Worst Book Ever
Many people have a love-hate relationship with books. People tell me “oh, you HAVE to read insert title here ” and I know full well that it just isn’t for me. Nearly anything on Oprah’s list is too gut-wrenching for me. There is enough sadness in the world without reading more. Many people use reading to escape from their problems. I recently read a Publisher’s Weekly blog titled  Worst Book Ever. People are definitely enthusiastic about the books they like …
Dear Reader upcoming titles
This wonderful service is provided by the Friends of the Pember Library. We would love to have your feedback on this. Have you read books you would never have picked up otherwise? What is your favorite genre? Have you shared these books with friends and family? If you haven’t tried it yet, click on the online book club link to the left to get started getting five-minute reads in your email. Voluntary Madness by Norah Vincent, Audio Inside Drucker’s Brain …
Dear Reader
The Friends of the Pember Library sponsor this service. If you want to sign up to get a short read in your daily email in any (or all) of several categories, click on the ‘book club’ icon in the left panel of the page. This week’s titles are: Putting the Public Back in Public Relations by Brian Solis & Deirdre Breckenridge, Business Lovesick by Alex Wellen, Fiction A Passion Denied by Julie Lessman, Good News Dixie Divas by Virginia Brown, …
How are we doing?
I was checking over the NY Times Best Sellers lists and comparing it to the Pember Library holdings. For the top 35 hardcover fiction, 29 are available at our library with 22 books in regular print, 7 in large text and 7 on audio book. Eight of the titles are available through our downloadable audio book service, SALON. Several of the books are available in more than one format. Of the top 16, only one is not available at the …
Upcoming Dear Reader Titles
This week’s titles are: The Creation of Eve by Lynn Cullen, PrePub Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos, Audio Find Your Courage by Margie Warrell, Business The Siege by Stephen White, Fiction Things Left Unspoken by Eva Marie Everson, Good News Death Without Tenure by Joanne Dobson, Mystery Cowboy & Wills by Monica Holloway, NonFiction The Creation of Eve by Lynn Cullen, PrePub The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley, Romance Wings of Hell by David Sherman and …
Dear Reader
The Friends of the Pember Library sponsor this service. If you want to sign up to get a short read in your daily email in any (or all) of several categories, click on the ‘book club’ icon in the left panel of the page. Honolulu and Lavender Morning are available at our library. If you want to read the other books, we will be glad to request inter-library loans for you. This week’s books are: The Customer Rules by C. …
Book Club
The Pember Book Club is currently reading Stephen Carter’s The Emperor of Ocean Park. Join them for a discussion of the book.
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The Postmistress by Sarah Blake, PrePub Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream by Steven Watts, Audio How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer    Business Sometimes We’re Always Real Same-Same by Mattox Roesch, Fiction The Year of Living Like Jesus by Ed Dobson, Good News The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley, Mystery Dumbfounded by Matt Rothschild, NonFiction Vexing the Viscount by Emily Bryan, Romance The Moonpool by P. T. Deutermann, SF Is It Still Cheating …
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Who Would Have Thought It? by Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Classics Power Referrals by Andrea Sittig-Rolf, Business Eye of the Whale by Douglas Carlton Abrams, Fiction Red, White, and Blue by Laura Hayden, Good News Honestly Dearest, You’re Dead by Jack Fredrickson, Mystery Note by Note by Tricia Tunstall, NonFiction Summer of Two Wishes by Julia London, Romance Willow by Julia Hoban, Teen Dear Reader is brought to you by the Friends of the Pember Library. Please try one …
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My Abandonment by Peter Rock, Audio Escape from Cubicle Nation by Pamela Slim,  Business The English Major by Jim Harrison, Fiction Jessie by Lori Wick, Good News Spade & Archer by Joe Gores, Mystery Unexpected Blessings by Roxanne Black, NonFiction The Betrayal of the Blood Lily by Lauren Willig, PrePub A Kiss To Die For by Claudia Dain, Romance When Duty Calls by William C. Dietz, SF Sovay by Celia Rees , Teen Immortal Laws by Jim M. Hansen, Thriller …
Dear Reader
This week’s titles are brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of the Pember Library. Wired to Care by Dev Patnaik with Peter Mortensen, Business The Promise of Lumby by Gail Fraser, Fiction Entertaining Angels by Judy Duarte,  Good News The Christmas Cookie Killer by Livia J. Washburn, Mystery The Real Wizard of Oz by Rebecca Loncraine, NonFiction A Little Light Magic by Joy Nash, Romance The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Catherine Hapka, Teen