New Books for September 2010

Author: donna  //  Category: What's New

Adult Fiction:

The Double-Jack Murders by Patrick F. McManus

The Friday night knitting club by Kate Jacobs

Knit the season by Kate Jacobs

Now and then by Robert B. Parker

Dark of the moon by John Sandford

The Tin Roof blowdown by James Lee Burke

The Wild water walking club by Claire Cook

The Year of fog by Michelle Richmond

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Orchard of hope by Ann H. Gabhart

The Believer by Ann H. Gabhart

Adult Paperback Fiction:

A Darker place by Jack Higgins

Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville

Chasing darkness by Robert Crais

Extreme measures by Vince Flynn

Children’s Fiction:

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (YP)

The Red pyramid by Rick Riordan

The Rise of the black wolf: Grey Griffins Book 2 by Derek Benz & J. S. Lewis

The Fall of the Templar: Grey Griffins Book 3 by Derek Benz & J. S. Lewis

The Rumpelstiltskin problem by Vivian Vande Velde

So you want to be a wizard: Young wizards #1 by Diane Duane

Deep wizardry: Young wizards #2 by Diane Duane

High wizardry: Young wizards #3 by Diane Duane

A Wizard abroad: Young wizards #4 by Diane Duane

The Wizard’s dilemma: Young wizards #5 by Diane Duane

A Wizard alone: Young wizards #6 by Diane Duane

Wizard’s holiday: Young wizards #7 by Diane Duane

Wizards at war: Young wizards #8 by Diane Duane

Non-Fiction:

Eat, pray, love: One woman’s search for everything across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Freedom writers diary: How a teacher and 150 teens used writing to change themselves and the world around them by The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell

Sylvia Browne’s book of angels by Sylvia Browne

New Books for August 2010

Author: donna  //  Category: What's New

Books on CD and Playaway

The Stone traveler by Kathi Oram Peterson (LDS)

Tranquil light: Dickens Inn vol. 4 by Anita Stansfield (LDS)

A Tale of two cities by Charles Dickens (Playaway)

The Compound by S. A. Bodeen (Playaway)

Man’s search for meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (Playaway)

Payback by Fern Michaels (Playaway)

The Hunger games by Suzanne Collins (Playaway)

Catching fire by Suzanne Collins (Playaway)

Stories from Shakespeare by David Timson (Playaway)

The Hundred days by Patrick O’Brian (Playaway)

The Prosecution rests by Linda Fairstein (Playaway)

Mrs. Mike by Benedict and Nancy Freedman (Playaway)

Escape!: The story of the great Houdini by Sid Fleishman (Playaway)

Murder in Vegas by Michael Connelly (Playaway)

Breathless by Dean Koontz (Playaway)

Nation by Terry Pratchett (Playaway)

Blink of an eye by Gregg Luke

Split image by Robert B. Parker

To Kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee

The New adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Vol. 1 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Mummy case by Elizabeth Peters

Max: A Maximum ride novel by James Patterson

Pirate latitudes by Michael Crichton

The Professional: A Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker

The Lightning thief by Rick Riordan

Long lost by Harlan Coben

Act of treason by Vince Flynn

Hothouse orchid by Stuart Woods

Kisser by Stuart Woods

9 Dragons by Michael Connelly

Fire and ice by J. A. Jance

Fang: A Maximum ride novel by James Patterson

The Last song by Nicholas Sparks

Caught by Harlan Coben

Deliver us from evil by David Baldacci

Absolute power by David Baldacci

House rules by Jodi Picoult

Gone tomorrow: A Reacher novel by Lee Child

Altar of Eden by James Rollins

Impact by Douglas Preston

Hell Gate by Linda Fairstein

Even Money by Dick Francis

U is for undertow by Sue Grafton

The Shadow of your smile by Mary Higgins Clark

The Silent sea by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul

Adult Fiction Books:

Finding Mercie by Blaine M. Yorgason (LDS Fiction)

