Book Recommendations from Strongsville Branch Library
Check out these new reads the librarians are suggesting.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
Books to Boost Your Brain
Strongsville Branch Library shares some book recommendations that revolve around history.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
New Book Recommendations from the Strongsville Branch Library
Looking for a new read? Here's what the librarians suggest.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
A Sci Fi Story, a Family Drama and Civil War-Era Fiction
Here are some book recommendations from the Strongsville Library
Reviews by librarians Jennifer Niederhausen, Dona Stein and Heather Timko , Adult Services Division, Strongsville Branch Library. This week we bring a variety of books to the readers out there. Your local library has everything from science fiction to great contemporary novels. We hope you will give these books a try. Happy reading! Bowl of Heaven By Gregory Benford and Larry Niven, October 2012, 412 pages. This novel marks the first collaboration of Science Fiction masters Larry Niven (Ringworld series) and Gregory Benford (Timescape series). The story finds a human expedition to another star system jeopardized by the discovery of an immense bowl-shaped structure in space that leads to hostile alien encounters and profound revelations …
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Saturday, November 10, 2012
Books to Snuggle Up With
Recommendations from Strongsville librarians
Reviews by librarians Jennifer Niederhausen, Dona Stein and Heather Timko , Adult Services Division , Strongsville Branch Library. It is the perfect time of year to snuggle up with a good book. Stop in today to check-out these and other great new books. Happy reading! Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures By Emma Straub, September 2012, 306 pages. A Midwestern girl makes it big as a movie star. Decades pass, and she fades from the spotlight. Straub’s novel revels in the razzle-dazzle of Old Hollywood, but ultimately it’s a beautifully intimate portrait of a fascinating woman. Fans of the Golden Age of Hollywood will enjoy this fictionalization of that time period. Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend By Matthew Dicks, August 2012, 313 pages. Budo …
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Saturday, November 3, 2012
A New Month, Some Great New Books
Here are recommendations from Strongsville librarians
Reviews by librarians Jennifer Niederhausen, Dona Stein, and Heather Timko , Adult Services Division , Strongsville Branch Library. It’s a new month, and here is a new round of great new books for your reading enjoyment. Check out these and many more books next time you stop in to visit your local library. Happy reading! The Accomplice: a Novel By Charles Robbins, September 2012, 356 pages. Still upset over his role in an embarrassing failed gubernatorial campaign, ambitious young politician Henry Hatten lands a lucky job as a communications director for a senator's presidential campaign. He finds himself embroiled in brutal dealings that make him question his sense of morality. With the presidential election soon upon us, this is an …
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
Contemporary Novels, New on the Shelf
Strongsville librarians have three new choices
Book reviews from Strongsville librarians Jennifer Niederhausen, Dona Stein and Heather Timko , Adult Services Division , Strongsville Branch Library This week’s picks are new contemporary novels. Stop in to your local library branch to check-one out today. Happy reading! How Lucky You Are By Kristyn Kusek Lewis, September 2012, 352 pages. In the tradition of Emily Giffin and Marisa de los Santos, this is an engaging and moving novel about three women struggling to keep their longstanding friendship alive. Waverly, who's always been the group's anchor, runs a cozy bakery but worries each month about her mounting debt. Kate is married to a man who's on track to be the next governor of Virginia, but the larger questions brewing in their …
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Saturday, October 13, 2012
Fall in Love with a Good Book
Recommendations from Strongsville librarians
Book reviews by librarians Jennifer Niederhausen, Dona Stein and Heather Timko Adult Services Division Strongsville Branch Library: Fall in love with a new book this week! Here are our picks for new books that you must read. We hope you enjoy them. Happy reading! The Casual Vacancy By J.K. Rowling, September 2012, 480 pages. When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils . . . Pagford is not what it …
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Saturday, October 6, 2012
Brand New Books Everyone's Talking About
Here are recommendation from Strongsville librarians
Book reviews by Jennifer Niederhausen, Dona Stein and Heather Timko, Adult Services Division, Strongsville Branch Library: Shh…Can you keep a secret? These three new books are sure to please readers! We bring to you three new novels that center around secrets. We hope you enjoy them. Happy reading! The Age of Desire: a Novel By Jennie Fields, August 2012, 352 pages. They say behind every great man is a woman. Behind Edith Wharton, there was Anna Bahlmann — her governess turned literary secretary, and her mothering, nurturing friend. When at the age of 45, Edith falls passionately in love with a dashing younger journalist, Morton Fullerton, and is at last opened to the world of the sensual, it threatens everything certain in her life…
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Saturday, September 29, 2012
3 Books By Celebrity Authors
Molly Ringwald writes fiction; Penny Marshall pens a memoir
Reviews by librarians Jennifer Niederhausen, Dona Stein and Heather Timko , Adult Services Division , Strongsville Branch Library: This week we bring to you three new books by celebrity authors. We hope you will stop in soon to check out these and other new books at your local library. Happy reading! Fallen Masters By John Edward, September 2012, 464 pages. What do you get if you combine William Young's The Shack with Dan Brown's Angels and Demons? The answer is this book by bestselling author John Edward. In this novel, Edward traces an ultimate confrontation between good and evil as it unfolds on both the Earthly plane and the Other Side. This is a riveting novel of metaphysical suspense. My Mother was Nuts By Penny Marshall, …
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