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Recent Chick Lit Reads

In the past few weeks since my last blog post, I have been on a chick-lit rampage. I have been speed-reading through recent releases like I don't have a hundred other things to do. Laundry piled up, kitchen didn't get cleaned, and packing for...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2009 4:33 pm by KickinLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: humor, reviews, fiction, books, chick lit, London, funny, love, women, friends, Sophie Kinsella, Amy Sohn, Paula Froelich

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

When I went home a little while back, I saw a copy of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn in my little sister's room. Feeling a bit nostalgic, I went home and started reading the battered copy on my bookshelf. I don't know how many times I have read this...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2009 9:04 am by KickinLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: reviews, fiction, books, historical fiction, teens, families, Mothers & Daughters, poor, World War I -- Fiction, growing up, love

For all you "Da Vinci Code" fans out there ...

... Dan Brown 's latest installment in the Robert Langdon series, The Lost Symbol , will hit your local library's shelves tomorrow. Enjoy, and let us know what you think!

Published Mon, Sep 09 2009 10:30 am by myzticrhythmz@evpl

Filed under: fiction, books, suspense, bestsellers, action, Dan Brown

Commencement

It is sometimes hard to believe that I graduated from USI over five years ago. That may seem like no time at all for some people, but sometimes I still feel like I am 21 again. Sometimes I forget that I am a "grown-up" with a "grown-up"...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2009 12:47 pm by KickinLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: reviews, fiction, books, recommended, funny, growing up, love, friends, college students, college

Addition by Toni Jordan

In Toni Jordan's Addition , we meet Grace Vandenburg, who likes to count. No, Grace loves to count. She's loved to count ever since she was a little girl. On her nightstand she keeps the Cuisenaire rods from her childhood and a framed picture...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2009 6:47 pm by Shh_ImReading@evpl

Filed under: reviews, fiction, debut novel, identity (Psychology) -- Fiction, human behavior, first novel, love, numbers, Toni Jordan, Nikola Tesla, Obssesive-Compulsive Disorder, therapy

The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf

It's every parent's worst nightmare.... you wake up early one morning to find that the child that you tucked into bed the night before is gone -- not playing in another room or downstairs watching TV, but truly, hopelessly, nowhere to be found...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2009 6:21 pm by Guatemama@evpl

Filed under: reviews, fiction, families, Missing persons, family secrets, The Weight of Silence, Heather Gudenkauf

Hester Browne

If you haven't read anything by Hester Browne, then you need to go to the nearest library and check one of her books out! Browne has written a hilarious series that begins with The Little Lady Agency. The story begins with Melissa Romney-Jones, a...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2009 9:03 am by KickinLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: reviews, fiction, books, chick lit, London, series, funny, love

90 Classic Books for People in a Hurry by Henrik Lange

This morning over my first cup of coffee I read Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness ; and then Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird . I decided to read The Three Musketeers before jumping in the shower. This delightful book reduces most of the canon...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2009 8:20 am by Bufkinite@evpl

Filed under: fiction, books, Classics, books and reading, comics, graphic novels

A new Barbara Kingsolver book is on its way!

Barbara Kingsolver fans, take note: her newest novel, The Lacuna , will be published in November 2009. Kingsolver's last fiction work, relased in 2000, was Prodigal Summer , a lovely book and book group favorite. According to BookPage 's blog...

Published Mon, May 05 2009 4:14 pm by myzticrhythmz@evpl

Filed under: fiction, Barbara Kingsolver

Elementary, my dear Peabody ...

There are some books you read to stay current and informed, and some that you read because you "should" or you "have to". Then there are the books you read simply for the pure enjoyment of reading them. One of my favorite fun reads...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2009 3:37 pm by myzticrhythmz@evpl

Filed under: humor, fiction, historical fiction, mysteries, mystery series, women detectives, Amelia Peabody, Egypt, Elizabeth Peters

Kentucky Shakers

The latest title in the China Bayles' mystery series, Wormwood , by Susan Wittig Albert is a gem. In addition to the China Bayles contemporary herbal mystery series, Albert writes an English historical mystery series with her husband under the name...

Published Tue, Apr 04 2009 8:14 am by Meditatinglibrarian@evpl

Filed under: fiction, mystery series

I Heart The Spellmans!

Back in January, I wrote a little bit about Lisa Lutz 's Spellman series. Last night I finished the third installment, Revenge of the Spellmans . It is EXCELLENT! This has become my new favorite series, since I've begun to grow tired of Janet...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2009 11:17 am by Shh_ImReading@evpl

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

Animal Dreams -- Books for Lunch at Red Bank Branch

On Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at noon we will be discussing Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver at Red Bank Branch Library . I could hardly put Animal Dreams down while I was reading it and I hope you'll enjoy it too. Codi, her father and the other...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2009 12:58 pm by Shh_ImReading@evpl

Filed under: red bank branch, fiction, book discussions, families, nature, love, Arizona, fathers, small town, sisters, Barbara Kingsolver, friends

Love & Death

Sunday night I finished reading The Ghost in Love by Jonathan Carroll . I still haven't figured out how I really feel about it. It's a little bit creepy, a little bit funny and a lot weird. It is a book that entertains, but also makes you think...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2009 11:42 am by Shh_ImReading@evpl

Filed under: fiction, Food, dogs, death, love, Jonathan Carroll

Barbara Delinsky's "Family Tree" creates a memorable story full of complex and fascinating family dynamics

Delinsky's novel explores how a white, upper-middle-class New England couple reacts when the wife gives birth to an African-American baby. The Clarkes are bastions of New England tradition and pride, tracing their family through significant events...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2009 3:00 pm by nblman@evpl

Filed under: fiction, identity (Psychology) -- Fiction, Racism, African Americans

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