Wednesday, December 18, 2013

What's Next for Lisbeth Salander?

Stieg Larsson, author of <i>The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo</i>, in 2004.
Devoted fans around the world were devastated when Stieg Larsson, author of the Millenium series died suddenly after publishing only three books in a series projected for ten.  Hope was revived briefly when information surfaced that the manuscript for an unfinished fourth novel was being fought over by Larsson's partner, family and his publisher.

Today, the publisher, Norstedts Forlag (who own the rights to the series), announced (yes, it's in Swedish, but Google Translator will take care of that for you) that they have contracted author David Lagercrantz to write a fourth Millenium novel, due to be published in August 2015.

Saturday, December 14, 2013

So What Do Librarians Read?

It's a question we get asked all the time and the truthful answer is that if you ask 5 librarians that question, you'll get 25 answers. This, then, makes the one and only list of the Best Books of 2013 I'm going to publish very unique.

Near the end of November, librarians around the country were challenged to tweet their favorite titles from 2013 with the hashtag #libfaves13. For ten days, librarians tweeted one title each day and now the results have been released!

ELEANOR & PARK
Rowell, Rainbow
FANGIRL Rowell, Rainbow
ROSIE PROJECT, THE Simsion, Graeme
LIFE AFTER LIFE Atkinson, Kate
OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE Gaiman, Neil
CUCKOO'S CALLING Galbraith, Robert /Rowling
GOLDFINCH, THE Tartt, Donna
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN Penny, Louise
INTERESTINGS, THE Wolitzer, Meg
HUMAN DIVISION Scalzi, John
LEXICON Barry, Max
ME BEFORE YOU Moyes, Jo Jo
NO GOOD DUKE GOES UNPUNISHED MacLean, Sarah
WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES Fowler, Karen Joy
BETTER NATE THAN EVER Federle, Tim
DETROIT: AN AMERICAN AUTOPSY LeDuff, Charlie
FLORA & ULYSSES: THE ILLUMINATED ADVENTURES DiCamillo, Kate
GOLEM AND THE JINNI, THE Wecker, Helene
LONGBOURN Baker, Jo
BONE SEASON Shannon, Samantha
CURTSIES AND CONSPIRACIES Carriger, Gail
ETIQUETTE AND ESPIONAGE Carriger, Gail
HELP FOR THE HAUNTED Searles, John
RELISH: MY LIFE IN THE KITCHEN Knisley, Lucy
SOMEONE McDermott, Alice
STORYTELLER Picoult, Jodi
TENTH OF DECEMBER Saunders, George
THINKING WOMAN'S GUIDE TO REAL MAGIC, THE Barker, Emily Croy
ANCILLARY JUSTICE Leckie, Ann
COUNTING BY 7's Sloan, Holly Goldberg
FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL Fink, Sherri
GULP Roach, Mary
HEIRESS EFFECT, THE Milan, Courtney
HUSBAND'S SECRET, THE Moriarty, Liane
JOURNEY Becker, Aaron
P.S. BE ELEVEN Williams-Garcia, Rita
RECONSTRUCTING AMELIA McCreight, Kimberly
RETURNED, THE Mott, Jason
SAGA Vaughn, Brian K.
TALE FOR THE TIME BEING, A Ozeki, Ruth
TELL THE WOLVES I'M HOME Brunt, Carol Rifka
VAMPIRES IN THE LEMON GROVE Russell, Karen
WORLD'S STRONGEST LIBRARIAN Hanagarne, Josh
AMERICANAH Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED Hosseini, Khaled
BOXERS & SAINTS Yang, Gene Luen
BOY ON THE PORCH Creech, Sharon
CALLING DR. LAURA Georges, Laura
CINNAMON AND GUNPOWDER Brown, Eli
CODE NAME VERITY Wein, Elizabeth
COLDEST GIRL IN COLDTOWN Black, Holly
CRAZY RICH ASIANS Kwan, Kevin
DOCTOR SLEEP King, Stephen
DOLL BONES Black, Holly
DREAM THIEVES Steifvater, Maggie
ENGAGEMENTS, THE Sullivan, J. Courtney
FAULT IN OUR STARS , THE (2012 title Green, John
FLORA AND THE FLAMINGO Idle, Molly
FORGIVE ME, LEONARD PEACOCK Quick, Matthew
LOST GIRLS Kolker, Robert
NIGHT FILM Pessl, Marisha
NOS4A2 Hill, Joe
OUT OF THE EASY Sepetys, Ruta
REAL BOY, THE Ursu, Anne
RIVER OF NO RETURN Ridgway, Bee
ROSE UNDER FIRE Wein, Elizabeth
S. Dorst, Doug / Abrams, J.J.
SCARLET Meyers, Marissa
SCREAMING STAIRCASE, THE Stroud
SERAPHINA Hartman, Rachel
VISITATION STREET Pochoda, Ivy

Note that the list is in the order of the most votes received, and when multiple books received the same number of votes, they were then alphabetized.

Feel free to give us a call for help getting your hands on a copy of any of these titles!
Happy Holiday Reading!

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Attention Book Groups

The House Girl by Tara Conklin


The House Girl, the historical fiction debut by Tara Conklin, is an unforgettable story of love, history, and a search for justice, set in modern-day New York and 1852 Virginia.
Weaving together the story of an escaped slave in the pre–Civil War South and a determined junior lawyer, The House Girl follows Lina Sparrow as she looks for an appropriate lead plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking compensation for families of slaves. In her research, she learns about Lu Anne Bell, a renowned prewar artist whose famous works might have actually been painted by her slave, Josephine.
Featuring two remarkable, unforgettable heroines, Tara Conklin's The House Girl is riveting and powerful, literary fiction at its very best.  Available as a Book Group to Go bag.