Books – Page 8 – Pember Library

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I Love You More Than My Dog by Jeanne Bliss , Business Book Club Breaking Out of Bedlam by Leslie Larson Fiction, Book Club The Silent Gift by Michael Landon, Jr. & Cindy Kelley, Good News Book Club The Vintage Caper by Peter Mayle, Mystery Book Club The Legend of Colton H. Bryant by Alexandra Fuller, NonFiction Book Club Tempt Me If You Can by Janet Chapman, Romance Book Club Forest Born by Shannon Hale, Teen Book Club Dear Reader …

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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 of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb, Fiction Book Club A Taste of Fame by Linda Evans Shepherd & Eva Marie Everson, Good News Book …

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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 The Art of Making Money by Jason Kersten, NonFiction Book Club Dakota Home by Debbie Macomber, Romance Book Club The Year of the Bomb by …

Can’t miss Glee?

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.

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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, Classics The cheater by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg, Audio Book Club Once Upon a Cow by Dr. Camilo Cruz, Business Book Club The Bride Will Keep …

What are you reading?

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 humor, and a bit of a mystery. I’m about half way through this and I think I know whodunit. The teenage daughter is overly dramatic …

Book Club

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 fill in too many places for it to be really nonfiction.

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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 Blake, Romance The Dark Reaches by Kristen Landon, SF Angel in Vegas by Norma Howe, Teen The Venetian Judgment by David Stone, Thriller Please let …

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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 Hoops by Carl Deuker, Teen We would definitely like to hear from you if you have read a new book or discovered a new author …

SALS Libraries Now Offering NonFiction eBooks

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 or MAC, B&N Nook and Sony Reader. What can I borrow? Check out our opening collection of nonfiction titles. How do I get started? Learn …

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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 Crosby, Mystery Drunkard by Neil Steinberg, NonFiction The Rose & the Shield by Elaine Barbieri, Romance Offworld by Robin Parrish, SF The Musician’s Daughter by …