Just when Alex thought his life was calming down into a routine of patients and therapy sessions, he finds himself back in the game--this time to catch a criminal mastermind like no other. A wave of elaborate murders in Washington D.C. have the whole East Coast on edge. They are like nothing Alex Cross and his new girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, have ever seen. With each murder, the case becomes increasingly complex. There's only one thing Alex knows: the killer adores an audience. As victims are made into gruesome spectacles citywide, inducing media hysteria, it becomes clear to Alex that the man he's after is a genius of terror--and he'll stop at nothing to become the most terrifying star that Washington D.C. has ever seen. Meanwhile, in a maximum security prison in Colorado, Kyle Craig plans his escape. With time running out, Alex must put an end to the DC Audience Killer's reign of terror, as well as prepare for the return of Kyle Craig.
"Double Cross" is a classic James Patterson fast-pacing, sharp plot twists, short, punchy chapters, and surprises galore. A Must Read!
Submitted by:
Pam Singhaus
Interlibrary Loan
Puskarich Public Library
Monday, October 20, 2008
Along Came Jones-by Linda Windsor
Running from the law and a crime syndicate, New Yorker Deanna Manetti is lost in the Montana wilderness and is run off the road by a wild mustang. When along comes Shep Jones who is mildly amused at the city slicker's attitude, after all she should be glad he came to her rescue. However, all is not what it seems, she is running from the law or something and Shep aims to find out what. Can he turn away the lost and confused Deanna or will he offer her refuge in the wilderness? This is a cute and fun loving story filled with love, laughter and the test of faith.
Submitted by:
Joy Miles
Puskarich Public Library
Submitted by:
Joy Miles
Puskarich Public Library
Blood Dreams-Kay Hooper
Dani Justice has pre-cognitive dreams or rather nightmares. She has been having this particular one for some months now. She has recently come back to her hometown just outside of Atlanta, Georgia to spend time with her identical twin sister, Paris, who has just gone through a very painful divorce. Dani and Paris have known since they were kids that they have more than just a special "twin" connection. They each have their own psychic abilities that are enhanced when they work together. In order to help others, they have joined a private organization(Haven) run by John and Maggie Garrett that consists of many different types of psychics. This organization was started as an idea of FBI Special Agent Noah Bishop.
Bishop is the head of the Special Crimes Unit, which primarily has psychics working for it.Bishop and his team have been tracking an extremely evil serial killer who has killed a dozen women in Boston. The last one killed was the daughter of a U.S. Senator, who has offered his help and resources to Bishop, and who very much wants this killer caught...even if he has to do it himself!
Dani's dreams show her and the other members of Bishop's unit in a warehouse that is on fire as they search for the killer and someone he has captured that they all know. The dream keeps changing a bit, but some things are consistent so Dani knows this will happen in some way. Dani also runs into her former love, Marc Purcell, who is the sheriff. Marc also has some special abilities of his own. This story grows in intensity and has several plot twist.
Submitted by:
Martha Kovacik
Puskarich Public Library
Bishop is the head of the Special Crimes Unit, which primarily has psychics working for it.Bishop and his team have been tracking an extremely evil serial killer who has killed a dozen women in Boston. The last one killed was the daughter of a U.S. Senator, who has offered his help and resources to Bishop, and who very much wants this killer caught...even if he has to do it himself!
Dani's dreams show her and the other members of Bishop's unit in a warehouse that is on fire as they search for the killer and someone he has captured that they all know. The dream keeps changing a bit, but some things are consistent so Dani knows this will happen in some way. Dani also runs into her former love, Marc Purcell, who is the sheriff. Marc also has some special abilities of his own. This story grows in intensity and has several plot twist.
Submitted by:
Martha Kovacik
Puskarich Public Library
Mistaken Identity-by Don & Susie Van Ryan and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak
Late one night a van collides with a truck. Several students were involved in the fatal crash. The only survivor is a young lady who has a striking resemblance in appearance to one of the other passengers. Due to a series of unusual circumstances, the families of these two women are wrongly informed of the result of their daughter's accident. Both families deal with the loss of life, surprise, hope , outstanding loyalty, faith and love.Read this book and find out how such a thing as mistaken identity could happen. This story will hold your interest until the very end.
