CASTLE DALE: OUR BOOK REPORTERS BOOK CLUB BOOK.

A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speake, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?
     When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imanine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave-"Really Achieving Your Childhook Dreams"-wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others,of seizing every moment. It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living.

FERRON READS

                                                                

                                                                   STARRY NIGHT

by Debbie Macomber

 

Columnist Carrie Slayton travels to Alaska to write about Finn Dalton, a reclusive author. Naturally, he refuses to be interviewed. By the time Carries goes home to Chicago, they are half way in love.  Starry Night is a delightful novel of finding happiness in the most surprising places.

 

Maybe I don’t have the Christmas spirit yet.  Good story, but predictable.

 

King and Maxwell

by David Baldacci

 

is the 6^th book in the King & Maxwell series by David Baldacci. Through my DVR I have been enjoying the series on TNT and am sad that the show was canceled.

 Tyler Wingo, a sixteen-year-old boy, hires Sean and Michelle to find out about his father’s death in Afghanistan. Sam Wingo was supposedly killed in action but Tyler has heard from his dad. Why the military would says his dad is dead and what is really going on? This case goes from Afghanistan to Washington D.C.

 Though slower than normal at the beginning, it picks up and is an enjoyable read. I would recommend reading all the books in the series: Split Second, Hour Game, Simple Genius, First Family, The Sixth Man and King and Maxwell. 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Castle Dale Library Presents...

June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic-and each other- and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. June is back in the good graces of the Republic, working within the government's elite circles as Princeps-Elect, while Day has been assigned a high-level military position.
     But neither could have predicted the circumstances that will reunite them: just when a peace treaty is imminent, a plague outbreak causes panic in the Colonies, and war threatens the Republic's border cities. This new strain of plague is deadlier than ever, and June is the only one who knows the key to her country's defense. But saving the lives of thousands will mean asking the one she loves to give up everything.

HEY!! CHECK OUT CASTLE DALES NEW PICK

A sweeping adventure that's equal parts thriller and love story, Nelson DeMille's newest novel takes the reader from the war-torn jungles of Ethiopia to the magical city of Rome.
     The Quest is suspenseful, romantic, and filled with heart-pounding action. Nelson DeMille is at the top of his game as he masterfully interprets one of history's greatest mysteries.

CASTLE DALE: LOOK WHAT WE JUST GOT!!

 

France, 1916: Artist Edouard lefevre leaves his young wife, Sophie, to fight at the front. When their small town falls to the Germans in the midst of World War 1, Edouard's portrait of Sophie draws the eye of the new Kommandant. As the officer's dangerous obsession deepens, Sophie decides to risk everything-her family, her reputation, and her life-for the chance to see her husband again.

Almost a century later, Sophie's portrait is given to Liv Halston by her young husband shortly before his sudden death. A chance encounter reveals the painting's true worthe, and a battle begins over its troubled history. Was the painting looted during the war? Who is to pay retribution? And who is the true owner now? As the layers of the painting's dark past are revealed, Liv's life is turned upside down all over again.

Cleveland Library ROCKS!!!

Cleveland library really likes Peg Kehret books. Each one is full of excitement and adventure. This month we would like to highlight Escaping the Giant Wave. Actually we are going to be using this one for some of our school classes that come here each week. Here is just a short review to get you excited to read it.

Thirteen-year-old Kyle thought spending a vacation on the Oregon coast with his family would be great. He'd never flown before, and he'd never seen the Pacific Ocean.

Kyle's perfect vacation becaomes a nightmare while he's baby-sitting his sister, BeeBee. An earthquake hits the coast and starts a fire in their hotel. While fighting their way through smoke and flame, Kyle remembers seeing a sign at the beach that said after an earthquake everyone should go uphill and inland, as far from the ocean as possible. Tsunamis, giant waves that often follow earthquakes, can ride in from the sea and engulf anyone who doesn't escape fast enough.

Can Kyle and BeeBee outwit and outrun nature's fury to save themselves from tsunami terror?

CASTLE DALE LIBRARY HAS WHATS HOT

With his new friends Resus Negative (wannabe vampire) and Cleo Farr (tomboy mummy), Luke thinks Scream Street might just be somewhere he can call home. However, there's one small problem - his parents are terrified by their new neighbours. Can Luke find the doorway back to the real world before they're scared to death?

Elmo Library Reads

Tom Sherbourne returns from the War and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock.  To this isolated island Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife.  After miscarriages, Isable hears a baby's cries.  A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby.  The couple is drawn into an increasingly tragic set of consequences in this touching story.

Elmo Library Reads

This is Tess Hilmo 's first novel.  She lives in Highland, Utah.
Reverend  Everlasting Love and his wife and two children travel the country, living in a trailer pulled by an old Chevy truck, staying in one location only three days to lead a three-day revival.  But in Binder, Arkansas they stay to help a mother in jail and her son.  They also help the town residents change their ways and not be so judgmental.

