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Give It Up

by Shh_ImReading@evpl on Thursday, January 15 2009, 1:41pm

It is time for Janet Evanovich to stop writing Stephanie Plum novels. I mean it. I started reading the series seven years ago when Seven Up was the most recently released book in the series and it quickly became my favorite series. I still read the new...

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Filed under: humor, fiction, sequels, series, New Jersey, Janet Evanovich, bounty hunters

A History of Personal "Trials" and "Attempts"

by Bufkinite@evpl on Thursday, January 22 2009, 4:52pm

The essay is one of my favorite literary forms, so imagine my delight in coming across The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present . What a wonderful survey - even though it has a distinctly Anglo-centric bias - with...

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Filed under: reviews, books, anthologies, essays, Phillip Lopate

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: A Fable by John Boyne

by HRevvdon@evpl on Friday, January 23 2009, 9:56pm

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: A Fable (2006) by John Boyne is a small book with incredible impact. I have never read a book about the Holocaust from a small boy's point of view let alone the son of the commandant of Aushwicz. I was blown away. Bruno...

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"Cures" author

by Meditatinglibrarian@evpl on Monday, January 26 2009, 10:19am

One of the challenges in making decisions about how to spend the Library's materials budget is balancing public demand with issues such as accuracy of information, quality of writing, subject matter... Kevin Trudeau's books have been in popular...

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Filed under: book selection, Kevin Trudeau

new Tim Dorsey -- Nuclear Jellyfish

by this.is.not.here@evpl on Sunday, January 18 2009, 9:48pm

If you are tired of the same old stuff and really want something wild and funny to listen to I have to recommend Tim Dorsey . I've read most of his books and they are all funny but they also translate beautifully into the spoken word. A native of...

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Filed under: mysteries, Carl Hiaasen, Florida, funny, Tim Dorsey, Nuclear Jellyfish

The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

by HRevvdon@evpl on Saturday, January 17 2009, 4:25pm

The Gargoyle (2008) tells several tales in a cynical first person form. It is captivating from the start. I almost passed on the book when I first was told the story - a shallow incredibly handsome man is in a car accident caused by his own self-indulgence...

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Book Bus in your backyard!

by bookchick@evpl on Friday, January 16 2009, 10:14am

Need to save gas? Need to save time? Need a good book? Your library can help you with all of these! The River City Book Bus just might be stopping in your neighborhood. Now open to the public, the Book Bus offers books for babies, adults and every age...

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Filed under: Book Bus, schedule

Lisa Lutz's Izzy Spellman Novels

by Shh_ImReading@evpl on Wednesday, January 14 2009, 2:41pm

I read The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz during our 2008 summer reading program, how about you? It was good enough, I read Curse of the Spellmans right afterwards. What a quirky family! The books focus on a wild private investigator named Izzy Spellman...

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Filed under: fiction, sequels, families, series, private investigators, Lisa Lutz, San Francisco

Most anticipated books of 2009

by googler@evpl on Thursday, January 8 2009, 10:06am

The Millions, a blog on books, arts, and culture, has published a list of the year's most anticipated books that will make any reader's mouth water. It's in chronological order, so you can plan what you'll want to read month by month....

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Filed under: reviews, recommended, lists

Monster of Florence

by wag.mado@evpl on Tuesday, January 20 2009, 4:20pm

Wow! That was what I was saying most of the way through Douglas Preston's bestselling book . To think I wandered around Florence in the dark four years ago without ever knowing of these crimes. It gives me goose-bumps. If you didn't pick it up...

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Filed under: nonfiction, audiobooks, books, suspense, Italy, mysteries, recommended, private investigators, crime, serial killer, dectectives, true crime

The Numerati: They've Got Your Number

by Bufkinite@evpl on Wednesday, January 21 2009, 9:57pm

The Numerati is a very interesting - and arresting - book about how every act of ours is being tracked by marketeers. We leave an electronic trail increasingly easy to follow, whether we're purchasing gas with a credit card, buying stuff on eBay using...

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Out Stealing Horses (2007) by Per Petterson

by HRevvdon@evpl on Wednesday, January 28 2009, 11:45am

Out Stealing Horses (2007) is not about horse rustling. Set in Norway, it is a contemporary story about a man that moves to a rustic cabin in the woods after his wife and sister both pass away. In the quiet he begins to reflect upon his life. When he...

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Filed under: old man, Norway, reflection

Olive Kitteridge (2008) - Elizabeth Strout

by HRevvdon@evpl on Thursday, January 29 2009, 1:17pm

Olive Kitteridge (2008) by Elizabeth Strout is a string of short stories all of which either feature Olive, or in which Olive is either a major or a minor part of. At times I thought Olive irritating and just a plain nasty old biddy. At other times I...

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Filed under: Maine, short stories, Strout

The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb

by Guatemama@evpl on Friday, January 9 2009, 10:53am

Many fans of the Oprah book club will remember author, Wally Lamb, from his previous books, She's Come Undone and I Know This Much is True . After a lapse of many years, Lamb is back with this new epic which is rather heavy both in subject matter...

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Filed under: families, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Littleton Colorado, Connecticut, psychological fiction, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Columbine High School Massacre

Books for Lunch!

by Guatemama@evpl on Friday, January 9 2009, 12:58pm

Join us at Red Bank Library on Wed. Jan. 14 at noon for our monthly Books for Lunch book discussion where local author, John McMullen, will be our guest. He will be on hand to talk about the many exciting books that he has written. Defector from Hell...

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Filed under: red bank branch, book discussions, John McMullan, local authors

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