Submitted by:
Vivian Sue Jones
Puskarich Public Library
Submitted by:
Vivian Sue Jones
Puskarich Public Library
Fearless Fourteen-by Janet Evanovich
"Fearless Fourteen" by Janet Evanovich is her latest in her Stephanie Plum series.Plum is a bounty hunter from Trenton, NJ and as usual, her life is utter chaos. She ends up babysitting the teenaged son of a skip, Zook. Zook is addicted to an interactive Internet game called Minionfire. He also likes to spray paint everything. Ranger(a fellow bounty hunter and owner of a security firm) hires Stephanie to help babysit an aging singer, Brenda, who acts like a diva and is inclined to get into trouble. Plum also finds herself in the middle of a 10-year-old $9 million unsolved bank robbery, and it appears that the money might be somewhere in boyfriend Joe Morelli's house. Brenda decides to start a reality show and follows Plum around as she's trying to do her job. When things couldn't get any worse, Lula is engaged to boyfriend, Tank, and is driving Plum crazy with wedding plans. All of these situations play out with the usual Evanovich zaniness. This book is a hoot.
Submitted by:
Pam Singhaus
Puskarich Public Library
Submitted by:
Pam Singhaus
Puskarich Public Library
Home: A Memoir of My Early Years-by Julie Andrews
Many of us have a memory that revolves around a Julie Andrews' play, song, or movie. For me it is a fond recollection of my Aunt Annabelle taking my sister and me to see "The Sound of Music" on the big screen in Columbus when we were teenagers. I have been a fan of Julie Andrews ever since.
This is the story of her life before fame-from her birth in 1935 up to 1962 when Walt Disney cast her as "the world's most famous nanny" in Mary Poppins. In "Home" Julie shares her family history, what it was like living through the London Blitz of World War II, her parents divorce, and her childhood spent on radio and in concert halls all over England. Her professional career began at the age of twelve and by the age of 18 she left home for the United States where she began her career on Broadway. Over 50 personal photos are included. If you are a Julie Andrews fan, you are sure to enjoy "Home: A Memoir of My Early Years."
Submitted by:
Pat SpainBranch
Manager
Clark Memorial Branch Library
This is the story of her life before fame-from her birth in 1935 up to 1962 when Walt Disney cast her as "the world's most famous nanny" in Mary Poppins. In "Home" Julie shares her family history, what it was like living through the London Blitz of World War II, her parents divorce, and her childhood spent on radio and in concert halls all over England. Her professional career began at the age of twelve and by the age of 18 she left home for the United States where she began her career on Broadway. Over 50 personal photos are included. If you are a Julie Andrews fan, you are sure to enjoy "Home: A Memoir of My Early Years."
Submitted by:
Pat SpainBranch
Manager
Clark Memorial Branch Library
The Friday Night Knitting Club-by Kate Jacobs
The small yarn shop in New York City belongs to Georgia Walker, a single mom, raising her daughter, Dakota. Anita, her good friend and mentor, helps her run and finance the business. A group gets together at the shop on Friday nights to knit, eat Dakota's muffins and deserts, and become good friends.
Georgia's world is shaken up when Dakota's absent father shows up wanting to become a part of their lives. The upheaval continues when K.C. decides to quit the book publishing business and go to law school at 50. Peri turns away from the academic world to turn to fashion design; creating handmade purses. Lucie, in her late 40's, decides to have a child alone. Darwin, the resident feminist, shocks everyone when she decides to become Lucie's friend and birth coach. From Georgia's high school days, a friend, Cat, appears asking for Georgia's help in creating a new life after Cat's divorce.
A sudden tragedy brings the Friday Night Knitting group together in friendship to help each other.
Submitted by:
Linda Morgan
Puskarich Public Library
Georgia's world is shaken up when Dakota's absent father shows up wanting to become a part of their lives. The upheaval continues when K.C. decides to quit the book publishing business and go to law school at 50. Peri turns away from the academic world to turn to fashion design; creating handmade purses. Lucie, in her late 40's, decides to have a child alone. Darwin, the resident feminist, shocks everyone when she decides to become Lucie's friend and birth coach. From Georgia's high school days, a friend, Cat, appears asking for Georgia's help in creating a new life after Cat's divorce.
A sudden tragedy brings the Friday Night Knitting group together in friendship to help each other.
