Books to Boost Your Brain!

In a reading slump? Why not boost your brain, and stop in to the Library today to ask a Librarian for a new book? We can recommend these three new titles and many more. Happy Reading! 

Mary Coin
By Marisa Silver, March 2013, 322 pages.

Most people have seen that iconic photograph of the mother migrant worker taken during the Great Depression. Marisa Silver uses that photograph as the inspiration for her new novel. The story centers on three women. The migrant worker, the woman who took the photograph, and a present day professor of cultural history. It’s a modern day story with a mix of historical fiction. Silver has managed to take a moment in history and weave a story about photography, women’s history, and family dynamics. If anyone has read Eight Girls Taking Pictures and enjoyed it, this a definite must read for you.

Inferno
By Dan Brown, May 2013, 480 pages.

Dan Brown fans will rejoice with this latest novel as Robert Langdon returns to try and solve another historical riddle. This time he’s in the heart of Italy and drawn into one of histories most mysterious literary masterpieces, Dante’s Inferno. As you have to come to expect from a Brown thriller, there will be secret passageways, futuristic science and of course classic art. Follow along with Langdon as he tries to find the answers he seeks and figures out who he can trust.

River of No Return
By Bee Ridgway, April 2013, 464 pages.

This debut novel should appeal to both time travel and regency fans. One moment aristocrat Nick Falcott is about to be skewered on a battlefield during the Napoleonic Wars and the next he’s waking up in modern day London as the guest of a mysterious time-travelling group called The Guild. First told that he can never return, he is eventually asked to retrieve something the Guild needs. Nick agrees while also planning to locate the girl he cannot forget. Fans of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series may enjoy this new novel.

Reviews brought to you each week by Librarians – Jennifer Niederhausen, Dona Stein, & Heather Timko
Adult Services Division
Strongsville Branch Library