December 28, 2020
Adult Fiction
All In by Shelley Shepard Gray.
Meredith Hunt is content
with her solo life. She owns and runs a successful Pilates studio, volunteers
at the high school every week, and recently bought a house. She can take care
of herself, which is good because she has a hard time relying on other people.
When she's mugged and a handsome man comes to her rescue, she doesn't know how
to accept his help -- or how to stop staring into his chocolate-brown eyes.
The Bitter Season by Tami Hoag.
As the dreary, bitter
weather of late fall descends on Minneapolis, Detective Nikki Liska is
restless, already bored with her new assignment to the cold case squad. She
misses the rush of pulling an all-nighter and the sense of urgency of hunting a
desperate killer on the loose. Most of all she misses her old partner, Sam
Kovac. Kovac is having an even harder time adjusting to Liska's absence,
saddled with a green new partner younger than most of Sam's wardrobe. But Kovac
is distracted from his troubles by an especially brutal double homicide: a
prominent university professor and his wife, bludgeoned and hacked to death in
their home with a ceremonial Japanese samurai sword. Liska's case--the unsolved
murder of a decorated sex crimes detective--is less of a distraction:
Twenty-five years later, there is little hope for finding the killer who got
away. Meanwhile, Minneapolis resident Evi Burke has a life she only dreamed of
as a kid in and out of foster homes: a beautiful home, a family, people who
love her, a fulfilling job. But a danger from her past is stalking her idyllic
present. A danger bent on destroying the perfect life she was never meant to
have. As the trails of two crimes a quarter of century apart twist and cross,
Kovac and Liska race to find answers before a killer strikes again. --
Amazon.com
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens.
For years, rumors of the
"Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North
Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the
locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not
what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in
the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the
sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two
young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a
new life--until the unthinkable happens.
Adult Non-Fiction
Don’t Tell ‘Em You’re
Cold by Katherine P. Manley.
Don't Tell 'Em You're
Cold: A Memoir of Poverty and Resilience is an uplifting story of survival from
abject poverty, set in the hills and coal camps of southern West Virginia.
Katherine Manley and her family faced extreme challenges and struggles with
ingenuity and traditional Appalachian stoicism. Beyond the poverty, other
obstacles compounded Katherine's life: a severely disabled father, and a mother
who struggled with the day-to-day survival. On a cool October morning, she left
in a taxi and never returned, leaving 14-year-old Katherine to take care of her
father and raise her siblings in her mother's stead. Katherine went on to
become an award-winning teacher, paying forward her hard-learned lessons to
thousands of lucky students. This is a story of triumph that encourages
everyone to never give up.
Just Smile and Say
Hello by Trang Moreland.
Just Smile and Say Hello
is an inspirational autobiography from poverty in my homeland, Viet Nam, to
successful businesswoman of modern America. You’ll be swept far away to a
little hut with a dirt floor where my family and I lived for many years. You
will venture into our rice paddy where I would swim in a bomb crater left over
from the war while not knowing what it was. You’ll learn in detail how rice is
really grown. You can see, smell, and hear as if you were actually there.
You’ll learn about my brother and sister’s arranged marriages. You’ll learn
about our school system and how difficult it was to be able to get to school on
a daily basis. You’ll visit the local village, the market, the city… You will
go everywhere with me for my first 21 years. You will meet my mother, and learn
of her struggles, and hear stories such as how she could only afford to buy a
spoonful of sugar at one time, and how she was able to survive when she never
made one paycheck her entire life or received any government assistance. Then,
you’ll journey with me to America, a strange place far away that spoke a
language I did not know. You will learn how, with very little money, I was able
to go to trade school and become a successful business owner, first of a
restaurant and then a beauty salon. You will learn so much about the Vietnamese
culture, history, and much more… You will have a difficult time putting this
book down! -- From Amazon.com
Easy/Juvenile/Young Adult/Graphic Novel
Heroes Reborn: The
Avengers by Rob Liefeld, Jim
Valentine, Jeph Loeb, Scott Lobdell, Jim Lee, Brandon Choi, et. al. (GN)
In 1996, the hottest
creators of the day teamed up to reimagine and reinvigorate Marvel's greatest
heroes. The Avengers and Fantastic Four were reborn with bold new looks on a
brave new world, their origins re-envisioned with a raw vitality and
contemporary sensibility! Captain America, Scarlet Witch, Vision, Hawkeye,
Hellcat and more: The Avengers lineup is both new and classic - but will Thor
assemble alongside them? They'll need him against revised versions of Kang, Ultron,
the Enchantress, the Masters of Evil and more -but as Ant-Man and Iron Man
enter the fray, what is Loki up to in the shadows? Plus: The Avengers and
Fantastic Four take on the Hulk - and Galactus!
The Science of Fortnite by James Daley. (J NF)
This book will discuss how
many of the game's most fantastical weapons might actually work, how the
player-made structures would or wouldn't stand up to the stress of battle, and
what the deal is with that huge purple storm! Whether you're a fan of Battle
Royale, Save the World, or Creative play, The Science of
Fortnite will entertain and enlighten you with the scientific truths
behind this amazing game.
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