December already this week! the beginning of a new month brings us more new books, including:
U is for Undertow, the newest installment in Sue Grafton’s mystery series. Somehow, Grafton is still managing to keep these novels fresh and amazing even though she’s on the twenty-first letter of the alphabet! In this one, Kinsey Millhone takes [...]
NPR has two great book articles up right now. The first is The 10 Best Cookbooks of 2009. The holidays are a great time to try out new recipes and learn new techniques, and these books will definitely help you do it! Or, they might make great gifts for the epicureans on your list.
Speaking of [...]
I didn’t have the chance to read all of the stories contained within Pump Six, but those that I did definitely stuck with me. These are very graphic, disturbing science fiction tales. I can’t say I *enjoyed* them due to their subject matter, but I did find Bacigalupi to be an amazing writer. I first [...]
This week’s releases include three thrilling tales, 2 fictional, and 1 non-fiction:
Pirate Latitudes: A Novel by Michael Crichton. This is an irresistible adventure of swashbuckling pirates in the New World, a classic story of treasure and betrayal, set in The Caribbean in 1665.
Breathless: A Novel by Dean Koontz. In this thrilling suspense, the lives [...]
As we near the end of the year (already?!), Best Books of 2009 lists are popping up all over the place. I have compiled a few of them here for this week’s spotlight:
For the first time ever, Publisher’s Weekly has anointed a top 10 list along with their annual 100 best books list. The top [...]
While so much coverage is given to new releases and current best sellers, two librarians in the Chicago area have decided to devote their blog to some of the older, slightly more dusty books on the shelves that are just as worthy of our attention. They relate them to newer books in the forms of [...]
I missed yesterday’s posting of this week’s releases, but I see some thrilling, intriguing books are being added to the collection today. They include:
Stephen King’s Under the Dome. A rather intimidating-looking tome, this book is so fast-paced and compelling that you’ll barely notice the length once you start reading. King’s supernatural horror version of a [...]
I don’t know why, but I equate Fall with historical fiction. When the leaves are changing colors and tumbling off the tree, I find myself drawn to stories from past days and seek out historical fiction titles to curl up with. So for this week’s spotlight I’d like to feature:
Reading The Past. This is a [...]
I see a lot of exciting books joining our New Books shelf this week, including:
Rainwater by Sandra Brown: best-selling Brown turns her pen to historical fiction in this novel of 1934 depressed, drought-ridden Texas. An emotionally-charged story fitting for this setting comes to life under the talent of Brown, featuring love, passion, and fear.
The Lacuna [...]
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