May 10, 2021
Adult Fiction
The Consequences of
Fear by Jacqueline Winspear.
October 1941. While on a delivery, young Freddie Hackett, a message runner for a government office, witnesses an argument that ends in murder. Crouching in the doorway of a bombed-out house, Freddie waits until the coast is clear. But when he arrives at the delivery address, he's shocked to come face to face with the killer. Dismissed by the police when he attempts to report the crime, Freddie goes in search of a woman he once met when delivering a message: Maisie Dobbs. While Maisie believes the boy and wants to help, she must maintain extreme caution: she's working secretly for the Special Operations Executive, assessing candidates for crucial work with the French resistance. Her two worlds collide when she spots the killer in a place she least expects. She soon realizes she's been pulled into the orbit of a man who has his own reasons to kill--reasons that go back to the last war.
A Cowboy State of Mind by Jennie Marts.
Scarred and battered loner
Zane Taylor has a gift with animals, particularly horses, but he's at a total
loss when it comes to knowing how to handle women. Even though he's sworn off
love, he can't seem to stay away from Bryn Callahan. He's known for being a
horse whisperer, but can't seem to find his voice at all where Bryn is
concerned. Bryn Callahan has a heart for strays, but she is through trying to
save damaged men. She vows to only date nice guys, which is a category that
does not include Zane Taylor. Too bad he's the only one who sets her pulse
racing every time she's around him. Starting a horse rescue ranch wasn't in
Bryn's plan, but try telling that to the assembly of abandoned animals that
have found their way to her doorstep. And when a chance encounter with a horse
headed for slaughter brings Zane and Bryn together, they find themselves given
a chance to save not just the horse, but maybe each other...
A Promise of Ankles by Alexander McCall Smith.
For the residents of 44
Scotland Street, life in Edinburgh's intriguing New Town is a thing to be
relished. After all, there are new faces to excite Domenica's anthropological
imagination, precious moments with his triplets for Matthew to savor, and the
prospect of a trip to the promised land of Glasgow for young Bertie. But there
are mysteries that need solving too. Could Angus Lordie’s dog, Cyril – the only
dog in Scotland with a gold tooth – have unearthed a Neanderthal skull? Does
the long-suffering Stuart have any hope of kindling a new relationship when
Bruce, ever the navel gazer and consummate seducer, effortlessly steps into his
pas de deux? And how will the patrons of Big Lou’s café react to the menu’s
imminent culinary transformation?
Adult Non-Fiction
Parenting While Working
from Home by Shari Medini &
Karissa Tunis.
As more parents work from
home than ever before, there are unique challenges when it comes to meeting the
demands of their job, helping their kids thrive, and finding even five minutes
to take care of themselves. Parenting While Working from Home offers
tips, strategies, and reflections to help parents balance their careers,
connect with their kids, and establish their inner strength over the course of
a year. Parenting experts and founders of the popular website, Adore Them
Parenting, Karissa Tunis and Shari Medini share actionable tips, heartfelt
insight, and planning strategies to help you enjoy your own parenting journey
while working from home. Building on the authors' own experiences and the most
common challenges they hear parents voicing today, Parenting While Working
from Home encourages parents to make intentional changes that will result
in happier families and thriving careers.
Dories, Ho! by Matt & Karen Smith.
Travel with Matt and Karen
as they float down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. In September
2016, they experienced the trip of a lifetime with 14 friends and a crew of 10
while traveling in wooden dories through the canyon. Dories, Ho! is a story of
their adventure and discovery. Similar to their first travel memoir Dear Bob
and Sue, this book is as much about their relationship as it is their fantastic
trip. Matt and Karen's quirky writing style is both humorous and irreverent.
It's fun, laugh out loud, and an easy read. While not intended to be a
traditional guidebook, anyone contemplating a river trip through the Grand
Canyon will benefit from this firsthand account. The reader will feel as if
they've traveled with the authors on their journey to and through Grand Canyon
National Park. If you are looking for a story that will make you laugh and
inspire you to get out and see our incredible national parks, Dories, Ho! is
for you.
Easy/Juvenile/Young Adult/Graphic Novel
Uncanny X-Men by Kieron Gillen.
GN
Kieron Gillen's
blockbuster X-Men run concludes! Cyclops leads his squad to Tabula Rasa... a
newly discovered area of the Marvel Universe where evolution has run rampant.
And the Immortal Man plans to show the X-Men just how out-of-date Homo Superior
really are! Then, prepare for a prison break, X-Men-style... guest-starring the
Avengers! But the return of the Phoenix Force puts these two mighty teams on an
inevitable path to war! The cataclysmic conflict of AVX will shake the X-Men to
their core, with unexpected consequences for all of mutantkind... but after the
Phoenix Force takes drastic action, what will happen to Cyclops when the dust
settles? Plus, the Juggernaut-powered Colossus! The Phalanx! The evil
brilliance of Unit! And the master geneticist, Sinister, brings his diabolical
schemes to fruition!
Highfire by Eoin Colfer.
YA
In the days of yore, Vern
flew the skies and scorched angry mobs--now he rises only with great reluctance
from his Laz-Z-Boy recliner. Laying low in the bayou, this once-magnificent
fire breather, Wyvern, Lord Highfire of the Highfire Eyrie, has been reduced to
lighting Marlboros with nose sparks, swilling Absolut in a Flashdance T-shirt,
and binging Netflix. For centuries, he struck fear in hearts far and wide. He
is the last dragon, a survivor, unlike the rest. Vern's glory days are long
gone. A canny Cajun swamp rat, young Everett Squib Moreau does what he can to
survive, trying not to break the heart of his saintly single mother. On his
first night working for a shady smuggler, he witnesses his boss murdered by
crooked constable Regence Hooke. Hooke is a dirty cop, a despicable human being
who happens to want Squib's momma in the worst way. When Hooke goes after his
hidden witness with a grenade launcher, Squib finds himself airlifted from
certain death by...a dragon? Rather than be fried alive so the dragon can keep
his secret, Squib strikes a deal with the scaly apex predator. He can act as
his go-between (aka familiar) --fetch his vodka, keep him company, etc.--in
exchange for protection from Hooke. Soon the three of them are careening
headlong toward a combustible confrontation. There's about to be a fiery
reckoning, in which either dragons finally go extinct--or Vern's glory days are
back.
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