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" .