My Year of Reading Dangerously

Looking to read a few books you've been putting off because you don't want to read them on your own? Check out a Year of Reading Dangerously and join in the challenge to read 12 novels in 2008.

Either chose to read their list of novels, or pick your own.
January: Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens (since Estella is our namesake)
February: The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison (African American)
March: Cat's Eye, by Margaret Atwood (Atwood for Atwood's sake)
April: Transformations, by Anne Sexton (Poetry)
May: Other Voices, Other Rooms, by Truman Capote (Southern)
June: Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov (Russian)
July: The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier (adolescent)
August: Maus I and II, by Art Spiegelman (Graphic Novel, Pulitzer winner)
September: The Secret Lives of People in Love, by Simon Van Booy (Independent)
October: The Human Stain, by Philip Roth (Contemporary/Jewish)
November: A Month of Classic Short Stories, Various - watch for a list
December: The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck (Dusty)

Thanksgiving Items at the Library

Looking for tales of Thanksgiving or some new recipes and traditions for your family? Check out the following books, as well as books around them.

Giving thanks by Kathleen Curtin, Sandra L. Oliver, and the Plimoth Plantation: 394.2694/Cur
Giving Thanks explores the delicious, fascinating history of Thanksgiving, complete with trivia, recipes, and an amazing collection of archival imagery of the holiday’s history.

The Thanksgiving ceremony by Edward Bleier: 394.2694/Ble
New traditions for America's family feast

Talk turkey to me by Renee S. Ferguson: 641.568/Fer
A good time in the kitchen talking turkey and all the trimmings

Thanksgiving 101 by Rick Rodgers: 641.568/Ro
Celebrate America's favorite holiday with America's Thanksgiving expert

Christmas books!

New Christmas books at the library, coming this Holiday season.

Boo Humbug by Rene Gutteridge:
Christmas is scarier than you think.

The Christmas promise by Donna VanLiere:
the fourth in the series including the Christmas Shoes.

A Christmas Visitor by Thomas Kinkade & Katherine Spencer:
book 8 in the Cape Light series, Christmas has come once again.

The Christmas Pearl by Dorothea Benton Frank:
Theodora is the matriarch of a family that has grown into a bunch of truculent knuckleheads. While she's finally gotten them all together in South Carolina to celebrate, this Christmas looks nothing like the extravagant, homey holidays of her childhood.

All Through the Night:
A Troubleshooter Christmas by Suzanne Brockman: Brockmann's 12th Troubleshooter thriller, a winning, innovative runup to Christmas from bestselling Brockmann.

Unwrapping Christmas by Lori Copeland:
What better way to get into this mood that this short novella from Lori Copeland.

Where Angels go by Debbie Macomber:
Three angels with a penchant for trouble bring some much-needed Christmas magic into the lives of three people--an elderly man searching for peace of mind, a young woman afraid of commitment, and a little boy with a special holiday wish.

New books!

New books for November are up!
Visit our website!

Books just out

Stephen Colbert's I am America (and so can you!): From Stephen Colbert, the host of television's highest-rated punditry show The Colbert Report, comes the book to fill the other 23 1/2 hours of your day.

Pandora's Daughter by Iris Johansen: Orphaned at 15 and raised by her Uncle Phillip, the adult Megan Blair is an Atlanta pediatrician who hears terrified voices. Revelation comes when childhood friend Neal Grady, who is now a shadowy government agent, arrives to apprise Megan of her psychic powers.

2nd Book Discussion

Our 2nd book has arrived! Stop by and purchase a copy, upstairs at the circulation counter.

Coming Soon! Banned Books Week!

September 29th - October 6th is Banned books week!
Check out some of our banned books!
The most challenged book of 2006 is And Tango Makes Three, a children's book by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell.

Glass Castle Book Discussion

Thank you to each of the 34 people who attended last night's book discussion. Don't forget our next book discussion, Water for Elephants, on Thursday, October 18th at 7pm.
Here is a glance at the food served last night:

Looking to start a new series?

The library has many fictional series, here are a few to start with:

Elizabeth Peter's Amelia Peabody series.
Follow Amelia as she goes from independent traveler to well known archaeologist, mother and grandmother. Murders happen wherever she goes, and she keeps getting caught up in solving them!
Start with: the Mummy Case.

James Patterson's The Women's Murder Club.
Lindsay Boxer, Cindy Thomas, Claire Washburn and Jill Bernhardt, the stars of 1st to Die, 2nd Chance are the founding members of the Women's Murder Club. Later, in 3rd Degree, Yuki Castellano joins the Club. Together, they solve crimes together in their home city of San Francisco, and often get together to talk about clues and life over Mexican food and drinks at Susie's.
Start with: 1st to Die.

Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum Series.
Stephanie Plum: Bounty hunter. She may, in fact, be the worst bounty hunter. Ever. Join Stephanie as she hunts bad guys, deals with relationship choices, and tries to keep her grandmother from shooting anybody!
Start with: One for the Money.

Karen Kingsbury's First Born Series.
Follow your favorite Baxter characters from the Redemption Series; the Firstborn Series focuses on your favorite Baxter characters and gives you an occasional look at the Baxter family, along with updates on the lives of the Baxters.
Start with: Fame.

Sue Grafton's Alphabet Series.
Kinsey Millhone is a hard-boiled, gun-toting, loner--a private investigator who keeps to herself and does whatever it takes to solve her case.
Start with: A is for Alibi.

Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child's Pendergast Novels.
Aloysius Pendergast is a most peculiar and wonderful special agent with the FBI. Follow his brushes with the natural and supernatural.
Start with: Relic.

Have a series to suggest? Let us know with your comment!

Audio Books

Don't have time to sit down and read? Have a long commute? Try our audio books! We have them on both CD and Cassette.


Nixon and Kissinger (partners in power) by Robert Dallek


Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy


The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood


Innocent as Sin by Elizabeth Lowell


The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child


Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling

Log on to our catalog and place your reserve now!

2007 Fall Discussion Series

ESCAPING TO SURVIVE
Sometimes the only way to maintain a sense of self and survive...is to escape.

Thursday, September 20
The Glass Castle

Thursday, October 18
Water for Elephants

Thursday, November 15
Breaking Clean

Look for the first book in mid-August!
Books and discussion questions will be available at the main circulation desk
Books will be available for sale, and a limited number of books will be available for check-out. Pre-registration is required. You may register at the circulation desk or by calling the library at 260-563-2972.

2007 Best Books of Indiana

The 2007 Best Books of Indiana were named last week at an awards ceremony at the Indiana State Library. The following books and authors received the state’s highest book honor:

Best Book of Indiana – Fiction

Triple Cross by Kit Ehrman. Poisoned Pen Press, Scottsdale, Arizona

Best Book of Indiana – Nonfiction

Getting Open: The Unknown Story of Bill Garrett and the Integration of College Basketball by Tom Graham and Rachel Graham Cody. Simon and Schuster’s Atria Books, New York, New York

Best Book of Indiana – Poetry

Cross this Bridge at a Walk by Jared Carter. Wind Publications, Nicholasville, Kentucky

Best Book of Indiana – Children’s Literature

Georgie’s Moon by Chris Woodworth. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York, New York

"It is always a privilege to recognize, promote and honor Indiana authors,” said Roberta Brooker, Indiana State Librarian. “This year’s Best Books will be featured in the State Library’s Indiana Authors Room for the next 12 months and all of the 2007 competition’s entries will make outstanding additions to the State Library’s collection of books by Hoosier authors.”


A complete listing of this year’s finalists and past winners and finalists is available online at http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/isl/newsroom/bbiwinners.htm.

Today in history

Charles Dickens published A Tale of Two Cities.
Check it out at the library!

New items for July!

Our new book list has been posted on our website!
Check it out!

New books for May!

Check out some of the library's new books!
The Woods – by Harlan Coben
A new emotional thriller from this best-selling author
Body Surfing – by Anita Shreve
A widow attempts to heal during a summer in New Hampshire
Find more on our Website

Most Popular Fiction

Most Popular Items

Want to know what's most popular at the Library?

Fiction:



Non-Fiction:


Children's Books:
Star wars : Clone wars adventures, volume 2

Want to place a hold on one of the books above? Visit our Online Catalog!

DVDs:
Monster House
Ice Age: the Meltdown

Audio Book: The cat who had 60 whiskers

New Books at the Library!

The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien, Edited by Christopher Tolkien
There are tales of Middle Earth from times Long before The Lord of the Rings, and the story told in this book is set in the great country that lay beyond the Grey Havens in the west: lands where treebeard once walked, but that were drowned in the great cataclysm that ended the First Age of the World.

The Quilter's Homecoming by Jennifer Chiaverini
A roaring twenties adventure unfolds in Jennifer Chiaverini's latest bestselling Elm Creek Quilts novel, another in "a series that neatly stitches together social drama and the art of quilting" (Library Journal).

Dance your way to fitness, by Natalie Blenford.
Step-by-step fun and flirty ways to a fabulous figure.

New Fiction for April

Midnight Sea – by Colleen Coble
A stand-alone novel in the Women of Faith series
Obsession – by Jonathan Kellerman
Alex Delaware stars again in this thriller

Want more new fiction? Visit our Webpage

National Library Week!

The library will celebrate National Library week by offering a Fine Free Week and a drawing for free books and library bags! More Information