Under the radar -

July is gone, but we've still got August for summer reading fun. These recently published fiction books got good reviews, but haven't received much attention from the media yet...

                                                          Absolutist - John Boyne

                                                   Jack 1939 - Francine Matthews

                                      The Light Between the Oceans - M.L. Stedman

                                       The Other Woman's House - Sophie Hannah

                                                      Overseas - Beatriz Williams

                                                  Shine Shine Shine - Lydia Netzer

                                                     Syndrome E - Franck Thilliez

                                               This Bright River - Patrick Somerville

                                  The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D - Nichole Bernier

                                               The Uninvited Guests - Sadie Jones

                                  The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce

                                                          Wife 22 - Melanie Gideon

Enjoy!

July Grand Prize awarded!

Congratulations to the lucky patron who won a $75.00 gift certificate to the Westfield restaurant, 16 Prospect Wine Bar & Bistro.  Thank you to the owners for their generous donation in support of our program.

We still have 6 weekly prizes to give away during August and 2 more grand prizes to award at the conclusion of the club.

Oh to be in England -

In honor of the Olympics, we are featuring some recently published fiction set in London and some nonfiction about the city. 

Fiction -

                         Abdication - Juliet Nicolson

                       Angelmaker - Nick Harkaway

                                                                    Blue Monday - Nicci French

                                                                      Capital - John Lanchester

                                                                 Chemistry of Tears - Peter Carey

                                                                 The Demands - Mark Billingham

                                                                          Gold - Chris Cleave

                                                                 How it All Began - Penelope Lively

                                                                      The Reckoning - Jane Casey

                                                                   The Spoiler - Annalena McAfee

Nonfiction -

                                                     Johnson's Life of London - Boris Johnson

                         London Under; the Secret History Beneath the Streets - Peter Ackroyd

                                Londoner's; the Days and Nights of London Now - Craig Taylor

Cheerio!

Two more gift certificates awarded -

Yesterday, we gave away prizes from the Theresa Restaurant Group and Cosimo's Restaurant and Pizzeria both located in downtown Westfield.  Congratulations to the lucky patrons who won!

On Monday, July 30th, we'll be awarding the monthly grand prize, a $75.00 gift certificate to 16 Prospect Wine Bar & Bistro. 

You can't win if you don't participate...  

Going, going "Gone Girl" -

If you're waiting for this bestselling thriller, by Gillian Flynn, we have some suggestions for other books to read.  You could start with her two previous titles:

                             Dark Places and Sharp Objects

If you've already read those, here are some other books that will keep you on the edge of your beach blanket.

                                 Already Gone - John Rector

                   Come and Find Me - Hallie Ephron

                                                               Darkness all Around - Doug Magee

                                                                    The Empty Glass - J.I. Baker

                                                        Into the Darkest Corner - Elizabeth Haynes

                                                                 Playing Dead - Julia Haeberlin

                                                                        

                                                                   Ransom River - Meg Gardiner

                                                        Say Nice Things About Detroit - Scott Lasser

And two books by Chevy Stevens - Still Missing and Never Knowing

For even more thrillers, check out the website, Stop, You're Killing Me!

Two new weekly winners -

Yesterday we awarded gift certificates to two restaurants on Central Ave. - The Turning Point and Tinga Taqueria.  Next Monday we'll draw two more prizes.

The air conditioning is on full blast in the library.  Come in - cool down - check out some materials - fill out a prize entry form.

You could be the next lucky winner!

The real thing -

If your idea of a "good beach read" is a true story, you'll enjoy these recently published nonfiction books -

In honor of the discovery of the Higgs particle, we'll start with some titles for the science geeks out there -

                                 Chasing Venus - Andrea Wulf

                                      Gravity - Brian Clegg

                   Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms - Richard A. Fortey

And for the true crime addicts -

                                Cemetery John - Robert E. Zorn

                                Midnight in Peking - Paul French

                    People Who Eat Darkness - Richard Lloyd Parry

And for the sports fans -

                           American Triumvirate - James Dodson

                               Dream Team - Jack McCallum

                              Pinstripe Empire - Martin Appel

Let's not forget the history buffs -

                               Atlantic Fever - Joe Jackson

                           Freedom's Forge - Arthur Herman

                          Two Americans - William Lee Miller

We'll be looking at other nonfiction genres in future blogs, so stay tuned.