Saturday, April 14, 2012
Staff members at the Brecksville branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library have some suggestions for local readers.
Are you in need of a new book to help you celebrate National Library Week? Why not check out one of these suggestions from the Brecksville branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library? Public services assistant Rachel Vaughn wrote the adult book recommendations. And Teen Librarian Diane Wilson wrote the teen’s book recommendation. For adults: The House of Velvet and Glass by Katherine Howe Sibyl Allston is still deep in grief a few years after she loses her mother and sister in the catastrophic sinking of the Titanic. Desperate in seeking some sort of peace, Sibyl finds herself grasping to reconnect with her mother and sister through a medium, but what she discovers is not what she expects. In the meantime, she finds herself drawn back to …
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Saturday, April 7, 2012
Staff members at the Brecksville branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library have some suggestions for local readers.
Hoping for some books in your Easter basket this week? If the bunny doesn’t bring you some new reads, check out one of these suggestions from the Brecksville branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library! Public services assistant Rachel Vaughn wrote the adult book recommendations. And Karen Schmidt, public services assistant II of the Children’s Department, wrote the recommendation for kids. For adults: The Gilly Salt Sisters by Tiffany Baker What can come between two sisters? In the story of the Gilly sisters his name is Whit Turner. Jo and Claire Gilly live on their family’s mysterious salt farm but they couldn’t be more different in personality. Jo prefers solitude and loyalty to the family business, where Claire enjoys the spotlight …
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9089 Brecksville Rd, Brecksville, OH
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Saturday, March 31, 2012
Staff members at the Brecksville branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library have some suggestions for local readers.
Are you searching for a brand new book to get lost in this weekend? Check out one of these suggestions from the Brecksville branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library! Public services assistant Rachel Vaughn wrote the adult book recommendations. And Teen Librarian Diane Wilson wrote the teen’s book recommendation. For adults: The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka Follow the paths of six Japanese mail-order brides as their dreams of what their lives could be in the states quickly turn into harsh realities when they finally arrive in San Francisco. Without knowledge of the language, the land, or even their husbands, these women struggle through their new lives performing demanding manual labor jobs while raising children in a country on …
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9089 Brecksville Rd, Brecksville, OH
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Saturday, March 24, 2012
Staff members at the Brecksville branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library have some suggestions for local readers.
Spring is definitely here, and whether you’re looking for a book to enjoy in the sun or for some ideas for outdoor fun, the staff at the Brecksville branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library can help! Public services assistant Rachel Vaughn wrote the adult book recommendations. And Karen Schmidt, public services assistant II of the children’s department, wrote the children’s book recommendation. For adults: Raylan by Elmore Leonard If you’re a fan of the hit TV show Justified, then I know you’re familiar with trigger-happy, sarcasm-spittin’, Stetson-wearing U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens—he’s quite the character. Marshal Givens first starred in Elmore Leonard’s novel Pronto in 1993, followed by Riding the Rap in 1995, and Fire in the Hole, …
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Saturday, March 17, 2012
Staff members at the Brecksville branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library have some suggestions for local readers.
If you’re searching for a brand-new book for spring, why not check out one of these suggestions from the staff at the Brecksville branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library? This week’s adult book recommendations were written by public services assistant Rachel Vaughn. The recommendation for teens was written by Teen Librarian Diane Wilson. For adults: Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion America is in shambles and so is R, a young man turned zombie. But R isn’t like the other zombies—he seems to have a sense of compassion and has somehow been able to hold on to a piece of his former humanity. After absorbing the memories of a teenage boy’s brain (R has to eat to survive but it doesn’t mean he enjoys it.), R sets himself on an unusual course of …
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9089 Brecksville Rd, Brecksville, OH
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Saturday, March 10, 2012
Staff members at the Brecksville branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library have some suggestions for local readers.
Do you like a good mystery? You’re in luck this week. The staff members at the Brecksville branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library have a few suggestions for mysterious reads, no matter your age. Public services assistant Rachel Vaughn wrote the adult book recommendations. And Karen Schmidt, public services assistant II of the children’s department, wrote the children’s book recommendation. For adults: Blue Monday by Nicci French What do you do when you realize that the description of a recently missing child sounds like the description of a boy that one of your patients has been dreaming about? This is the situation that psychotherapist Frieda Klein finds herself in. Frieda usually keeps to herself but finds herself in the spotlight …
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9089 Brecksville Rd, Brecksville, OH
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Saturday, March 3, 2012
Staff members at the Brecksville branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library have some suggestions for local readers.
Looking for a new book to read this weekend? Try one of these suggestions from the staff at the Brecksville branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library. This week’s book recommendations were written by public services assistant Rachel Vaughn. For adults: The Technologists by Matthew Pearl In post-Civil War Boston, 1868, the first graduating class of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) is making groundbreaking and controversial progress in the field of science. But when strange “natural” occurrences start causing panic and destruction, it leaves people wondering if advancement in science is throwing nature out of balance. Fighting rival academics, labor unions, and seething reporting, the students of M.I.T. work to uncover the …
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9089 Brecksville Rd, Brecksville, OH
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Saturday, February 25, 2012
Staff members at the Brecksville branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library have some suggestions for local readers.
Looking for something good to read? Check out this week’s suggestions from the staff members at the Brecksville branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library. As an added bonus, public services assistant Rachel Vaughn featured the book for next month’s book discussion at the library for her first pick. Vaughn writes the adult book recommendations. And Karen Schmidt, public services assistant II of the children’s department, wrote the children’s book recommendation. For adults: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand This non-fiction piece tells the amazing story of Louis Zamperini. His life was never ordinary—a troubled child that began stealing, drinking, and fighting at a very young age…
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9089 Brecksville Rd, Brecksville, OH
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Saturday, February 11, 2012
Staff members at the Brecksville branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library have some suggestions for local readers.
The snow is supposed to make an appearance this weekend. If you’d like to stay inside with a good book, why not try one of these suggestions from the staff members at the Brecksville branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library? This week’s children’s book recommendation was written by public services assistant II, Karen Schmidt, of the children’s department. And the adult recommendations were written by public services assistant Rachel Vaughn. If you’ve read any of these books, let us know what you thought in the comments. For adults: One Shot by Lee Child Rugged and gritty ex-military investigator Jack Reacher is on the case when a former military friend is accused of sniping five people dead with six shots. The accused claims he didn’t …
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9089 Brecksville Rd, Brecksville, OH
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Saturday, February 4, 2012
Staff members at the Brecksville branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library have some suggestions for local readers.
Well, the groundhog thinks we have six more weeks of winter ahead of us—may as well stock up on your reading supplies in case that prediction turns out to be correct. Here are some suggestions from the staff at the Brecksville branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library to help you out. This week’s teen book recommendation was written by Teen Librarian Diane Wilson, and the adult recommendations were written by public services assistant Rachel Vaughn. For adults: A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd Meet Bess Crawford, not your typical upper-middle-class British woman. Strong-willed with a mind of her own, when WWI hits she decides to volunteer as a nurse—a journey that takes her into the darkest places of war. When she feels a personal …
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9089 Brecksville Rd, Brecksville, OH
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