Check It Out By Anne Marshall New Adult Collection
How did university librarian David Goldberg end up hunted by Homeland Security and on Virginia's 10 most wanted list? It began so innocently when he starts moonlighting for an eccentric, aging conservative billionaire whose final wish is to leave behind a memorial library about himself. Check out The Librarian, a new thriller, delving into stealing the presidential election by author Larry Reinhart.
In the beachside town outside Melbourne, Australia, the bodies of murdered women begin to turn up. When the killer sends taunting letters to the local newspaper, it is up to Detective Inspector Hal Challis and his crew of police men and women to find the serial killer before he can strike once again. Pick up author Garry Disher's latest novel, The Dragon Man, winner of the German Crime Fiction Critics Prize.
It's a jungle out there � in Los Angeles that is! Enjoy another novel by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, bestselling author of The Dirty Girls Social Club. Her latest read, Playing With Boys, is the hilarious tale of three unlikely friends taking Los Angeles by storm.
In Live at 10:00, Dead at 10:15, author Elsa Klensch brilliantly evokes the worlds of fashion and design through the eyes of Sonya Iverson, an ambitious Midwesterner turned New York City gal. Murder is just around the corner or it's actually in the powder room of the New York City Library, when Sonia discovers a supermodel clutching a bloody dagger and standing over a body.
DearReader.com Book Club
The DearReader.com Book Club offers many selections to Internet patrons. Each book will run five days (Monday-Friday), each new book starting on Monday, with some of the genre offering selections every other week. Check out this service by registering at the library's Web site, and clicking on the book club icon. Online patrons can find the club at www.supportlibrary.co m/su/su.cfm?x=470596.
The following selections for the week of May 23 are:
AUDIO BOOK: "R" is for Ricochet, by Sue Grafton.
BUSINESS: Lion Taming, by Steven L. Katz.
FICTION: The Burning of Rachel Hayes, by Doug Allyn.
GOOD NEWS: And the Shofar Blew, by Francine Rivers.
HORROR: Fiend, Jemiah Jefferson.
MYSTERY: Now You See It, by Stuart Kaminsky.
NON-FICTION: Cary Grant, by Marc Eliot.
PRE-PUB: Please check the Internet site for this listing.
ROMANCE: Can You Keep a Secret?, by Sophie Kinsella.
SCIENCE FICTION: The Return of Santiago, Mike Resnick.
TEEN: Story Time, by Edward Bloor.
Discover Your Library � 2005
Do you have an e-mail address? The Vermillion Public Library is encouraging patrons to share their e-mail addresses to enable the library staff better communication with you. Stop by or call the library to sign up for this service at 677-7060.
The Vermillion Public Library Book Club will be held on Thursday, May 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the activity room of the library. The Butches of Madison County, the 1996 winner of the Lambda Award for Best Humor, is written by author Ellen Orleans and will be the discussion book for the May meeting. This book, a witty parody of a classic romance, is about the relationship stages of a wandering lesbian writer and a straight Iowa farmwife.
Sign up for VPL Summer Story Time. Preschool Story Time is open to all children ages 3 to 5 years old. The Toddler Story Time is open to all children ages 1 to 3 years old. Registration is required and space is limited. For more information, please call the library at 677-7060.
"Dragons, Dreams and Daring Deeds" is the theme of this year's Summer Reading Program. The program begins at noon on Monday, June 6 and runs through noon, Friday Aug. 5. There is no fee and all programs are open to the public. Registration is required, with packets and details given out at the Kick-Off Party scheduled for noon on June 6. Call the library to sign up at 677-7060.
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