The Summer Reading Club is in full swing and will begin on June 28th, 2010. For all adult MCPL cardholders.
The club runs from June 28th to August 20th. After registering, please come by the Adult Reference Desk for your starter bag of goodies. Please click here to sign in.
Posted information will remain online till next season starts.
You may read books (or listen to audio books) of your own choice…fiction or non-fiction, short stories, poetry, fantasy…
Online Book Resources
Each of these sites will point you toward some wonderful books. Enjoy!
BookBrowse, your guide to exceptional books…a booklovers’ community! www.bookbrowse.com
Chick Lit Books, smart, fun and modern fiction for females. http://chicklitbooks.com
Booklist Center, the web’s largest collection of booklists, 346 booklists in 82 categories. http://home.comcast.net/~dwtaylor1/
Library Thing, a cataloging and social networking community for book lovers. (It’s definitely fun to read through some of the Talk topics!). www.librarything.com
June 15, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Tarquin Hall: The Case of the Missing Servant. A very clever, witty mystery story with a personable,sharp private detective, Vish Puri. If you like detective stories with cultural and historical information, a glossary, and appealing characters, read this book. Tarquin Hall has written so well that I am eager to read his other (non-fiction) books as well as waiting for the next Vish Puri mystery.
The only thing missing is recipes for the yummy Punjabi food!
June 15, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Thanks for the great recommendation! Sounds like my kind of book!
June 18, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Just finished A Child Called It. You have to read it, or more to the point cry your way through it. Very, very good and what made it better was it is a true story
July 24, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Sounds interesting, who wrote it?
August 19, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Just picked up the book…will let you know what I thought!
June 19, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Read Born to Run by Christopher McDougall this past week. The author travels to remote parts of Mexico to investigate the Tarahumara Indians, who are said to be the greatest runners in the world. This is part adventure, part history and part training manual. A must read for runners, but also proving surprisingly popular with general readers as well.
June 23, 2009 at 1:49 pm
I just finished two books by Marisa de los Santos – LOVE WALKED IN and BELONG TO ME. I enjoyed both. The second book’s story line does follow the first, although it can definitely be read on its own. They’re very light reading but do entail some weighty family issues. If you like books by Anita Shreve or Elizabeth Berg, you’ll probably enjoy these stories.
June 24, 2009 at 12:54 pm
I just finished reading “The Wedding” by Nicholas Sparks. It was an emotionally heartwarming story about love. If you read “The Notebook” then I suggest you pick this up.
I fell madly in love with this book and could not put it down. It just might move you to tears while making you smile all the while.
While reading this book I was filled with many memories of the 17 years I have been with my husband thus far. Remembering the many reasons why I love him dearly, our wedding, the birth of our own children, etc. And then I thought of all the things I too long for and desire and what I worry about when my children grow up and move out of the house. What will happen to us? This book opened my eyes and my heart before it was too late!
July 10, 2009 at 6:53 pm
This is such a warm and very personal response. Although I’m not a fan of Sparks, too mushy for me, I will read this book just because of Marianne’s comment. Thanks for sharing!
July 24, 2009 at 12:59 pm
You are so very welcomed! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
June 26, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Just finished STILL LIFE WITH CROWS, the fourth book in the Agent Pendergast series. Authors, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child really know how to spin a suspenseful and horrific monster yarn. If you like intelligent horror thrillers with interesting plots, I definitely recommend the series starting with the first book, THE RELIC.
June 29, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Just finished THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY, the latest in the Guido Brunetti detective series. Donna Leon, the author now lives in Venice and knows all the ins and outs of that mystical city.We are taken on a tour of Murano as well as Venice in this mystery. This is the fourth of the series I’ve read – the others, DEATH AT LA FENICE, DEATH IN A STRANGE COUNTY and THE ANONYMOUS VENETIAN are even more compelling. Guido loves his coffee, grappa and food.
July 10, 2009 at 4:37 pm
I loved Sherman Alexei’s THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN. Alexie, who writes beautifully, offers a compelling portrait of a 14 year old misfit who uses humor as his coping mechanism. Junior/Arnold is dealing with a life that has more pain in it than most, but he is a glass half full kind of guy. As one character observes, Arnold is ALIVE! Nothing can kill his spirit and, even though Arnold would not agree with this, this is the story of a heroic young man.
July 15, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Rebecca Cantrell: A Trace of Smoke. I enjoy reading historical novels, and this one is a mystery, as well. It is well-researched and gives the reader the feel of Weimar Germany, the early years of the Nazis, and what it was like to be a female newspaper reporter. While I think Philip Kerr’s Bernie GUnther books are better, for a first novel, this one is good. I would recommend it – and I hope the author writes another one soon.
July 15, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Finished “The Manual of Detection” by Jedediah Berry. It was a cool and unusual read. Not your typical mystery…and sure to keep you awake!
July 18, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Just finished “Song Of The Earth” by Hugh Nissenson. This takes place in the year 2057, and is his Biography. He grows up in an age transformed by Technology. Interesting read
July 24, 2009 at 1:09 pm
I just finished reading “The Vampire Diaries – The Awakening – Volume I” which in some ways is very much like Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” Saga only a lot more bloodier and darker and therefore probably aimed at an older audience. The characters are amazing! I read the book in one day and loved that L.J. Smith ended with a cliff-hanger and then gave the reader a sneak peek at the next book prompting me to obviously return to the library the very next day to get Volume II.
August 11, 2009 at 7:22 pm
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August 11, 2009 at 7:26 pm
I finished “The Struggle” which is L.J. Smiths Volume II in his Vampire Diaries Series. It is much more darker then the first. I am enjoying the story and have already put the third and fourth books on hold as their is a waiting list.
June 11, 2010 at 7:27 pm
hello dear friends!
June 11, 2010 at 7:34 pm
The Summer Reading Club is starting soon. I’m looking forward to a new conversation about what we’re reading! Let’s just hope we have a nice summer for lounging outdoors with a cool drink and a good book.
July 10, 2010 at 2:43 am
Wow. Didn’t realize the club had begun. Just finished Proust Was a Neuroscientist. Great writing. The chapter on the Riot that was caused when Stravinski’s “Rite of Spring” debuted was particularly fun to read..
July 21, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Just finished “What I Did For Love” by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Nice Summer Read Love Story
July 21, 2010 at 7:13 pm
I’m just about done with Amy Bloom’s Where the god of love hangs out. It’s technically a collection of short stories, but several of them are linked to each other. I love her observations on people and relationships. I am now officially a BIG FAN of Amy Bloom.