DNA testing with old-fashioned research and detective work,
Carly finally discovers the truth about the family.
Fall - 2005
If you like Robert Jordan try . . .
The Lair of Bones by David Farland.
 If
you like John LeCarre try. . .
Flesh Wounds by John Lawton.
 If
you like Alexander McCall-Smith try . . .
The Coroner’s Lunch by Colin Cotterill.
Summer - 2005
If you like . .
John Grisham, try Seeds Of Doubt
by Stephanie Kane
Dean Koontz, try Dead Lines by Greg Bear
Sarah Dunant’s The Birth of Venus, try
A Rare and Curious Gift by Pauline Holdstock
Spring - 2005
If you like Anita Diamant try:
 Wisdom’s
Daughter by India Edghill
This story is about King Solomon and
the Queen of Sheba. Besides the love story, this novel also focuses on the
wisdom and burdens of his reign.
If you like Robert Ludlum try:
Force
Protection by Gordon Kent
A U.S. Navy ship explodes in Mombasa,
Kenya, and the evidence points to Islamic terrorists. This novel has
cutting edge military action and international espionage that is sure to
please readers.
If you like Richard Russo try:
 Small
Town Odds by Jason Headley
This offbeat portrait of small town
life is told by 24-year-old underachiever Eric Mercer. Eric lives and
works in Pinely, West Virginia, where drama means betting on the local
high school’s football game with their archrival Cedarsville.
Not quite the Easter Bunny…
The Rabbit Factory by Larry Brown
The last book by this great
contemporary Southern author.
The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the
Apocalypse by Robert Rankin
Humorous science fiction, similar to
Douglas Adams.
The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits: Stories
by Emma Donoghue
Fifteen stories of historical fiction by the author
of Slammerkin.
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Winter, 2004
If you like... Laura Esquivel, try...
The Lady, the Chef, and the Courtesan by Marisol
After her grandmother’s funeral, Pilar Castillo finds her grandmother’s
diary. It is divided into sections corresponding to the South American
proverb that a woman must be a lady in the living room, a chef in the
kitchen, and a courtesan in the bedroom.
John Grisham, try...
Past Due by William Lashner
This beautifully written legal thriller has a complex case connecting
a recent murder with a murder from 20 years ago.
Dee Henderson’s O’Malley series, try... Beyond A Doubt by
Colleen Coble
This mystery is skillfully combined with romance and the day to day
happenings of small town life.
Mysteries with a touch of gothic, try books by... P.D.
James, Ngaio Marsh, Ruth Rendell, Martha Grimes and
Frances Fyfield
FALL, 2004
Pushkin and the Queen of Spades
by Alice Randall
What can a mother do when her son doesn’t become the man she thinks he
should be?
The Book of Ralph
by John McNally
A coming of age story set in the South Suburbs of Chicago in the 1970s.
Hilarious!
The Jane Austen Book Club
by Karen Joy Fowler
You don’t need to read Austen to enjoy this sweet and funny novel.
1929
by Frederick Turner
A glimpse into the life of Bix Beiderbecke, one of the great jazz
musicians of the Prohibition Era.
SUMMER, 2004
Do you have a family road trip planned this summer? Why not check out the
Library’s diverse audiobook collection? We have books available on both
cassette and CD that the whole family may enjoy. Here are some
recommendations.
Orson Scott Card (Ender’s
Game)
Science fiction adventure coupled with young man’s coming of age
Michael Crichton (Airframe)
Suspenseful plot with female protagonist
John Dunning
Mysteries featuring Denver cop turned book dealer
Nicholas Evans (Horse Whisperer)
A young girl’s struggle with events surrounding her horse
Jack Finney (Time and Again)
Main character goes back in time in New York City and finds mystery and
romance
O. Henry (The World Of O. Henry )
Superior short stories
Barbara Kingsolver
Setting is central to stories featuring a strong female character
Peter Mayle
Humorous adventures of retired executive in Provence
Michael Palmer Popular medical suspense
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SPRING, 2004 Remember When
by Nora
Roberts, J.
D.
Robb
This two part story starts off in Angel's Gap, Maryland in 2003 when a
private investigator, Max Gannon, is trying to track down some stolen
diamonds that were stolen by Lane Tavish's father. The second part is 56
years later, and the story picks up with Max and Lane's granddaughter who
ends up in the middle of an investigation by Lt. Eve Dallas to find the
last batch of diamonds that were never recovered in 2003.
Shadows On the Coast of Maine
by Lea Wait
Maggie Summer, an antique print dealer, goes to Maine to visit a friend
and see her 18th century house that she just bought. There seems to be
ghosts in the house and a young woman who was helping in the house is
murdered.
Swimming With the Dead
by Kathy Brandt
Hannah Sampson is the head of Denver's Police Diving Team. She's asked by
the former Denver Police commissioner, to investigate the death of his son
in the British Virgin Islands. His son Michael died in a diving accident,
when he was trapped in a sunken wreck.
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