Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
Rated-
Read my review on LibraryThing
-Posted by Susan, Readers’ Services
The Fate of Katherine Carr by Thomas H. Cook
George Gates is a journalist. His son, Teddy, was abducted seven years before and his wife died in childbirth. Sitting in the local bar one evening, he meets Arlo McBride, a retired police who worked in Missing Persons and who helped sweep the area looking for his son, seven years prior. George asks about the case that still haunts him and he immediately recalls the case of Katherine Carr, who disappeared one evening from a local park, never to be seen or heard from again.
Cook, true to form, has penned an engrossing mystery. There is story embedded in story. There is the story of Katherine and her disappearance. She wrote a story about it, which he reads to Alice, a twelve year old suffering from progeria, old age at a young age, whose life is dissipating. There is the story of George’s own son, Teddy, whose perpetrator was never caught. And there is the story of George, the narrator, at that very moment.
Cook’s mysteries always have an ethereal, cloudy, mystical sense to them and this is no exception…although, not as strong as, say, The Chatham School Affair, my favorite of his books. The characters are intriguing. The setting is perfect for the story. The mystery is deep. Any book of Cook’s is worth reading. You won’t regret it.
Attention all 20 Somethings
Just finished reading…
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton
My review
Rating: 3.5 of 4.
-posted by Sonia, Readers’ Services
Just finished reading…
Thanks for the Memories by Cecelia Ahern
My review
rating: 2.5 of 4. I enjoyed the characters, they were people I would like if they were real (except for the male love interest-didn’t much like him!) . The book was a little longer that the plot warranted. –
Posted by Sonia, Readers’ Services
Book Club in a Bag: New titles added!
We have just added new titles to the Book Club in a Bag program:
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Wait Till Next Year, Olive Kitteridge, American Wife, and Away. Each set contains everything you need for a rousing discussion. Call 921-7161 ext. 239 or come to the Readers’ Services desk on the second floor to reserve your set.
– Posted by Sonia, Readers’ Services
Summer Staff Picks have been added
It’s almost summer and that means extra reading time for a lot of us. If you need some recommendations, take a look at the newest picks from out staff members. Come in and visit the display on the 2nd floor of the library or click this link.
Staff Picks
Want to know which items in our collections our Staff have especially enjoyed? Check our Staff Picks displays for books, audiobooks and DVDs. Staff picks for books can be found on the second floor in the New Book section. while the audiobook and DVD picks are in the Media area of the first floor.
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