Tranquil light: Dickens Inn Vol. 4 by Anita Stansfield (LDS Ficiton)

Cold as ice by Stephanie Black (LDS Ficiton)

The Stone Traveler by Kathi Oram Peterson (LDS Fiction)

Search for Samantha by Muncy Chapman

Midnight sons vol. 2 by Debbie Macomber

Midnight son vol. 3 by Debbie Macomber

The Scent of lilacs by Ann H. Gabhart

Snow rising by Matt Baldwin

The Fourth Nephite by Jeffrey S. Savage (LDS Fiction)

The Counterfeit convert by Linda Chadwick (LDS Fiction)

The Summer I dared by Barbara Delinsky (Large Print)

Santa Fe Dead by Stuart Woods

Phantom prey by John Sandford

Fractured by Karin Slaughter

The Seeker by Ann H. Gabhart

The Telling by Beverly Lewis

City of thieves by David Benioff

Love finds you in Golden, New Mexico by Lena Nelson Dooley

The Choice by Suzanne Woods Fisher

A Train to Potevka by Mike Ramsdell

Promise, Texas by Debbie Macomber

Heart of Texas Vol. 2: Caroline’s child & Dr. Texas by Debbie Macomber

The Forgotten by Faye Kellerman

The Mothers: A Documentary novel of the Donner Party by Vardis Fisher

Large Print Books:

After all these years: The Other way home by Sally John

Refining fire: Love blossoms in the old West by Carol Cox

Road to forgiveness: Love blossoms in the old West by Carol Cox

The Cowboy takes a bride by Debra Clopton

Frontier courtship by Valerie Hansen

Adult Paperback Fiction:

A Plague of secrets by John Lescroart

Ghost shadow by Heather Graham

Rogue forces by Dale Brown

Return to Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux

Secrets by Jude Deveraux

Forever by Jude Deveraux

Lavender morning by Jude Deveraux

The Devil who tamed her by Johanna Lindsey

No choice but seduction by Johanna Lindsey

Orchard Valley grooms by Debbie Macomber

The Secret by Kat Martin

Guardian by Angela Knight

Like silk by Mary Lynn Baxter

Everlasting by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

A Daring passion by Rosemary Rogers

The Da Vinci code by Dan Brown

Mary Mary by James Patterson

The Last days by Joel C. Rosenberg

Polar shift by Clive Cussler

Medusa by Clive Cussler

Murder inside the beltway by Margaret Truman

Kansas courtship: Love inspired by Victoria Bylin

Tender warrior by Fern Michaels

Fool me once by Fern Michaels

Undone by Karin Slaughter

Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

Highland scandal by Julia London

The Bodies left behind by Jeffery Deaver

Non-Fiction:

The Cleansing of America by W. Cleon Skousen

What the scriptures teach us about adversity by S. Michael Wilcox

Courage in a season of war: Latter-day Saints experience World War II by Paul H. Kelly and Lin H. Johnson

Wild about horses: Our timeless passion for the horse by Lawrence Scanlan

Dave Rust: a life in the canyons by Frederick H. Swanson

Lakota recollections of the Custer fight by Richard G. Hardorff

House calls: Recollections of a family physician by Thomas L. Stern, M.D.

America’s last wild horses by Hope Ryden

First horse: The Complete guide for the first-time horse owner by Fran Devereux Smith

Natural Horse-man-ship by Pat Parelli

Western horsemanship by Richard Shrake

Running with scissors: a Memoir by Augusten Burroughs

The Worst hard time: The untold story of those who survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan

Shattered silence: The untold story of a serial killer’s daughter by Melissa G. Moore with Bridget Cook

The Book of Enoch the prophet translated by Richard Laurence

The Story of my life by Helen Keller

Children & Young Adult Books:

Mary’s penny by Tanya Landman (Picture Book)

The Eye of the stone by Tom Birdseye

The Compound by S. A. Bodeen (Young Adult)

Deep and dark and dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn

All the lovely bad ones by Mary Downing Hahn

Stuck Between the Pages: Book Discussion Group

Author: donna  //  Category: events

Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. at the Panguitch Library.  Linda Langley is the hostess, and we will discuss the book, Wednesday Letters by Jason Wright.

