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Showing posts with label Series. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Titles to Watch For NEXT WEEK: August 9-15, 2015

Here are some of the titles coming out next week ...

ADULT FICTION:

  • Fantasy

Fool's Quest: Book II of the Fritz and the Fool Series by Robin Hobb - "The harrowing adventures of Fitz Chivalry Farseer and his enigmatic friend the Fool continue in Robin Hobb's triumphant follow-up to Fool's Assassin." (Random House Inc, publisher)




  • Historical Fiction 

The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham - "A darkly satirical novel of love, revenge, and 1950s haute couture—soon to be a major motion picture starring Kate Winslet and Liam Hemsworth" (Penguin Group USA, publisher)




Huntress of Thornbeck Forest by Melanie Dickerson (A Medieval Fairy Tale) - "A beautiful maiden who poaches to feel the poor. A handsome forester on a mission to catch her. Danger and love are about to unite in Thornbeck Forest." (Thomas Nelson, publisher)



  • Mystery 

Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes: A Rose Gardner Mystery by Denise Grover Swank - "For Rose Gardner, working at the DMV is bad even before she has a vision of herself dead. She’s had plenty of visions, but this one is different. She’s never seen herself before." (Crooked Lane Books, publisher)



Plantation Shudders: A Cajun Country Mystery by Ellen Byron (Series debut) - "Prodigal daughter Maggie Crozat has returned home to her family's plantation-turned-bed-and-breakfast in Louisiana. When one of their guests dies from unnatural causes, Maggie and her family suddenly become suspects in a murder." (Crooked Lane Books, publisher)



  • Romance 

Brown-Eyed Girl by Lisa Kleypas - "A conclusion to the series that began with Sugar Daddy finds cynical wedding planner Avery avoiding the advances of seductive wedding guest Joe, who challenges her beliefs about love and commitment." (Baker & Taylor annotation)


  • Science Fiction

 The Lightning Stones by Jack B. Du Brul - "When his mentor is killed while conducting vital underground research into climate change, Philip Mercer launches an effort to find answers and exact vengeance." (Baker & Taylor annotation)




  • Suspense/Thriller 

The Beautiful Bureaucrat by Helen Phillips - "Becoming increasingly uneasy about suspicious activities at a new job she felt lucky to land, Josephine makes a terrible realization and is forces to confront dangerous and powerful elements in order to protect her loved ones." (Novelist annotation)



Black-Eyed Susans by Julie Heaberlin - "Rendered famous as the only survivor of a serial killer 20 years earlier, Tessa discovers clues that the wrong person was convicted and that the true killer is preparing to finish what he started. By the author of Playing Dead." (Baker & Taylor annotation)



  • Women's Fiction 

Silver Linings: A Rose Harbor Novel by Debbie Macomber - "Set in Cedar Cove's charming Rose Harbor Inn, Debbie Macomber's captivating new novel follows innkeeper Jo Marie and two new guests as they seek healing and comfort, revealing that every cloud has a silver lining, even when it seems difficult to find." (Random House, Inc, publisher)


The State We're In: Maine Stories by Ann Beattie - "An award-winning short story master presents a collection of new, linked tales that impart the diverse perspectives of women orbiting around a disaffected teen who is staying with relatives while attending summer school." (Baker & Taylor annotation)


Who Do You Love by Jennifer Weiner - "First meeting as young children in the hospital, a wealthy girl with a congenital heart defect and an underprivileged boy with athletic talents meet periodically over the course of three decades before considering whether their growing affections will overcome their differences. By the best-selling author of In Her Shoes." (Baker & Taylor annotation)


ADULT NONFICTION:


Mess: One Man's Struggle to Clean Up His House and His Act by Barry Yourgrau - "Hilarious and poignant, a glimpse into the mind of someone who is both a sufferer from and an investigator of clutter." (W.W. Norton, publisher)




You're Never Weird on the Internet 
(Almost): a Memoir by Felicia Day - "From online entertainment mogul, actress, and "queen of the geeks" Felicia Day comes a funny, quirky, and inspiring memoir about her unusual upbringing, her rise to Internet-stardom, and embracing her individuality to find success in Hollywood." (Simon & Schuster, publisher)


TEEN / YOUNG ADULT:



Six Impossible Things by Fiona Wood - "In this charming story of one guy's efforts to get it together when his life is falling apart, award-winning author Fiona Wood introduces an irresistible voice and a delightfully awkward character who is impossible to forget." (Little, Brown & Co, publisher)




HAPPY READING to one and all!

Friday, July 31, 2015

Take Out Your Wands and Celebrate!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HARRY POTTER! 

July 31st is Harry Potter's birthday. According to reports, he's 35 today. It also just happens to be J. K. Rowling's birthday; she's 50. Coincidence? Hardly. 

If you were unaware (if so, where have you been for the last 18 years?), J. K. Rowling is the author of the Harry Potter books for children. The fantastic series relates the story of a young orphan boy who discovers he's a wizard, following him through his adventures attending Hogwarts, a magical school for wizards and witches.

From 1997 through 2007, the tales of Harry Potter grabbed the imagination of not only children but adults as well. And this continued through 2011 as each book was filmed and made into a movie and just keeps going as the next generation of children discover Rowling's books or watch the films on DVD or Blu-ray.

With seven books in the series, each recorded in audiobook by the award-winning Jim Dale, three affiliated titles, and eight movies (with the seventh book made into Part 1 and Part 2), the character and author are a worldwide phenomenon. The titles brought about a renewed interest in reading across generations, inspiring children, teens and adults to pick up a book and read!


