The Friends of the Peter White
Public Library sponsor a subscription to BookPage
magazine. This monthly tabloid is a
selection guide for readers. Free copies
are available at the PWPL each month. BookPage editors evaluate and select for
review the best books published in a variety of categories and genres. The Library Reads List is a compilation of
books nominated by library staff across the country. These are the latest books that librarians
can’t wait to share with readers. The
PWPL has nine of the ten books listed for February 2015 on the book
shelves. These new works of fiction
include new authors as well as popular and time-tested writers.
Anne Tyler
has established herself as a writer who captures history. A Spool
of Blue Thread follows three generations of the Whitshanks family back and
forth with overlapping stories—just like a spool of thread. Filled with quirky but genuine characters,
this book realistically recounts the lives of this family and their well-worn
Baltimore home. Tyler fans will not be disappointed, and this novel may
encourage those unfamiliar with Tyler’s work to read some of her previous
works.
A Touch of Stardust by Kate Alcott
combines a historical setting and a fictional screenwriter as Julie, an
aspiring screenwriter from Indiana advances from studio go-fer, assistant to
Carole Lombard and finally becomes a contract writer for MGM. Using the making of Gone with the Wind as a backdrop, this captivating story will
appeal to fans of vintage Hollywood.
The unnamed
friend of 15 year-old rape survivor examines the aftermath of the crime as it
influences the life of victim Lindy Simpson in My Sunshine Away. This debut
novel by M.O. Walsh ties together numerous threads in what is being called “a
budding classic likely to remain in readership for
many years to come.” The novel is
filled with suspense, angst, loyalty and deceit.
Joe
Abercrombie follows his novel Half a King
with a sequel Half the World. This book can be read as the second book in
the series or a standalone. Thorn, a 15
year old has been told that a woman should look for a wealthy husband rather
than a warrior. Desperate to revenge her
father’s death she lives to fight and destroy those who are bent on deceiving
her.
Finding Jake by Bryan Reardon uses
flashbacks and present-day narratives to tell the story of stay-at-home dad
Simon Connelly as he confronts the fact that he does not know his son
Jake. Suddenly one day, Connelly
receives a text that there has been a shooting at his son and daughter’s high
school. As parents are reunited with
their children, Connelly’s son Jake is declared missing. Psychological suspense surrounding a parent’s
worst nightmare make this a captivating and impossible book to put down.
Fantasy fans will enjoy A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab.
Set in London, the link between parallel universes, the magician Kell is one of
only two travelers who can move between them.
Something very sinister is disturbing the equilibrium, and Kell must
unravel a plot that threatens to destroy both worlds. Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery
lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, he will first need to stay
alive.
Laurie R. King is one of the most
popular mystery writers today, and her new book Dreaming Spies: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock
Holmes will not disappoint. Russell
and Holmes board an ocean liner enroute to Japan. During the journey they meet a known
blackmailer and a young Japanese woman who is not all that she seems. Dobbs and her husband Holmes must solve a
mystery involving international espionage, extortion and shocking secrets or an
empire will be toppled. This book contains rich atmosphere and wonderful
historical research.
The
Siege Winter is a novel set during King Stephen and Empress Matilda’s
tumultuous civil conflict to claim England.
The pair will do whatever it requires no matter the cost to themselves
or their subjects. The brutality of the
period is realistically captured without sacrificing the complex nature of the
time or the people involved in the story.
These and
many other new works of fiction are available at the Peter White Public Library.
By Pam Christensen, Library Director
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