This Week’s Literary Picks from Your Local Library

It’s the weekend – the perfect time to settle in with a good book. But you don’t want to waste your time sifting through stacks on the recently returned shelf. Instead, why not check out one of the suggestions from the staff at the ? 

This week’s adult recommendations were written by public services assistant Rachel Vaughn. The teen book recommendation was written by Teen Librarian Diane Wilson.

For adults:

Bubbles Unbound by Sarah Strohmeyer

Do you love Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series? Try a new, sassy, and unlikely female investigator! Bubbles Yablonsky is determined to break out of her bimbo persona with plans to head back to school and dreams of becoming the next great investigative journalist. Bubbles believes she may have found her big break when she stumbles across a dead body and is swept up in the murder investigation. She manages to juggle a murder investigation, a circus of a family, and a hunky photographer (named Stiletto!), and still look good. This Agatha Award winning novel is the first in this series.

Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow

David Dubin never talked about his time served in World War II. But after David passes, his son, Stewart, discovers a cache of personal papers and letters recounting his military past. Through these papers and letters, Stewart begins to slowly unravel surprising events including a wartime court-martial and imprisonment that may explain his father’s silence and uncover family secrets. Author, Turow, leaves his usual legal thrillers behind in this page-turning historical fiction novel.

And for teens:

Gone by Michael Grant

One morning, everyone over the age of 14 suddenly vanishes into thin air in a coastal town in California. The remaining kids are left behind struggling with fear, hunger and each other as some discover they can perform supernatural feats.

Summaries are based in part from information in the library's catalogue.