"One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time."
Carl Sagan
I'm sure some folks are sad to see July end, it feels closer to the end of summer. Luckily August gives us another 31 days of summer, enjoy it to the fullest!
Upcoming:
Literary Cafe: Friday, August 11th at 10 am
Book Dinner and a Movie: August 24th at 4pm. The book is To Catch a Thief by David Dodge
**We get together for book discussion, enjoy a potluck, watch the movie and compare and contrast the two.
There are a few books left if you'd like to join us.
Still time to sign up for the summer reading program, Book Bingo.
Happy to say we have local author Elizabeth Castellano coming here August 22nd at 6pm. Her book, Save What's Left, is set in a small East Coast beach town. Her book is Good Morning America's July Book Club.
Look Out For:
California Golden by Melanie Benjamin
The Romantic by William Boyd
North of Nowhere by Allison Brennan
Out of Nowhere by Sandra Brown
Breaking the Silence by Diane Chamberlain
Canary Girls by Jennifer Chiaverini
Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue
Last Ranger by Peter Heller
Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
My Roommate is A Vampire by Jenna Levine
Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Lion & Lamb by James Patterson
Bone Hacker by Kathy Reichs
Tides of Fire by James Rollins
Gallop Toward the Sun by Peter Stark
Happiness by Danielle Steel
Dead Fall by Brad Thor
The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner
Some good books are coming out this month. I'm a big James McBride fan so I'm looking forward to Heaven & Earth in a Grocery Store
I love any kind of history so Peter Stark's Gallop Toward the Sun: Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison's Struggle for the Destiny of a Nation to -read list.
Just for fun I'll read My Roommate is a Vampire by Jenna Levine.
Our book discussion book for July was The Thursday Murder Club Mystery by Richard Osman. It was a big hit with the club, plus it was the first in his series. Several of the group have continued reading the series and feedback has been positive. If you like British murder mysteries, or looking for a new author of just some fun reading for the rest of the summer, give this series a try.
If you're a non-fiction lover, one of my favorite non-fiction authors is Candice Millard. I was hooked with her first book, River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey. I've read all her books since and always been glad I did.
It's been awhile since Richard North Patterson had a book come out, happy to say, for me, he didn't disappoint and proved once again what a terrific thriller author he is in his latest, Trial. It's a legal thriller with political and racial overtones.
I love a good espionage thriller. If you are too, check out an oldie but goodie with Graham Green's The Quiet American. Set in Vietnam when the French are still trying to keep control and the Americans are starting to get involved in the 50's. Graham based this book on his being in Vietnam during 1951.
Chris Pavone's Expats is a combination spy/crime novel. An American couple moves to Europe to start a new life, old life and secrets eventually catch up,,,
Joseph Finder is a favorite, and not just because he answers my emails. His book, Extraordinary Powers, is one of his early books. Have sinister forces infiltrated the CIA? Was the CIA director's fatal car crash an accident or....His son-in-law, Ben Ellison, gets caught in a top secret espionage project. Was his father-in-law involved with the project, aware of what was occurring during the last days of the Soviet Union.
Looking for a new author? Try one of these:
Lisa Lutz
Robert B. Parker (His westerns)
C.J. Sansom
Michael McGarrity
Robert McCammon
Meg Gardiner
Alan Furst
C.J. Box
Ben Shapiro
Temple Grandin
"August is the slow, gentle month that stretches out the longest across the span of a year. It yawns and lingers on with the light in its own palms"
Victoria Erickson
Enjoy August and the rest of the summer and make sure you're
Happy Reading!
Bev @Mattituck-Laurel Library
631-298-4134 X 104