Next week’s selection of books through Dear Reader. This service is brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of the Pember Library. To join, click on the Book Club icon to the left. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard, Audio Book Club Group Genius by Keith Sawyer, Business Book Club The Tale … Read more
Dear Reader titles for the week of May 10: Never Make the First Offer by Donald Dell with John Boswell, Business Book Club Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold, Fiction Book Club A Corpse at St. Andrew’s Chapel by Mel Starr, Good News Book Club Skin Tight by Carl Hiaasen, Mystery Book Club … Read more
Lisa Von Drasek of Early Word Reviews says new YA book Will Grayson, Will Grayson is a “great deep read that reflects the very real lives of teens. Got kids who are obsessed by Glee? This is for them.” It just arrived at our library this week.
Excerpts from the first few pages of these books will be delivered to your email Monday through Friday so you can decide if you want to read the whole book. Just click on the “Online Book Club” icon to the left and sign up for the club(s) that appeal to you. Kokoro by Natsume Soseki, … Read more
This week’s titles are: When Growth Stalls by Steve McKee, Business East of the Sun by Julia Gregson, Fiction The Bride Backfire by Kelly Eileen Hake, Good News The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry, Mystery Mr. Gatling’s Terrible Marvel by Julia Kelle, NonFiction Whisper of Warning by Laura Griffin, Romance Blood Ninja by Nick … Read more
I needed something to read when I went to the doctor’s office the other day so I grabbed the paperback “Poisoned Pins,” a Claire Malloy mystery by Joan Hess. I have read other mysteries by Joan Hess and enjoyed them. Claire has a teen-aged daughter and they both seem to have attitude. There is some … Read more
The Pember Book Club will be reading Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls. Join us for a discussion about a book listed as “true life novel.” The subject of the book is the author’s maternal grandmother. Walls set out to tell the story of this grandmother as a biography but found that she needed to … Read more
Titles for the upcoming week: The Rose Labyrinth by Titania Hardie, Audio All Customers Are Irrational by William J. Cusick, Business The Good Mayor by Andrew Nicoll, Fiction Sisterchicks in Wooden Shoes! by Robin Jones Gunn, Good News Can’t Never Tell by Cathy Pickens, Mystery Lucky Girl by Mei-Ling Hopgood, NonFiction Black Horse by Veronica … Read more
Titles available through Dear Reader this week are: Retail Superstars by George Whalin, Business The Sorrows of an American by Siri Hustvedt, Fiction The Gabon Virus by Paul McCusker & Walt Larrimore, M.D., Good News Smoke & Whispers by Mick Herron, Mystery Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne, NonFiction Ask Anyone by Sherryl Woods, Romance Night … Read more
What is an eBook? A digital, onscreen version of a published physical book. The format of the title is text-based, and some eBooks are interactive, with sound and hyperlinks. How can I read an eBook? The Kindle is not compatible with their library’s collection but that there are other compatible devices , such as your PC … Read more
This week’s titles are: The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker, Audio The Good Life Rules by Bryan Dodge with Matt Rudy, Business You Can’t Drink All Day if You Start in the Morning by Celia Riverbank, Fiction The Liar in Your Life by Robert Feldman, Good News The Riesling Retribution by Ellen … Read more