Snippets from the Shelves

Spring is here and the staff in the Fiction Department is hard at work planning for this year’s Summer Reading Clubs. We will be offering an Adult Summer Reading Club, run much the same as last year, as well as a Young Adult Club with activities and prizes geared toward the thirteen to eighteen year old group. This summer as you are checking out books and entering our great summer reading club prize giveaways, you might consider some of these new titles: ‘The 5th Horseman’ by James Patterson; ‘Sea Change’ by Robert B. Parker; ‘Good Omens’ by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, and ‘Two Little Girls in Blue’ by Mary Higgins Clark.

Arriving soon for young adults are the ‘Gossip Girl’ series by Cecily von Ziegesar; ‘Teen Idol’ by Meg Cabot; ‘Poison’ by Chris Wooding, and ‘I Am the Messenger’ by Markus Zusak. In non-fiction for young adults we have a new set of 6 books on American Popular Music. Each volume contains information on performers, musical genres, famous compositions, musical instruments, media and centers of musical activity. More new titles include ‘101 Tips for Graduates: A Code of Conduct for Success and Happiness in Your Professional Life’ by Susan Morem and ‘Forensics: Solving the Crime’ by Tabatha Yeatts.