Submitted by:
Linda Morgan
Puskarich Public Library
Hard Row-by Margaret Maron
Margaret Maron's "Hard Row" opens with a chart outlining the family tree of District Court Judge Deborah Knotts. Deborah is the youngest of twelve children and the only female; her family is so extensive that it is hopeless to keep track of everyone's name. It is easier and more productive to focus on Deborah's loving husband, Major Dwight Bryant of the Colleton County Sheriff's Department, and her eight-year-old stepson, Cal, who is still grieving over the recent loss of his mother, Jonna. Deborah is walking on eggshells with Cal for the time being, since the boy has had to cope with a great deal of trauma at a very young age.Deborah's busy courtroom is a lively place. On a given day, she hears a wide variety of cases, ranging from wife beating to reckless driving. She also helps in the equitable division of marital assets for divorcing couples. Meanwhile, Deborah's husband is struggling with an extremely grisly case; the body parts of an unidentified male have been found in different locations around the area. Although no one knows the name of the deceased as yet, it is clear that he was mercilessly tortured and hacked to death in a blind rage.Maron explores the ugly racial bias that many Caucasians feel towards the Mexican migrant workers who pick their crops and care for their homes. Marriages crumble as spouses try to cope with money problems, infidelity, alcoholism, and domestic abuse. The author also points out the special problems that beset farmers whose way of life is endangered by America's changing economic circumstances and demographics.Deborah and Dwight each do their share to solve the novel's gruesome mystery. Members of the underclass struggle to break out of a living under unhealthful conditions, with little to look forward to, but backbreaking labor and an endless struggle to be accepted by an often prejudiced society.
Submitted by:
Martha Kovacik
Puskarich Public Library
Margaret Maron's "Hard Row" opens with a chart outlining the family tree of District Court Judge Deborah Knotts. Deborah is the youngest of twelve children and the only female; her family is so extensive that it is hopeless to keep track of everyone's name. It is easier and more productive to focus on Deborah's loving husband, Major Dwight Bryant of the Colleton County Sheriff's Department, and her eight-year-old stepson, Cal, who is still grieving over the recent loss of his mother, Jonna. Deborah is walking on eggshells with Cal for the time being, since the boy has had to cope with a great deal of trauma at a very young age.Deborah's busy courtroom is a lively place. On a given day, she hears a wide variety of cases, ranging from wife beating to reckless driving. She also helps in the equitable division of marital assets for divorcing couples. Meanwhile, Deborah's husband is struggling with an extremely grisly case; the body parts of an unidentified male have been found in different locations around the area. Although no one knows the name of the deceased as yet, it is clear that he was mercilessly tortured and hacked to death in a blind rage.Maron explores the ugly racial bias that many Caucasians feel towards the Mexican migrant workers who pick their crops and care for their homes. Marriages crumble as spouses try to cope with money problems, infidelity, alcoholism, and domestic abuse. The author also points out the special problems that beset farmers whose way of life is endangered by America's changing economic circumstances and demographics.Deborah and Dwight each do their share to solve the novel's gruesome mystery. Members of the underclass struggle to break out of a living under unhealthful conditions, with little to look forward to, but backbreaking labor and an endless struggle to be accepted by an often prejudiced society.
Submitted by:
Martha Kovacik
Puskarich Public Library
Friday, October 17, 2008
The Last Lecture-by Randy Pausch
This is a small book by standard measurement with an exceptionally large impact. Randy Pausch, Carnegie Mellon Professor, has experienced life as an award winning teacher and worked with the likes of Adobe, Google and Walt Disney Imagineering. One of his greatest contributions though may be the simple documentation of his last lecture at Carnegie Mellon after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. Inspiring advice that will leave you wondering about what you will leave as your legacy. The message it conveys is especially poignant with Harrison County's Relay for Life just around the corner. Take an hour for yourself, sit back and take in some of Randy's joy for life. It's worth every minute.
Submitted by:
Sandi Thompson
Puskarich Public Library
Submitted by:
Sandi Thompson
Puskarich Public Library
Thursday, October 16, 2008
About Face-by Fern Michaels
The story unfolds with a young 17 yr. old teenage girl, Casey Edwards, experiencing so much heartache and betrayal from her mother first...then a step-brother who has raped her and gotten away with it. The ultimate slap in the face is her own community she was raised in has let her down. She has a breakdown and is committed for the following 10 years to an institution not far from her her bizarre family. After coming out of the drug induced memory lapse she is released to begin her life over. Never remembering what caused the breakdown she sets out to untangle the treatment she has experienced from her estranged mother. In a small community she realizes she has to learn to trust only the few who have come to her rescue and try to guide her gently into remembering her past in order for her to get past the most horrifying memories. There are plenty of twists and blockades set up against this strong young woman whose fierce desire to become a normal young being once again surpasses the effort of the dishonest relatives and untrusting adults in her past life. She befriends the town's handsome young single Dr. and a romance enfolds. The story line made me want to finish the book to see how the young vulnerable woman comes into her unraveled past and builds a strong future for herself. It's a little unbelievable how so much can go wrong bu the author wants us to feel sorry for the victim. I recommend this to those who like a little mystery in the middle of the long winter days we have ahead of us.
