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Latest Additions March 12, 2012

Did you know that the first official day of Spring is eight days away? I think that’s strange! It’s been feeling so spring-like for weeks now, it’s just hard not to think the calendar is wrong… right? To keep myself occupied for the next week plus one day, I believe I might bury my head in a book! Would you like to do the same? Maybe with a book that has been newly added to The Reading Room? What luck! I have a list to share! Ready?

Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale
Bleeding Hearts by Alyxandra Harvey
The World We Found by Thrity Umrigar
American Dervish by Ayad Akhtar
Comfort and Joy by India Knight

So there you go, plenty to keep busy with over the next eight days! And so read away my friends! Read away those days!

— Stacey

Latest Additions March 5, 2012

Who knew? After all that time without snow. Who knew there would be so much snow in the past two days? Not me! How lucky that this wacky weather goes so nicely with the wacky year of 2012! (Really, it’s been a weird year so far -don’t you think?) Better yet? If the snow keeps on coming? You can choose more than one of the books recently added to The Reading Room and you’ll be all set!

12 Things to Do Before You Crash and Burn by James Proimos
The Rook by Daniel O’Malley
Halt’s Peril by John Flanagan
Ed King by David Guterson
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander
420 Characters by Lou Beach

Quite an interesting mix! How can you not be hoping for snow now?! (Okay. I’m not, but lots of good books could make me reconsider…)

— Stacey

Latest Additions February 27, 2012

And now that I can see it coming? It’s hard not to be excited that this one of those magical, only every four years event… It’s a Leap Year! Now are you saying to yourself, “What’s the big deal about Leap Year?” Making my obvious reply to you, “Leap Year gives us all an extra day to read!” Oh the joy and the pressure! What will you read on this gift of a day? Maybe one of these:

The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey
The Cat Sitter’s Pajamas by Blaize Clement
Unbreak My Heart by Melissa Walker

Or maybe you’d like a more personal recommendation? Try our Reader’s Request form and let us suggest books to suit your reading needs!

Enjoy!

— Stacey

Latest Additions February 20, 2012

Hey! It’s an official holiday today! Happy Combo-Birthday President Washington and President Lincoln! (Actual birthdays? President Washington was born February 22, 1732 and President Lincoln was born February 12, 1809 =that’s a lot of cake to hold all those candles!) I hope in celebration everyone can find time to do something Executive or Governmental or maybe throw a party -and invite a government worker? Why yes, I *am* available for cake tasting! But as I can’t be everywhere at once, I believe many of my co-workers, government employees all, may also agree to attend your impromptu President’s Day parties! The library *is* open, so come by and take a chance? Or you might want to stop by and pick up a book? Maybe you’d like one of these:

In Search of the Rose Notes by Emily Arsenault
The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney
The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
Gem of a Ghost by Sue Ann Jaffarian

Or let us suggest something, just for you!, with the Reader’s Request form!

Enjoy!

— Stacey

Latest Additions February 13, 2012

Uh oh. I’ve got nothing! Not that this was not an eventful weekend, but relaying my thoughts today seems nearly impossible… I apologize for n0t chatting, but I’m going to just move on to sharing titles today. Yes? Yes!

The Litigators by John Grisham
How It All Began by Penelope Lively
Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner
Chocolate Covered Murder by Leslie Meier

And now? Let’s all enjoy the sunshine -with a good book!

— Stacey

Latest Additions February 6, 2012

Hey! It’s Monday again! Who knew a week could go by so quickly? Or maybe it felt like forever to you because you’ve been on the edge of your seat, waiting with baited breath for the next list of books recently added to The Reading Room! Now I feel mean that it’s taken me so long to get back to you! I will make you wait no longer:

How to Save a Life Sara Zarr
The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian
India Black and the Widow of Windsor by Carol K. Carr
A Winter Haunting by Dan Simmons
Be the Miracle by Regina Brett
1222 by Anne Holt

Enjoy!

— Stacey

Latest Additions January 16, 2012

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! And what a lovely day to celebrate Mr. King, with a little sunshine and a milder temperature! Of course those lucky enough to be off work today might be looking for something to do? Maybe they want to scamper through the melting snow and drink hot chocolate? Or maybe they want to take a brief walk in the woods? Or maybe they want to swing by the library for a good book that they can read after the sun -and the temperature- goes down? Maybe you’d like to try one of these:

Legend by Marie Lu
The Revisionists by Thomas Mullen
Boxer Beetle by Ned Beauman
The Gift by Pete Hamill
The Sisters by Nancy Jensen
India Black by Carol Carr
The Snow Angel by Glenn Beck

Here’s hoping one of these books, and the weather!, is exactly what you’ve been wishing for!

— Stacey

Latest Additions January 9, 2012

Welcome to the first edition of the Latest Additions -2012 style! (Which will be basically the same style as 2011 -but it sounds more fun that way, no?) And now that most of the Holiday Celebrations have come and gone, it’s time to start turning those pages! Are you looking for a book to start the year off right? Would you like a personalized suggestion? Why not try our Reader’s Request form? Or perhaps you’d like to go old school and take a peek at what’s been added to The Reading Room:

The Dog Who Knew Too Much by Spencer Quinn
Nightwoods by Charles Frazier
The Kings of Clonmel by John Flanagan
Dressmaker by Kate Alcott
Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson

Enjoy!

— Stacey