What We're Reading

Here's a snapshot of what the library staff is reading.

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The Indian Bride By Fossum, Karin Translator Barslund, Charlotte 2008-06 - Mariner Books 9780156033367 CHECK CATALOG When long-time bachelor Gunder Jomann goes to India for two weeks and comes home married, the town of Elvestad is stunned. Then, on the day the Indian bride is supposed to arrive, the battered body of a woman is found on the outskirts of town. The "good people of Elvestad" can't believe that anyone among them could be capable of such a brutal murder. But in his quiet way, Inspector Konrad Sejer …More

The Final Cut By Coulter, Catherine Author Ellison, J. T. 2014-09 - Berkley Books 9780515154528 CHECK CATALOG Scotland Yard's new chief inspector Nicholas Drummond is joined by Special Agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich from Coulter's FBI series to find the Fox, a cunning international thief. The Fox is responsible for the murder of Drummond's colleague, killed while guarding the Queen Mother's crown on display in New York. …More

The Book Thief By Zusak, Markus 2007-09 - Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers 9780375842207 CHECK CATALOG Awards: Delaware Diamonds Award (2011) Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (2009) Green Mountain Book Award (2009) BookPage Notable Title Set during World War II in Germany, Zusak's groundbreaking novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing, encounters something she cant resist: books. …More

Renegades By Meyer, Marissa 2017-11 - Feiwel & Friends 9781250044662 CHECK CATALOG NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer, comes a high-stakes world of adventure, passion, danger, and betrayal. Secret Identities. Extraordinary Powers. She wants vengeance. He wants justice. The …More

The War I Finally Won By Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker 2017-10 - Dial Books 9780525429203 CHECK CATALOG This sequel to Bradley's Newbery Honor-winning "The War that Saved My Life" continues Ada's World War II journey as new challenges force her to figure out who she really is now that she's free. …More

A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar By Joinson, Suzanne 2013-04 - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 9781608198337 CHECK CATALOG Like "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand" or "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society," a wondrous, richly conceived, irresistible debut novel that sweeps the reader away to a different world. …More

The Reader By Chee, Traci 2017-09 - Speak 9780147518057 CHECK CATALOG An instant New York Times Bestseller, this is a stunning debut set in a world where reading is unheard-of. Perfect for fans of Inkheart and Shadow and Bone Finalist for the Kirkus Prize and nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award Sefia knows what it means to survive. After her father is brutally murdered, she flees into the wilderness with …More

Fires of Invention By Savage, J. Scott 2016-08 - Shadow Mountain 9781629721569 CHECK CATALOG Trenton Colman is a creative thirteen-year-old boy with a knack for all things mechanical. But his talents are viewed with suspicion in Cove, a steam-powered city built inside a mountain. In Cove, creativity is a crime and "invention" is a curse word. Kallista Babbage is a repair technician and daughter of the notorious Leo Babbage, whose father died in an explosion--an event the …More

One Half from the East By Hashimi, Nadia 2018-02 - HarperCollins 9780062421913 CHECK CATALOG Perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia, Thanhha Lai, and Rebecca Stead, internationally bestselling author Nadia Hashimi's first novel for young readers is a coming-of-age journey set in modern-day Afghanistan that explores life as a bacha posh--a preteen girl dressed as a boy. Obayda's family is in need of some good fortune, …More

Mischling By Konar, Affinity 2017-05 - Lee Boudreaux / Back Bay Books 9780316308090 CHECK CATALOG A New York Times Notable BookAn Amazon Best Book of the Year A Barnes & Noble Discover Pick An Indie Next PickA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A Flavorwire Best Book of the Year An Elle Best Book of the Year …More

The Road By McCarthy, Cormac 2007-03 - Vintage 9780307387899 CHECK CATALOG Awards: Tayshas Reading (2009) The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, "each the other's world entire," are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that …More

Clara and Mr. Tiffany By Vreeland, Susan 2012-03 - Random House Trade 9780812980189 CHECK CATALOG The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Girl in Hyacinth Blue" creates a dynamic portrait of Clara Driscoll: lead designer for Louis Comfort Tiffany (famous for Tiffany lamps) and a woman conflicted between her desires for artistic recognition and romantic love. …More