Category: Readers’ Cafe
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Pandemic Fiction. Not Satiated Yet?
by Lisa Navidi, Davis Library What is everyone talking about, thinking about, and watching? The pandemic of course. So why not read about it as well? Some of these novels are much worse, I hope, than what we are experiencing and others present the virus as just the backdrop of their story. Either way, here…
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Book Clubs and Binge Readers Rejoice!
From now until Tuesday, June 30, an unlimited number of MCPL library cardholders can enjoy immediate access to a special selection of ebooks through our Overdrive ebook collection. Since there is no limit on the number of readers who can access these select titles, it’s a perfect opportunity for book clubs of any size to…
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Librarian’s Choice – A Curious Beginning to a Curious Series
There is something to the phrase “never judge a book by its cover.” When I first saw the original cover of A Curious Beginning, my curiosity was piqued. The cover, pink and gilded, showed a woman in Victorian-ish dress running from something with her back to the reader. I wanted to read it. It took…
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We Recommend — Comical Novels
Bring a little laughter into your world with these humorous novels. Honestly, We Meant Well Sue Ellen Wright has what she thinks is a close to perfect life. A terrific career as a classics professor, a loving husband, and a son who is just about to leave the nest. But then disaster strikes. She learns…
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For Fans of Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The bestselling novel Where the Crawdads Sing caught the literary world by storm. Readers loved Owens’ appreciation of the natural world and Kya’s heartbreaking story. Throw in a possible murder and the story is complete. Kya Clark was born and raised (or raised herself) in the marshlands of North Carolina, where, one by one, her…
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Librarian’s Choice – The Uninvited Guest
A review of Cold Storage by David Koepp Review by Elizabeth Lang, Public Services Skylab crashes to earth in 1979, bringing with it a very aggressive hitchhiker- mutated Cordyceps Novus- which finds Earth to be a rich, nutritious planet, teeming with beings that support its explosive growth. Fortunately for humanity, it lands in a highly…
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Hidden Lives in Victorian England
Murder most foul can be a gift to future historians, revealing the lives of people who would otherwise be lost to history. Small consolation to the victims of course. My favorite book of the past year is an example of this serendipitous genre, The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the…
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We Recommend – Read What’s Hot From Home
An American Marriage Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn’t…
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Reading in the Time of Corona
So, you think you might be hanging out in your house for the next few weeks or even months! Here are some books suggestions that may just get you through the tough times. American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins—Normally when I begin a new book, I purposely do not read any reviews because I want to…
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We Recommend – Celebrate the Female Future
Celebrate Women’s History Month by exploring these writers’ ideas for the female future. Believe Me Believe Me outlines how trusting women is the critical foundation for future progress. Contributors ask and answer the crucial question: What would happen if we didn’t just believe women, but acted as though they matter? Believe Me is an essential roadmap for…
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Librarian’s Choice Review – Revolver
Sam is an ordinary office drone, with an unsatisfactory, mediocre life. Until one day he wakes up to find the world is falling apart. A pandemic, terrorist attacks, and a dirty bomb have led to societal collapse. But the next day, Sam’s back in his ordinary life: commuting, dreading work, and avoiding his boss. As his days continue to alternate…
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We Recommend – Contemporary African American Romance
Forget Me Not Haunted by a life he can’t remember, amnesia victim “Ray Sullivan” built walls around his heart and a quiet life running boat tours–a life that includes no recollection of his wife Ashley. Doctors warn Ashley of the danger in forcing her husband to remember the past. Though she longs to tell him…