Ferron Reads

Two books that I read this month were The Last Cowgirl by Jana Richman and Split Second by David Baldacci. Neither of these books were new, but both are worth reading.

Jana Richman's brother lives in Ferron and asked me if I had read any of her books. Elmo Library had the The Last Cowgirl, which won the 2009 WILLA Award for Contemporary Fiction and the 2009 Utah Artys Award for Best Fiction, so I decided to give it a read. Her other book is about a woman riding a motorcycle along the Mormon Trail. I think that sounds interesting also.

When Dickie Sinfield was seven years old, her father George moved the family from Salt Lake City to a small country ranch, complete with cows and horses. Her father loved it, her brother thrived there, her mother and sister kept on pretty much the same and Dickie had a hard time.  The story is can a successful  writer from the city ever go back home.

Like some books, it took me a while to get into, but I soon found myself eagerly reading.

Split Second was published in 2003, but this was the first time that I have read it.

 "September 1996. It only took a split second, although to Secret Service agent Sean King it seemed like the longest split second ever."
Three people died that day.  Presidential candidate Clyde Ritter died, his assassin was killed and life as Secret Service agent Sean Ignatius King knew it was over.  Eight years later another presidential candidate was in the news, but this time kidnapped.. His Secret Service agent Michelle Maxwell went looking for questions and answers. Some of the questions brought her to Sean King. Together they try to solve the mystery and discover that yes both incidents were related.







 



Ferron Reads

I also had the chance to read J.A. Jance's new book Judgement Call. Finally, another Joanna Brady mystery. It has been a dry spell for me.

When Sheriff Joanna Brady's daughter finds the body of the high school principal out in the deseret and then a picture of that same body gets on Facebook, you know things are going to get interesting at work and at home.

In this book you get a chance to see the Joanna's life as a wife, mother and sheriff. When she tries to find out more information about Principal Debra Highsmith she discovers more about the death of her father.

Make a judgement call and read J.A. Jance's fifteenth book about Joanna Brady.

Ferron Library - New Reads

This month I read Alex Kava's Fireproof : A Maggie O'Dell Novel.  A string of fires takes place in Washington, D.C. and Special Agent Maggie O'Dell  is called in to help solve the case.

Alex Kava always keeps me scarily entertained, but this one spooked me a little. Maggie hasn't thoroughly recovered from her last assignment, but refuses to acknowledge her deficiency.  Jeffery Cole is a reporter and seems to get to the fires before anyone else, even the police. His camerawoman is a single mother and has hitched her wagon to Jeffery's star. Fireproof also includes Maggie O'Dell's half brother, who is a firefighter. Though this book is in a series, you can read it on its own. If you read it alone, chances are that you will go back and read the rest of her books.

Thirteen Envelopes Continues - Ferron Library

Last month I borrowed Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson from the Orangeville Library. This month I purchased the sequel The Last Little Blue Envelope.

In the last book Ginny Blackstone was given thirteen letters from her favorite aunt. She travels to Europe and visits the places in the letters. Before she can finish with the 13th letter, her backpack was stolen with the letters in it.

Now she is contacted by someone that has found her packpack and the adventure continues. 

Summer Young Adult Reading

July and August at the Ferron Library are Young Adults Summer Reading months. Two  books that I recently read and enjoyed are:

"13 Little Blue Envelopes" by Maureen Johnson.   Gr. 8-11.


 Ginny Blackstone's free-spirited aunt sends her on an adventure. Guided by Aunt Peg's friends and the instructions in each of the 13 letters Peg wrote, 17-year-old Ginny travels to Europe. Traveling to places she has never been, seeing new sites and meeting new people Ginny retraces the footsteps of her runaway aunt. During this experience Ginny begins to come to terms with her aunt leaving New York abruptly two years ago. Ginny also begins to find out about herself, what she is made of and what she can do. The tables are turned when at the end of the book, Ginny write a letter to her aunt.

"Close to famous" by Joan Bauer          Grades 5-8
Foster McFee wants to have her own cooking show "Cooking with Foster", but she is only twelve years old. Life hasn't been easy for Foster: her father died in Iraq, her mother worked as a back up singer, and Foster has a reading disability. Life sent to them to the small town of Culpepper, West Virginia from Memphis in the middle of the night. The only thing Culpepper has going for it is that people help each other. Slowing Foster makes friends and she and her mom find jobs. Rayka McFee works at a hardware store, and Foster makes cupcakes and muffins to sell at Angry Wayne's Bar and Grill and works on perfecting her cooking show. She also has cooking tips: "bake every day. If you have to leave town fast, you'll always have something good to eat in the car" and  "if you want to be remembered, bake."

Myth-O-Mania Series: READ THEM ALL!

Do you know the Greek Myths?

Have you ever read them from Hades point of view?

After all Hades is Zeus's brother, and King of the Underworld,

and he is tired of all the nonesense that Zeus has spread around throughout the world. 

Now all Hades wants to do is to correct all Zeus's stories.

So correct them he does!

This series of books begins with "Have a hot time, Hades!"

Be sure to read them all!

Phone home Persephone!

Say Cheese, Medusa!

Nice shot, Cupid!

Stop that Bull, Theseus!

Keep a lid on it, Pandora!

Get to work, Hercules!

Go for the Gold, Atalanta!

You can find all these titles at the Castle Dale Library.

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