I have probably exhausted your interest in e-books and ebook readers, so I’ll just add this one comment and move on to a different subject. After reading just one short book on the library’s Kindle, I was smitten. “Real” books are heavy. “Real” books don’t lie open flat when I’m trying to read at mealtime. I ordered my own Kindle. I have been wanting to read the young adult book Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins for several years. We have three copies at the library. Twice my name has come to the top of the reserve list, but twice I’ve surrendered it to a young person with a winsome smile. When my very own Kindle arrived the first purchase I made was Hunger Games. I’ll let you know what I think of it when I’ve finished. If you would like to give a Kindle a try, just ask. We have one already loaded and ready to check out.
New on the Library Shelves:
Remember when I was debating about ordering Through My Eyes by Tim Tebow the football player? I’m off the hook. Demi ordered for the Teen Library. If you’d like to read it, I’m sure the teens will share.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo. This one is receiving lots of good press. I went on-line to read some of Boo’s earlier work. No wonder she won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. She’s good.
Kill Shot by Vince Flynn. This author is a favorite of men readers. In Kill Shot CIA trained Mitch Rapp is working his way through a list of men responsible for the Pan Am Lockerbie attack. He’s crossing them off, bullet by bullet.
Left for Dead by J.A. Jance. Jance’s work is appreciated by all readers. This new one is part of the Ali Reynolds series.
Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life by Natalie Dykstra. This is the biography of Clover Adams, the Bostonian wife of American historian Henry Adams. She was much admired and a very accomplished photographer. She ended her life by drinking a chemical developer used in her darkroom. One of the reviewers on the cover says that Clover broke Henry Adam’s heart and this book “will break yours.”
Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Trail Movement by Suzi Parron. If you appreciate quilts and barns, you’ll like this book. I’m told that in the Iowa chapter there is a photograph of a Humboldt county barn quilt.
Private Games by James Patterson. Patterson barely lets a month go by without producing a new book. This one was written with Mark Sullivan and tells the tale of a murder at the 2012 Olympics.
The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay. Written by the author of Sarah’s Key, it’s a sure bet!
Restless in the Grave by Dana Stabenow. In my opinion, Stabenow is underappreciated. Her books involve Aleut private investigator Kate Shugak and/or Alaska state trooper Liam Campbell. The rugged Alaskan terrain acts almost as another character in her books. Give one a try. You won’t be sorry.
Defending Jacob by William Landay. I’m a sucker for a well told story about families. In Defending Jacob, a shocking crime shatters a suburban Massachusetts town. Jacob, son of assistant district attorney Andy Barber is charged with the crime. Read this one and you will walk a few miles in Andy’s shoes.
Whatever your mood this winter, there’s a book for that at the Humboldt Public Library.