Looking for a great new book to read this summer? These three new titles are sure to please readers of all types. We hope you will stop in to our Library Branch soon to check these out. Happy Reading!
Crazy Rich Asians By Kevin Kwan. June 2013, 384 pages.
Rachel Chu is madly in love with her Chinese American boyfriend Nicholas Young. She is so excited to be going back to Singapore with him this summer to meet his family and spend time with him. What Rachel doesn’t realize is that she is in for a shock as Nicholas’ family and friends are crazy rich. She spends her time traveling on private planes, meeting Nick’s socialite friends, and dealing with his mother who is very clear about who she thinks should and should not marry her son. This hilarious debut novel is an interesting look into the social rules in high society Singapore. Readers will not be able to put this book down this summer!
Looking for Me By Beth Hoffman, May 2013, 368 pages.
Readers that loved Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt will certainly be anticipating Beth Hoffman’s newest novel. Teddi Overman loves taking old, broken furniture and turning it into something people desire. She’s so good at it she opens her own shop in Charleston. She loves her life there surrounded by all the quirky characters that come into her shop. Her life is not without it’s own secret past though. She has a brother that mysteriously disappeared and she’s never forgotten him. Now she’s finding signs that he may still be alive and it draws her back to her hometown in Kentucky. Southern fiction fans who like Joshilyn Jackson or Fannie Flagg will surely enjoy this novel by Beth Hoffman.
Trains and Lovers Alexander McCall Smith, June 2013, 256 pages.
This feel good stand-alone novel is about four people, all strangers to each other – who meet on a train, and tell each other stories about how love changed their lives in different ways. Readers who have enjoyed Smith’s other books, or author Fannie Flagg should find this charming and engaging book just the ticket.
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