This Week’s Book Picks from Your Local Library

Hope you already stocked up on reading material for the long weekend – the is closed until Tuesday.  

If you think you’ll need some new books then, check out this week’s suggestions from staff members at the library. 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:

Joy for Beginners by Erica Bauermeister

Kate has beat cancer and now has a new perspective on life. Celebrating with a victory dinner, she toasts a deal with her friends: She’s going white-water rafting—something that has always terrified her—but if she goes through with it, each of the other women must also venture to do something they have always feared. Are they up for the challenge?

Think of a Number by John Verdon

Dave Gurney is looking forward to his new retired life with his wife, Madeline, but leaving his accomplished NYPD homicide career behind is proving difficult. When a game-playing serial killer starts leaving letters that seem to eerily read people’s minds, Gurney is brought in as a consultant and quickly breaks ground on the case. But when the case forces Gurney to face a past he has buried will his marriage, mind, and well-being survive?

For teens:

Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel

For 13 years, Ben was an only child. That changes when his mother brings home his new “baby brother” Zan—an 8-day-old chimpanzee. Ben's father, a behavioral scientist, has uprooted the family to pursue his latest research project: A high-profile experiment to determine whether chimpanzees can acquire advanced language skills. It isn't long before Ben is Zan's favorite, and Ben starts to see Zan as more than just an experiment. Soon Ben is forced to make a critical choice between obeying his father and protecting his brother from an unimaginable fate. Recommended for grades 7-11.

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