Submitted by:
Amy Tullis
Puskarich Public Library
Submitted by:
Amy Tullis
Puskarich Public Library
Magic Hour-by Kristin Hannah
When a child psychiatrist, Julia Cates, fails to see the signs of suicide and intent to kill in a former client..she pays dearly for the outcome. Blamed for a Columbine type killing by a client, Julia's reputation lays on the line. After a year of suffering and holding down what little practice she has, she gets a call from her estranged sister in their former hometown in the state of Washington to fly home and help her. The sister, a former Homecoming queen, and dominating older sibling from childhood has now advanced her career to the town's sheriff. She has a task of finding where a homeless tiny orphan came from when discovered up in a tree in their little community. Feared she was left for dead and raised by wolves, the sisters combine their efforts of psychiatry and law enforcement contacts to dealve into this complexing,heart wrenching truth deep down in the girl's past.
Julia, rises to the challenge and begins a year of drawing an almost impossible 6 yr. old whose world had once belonged to the wild forest and outdoor life of the town's outer limits. The story includes the help of the sheriff's dept. with bouts of interference from the media torn community. The local hospital has an attractive, single, doctor who is introduced at the right time to help the course of this little girl's future. A romance is started between the 2 doctors with the outcome one would expect yet...there is a twist. It shows the passion between a small child and a single doctor with a heart of a truly genuine human being. The are bound for life it seems. The story takes you to the edge of a cliff hanger and then plunges you right to your soul. What Julia has to endure and give up plus knowing what the little one has learned from her new Dr. to help guide her on to her new found life can just about clench it for one. But read on...I guarantee you will be given one of those endings that you just had to sit up all night to finish this story!
Submitted by:
Amy Tullis
Puskarich Public Library
Julia, rises to the challenge and begins a year of drawing an almost impossible 6 yr. old whose world had once belonged to the wild forest and outdoor life of the town's outer limits. The story includes the help of the sheriff's dept. with bouts of interference from the media torn community. The local hospital has an attractive, single, doctor who is introduced at the right time to help the course of this little girl's future. A romance is started between the 2 doctors with the outcome one would expect yet...there is a twist. It shows the passion between a small child and a single doctor with a heart of a truly genuine human being. The are bound for life it seems. The story takes you to the edge of a cliff hanger and then plunges you right to your soul. What Julia has to endure and give up plus knowing what the little one has learned from her new Dr. to help guide her on to her new found life can just about clench it for one. But read on...I guarantee you will be given one of those endings that you just had to sit up all night to finish this story!
Submitted by:
Amy Tullis
Puskarich Public Library
Made in the U.S.A.-by Billie Letts
Lutie McFee's history has taught her to avoid attachments....to people, to places, and to almost everything. With her mother long dead and her father long gone to find his fortune in Las Vegas, 15 -year-old Lutie lives in the God-forsaken town of Spearfish, South Dakota with her twelve -year- old brother,Fate, and Floy Satterfield, the 300-pound ex-girlfriend of her father. While Lutie shoplifts for kicks, Fate spends most of his time reading, watching weird TV shows and worrying about global warming and the endangerment of pandas. As if their life is not dismal enough, one day, while shopping in their local Wal-Mart, Floy keels over and the two motherless kids are suddenly faced with the choice of becoming wards of the state or hightailing it out of town in Floy's old Pontiac. Choosing the latter, they head off to Las Vegas in search of a father who has no known address, no phone number and, clearly, no interest in the kids he left behind. This is an alternately heartbreaking and life-affirming story of two gutsy children who must discover how cruel, unfair and frightening the world is before they come to a place they can finally call home.
Submitted by:
Martha Kovacik
Puskarich Public Library
Submitted by:
Martha Kovacik
Puskarich Public Library
The Winter Pearl-by Molly Noble Bull
As white as a blanket of snow was the pearl ring Jeth was giving her as an engagement ring. How could she accept his proposal with so much unforgiving feelings in her heart? How could she become a minister's wife with the past she had left behind? Honor McCall would have to leave, the sooner the better. However, a Christmas miracle takes place and Honor's life is changed forever.
"The Winter Pearl" is a jewel of a novel.
Submitted by:
Joy Miles
Puskarich Library
"The Winter Pearl" is a jewel of a novel.
