Reader's Choice - Book Discussion

May 12th is Reader's Choice, be a book critic for a day! Share your reviews or any books you have read or listened to recently or just sit and listen.

The Book Discussion will be held on May 12th @ 130PM. We hope to see you there!

Best sellers in stock!

From the January 16th 2011 New York Times Book Review, here is what made the list and what we have in stock. These lists can also be found posted in the Library at the circulation desk and in the main reading room. The full Book Review can be found in the Periodicals room on the newspaper stand.

*Color Key*

Titles listed in...

GREEN are in stock

YELLOW items are on order

RED items have not been picked up.

Fiction:

1. What the Night Knows by Dean Koontz
2. Dead or Alive by Tom Clancy with Grant Blackwood
3. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
4. The Outlaws by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV
5. The Confession by John Grisham
6. Cross Fire by James Patterson
7. Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell
8. Secrets to the Grave by Tami Hoag
9. In Too Deep by Jayne Ann Krentz
10. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
11. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
12. Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
13. Hell's Corner by David Baldacci
14. Dead Zero by Stephen Hunter
15. Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
16. Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson





Non-Fiction



1. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand - B ZAMPERINI
2. Decision Points - B BUSH
3. Life by Keith Richards with James Fox
4. Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff - B CLEOPATRA
5. Autobiography of Mark Twain vol. 1 by Mark Twain - ON ORDER
6. Earth (The Book) by John Stewart - 818.602 STE
7. Decoded by Jay-Z
8. Broke by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe - 973.932 BEC
9. I Remember Nothing by Nora Ephron
10. ___ My Dad Says by Justin Halpern - 818.602 HAL
11. Washington by Ron Chernow - B WASHINGTON
12. ___ Finish First by Tucker Max
13. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot - B LACKS
14. The Last Boy by Jane Leavy - B MANTLE
15. America By Heart by Sarah Palin - 979.8052 PAL





Please call the circulation desk at (623) 856-7191 or stop by the Library to find out about availability as many of these books already have waiting lists. Follow us on blogspot, Facebook and Twitter for up to date information! The Book Review list will be posted here and throughout the Library weekly for your convenience.





Thank you and as always, have a wonderful week!

Employee Picks for January 2011

Katie - Louisa May Alcott: A Personal Biography, B - ALCOTT

Pam - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, MCN F - LARSSON

Lacey - Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia, MCN 910.4 GIL

Dulcie - The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, 291.44 TOL

Gloria - The 4:8 Principle: The Secret to a Joy-Filled Life, 248.2 NEW

Kathryn - The Shop on Blossom Street, F - MACOMBER

Dana - Full Dark, No Stars, MCN F - KING

Yer - Pig on the Titanic: A True Story, E - CREW


Let us know what you are reading this month!

New Vampyre in the Library

If you love Twilight then you just might fall for House of Night by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. This mother-daughter duo has created a world to intrigue the imagination. Follow the trials of Zoey, a young teenage girl who moves into a vampyre boarding school on her way to becoming a vampyre herself.

Look in the Young Adult room for these titles.