Read Today Program

Author: donna  //  Category: events

Read Today program sponsored by KSL June 15 – August 28 for children K-6.  For more information go to readtoday.com/about.  Panguitch Elementary has logged 400 hours of reading.  Join in and log your reading minutes!

Story Time

Author: donna  //  Category: events

Pirates and parrots (Aarghh):

Pirate stories by storytellers Shon, Darcy, and Kent Osborn

Craft:  Make a parrot to sit on your shoulder

Treat: Chocolate pirate gold coins and vanilla wafers

Story Time

Author: donna  //  Category: events

Beach Time!

Beach & swimming stories

Craft:  Decorate your own beach fan

Treat: Pecan sandies cookies

New Books for July

Author: donna  //  Category: What's New

Adult Fiction:

Lipstick wars by Christine Thackeray (Religious Ficiton)

Becoming Kate by Dixie Owens (Religious Fiction)

City of Angels by Sheralyn Pratt (Religious Fiction)

The Hoarders by Jean Stringam (Religious Fiction)

Blink of an eye by Gregg Luke (Religious Fiction)

Hometown girl by Michele Ashman Bell (Religious Fiction)

The Girl with the dragon tatoo by Stieg Larsson

The Girl who played with fire by Stieg Larsson

The Girl who kicked the hornet’s nest by Stieg Larsson

61 Hours: A Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child

The Wrecker by Clive Cussler

The Spy by Clive Cussler

Dragon by Clive Cussler

Whiplash by Catherine Coulter

Fever Dream by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Caught by Harlan Coben

Frankenstein: Lost souls by Dean Koontz

The Overton Window by Glenn Beck

Sizzling sixteen by Janet Evanovich

A River in the sky by Elizabeth Peters

The Spinster brides of Cactus Corner by Frances Devine (Large Print)

Moving the mountain: Kentucky Brides #3 by Yvonne Lehman (Large Print)

Spring flowers, summer love by Lois Richer (Large Print)

Margaret’s quest: Florida Brides #1 by Muncy G. Chapman (Large Print)

The Way home: Florida Brides #3 by Muncy G. Chapman (Large Print)

Where the river flows Kentucky Brides #2 by Irene B. Brand (Large Print)

That’s (not exactly) Amore by Tracey Bateman (Large Print)

Every now & then by Karen Kingsbury (Large Print)

The Fourth of July by Joyce Livingston (Large Print)

Possibilities by Debra White Smith (Large Print)

The Maverick preacher by Victoria Bylin (Large Print)

The Marshal takes a bride by Renee Ryan (Large Print)

Red Hills stranger: Florida Brides Book 2 by Muncy G. Chapman (Large Print)

Bachelor’s puzzle  by Judith Pella (Large Print)

A Late spring frost by Jennifer O’Neill (Large Print)

Family by Karen Kingsbury (Large Print)

Fade away by Harlan Coben (Paperback)

Drop shot by Harlan Coben (Paperback)

Deal breaker by Harlan Coben (Paperback)

Children’s Fiction:

The Magic Thief: Found by Sara Prineas

The Absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Charlie Bone and the red knight by Jenny Nimmo

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

Picture Books:

Chimp and Zee by Catherine and Laurence Anholt

Alpha Ooops! : H is for Halloween by Alethea Kontis

A Good day’s fishing by James Prosek

City dog, country frog by Mo Willems

Wishing I was fishing by Eva Wells

Non-Fiction:

Rattlesnakes of the United States by Brian Hubbs and Brendan O’Connor

Seven miracles that saved America by Chris Stewart and Ted Stewart

Rand McNally 2011 Road atlas: United States and Canada

The Biggest loser: 6 weeks to a healthier you by Cheryl Forberg, RD

The Sea Hunters II: More true adventures with famous shipwrecks by Clive Cussler

Summer Reads

Author: donna  //  Category: Good Reads

Books for teens or children are some of my favorite reads for summer, because the plot is usually less complicated and the characters and situations are appealing.  One of my favorite summer books is Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls.

