Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Try a New Book Every Week in Just 5 Minutes a Day

Sign-up for the Online Book Clubs here!

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:

Book Cover The Wednesday Letters
By Wright, Jason F.
2008/09 - Berkley Publishing Group
9780425223475 CHECK CATALOG

The national bestselling author of The Christmas Jars delivers a powerful message about forgiveness and quietly beckons people to start writing their own Wednesday letters. ...More

Book Cover Don't Let Me Go: What My Daughter Taught Me about the Journey Every Parent Must Make
By Pierce, David W.
2009/03 - Waterbrook Press
9780307444684 CHECK CATALOG

One day after reading a book about a wilderness adventurer, Pierce's 15-year-old daughter announced that she wanted to climb a mountain. Over a three-year period they climbed five mountains and ran in two marathons. In the process, they built an unshakable father-daughter bond. ...More

Book Cover Scone Cold Dead
By Dunnett, Kaitlyn
2009/08 - Kensington Publishing Corporation
9780758216465 CHECK CATALOG

The second whodunit in Dunnett's wonderful new cozy mystery series features aScottish twist. ...More

Book Cover Write It When I'm Gone: Remarkable Off-The-Record Conversations with Gerald Ford
By Defrank, Thomas M.
Brick, Scott
2007/11 - Penguin Audiobooks
9780143142829 CHECK CATALOG

In 1974, DeFrank, then a young correspondent for "Newsweek," interviewed Vice President Gerald Ford and made an agreement that formed the basis for their relationship for the next 32 years. Now, DeFrank reveals the real Ford in a book that is illuminating, entertaining, surprising, and even historic. Unabridged. 11 CDs. ...More

Book Cover High Noon
By Roberts, Nora
2007/07 - Putnam Adult
9780399154348 CHECK CATALOG

Police Lieutenant Phoebe MacNamara is Savannah's top hostage negotiator, defusing powderkeg situations. Now, she must establish contact with a faceless tormentor who is determined to make her a hostage to fear, before she becomes the final showdown. ...More

Book Cover Triskellion
By Peterson, Will
2009/05 - Candlewick Press (MA)
9780763639334 CHECK CATALOG

In an unwelcoming English village, two young outsiders are swept up in an archaeological mystery that ends in a startling paranormal twist, in this first novel in a thrilling supernatural trilogy. ...More

Book Cover Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Com
By Troost, J. Maarten
Vance, Simon
2008/07 - Blackstone Audiobooks
9781433248641 CHECK CATALOG

The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid ...More

Book Cover Create Marketplace Disruption: How to Stay Ahead of the Competition
By Hartung, Adam
2008/07 - FT Press
9780132343916 CHECK CATALOG

Some companies can't change in response to market disruptions. Those companies die. Hartung explains how to become one of those rare companies that can create lasting growth and profits. He offers the first start-to-finish process for disrupting competitors and reaping the benefits. ...More

Book Cover Invincible
By Denning, Troy
2008/05 - Del Rey Books
9780345477460 CHECK CATALOG

Convinced that Darth Caedus, the Sith Lord who began life as Jacen Solo, must be destroyed, Luke Skywalker worries his vision is tainted by his own desire for revenge. It now falls to Jaina Solo to fulfill her destiny and confront the horrific tyrant who was once her twin brother. ...More

Book Cover The Illumination
By Tintori, Karen
Gregory, Jill
2009/01 - St. Martin's Press
9780312375973 CHECK CATALOG

Natalie Landau, a museum curator with an expertise in protective amulets and magical beliefs, has received a puzzling gift from her sister Dana--a necklace with a blue evil eye pendant on it. When Natalie learns Dana was murdered only hours after sending the gift, she begins to think the amulet had something to do with her sister's death. ...More


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