New Fiction

 Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani

 Lost Ones by Ace Atkins

 Book of Madness and Cures by Regina O'Melveny

 The Games by Ted Kosmatka

 Letters from a Stranger by Barbara Taylor Bradford

Also new this week:
The Storm by Clive Cussler
Wish you were here by Graham Swift
Blaze of Glory by Jeff Shaara
Unwanted by Kristina Ohlsson
Bringing up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Bedlam Detectives by Stephen Gallagher
Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear.
Death of a Kingfisher by MC Beaton

New Non-Fiction

 Cronkite

 Imagine: How Creativity Works

 Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal

 Most Wanted

 Turn Here Sweet Corn

Also new this week:
Atlantic Fever
A Wedding in Haiti
How We Do Harm
Shiloh, 1862
The Race for what's Left
The Mormon People
The Mark Inside

New Movies and Music

Movies:
One for the Money
The Grey
Gettysburg
True Blood Season 4
Game of Thrones

Music:
Garbage
Billy Bragg
Alabama Shakes
Jack White
Gotye
One Direction

Fiction Genres Pt. 2

The second genre I will be covering is referred to as "chick-lit". Chick-Lit came into being about 15 years ago and refers to any book dealing with issues that directly involve women. These books are usually on the lighter side and are often humorous. Here are some of the most popular authors.

Sophie Kinsella
Marian Keyes
Jane Green
Mary Kay Andrews
Jennifer Weiner
Emily Giffin
Meg Cabot (for both adults and teens)

"Creating a Fresh Look with Familiar Pieces"

This Thursday, May 17th at 7pm, the Rowley Library is hosting a program titled "Creating a Fresh Look with Familiar Pieces". Home stager and decorator Kerri Durkee of Functional Home Designs will be here to teach us how to take our old items and change them into something new and useful. This is a great way to learn how to reuse your unwanted items, save money and be green. Here are some books to check out that will also be helpful.

1,000 Ideas for Creative Reuse
Big Book of Recycled Crafts
Upcycling
Sewing Green
Restore, Recycle, Repurpose
Handmade Home

New Books

 Stolen Prey by John Sandford

  Columbus Affair by Steve Berry

 1,000 Ideas for Creative Reuse

Suggestions?

Looking for a title that we do not carry? Feel free to leave any suggestions for us to purchase. We always want to make sure we are purchasing titles our patrons want.

New Books

 11th Hour by James Patterson

 This is How by Augusten Burroughs

 Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer

 Lullaby by Ace Atkins

  Road to Grace by Richard Paul Evans

The Proposal by Mary Balogh

 Guilt by Degree by Marcia Clark

 Beautiful No Mow Yards

Also new this week...
Service: A Navy Seal at War
Home by Toni Morrison
Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
Both of Us by Ryan O'Neal

Fiction Genres

One of the most common jobs for librarians is to give book suggestions to patrons. The patrons let us know what type of book they usually prefer and we try our best to find a title that we think they will enjoy. Over the following few weeks I will post the most popular book genres, what defines that genre, and authors and/or titles that fit within each one. First up is Action/Adventure.

Action/Adventure novels are stories that exist outside of our everyday lives. The events that occur are usually extraordinary, full of physical action, and the events move at a very fast pace. The most famous action novels are probably the James Bond series, but here are some other authors that fit into this category.

Clive Cussler
James Rollins
Matthew Reilly
Stephen Coonts
Brad Thor

Recently Added Movies

War Horse

Iron Lady

Contraband

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Queen: Days of our lives

Melrose Place, Season 1

New Books

 The Confession by Charles Todd

 I've Got your Number by Sophie Kinsella

 Calico Joe by John Grisham

 Dark Rose by Erin Kelly

 That Woman