I was practically born with a book in my hands. An avid reader my entire life, I read about 70-80 books a year. Yep, bona fide book nerd! I mainly read fiction, mysteries, fantasy, and some sci-fi. My favorite book of all time is Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh - read it as a kid and probably 100 times since then. I walked into a library around age 5 and thought I had found heaven, which explains why I am happy as a clam being a public librarian today! My favorite conversation starter: "Read any good books lately?"
So the world is going to get hit by a massive meteor and life as you know it will be over in about 6 months - what do you do? Quit your job, travel, take up a new hobby? Not Detective Hank Palace - he has a crime to solve and a little thing like a meteor isn't stopping him from finding his killer. This was a twist of a read and not what I would call a normal crime novel. Give it a try - before the meteors hit.
I read to travel. If you're like me, budget limits the number of trips you can take. Hence the reason I like this series by McGrath. This is the second book in the series and in addition to traveling to the Arctic, I really like the main character, Edie Kiglatuk. Edie is half Inuit and lives on Ellesmere Island - so far north, the nearest neighbor is Greenland. The Iditarod race serves as a background for this book but the focus is really around human trafficking. Edie is a strong, tenaciuos character and I look forward to more travels with her.
Polaris - a book title, a mall, and library software! The library is moving to new software that manages all of our material and customer information on May 22. By now, hope you have had time to explore the new features on our web site. We are all working hard to make this a seamless transition. We will be posting more details shortly to inform you about the upcoming changes. Lots of cool things coming and the best thing in my mind - more books! This move to new software integrates eleven libraries in central Ohio giving you access to over 1 million titles and approx. 3 million items when you search the new catalog beginning May 22. As a devoted bookworm - I'm thrilled!!!!
Well written and especially moving novel about World War One; I knew war was hell but what we also do to each other outside of war is unconscionable as well.
This police procedural series gets better with each entry. Set in Scotland, the lead character is DS Alex Morrow who is back on duty after giving birth to twin boys. The plot revolves around Glasgow's crime war but Mina's books focus on the characters and how people's lives intertwine in surprising ways.
If you like inventive science fiction and aren’t faint of heart, this book is a joyride through the solar system several centuries hence, a world of marching cities, ubiquitous public-key encryption, and people who communicate via shared memory.