Submitted by:
Joy Miles
Puskarich Library
A Complaint Free World-by Will Bowen
Are you looking for a challenge for the New Year? You could join over six million people who have taken up the challenge of trying to go 21 consecutive days without complaining, criticizing, or gossiping. I don't usually make New Year's resolutions, but this idea intrigues me.
I first learned about this book when the author, Pastor Will Bowen, appeared on The Today Show to talk about his simple plan that has now turned into a world-wide movement. It all started with a sermon and challenge to his congregation to create a complaint-free zone. He gave each member a purple " No Complaint" bracelet and offered them a challenge. "If you catch yourself complaining , take the bracelet and move it to the other wrist." On the average it takes approximately three to eight months for those who stick with it to complete the 21 consecutive days and by doing so form a new positive habit.
In the back of the book the author invites you to "Be a part of this positive, transformative movement that continues to ripple through lives around the world. Visit www.AcomplaintFreeWorld.org." I enjoyed reading this book and look forward to the challenge...my bracelet is on order. Have a great year!
Submitted by:
Pat Spain, Branch Manager
Clark Memorial Branch Library
I first learned about this book when the author, Pastor Will Bowen, appeared on The Today Show to talk about his simple plan that has now turned into a world-wide movement. It all started with a sermon and challenge to his congregation to create a complaint-free zone. He gave each member a purple " No Complaint" bracelet and offered them a challenge. "If you catch yourself complaining , take the bracelet and move it to the other wrist." On the average it takes approximately three to eight months for those who stick with it to complete the 21 consecutive days and by doing so form a new positive habit.
In the back of the book the author invites you to "Be a part of this positive, transformative movement that continues to ripple through lives around the world. Visit www.AcomplaintFreeWorld.org." I enjoyed reading this book and look forward to the challenge...my bracelet is on order. Have a great year!
Submitted by:
Pat Spain, Branch Manager
Clark Memorial Branch Library
Hate Mail from Cheerleaders and Other Adventures from the Life of Reilly -by Rick O'Reilly
Every week when "Sports Illustrated" arrives at my house the first thing I do is flip the last page and read Rick O'Reilly's "The Life of Reilly" column. I'm not a sports aficionado, but I love the behind the scenes look into the heart of all sports.
The minute I had this book in my hands I had it open, reading as I walked. I couldn't put it down and yet I never read it cover to cover, just a story here, a story there. At the end of each story, Rick Reilly adds his comments as to how the story was received when it was published. I started to pick a favorite or two and when I was done I had a book full of scraps of paper markers.
Of those, my favorite is "Half the Size, Twice the Man". Bobby Martin plays a great game of football at a high school in Ohio. He ran into trouble with the refs because he doesn't play with shoes, knee pads, or thigh pads. This is difficult for him because he doesn't have feet or legs to wear the equipment. A ruling from the Ohio Athletic Association put an end to this nonsense by stating that the refs were wrong, Bobby could play. Rick Reilly concluded: "Bobby Martin is back playing football without shoes. And official Dennis Daly and his crew were back reffing without brains."
What is hate mail from cheerleaders? Reilly says it really isn't bad at all. It's sort of like getting pelted with rolls of scented Charmin. It's always on pastel paper and usually includes a picture of the squad. And they write, "I hope you die" with a little heart over the i. Wait! I found another favorite.
Submitted by:
Linda Morgan
Puskarich Public Library
The minute I had this book in my hands I had it open, reading as I walked. I couldn't put it down and yet I never read it cover to cover, just a story here, a story there. At the end of each story, Rick Reilly adds his comments as to how the story was received when it was published. I started to pick a favorite or two and when I was done I had a book full of scraps of paper markers.
Of those, my favorite is "Half the Size, Twice the Man". Bobby Martin plays a great game of football at a high school in Ohio. He ran into trouble with the refs because he doesn't play with shoes, knee pads, or thigh pads. This is difficult for him because he doesn't have feet or legs to wear the equipment. A ruling from the Ohio Athletic Association put an end to this nonsense by stating that the refs were wrong, Bobby could play. Rick Reilly concluded: "Bobby Martin is back playing football without shoes. And official Dennis Daly and his crew were back reffing without brains."
What is hate mail from cheerleaders? Reilly says it really isn't bad at all. It's sort of like getting pelted with rolls of scented Charmin. It's always on pastel paper and usually includes a picture of the squad. And they write, "I hope you die" with a little heart over the i. Wait! I found another favorite.
Submitted by:
Linda Morgan
Puskarich Public Library
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)
Posts