I received by email a list of the top 20 books for students to read this summer as voted by educators.  The list is published by Shmoop.com. The books are listed in order of most votes.

  1. The Hunger games by Suzanne Collins
  2. The Book thief by Markus Zusak
  3. Catching fire by Suzanne Collins
  4. To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee
  5. Three cups of tea: One man’s mission to promote peace by Greg Mortenson
  6. The Guernsey Literary and potato peel pie society by Mary Ann Shaffer
  7. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
  8. The Absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
  9. Ender’s game by Orson Scott Card
  10. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
  11. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
  12. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  13. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
  14. Unwind by Neal Shusterman
  15. Extremely loud and incredibly close by Jonathan Safran Foer
  16. Thirteen reasons why by Jay Asher
  17. The Omnivore’s dilemma: Young Reader’s Edition by Michael Pollan
  18. Sarah’s key by Tatiana de Rosnay
  19. Heart of darkness by Joseph Conrad
  20. When you reach me by Rebecca Stead

Some recommendations by our library readers include:

  • So B. It by Sarah Weeks
  • Walk two moons by Sharon Creech
  • The Bronze bow by Elizabeth George Speare
  • Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

New Books for June 2010

Author: donna  //  Category: What's New

Adult Fiction:

A Time to die by Jeffrey S. Savage (Religious Fiction)

Alma the younger by H. B. Moore (Religious Fiction)

The Silence of God by Gale Sears (Religious Fiction)

The 9th judgment by James Patterson

the Short second life of bree tanner: an eclipse novella by Stephenie Meyer

The 47th samurai by Stephen Hunter

Relentless by Dean Koontz (Large Print)

Paperbacks:

  • Rough justice by Jack Higgins (Paperback)
  • Just after sunset by Stephen King (Paperback)
  • Cross country by James Patterson (Paperback)
  • Almost dead by Lisa Jackson (Paperback)
  • Dark harbor by Stuart Woods (Paperback)
  • Stalemate by Iris Johansen (Paperback)
  • Conflict of interest by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg (Paperback)
  • Don’t scream by Wendy Corsi Staub (Paperback)
  • Always Dakota by Debbie Macomber (Paperback)

Western Paperbacks:

  • The Guardian derailers by Tobias Cole (Western Paperback)
  • Apache ambush: The Trailsman #322 by Jon Sharpe (Western Paperback)

Books on CD:

A Time to die by Jeffrey S. Savage (Religious Fiction)

Alma the younger by H. B. Moore (Religious Fiction)

Seven Miracles that saved America by Chris Stewart and Ted Stewart (Religious Non-Fiction)

Young Adult Books:

Sweep by Cate Tiernan

Children’s Books:

Where the mountain meets the moon by Grace Lin (Newbery Honor Book)

The Mostly true adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick (Newbery Honor Book)

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (Newbery Honor Book)

Theodore Boone : Kid lawyer by John Grisham

The Siege of Macindaw: Ranger’s apprentice #6 by John Flanagan

Erak’s ransom: Ranger’s apprentice #7 by John Flanagan

The Kings of Clonmel: Ranger’s apprentice #8 by John Flanagan

Non Fiction Books:

Claudette Colvin: Twice toward justice by Phillip Hoose (Newbery Honor Book)

Chords of strength by David Archuleta

Summer Reading 2010

Author: donna  //  Category: events

Summer Reading 2010 “Make a Splash @ Your Library” begins with registration on June 1, 2010.  Story Time programs will begin June 3, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.

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