Castle Dale library presents the next two blogs

When a book of unexplainable occurences brings Petra and Calder together, strange things start to happen: seemingly unrelated events connect; an eccentric old women seeks their company; an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears. Before they know it, the two find themselves at the center of an international art scandel, where no one is spared from suspicion. As Petra and Calder are drawn clue by clue into a mysterious labyrinth, they must draw on their powers of intuition, their problem solving skills, and their knowlidge of Vermeer.

History and fiction merge seamlessly in Tracy Chevalier's luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Through the eyes of sixteen-year-old Griet, the world of 1660s Holland comes dazzlingly alive in this richly imagined portrait of the youg woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings.

Castle Dale's new read



"A fun-loving romp about the devoted women behind NASA's herculean Moon Shot effort. Now available on auidio at the Castle Dale library.

Huntington's Hot New Reads!

 Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly thinks about it at all. Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he's seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or the sound of leaves with color and a well-placed line. Then he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from her family, and she makes Ivan see their home- and his own art- through new eyes. When Ruby arrives, change comes with her, and it's up to Ivan to make it a change for the better. Katherine Applegate blends humor and poignancy to create Ivan's unforgettable first-person narration in a story of friendship, art and hope.

The One and Only Ivan is brand new at the Huntington Library, and for readers aged 8-12 come be the first one to check it out.

Huntington's Hot Summer Reads!

Frogged by Vivan Vande Velde

One should be able to say of a princess, "She was as good as she was beautiful."  According to the book the almost thirteen-year-old Princess Imogene is supposed to be reading.  Not feeling particularly good, or all that beautiful she heads to the pond, where a talking frog tricks her into kissing him.  No Prince appears, instead she turns into a frog herself.  A funny spin about a fractures fairy tale in which Imogene wonders if she will forever be frogified.

This a fun silly book it is a great book for kids ages 7 to 10 years old.

Huntington's Hot Summer Reads!

The Time Between by Karen White

Eleanor lost her passion for life fourteen years ago when she dared her sister to climb a tree, resulting in a fall and paralysis. Now, Eleanor feels it is her lot in life to help care for her disabled sister.  That all chnges the night she runs into her boss at the local bar where she plays the piano.  He offers her an additional job of helping care for his aging aunt on the island where Eleanor grew up.  Can Eleanor let go of her past and open her heart to love?  This is a story of family secrets, guilt, healing and forgiveness.

 If you like Karen White's other books this one is definetely worth reading,  It is a good Summer read

FERRON READS

I have been reading Mary Higgins Clark's older books recently and have quite enjoyed them. So when her new book came out, I was excited.

"Daddy's Gone A Hunting: a Novel"

by Mary Higgins Clark

When a fire at Connelly Fine Antique Reproductions during the night levels the building and also the museum housed inside, you know that trouble is going to follow. Gus Schmidt, a retired craftsman is dead, and one of the daughters of the owner is in a coma. What were they doing there and why?

This book has the makings of a great story. Although I enjoyed the book, I wish it held my interest like her older books did. I thought that there were too many different people with individual stories that made it hard for me to follow. There was a lot going on in this book and at the end it finally all comes together.

Give this book by the "Queen of Suspense" a try and let me know what you think.

Ferron Reads

"Good Thing You're Not an Octopus"

 by Julie Markes

 

A beginning children's book about a boy that doesn't want to do his daily routine. He doesn't like to get dressed in the morning, but if he was an octopus he would have eight legs to put into pants instead of two. If he was a shark, instead of a boy, he would have to brush 200 teeth.

It's a fun story that just comes down to "it's a good think that you're you!"

Ferron Reads

Over the three-day-weekend I read Linda Howard's "Shadow Woman" I enjoyed it and hope that you do also.

Lizzie Henry wakes up on morning and doesn't recognize her face in the mirror. Then she is taken ill with the flu and calls in sick. Her boss says something disturbing to her. When she tries to think about the past she continues to get violently ill. She realizes how routine her life has become and how unadventurous she seems. She always takes the same way home from work, she shops at the same store and she has a rigid routine that she follows, then she begins to change. Lizzie starts to think different thoughts, runs instead of walking around the block, she begins to think that people are watching her, and she drives too fast just because.

Give Linda Howard a spin and see if you like "Shadow Woman".

Ferron Reads

"Always Time to Die" by Elizabeth Lowell

The other day looking for something to read, I took a book off of my cart and rediscovered Elizabeth Lowell. I read "Always Time to Die" and then continued with a few more of her books.


Carly May was adopted and doesn't know anything about her biological family, but she is a genealogist and historian . Hired by an aunt of the govenor of New Mexico to write and publish a history of their maternal side of the family, Carla May comes out to Taos. Before she arrives, the govenor's father who was at one time a senator, dies. Everyone assumes it was of natural causes, but we see that he was murdered. As Carly's research progresses she finds out that the Senator has many legitimate and illigitimate children. People don't like her prying in to the family and she is threatened. Dan Duran has returned to Taos after sustaining injuries while tangling with a drug cartel. He tries to protect Carly. By combining DNA with research and detective work, Carly and Dan finally discover the truth.

The Emery County Library System has 27 books by this author, so if you enjoy this book then you have plenty to read while the weather keeps you indoors. Castle Dale and Orangeville Library has her newest book, "Beautiful Sacrifice" .