What's New This Week at the Durham Public Library (Plus Staff Recommendations)

Books

The Litigators, by John Grisham

Until There Was You, by Kristin Higgins

Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory, by Major General Julian Thompson

Christmas in Sugarcreek, by Shelley Shepard Gray

The Race: an Isaac Bell Adventure, by Clive Cussler

DVDs

Wishful Drinking

Cars 2

The Night Before the Night before Christmas

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Water for Elephants

This Week's Staff Picks:

Patti's Pick

The Fox Inheritance, by Mary Pearson

Synopsis: They say time heals all wounds, but they're wrong. After a terrible accident destroyed their bodies, the minds of three best friends were kept alive, spinning in a digital netherworld. Even in that disembodied nightmare, they were still together. At least at first. When Jenna disappeared, Locke and Kara had to go on without her. Decades passed, and then centuries.

Two hundred and sixty years later, they have been released at last. Given new, perfect bodies, Locke and Kara awaken to a world they know nothing about, where everyone they once knew and loved is long dead. Everyone...except Jenna Fox.

Patti says: I loved this book. I enjoyed the first book in the series, The Adoration of Jenna Fox, so I was interested to find out what happened next in the story. It picks up 260 years later and is told from the point of view of Locke, one of Jenna's friends.

The Fox Inheritance is a wonderful blend of mystery, suspense, sci fi, and character development. I think you could read it without reading Jenna first, but you'll enjoy the story more if you read the books in order.

These books are for young adults, but adults will enjoy them, too. I've also read another book by Mary Pearson, The Miles Between, which is a great story about four teens who leave their boarding school to go on a road trip in search of "one fair day." Another great read!

Valerie's pick:

The Imperfectionists, by Tom Rachman

 Rachman deftly applies his experience as foreign correspondent and editor to chart the goings-on at a scrappy English-language newspaper in Rome.  Chapters read like exquisite short stories, turning out the intersecting lives of the men and women who produce the paper--and one woman who reads it religiously, if belatedly.

Other news: Position open for a 35 hour Library Assistant; e-mail vkilmartin@durhamlibrary.org for more information