Books Out Week of Sept 2...

Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World by Bill Clinton.	Stolen in the Night by Patricia MacDonald.
The Tale of Hawthorn House by Susan Whittig Albert.	The Girl With Braided Hair by Margaret Coel.
The Sunrise Lands by S.M. Stirling. Buy This Book for Me.	Heartsick by Chelsea Cain.
Songs without Words by Ann Packer.	The View From Mount Joy by Lorna Landvik.
House to House by David Bellavia.	Egonomics by David Marcum. Buy This Book for Me.
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters by Alan Miller.	Dead Certain by Robert Draper. Buy This Book for Me.
Blonde Ambition by Rita Crosby. Buy This Book for Me.	I Dare You by Joyce Meyer. Buy This Book for Me.
All the Money in the World by Peter Bernstein.	things I Overheard While Talking to Myself by Alan Alda.
For Liberty and Glory by James R. Gaines.

Reading Across the Pond

Philip Roth, Exit Ghost

Meg Rosoff, What I Was

Robert Harris, The Ghost

Fidel Castro, My Life

Jonathan Coe, The Rain Before It Falls

Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine

Germaine Greer, Shakespeare's Wife

Zadie Smith (editor), The Book Of Other People

Alice Sebold, The Almost Moon

Charlie Higson, Hurricane Gold

These titles were named the 10 must reads for this fall by the Guardian in London.  If you want any of these titles, email us.

Mystery Bestsellers in July: The IMBA List

The International Mystery Bookseller's Association puts out a monthly list of best seller's...links to our catalog are included. Any item we do not own, we are willing to purchase. Just email us the title and your name and barcode.

The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke.
The Secret Servant by Daniel Silva.
Killer Weekend by Ridley Pearson.
The Judas Strain by James Rollins.
Thursday Next: First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde.
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich.
A Welcome Grave by Michael Koryta.
Silence by Thomas Perry.
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny.
Decaffeinated Corpse by Cleo Coyle.
Still Life by Louise Penny.
The False-Hearted Teddy by John Lamb.
Brush with Death by Hailey Lind.
A Thousand Bones by P.J. Parrish.
Death by Sudoku by Kaye Morgan.
Missing White Girl by Jeffrey J. Mariotte.
Dead Wrong by J.A. Jance.
Jesus Out to Sea by James Lee Burke.
Antiques Roadkill by Barbara Allan.

books out Aug 28th...

Strip Search by William Bernhardt.
The Elves of Cintra by Terry Brooks.
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon.
Dark Possession by Christine Feehan.
The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston.
Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs.

Books Out the Week of Aug 20th

To Scotland, With Love by Karen Hawkins.
Summer by Karen Kingsbury.
Away by Amy Bloom.
The Chicago Way by Michael Harvey.
The Sanctuary by Raymond Khoury.
Sweet Revenge by Diane Mott Davidson.
Power Play by Jospeh Finder.
Knit Together by Debbie Macomber.
Letters to a Young Teacher by Jonathan Kozol.
Ike: An American Hero by Micahel Korda.
Hard Row by Margaret Maron.
Still Summer by Jacquelyn Mitchard.

New Books Aug 13th

Play Dirty by Sandra Brown.
The Rake by William Buckley.
Force of Nature by Suzanne Brockman.
Obama: From Promise to Peril by David Mendell. Buy This Book for Me.
Hard Call by John McCain. Buy This Book for Me.
The Art of Power by Thich Nhat Hanh. Buy This Book for Me.

Midwest Booksellers' Choice Awards

Midwest Booksellers' Choice Awards

Fiction
Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen.
Copper River by William Kent Krueger. Buy This Book for Me.

Nonfiction
Truck: A Love Story by Michael Perry. Buy This Book for Me.
The Life & Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson.

Poetry
The Blizzard Voices: Poems by Ted Kooser. Buy This Book for Me.
To Sing Along the Way by Connie Wanek. Buy This Book for Me.

Children's Picture Book
A Good Day by Kevin Henkes.
A Woodland Counting Book by Claudia McGehee. Buy This Book for Me.

Children's Literature
Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock. Buy This Book for Me.
In Search of Mockingbird by Loretta Ellsworth. Buy This Book for Me.

Books and DVDs in Aug 7th

Fourth Comings by Megan McCafferty.
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan.
Malice by Robert Tanenbaum.
Last Breath by George D. Shuman.
The Scandal of the Season by Sophie Gee.
Sandworms of Dune by Brian Herbert.
Waking with Enemies by Erich Jerome Dickey.
Critical by Robin Cook.
Spook Country by William Gibson.
Devil May Cry by Sherrilun Kenyon.
The Careful Use of Compliments by Alexander McCall Smith.
Heaven Is Real by Don Piper.

Email the library is you wish us to obtain any of these books for you. [flref (at) farmingtonlibct (dot) org]

Here is a list of July DVDs. Let us know if you want the library to purchase it if we don't have it, or place a hold on it.

New Zealand Book Award

The annual book award in New Zealand is named after Montana for some reason. I am sure it is explained on their page, maybe they are both close to geysers and have mountains? Their pick for this years is Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones. It has won a whole host of literary prizes this year. It was released in the States yesterday. Email the library is you wish us to obtain it for you. [flref (at) farmingtonlibct (dot) org]

Chefs & Books, Jul 31st

We ended July with a bang with authors, Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. They are the authors of the Ultimate Cookbook series. Their latest book is The Ultimate Cook Book. Their other books include:
The Ultimate Cookbook.
The Ultimate Frozen Dessert Book.
The Ultimate Peanut Butter Book.
The Ultimate Chocolate Cookie Book.
The Ultimate Muffin Book.
The Ultimate Shrimp Book.
The Ultimate Brownie Book.
The Ultimate Candy Book.
The Ultimate Ice Cream Book.

Our next chef Event is Raising the Salad Bar by Catherine Walthers on Aug 8.