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Goldengrove

Submitted by Elise S. on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 2:49pm

Goldengrove, by Francine Prose, explores family relationships and how death can change roles and identities abruptly. Twelve-year-old Nico loves and admires Margaret, her talented and charismatic older sister, and is satisfied hanging back and playing a secondary role while Margaret shines. This is Nico’s place in their family and around everyone they know. But when Margaret drowns in a lake near their New England home, Nico is suddenly plunged into a depth of grief along with her mother and father. The parents function, sort of, but cannot in any way manage to be the kind of parents Nico needs. Complicating the situation is the enigmatic Aaron, Margaret’s artist boyfriend, who finds some degree of solace in sharing his memories with Nico, but who is deeply troubled and self-centered. As Nico realizes she is emotionally on her own, she begins to value herself and find a new way to be, in a world forever changed by loss.

The Voice of Audio

Submitted by Elise S. on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 4:51pm

Have you ever given up on an audio book because you didn’t like the voice of the reader? Or have you listened to one of an author’s books in audio format and loved it, but then found when you tried to read another book by that author, that you just couldn’t get into it? The quality of the reader’s voice is comparable to a writer’s style –- hard to define, very personal in its ability to draw you in (or not), and one of the things that makes recommending a book to another person less than the pure science we’d like it to be.

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Shocking!!!

Submitted by Misty L on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 4:14pm

The time has finally come; the end of one of my favorite series. Sure it was a trilogy, but it was just so darn fun! The characters, the setting, the action, the plot; every element about the story was amazing. It was a great way to finish the series. Alan Cumming is once again narrating the story, and once again he does an outstanding job.

Behemoth

Submitted by Misty L on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 2:49pm

Alek and Deryn, I mean, Dylan are back for the second installment of the Leviathan Trilogy. Picking up directly after the close of Leviathan, Behemoth finds Alek and Dylan racing toward Istanbul in hopes of keeping the Ottoman Empire out of the conflict between the Clanker Germans and the Darwinist British Empire. Neither teen knows all of the other's secrets, but they have become friends. Their friendship is tested as Alek and part of his contingent escape the airship Leviathan and become caught up in the rising rebellion against the Ottoman sultan. In addition, Dylan struggles with her desire to tell Alek her true gender as she begins hoping he will see her as more than a friend.

New Audio TItles

Submitted by Elise S. on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 1:16pm

Looking for something new to listen to? You can always find our recently cataloged CDs on the New Titles page -- there's a link in the Menu section to the left and another link at the very top of the page. These lists are updated each month and are a great way to find the newest arrivals to the HCPL collection. While some, like Diane Keaton's autobio

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Medieval CSI

Submitted by Elise S. on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:35pm

Travel back to the twelfth century with this historical mystery featuring an early crime scene investigator in Ariana Franklin's Mistress of the Art of Death. Sent to medieval Cambridge to exonerate Jewish prisoners with financial ties to King Henry II, University of Salerno medical examiner Adelia Aguilar struggles to avoid being accused of witchcraft and discovers that the killer she searches for may be a

Classic Horror and Detective Fiction

Submitted by Elise S. on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 12:20pm

Dracula by Bram Stoker Well finally. Some cooler weather comes our way and just in time for Halloween. To complement the mood, here are a novel, a novella, and three story collections guaranteed to send a shiver up your spine... Dracula, by Bram Stoker -- The tale of the infamous Count Dracula is also a story of six mortals desperate enough to hunt and destroy him: Mina Harker and her lawyer husband Jonathan, millionaire adventurer Quincey Morris, Lord Godalming, Dr.

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Listen while you work (or clean! or drive!)

Submitted by Misty L on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 9:10am

We all love our audio books- I know that I would be lost without mine! My commute is at least 45 minutes in rush hour traffic, and listening to audio books keeps me from losing it from all the crazy drivers out there!

I know there are some genres that aren't 'audio friendly' to some people, because they just don't translate as well for listening as it does reading. It loses its punch, so to speak. Now, there are some that are way better than the book, because it takes you there, and drops you right in the middle of all the characters. Sometimes hearing a soothing voice in a contemporary novel makes it easier to enjoy.

Steamy!!!

Submitted by Misty L on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 10:41am

I was a little hesitant about picking up Leviathan, because I wasn’t a fan of Westerfeld’s Uglies series. It didn’t grab my attention as much as I thought it would. I decided to pick up the audio for Leviathan, because my commute had just been extended by 40 minutes, and I discovered that Alan Cumming was the reader.