Sample Books in 5 Minutes a Day in Your e-Mail

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The library is now offering online book clubs. What exactly does that mean, you might ask. Well, when you sign-up for a club you'll be introduced to a new book every week by receiving a 5-minute read in your e-mail Monday-Friday. By the time the week's finished you've usually read the first 2-3 chapters of the book.


After you've started the book in your e-mail you can decide if you'd like to finish it or not. If you'd like to, just check the library's catalog. If we don't have it, you can always request that we get a copy. There are also online discussions to join if you want to chat with others about the book you're reading - and it's a national chat, several of which will include the book's author.

If you decide it's not your kind of book, just wait till the next Monday and a new book will be coming.

The clubs sometimes even post notes about a book's content at the start of each 5-minute read. For example, this note appeared right before the read on one of last weeks titles: *This book contains adult language.

There's 12 clubs to choose from and you can sign up for as many or a few as you'd like. Sign-up now so you don't miss the first e-mail. (Although you can go back and catch up.) Next Week's books include:

Gym Candy By Deuker, Carl 2007/09 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) 9780618777136 CHECK CATALOG An award-winning author explores the dark corners of the heart of a young football player as he struggles for success, in this novel that tackles the issues surrounding the players decision to cross the line. ...More Calling Mr. Lonely Hearts By Benedict, Laura 2008/12 - Ballantine Books 9780345497697 CHECK CATALOG The devil comes to Cincinnati in this dark and gripping novel that is as scary as classic Peter Straub and as sexy as Nora Roberts. ...More Trouble in Mudbug By DeLeon, Jana 2009/02 - Love Spell 9780505527844 CHECK CATALOG The first book in a new series. With the wisecracking ghost of her mother-in-law hounding her, a sexy half-Creole office mate ready to seduce her, and a killer on the loose, Maryse Robicheaux is feeling the heat on the Louisiana bayou. Original. ...More The Betrayal Game By Robbins, David L. 2009/03 - Bantam 9780553588224 CHECK CATALOG Set during the Cuban missile crisis of 1961, this what-if thriller forces readers to question what "could have" happened--maybe even what "should have" happened--in the weeks before the Bay of Pigs invasion. ...More Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets By Gosselin, Jon Gosselin, Kate Carson, Beth 2008/10 - Zondervan 9780310289029 CHECK CATALOG Kate Gosselin tells the amazing story of how she and her husband have survived the overwhelming odds of birthing not only twins but also sextuplets in three years, and how they continue to strive every day to honor Christ while he teaches them to thrive in spite of emotional, financial, social, and physical exhaustion. ...More The Memory of Water By White, Karen 2008/03 - New American Library 9780451223036 CHECK CATALOG On the night their mother drowns, sisters Marnie and Diana Maitland discover there is more than one kind of death. There is the death of innocence, love, and hope. Each sister harbors a secret about that night--secrets that will erode their lives as they grow into adulthood. ...More The Book of the Dead By Preston, Douglas J. Child, Lincoln 2006/06 - Warner Books 9780446579865 CHECK CATALOG Continuing the breathtaking story begun in the "New York Times" bestseller"Dance of Death," Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child present the ultimate showdown between good and evil--set against the backdrop of an ancient Egyptian curse. ...More The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir By Busby, Cylin Busby, John 2008/08 - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 9781599901411 CHECK CATALOG With their lives unraveling around them, the Busby family left everything and everyone they had ever known--and simply disappeared. As told by both father and daughter, this is a harrowing true story of a family, a brutal shooting, and the year that would change their lives forever. ...More Ghostwriter By Thrasher, Travis 2009/05 - Faithwords 9780446505581 CHECK CATALOG After Dennis Shore is stricken by a paralyzing case of writer's block and a looming deadline, he claims someone else's writing as his own. He thinks he's gotten away with it until he's greeted by the true author of the stolen manuscript. Dennis finds himself on the brink of losing his career, his sanity, and even his life. ...More Who Said So?: The Questions Revolutionary Businesses Ask That Make Them Successful By Parker, Michael E. 2008/01 - John Wiley & Sons 9780470212806 CHECK CATALOG In "Who Said So?, " Michael Parker introduces you to the unique leadership philosophy known as Value-Centered Management. Using the exciting, creative format of a business narrative, the book contrasts the familiar pains of traditional business management with Value-Centered Management by contrasting the opposing style of father and son managers. Following this enlightening business tale, you'll learn how to focus your business on what your customers truly value--and how to turn that into new business and profit. ...More Cauldron By McDevitt, Jack 2008/11 - Ace Books 9780441016501 CHECK CATALOG In 2255, veteran star pilot Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins spends her retirement supporting fundraising efforts for an organization devoted to deep-space exploration. Soon, Hutch finds herself on the verge of discovering the origins of the deadly Omega clouds that continue to haunt her. ...More

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