Books

Want More Avengers?

Submitted by Veronica G. on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 4:49pm

The Avengers movie is a big hit at the box office and shall continue being successful as we inch into summer! There is hints to a sequel in the works but why wait another year when you can check out Avengers titles from your library?

The library has many Avengers graphic novels available at your finger tip! Check out our online catalog or start off with one of these:

Avengers Origins Avengers

Nebula Award Winners

Submitted by Beth Krippel on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 3:38pm

The Nebula Awards® are voted on and presented by the active members of SFWA for outstanding science fiction and fantasy published in 2011.

The full list of winners this year can be found on the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America page.

Novel Winner: Among Others by Jo Walton

 

 

Novel Nominees:

 

An RVing Series For those Who Love to Travel

Submitted by Jackie C on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:13pm

  The Serpents trail by Sue Henry is the opening book in the Max and Stretch series about  63 year old Maxie McNabb, who has a home in Homer, Alaska but spends her winters touring the lower 48 states in her Winnebago RV along with her mini-dachshund, Stretch

Book & Bite Club

Submitted by Debbie S. on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:22am

Are you hungry for a good book?  Then join us here at the Katy Branch on Thursday, May 31 at 12:30pm when the Book & Bite Club discusses The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht.   What better way to spend your lunchtime than to talk about a good book between bites?  (food provided.)  Pick up your copy of this month's selection at our circulation desk.

I Hunt Killers

Submitted by Jennifer N on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 4:27pm

Good Afternoon Everyone! I am extremely happy to announce today’s thrilling treat, I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga. I Hunt Killers introduces us to Jasper Dent, better known as Jazz. Jazz is the son of notorious serial killer, Billy Dent. Billy’s murder spree reached triple digits and dear old dad sought to teach his son all about being a serial killer.

How Music Works

Submitted by Angel Hill on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 2:41pm

How Music WorksFor those of us who like to take things apart and see how they work, there’s a new book: How Music Works by John Powell.  A little science, a little psychology… now I know why a piece of music with no lyrics can actually make you cry. 

 

The 2012 Agatha Awards

Submitted by Clara Maynard on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 2:55pm

The Agatha Awards honor traditional mysteries like those written by the great Agatha Christie.  So these mysteriescover of Naught in Nice contain no explicit sex and no excessive gore or gratuitous violence. Some of you are saying, "That doesn't sound exciting!" but some of us like a quieter mystery. The 2012 awards were announced on May 4th and the winners are below.

Has Romance, but Not a Romance

Submitted by Jennifer A on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 1:14pm

Silent in the GraveI read many genres, and I find that even when I am not reading a romance novel I appreciate a romantic subplot in a book.  Many novels in the mystery, fantasy, paranormal, and women’s fiction genres do include elements of romance, although the romance is not the focus of the plot.  The Romance Writers of America’s RITA Awards even include a category for this: Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements.  Although these novels lack the typical plotlines (and covers) of a romance novel, they should please romance readers looking for something a little different without branching out too far.  Request one today!

Baldwin Boettcher Evening Book Club

Submitted by Elise S. on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 10:43am

Anna KareninaJoin us as we read the classic Russian novel, Anna Karenina, this summer.  At our first meeting, Monday, June 4, 2012, at 6:30 pm, we will discuss Parts One and Two of this famous work by Leo Tolstoy.  We will also talk about several film versions of the book as we move through the story over the summer.  Summary from library catalog:  Regarded by many as the greatest novel ever written in any language, Anna Karenina relates the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer Count Vronsky.  Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, Anna's tragedy unfolds with relentless force as she rejects her passionless marriage to the aging official Karenin and must endure the hypocrisies of society. 
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