Affiliated titles:


Rowling developed a website, Pottermore.com, to focus on unexplored parts of the Harry Potter story, outside of the books. The author has even posted 'new' stories set in the world of Harry Potter on the site; New writing from J.K. Rowling

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Titles to Watch For NEXT WEEK: August 2-8, 2015

In this day and age, many readers are often already aware of and eagerly anticipating the next book from their favorite (or soon to be favorite) author. They may avidly check an author's website, follow a blog, or subscribe to a publisher's e-Newsletter. What readers may not be aware of is that most new book releases occur on Tuesday.

In previous 'Titles to Watch For' postings, I highlighted titles on Monday which would be coming out the very next day. After taking a break and giving it further consideration, I thought it might be more useful to spotlight titles due to hit shelves the following week.  
  •  This will be helpful for collection development too because I will be checking reserves to see if more copies are needed to meet customer demand. :-)
In that vein, here are a few titles coming out next Tuesday:

ADULT FICTION

With The Marriage of Opposites, Alice Hoffman offers a fictional biography of French painter Camille Pissarro, the "father of impressionism"





For fans of urban fantasy comes Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews, #8 in the 'Kate Daniels' series





Readers of suspense and thriller novels may enjoy Karen Robards' The Last Time I Saw Her, the newest 'Charlotte Stone' title or Protocol Zero by James Abel (sequel to White Plague) or  






The Dog Master by W. Bruce Cameron is "an evocative glimpse of prehistory, an emotional coming of age saga, a thrilling tale of survival against all odds, and the exciting, imaginative story of the first dog" (Publisher annotation)



Shirley Jackson gives her fans a new collection of eerie short stories, comic essays, and thoughtful writing ..on writing with Let Me Tell You



And not to forget the mystery reader, there is Malice at the Palace newest title in Rhys Bowen's 'Her Royal Spyness' series



ADULT NONFICTION:



Avenue of Spies: a True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-occupied Paris by Alex Kershaw might appeal to readers of suspense




College football fans may be interested in Monte Burke's new biography Saban: the Making of a Coachabout the University of Alabama's Nick Saban 



All those who like watching the dolphins while vacationing at the beach may want consider Voices in the Ocean: a Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins by Susan Casey 



Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism by Barry M. Prizant "aims to be essential reading for any parent, teacher, therapist or caregiver of a person with autism" (Publisher annotation)

Monday, May 11, 2015

Titles to Watch For - Week of May 10-16, 2015

Customer's may have seen media and publisher promotions for: The Green Road by Anne Enright, Tom Brokaw's A Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope, and Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll



Although there are plenty of new Adult Fiction series titles from popular authors coming out this week too:



And Sometimes I Wonder About You: A Mystery by Walter Mosley - an new Leonid McGill novel, fifth in the series after All I Did Was Shoot My Man (2012)




Dry Bones by Craig Johnson - Walt Longmire just wants to solve the murder of a local land-owner, a mystery complicated 
by the discovery of the fossil of a Tyrannosaurus rex



Enemy Inside by Steve Martini - an electrifying new suspense title in the author's popular Paul Mandrini legal thriller series



Proposal at Siesta Key by Shelley Shepard Gray - 2nd title in 'The Amish Brides of Pinecraft' series; follows The Promise of Palm Grove




Solitude Creek by Jeffrey Deaver - lots of plot twists from the author in this 4th outing in his Kathryn Dance mystery series




Sound of Glass by Karen White - for fans of Southern Women's fiction; from the author of 2014's A Long Time Gone 



And here are a few new Adult Nonfiction titles customers might find appealing:



The Great War of Our Time: An Insider’s Account of the CIA vs. al Qa’ida by Michael Morell with Bill Harlow - from the recently retired CIA deputy director that some call "the most important spook you have never heard of." (60 Minutes)



Mercy of the Sky: The Story of a Tornado by Holly Bailey - a journalist revisits May 20, 2013, the day a monstrous tornado devastated her hometown of Moore, Oklahoma



The Millionaire and the Bard: Henry Folger’s Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeare’s First Folio by Andrea Mays - a detective story about finding Shakespeare's First folio and the world of extreme book collecting during the Gilded Age; suggest this one to book lovers



Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley McChrystal - insight and advice on leadership and organizational effectiveness; from the author of 2013's My Share of the Task

Saturday, August 16, 2014

Genre Study Program - SCIENCE FICTION

Just in time for the 2014 Hugo Award Winners to be announce, the Readers' Advisory Training Genre Study program is beginning it's sessions on Science Fiction!

The benchmark for the SF book discussion is FORTUNE'S PAWN by Rachel Bach. It is a fast-paced, military sci-fi, adventure story featuring a "tough, sexy, armor-clad space chick ..." (Kirkus Reviews)

NoveList description: "When professional mercenary Deviana Morris took the security guard job aboard the Glorious Fool, all she wanted was a fast route into the Devastators --- the elite league of armored fighters entrusted with the most important duty on her home planet of Paradox."

The science fiction book discussion will take place on Wednesday, August 27 starting at 9:00 AM in Room 112 at General Administration. Any SCCCLD staff who are interested in reading Fortune's Pawn, copies are available for checkout on the district catalog (book or CD spoken) or by contacting Lucy, the RAT Queen at: llockley@stchlibrary.org

For more information about Fortune's Pawn look under the Benchmarks tab.