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Dear Reader

Dear Reader titles this week are: The Kind One by Tom Epperson, Audio There’s No Elevator to the Top by Umesh Ramakrishnan, Business Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant, Fiction Limelight by Melody Carlson, Good News Living the Vida Lola by Misa Ramirez, Mystery Little Pink House by Jeff Benedict, NonFiction Eleanor: The Queen by Norah Lofts, PrePub At Last Comes Love by Mary Balogh, Romance The Fox Run by David Robbins, SF You Are Here by Jennifer E. Smith, Teen …

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This week’s titles: Second Chances by Gary Stromberg & Jane Merrill, Business Last Light Over Carolina by Mary Alice Monroe, Fiction A Skeptic’s Guide To Faith by Philip Yancey, Good News Deep Creek by Dana Hand, Mystery Rocket Men by Craig Nelson, NonFiction Deep Down by Karen Harper, Romance The Midnight Charter by David Whitley, Teen

OverDrive audio books

Seven more books were recently added to SALON (Southern Adirondack Library On-Demand), OverDrive’s download audio service for our library system. They are: Finger Lickin’ Fifteen by Janet Evanovich Haunted Waters by Jerry B Jenkins Heart of Dixie by Tami Hoag A Little Bit Wicked by Kristin Chenoweth The Man You’ll Marry (The First Man You Meet\The Man You’ll Marry) by Debbie Macomber The Postmistress by Sarah Blake Where the God of Love Hangs Out by Amy Bloom To listen for …

Dear Reader

Titles for the coming week: Honeymoon in Tehran by Azadeh Moaveni, Audio Snap Judgment by David E. Adler, Business The Magicians by Lev Grossman, Fiction Cottonwood Whispers by Jennifer Valent, Good News I Shall Not Want by Julia Spencer-Fleming, Mystery Look Me in the Eye by John Elder Robison, NonFiction Forget Me Not by Vicki Hinze, PrePub Where the Wind Blows by Caroline Fyffe, Romance Coyote Horizon by Allen Steele, SF Escaping Into the Night by D. Dina Friedman, Teen …

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This week’s titles: Brand Revitalization: Learn How Companies Like Mcdonald’s Can Re-energize Their Brands by Larry Light & Joan Kiddon, Business Kristin Lavransdatter I: The Wreath by Sigrid Undset, Classics Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley, Fiction Certain Jeopardy by Captain Jeff Struecker with Alton Gansky, Good News The Cart Before the Corpse by Carolyn McSparren, Mystery The Box from Braunau by Jan Elvin, NonFiction It’s Hotter in Hawaii by Helen Kay Dimon, Romance Alibi Junior High by Greg Logsted, Teen

OverDrive audio books

Four new books were recently added to SALON (Southern Adirondack Library On-Demand), OverDrive’s download audio service for our library system. They are: Dying to Please by Linda Howard The First Rule by Robert Crais I, Alex Cross by James Patterson Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson To listen for yourself, click on the OverDrive (download audiobooks) icon to the left of the page. Many titles can be heard through your computer’s speakers, transferred to an mp3 player or ipod, or even …

Pember Book Club

The book club has decided to read True Grit by Charles Portis. The Coen Brothers are remaking the movie, with Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn!

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The Art of Social War by Jodi Wing, Audio The Personal Credibility Factor by Sandy Allgeier, Business The Last Queen by C. W. Gortner, Fiction Tour De Force by Elizabeth White, Good News Trust Me by Peter Leonard, Mystery Promises I Made My Mother by Sam Haskell, NonFiction The Significant Seven by John McEvoy, PrePub Dancing with the Devil by Laura Drewry, Romance Duplicate Effort by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, SF Front and Center by Catherine Murdock, Teen Blood and Ice …

Amnesty Days

If you have been dreading returning that long overdue copy of Twilight or the GED Study Guide that’s been on your bookshelf for months, now is your chance! And as long as it’s in good condition, it won’t cost you a cent in late fees. The Pember Library is holding “Amnesty Days” starting today and running through March 5. During this stretch, library patrons can return materials without incurring any fines. Library users can return any overdue materials belonging to …

Dear Reader

Dear Reader books for the week of February 15: CATS: The Nine Lives of Innovation by Stephen C. Lundin, Business City of Strangers by Ian MacKenzie, Fiction Rose House by Tina Ann Forkner, Good News First Family by David Baldacci, Mystery The Lassa Ward by Ross I. Donaldson, NonFiction The Murderers’ Club by PD Martin, Romance On Beale Street by Ronald Kidd, Teen If you use Dear Reader and have 5-minute reads delivered to your inbox, please let the Friends …

Black History Month

As Morgan Freeman says, “Black history is American history.” I found this blog post with a list of books to celebrate Black History Month. Many are available at the Pember and others can be requested from other local libraries. A recent addition to Granville is the Haynes House of Hope. But how many people actually know the history of Lemuel Haynes (1753-1833) for whom the Haynes House is named? The Haynes House was built on the site of the home …