tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101398132012-01-29T01:54:53.997-08:00Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.comBlogger1451100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-66310327923689261372011-09-12T09:20:00.000-07:002011-09-12T09:30:04.328-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P2zc6VPN6N0/Tm4zV_k9JnI/AAAAAAAAB6k/gu3T_5ofZRw/s1600/snowman.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 187px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651511035333256818" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P2zc6VPN6N0/Tm4zV_k9JnI/AAAAAAAAB6k/gu3T_5ofZRw/s200/snowman.jpg" /></a>Recommended by Jen R.<br />At the first snow, a woman has gone missing and the mysterious appearance of a snowman signifies the work of a serial killer. Detective Harry Hole and his new female partner form a strong professional relationship, but struggle with their own personal problems. Who the Snowman is will surprise you! A great book for fans of crime and serial killer fiction.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Snowman-Jo-Nesb%C3%B8/dp/0307595862/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1315844988&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-6631032792368926137?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-65087862883801446102011-09-12T09:15:00.000-07:002011-09-12T09:20:26.768-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VV0fTgRJC0c/Tm4xOiEHYHI/AAAAAAAAB6c/jYlUPUzeUy0/s1600/tearose.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651508708128546930" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VV0fTgRJC0c/Tm4xOiEHYHI/AAAAAAAAB6c/jYlUPUzeUy0/s200/tearose.jpg" /></a>Recommended by Jean<br />A rags-to-riches story which begins in turn-of-the-century London and ends in New York City. Well-written, this story kept me interested until the end. Highly recommended.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tea-Rose-Novel-Jennifer-Donnelly/dp/0312378025/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1315844312&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-6508786288380144610?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-5692617888964814312011-06-29T10:15:00.000-07:002011-06-29T10:35:33.753-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nQGeQ45sQtk/TgtiRvLB_3I/AAAAAAAAB48/rICGz7y1rVk/s1600/athome.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623696616562229106" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nQGeQ45sQtk/TgtiRvLB_3I/AAAAAAAAB48/rICGz7y1rVk/s200/athome.jpg" /></a>Recommended by Jo Ann<br />643.1 BRY [sound recording]<br /><br />Bryson's narration of the audio version is a real treat. He lives in a 1851 former rectory and takes us on an entertaining tour of each room and how it has evolved over centuries. As People magazine writes, "If this book doesn't supply you with five years' worth of dinner conversation, you're not paying attention." Amazon's Best Book of the Month in 2010.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/At-Home-Short-History-Private/dp/0739315269/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1309368303&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-569261788896481431?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-91534149389098437772011-04-27T09:10:00.000-07:002011-04-27T09:17:03.026-07:00Recommended by JoAnn<br />B Oates<br /><br />Oates's 78 year old husband was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia, improved considerably, then suddenly died from a hospital infection. Married for 46 years, she is barely able to cope with her loss, and this memoir is a somewhat 'stream of consciousness' revelation detailing her private pain.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Widows-Story-Joyce-Carol-Oates/dp/0062015532/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1303920826&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-9153414938909843777?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-82455046757691911892011-04-23T10:27:00.000-07:002011-04-23T11:40:23.050-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UBnOG4WFjOQ/TbMZ9KHfr4I/AAAAAAAAB0g/sRpaB3bxY3o/s1600/informationist.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 127px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598847300230164354" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UBnOG4WFjOQ/TbMZ9KHfr4I/AAAAAAAAB0g/sRpaB3bxY3o/s200/informationist.jpg" /></a>Recommended by Lauren<br />FIC Stevens<br /><br />Wondering what to read next after <em>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo</em>? Try this suspenseful, fast-paced thriller by debut author Taylor Stevens. Series heroine Vanessa "Michael" Munroe, renowned for her expert ability to acquire and analyze information, is hired by a Texas oil tycoon to search for his missing daughter Emily. Munroe's investigation takes place in dangerous and remote areas of Africa where the girl vanished several years earlier. Can Munroe find Emily before she becomes the hunted herself? An action-packed plot, with a bit of romance, in the unique settings of Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon, made for a great read.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Informationist-Thriller-Taylor-Stevens/dp/0307717097/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1303583096&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-8245504675769191189?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-19762662625484612452011-04-11T10:41:00.000-07:002011-04-15T11:00:36.425-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-akbqf1FyKh8/TaXWPqwHF0I/AAAAAAAAB0Y/ZtyU9a_Si1Y/s1600/unbroken.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 127px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595113676740171586" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-akbqf1FyKh8/TaXWPqwHF0I/AAAAAAAAB0Y/ZtyU9a_Si1Y/s200/unbroken.jpg" /></a><div>Recommended by Barbara </div><br><div>940.5472 HIL </div><br><div>Meet Louie Zamperini. In his 90s now, he's had a life full of amazing adventures:</div> - a juvenile delinquent in California during the 1920s<div> - a world class runner competing in the 1936 Berlin Olympics </div><div>- a bombardier in the Army Air Corps over the Pacific in WWII </div><br />Planes crash, sharks attack, and Japanese POW camps all figure in this true story of cruelty, survival, courage, heroism, but most of all, undying spirit. From the author of the award-winning "Seabiscuit".<p><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Unbroken-World-Survival-Resilience-Redemption/dp/1400064163/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1302890115&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-1976266262548461245?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-7920036275263422692011-04-08T08:53:00.000-07:002011-04-08T10:34:54.868-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BBibAJUyxg4/TZ9HHouES4I/AAAAAAAABz4/QHcCXYovngQ/s1600/marcelo.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 127px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593267458732739458" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BBibAJUyxg4/TZ9HHouES4I/AAAAAAAABz4/QHcCXYovngQ/s200/marcelo.jpg" /></a>Recommended by Jen R. <br /><div>YA Stork </div><br /><div>Marcelo Sandoval is 17-years-old with a non-classified, highly-functioning Autism-Spectrum disorder who spent a comfortable life so far sleeping in his backyard tree house and attending private schools. His father, a corporate attorney, coerses Marcelo to spend the summer working in the mailroom at his firm, in hopes that Marcelo will learn the ways of the "real world". When Marcelo finds a disturbing photo, he sets out on a personal journey to right the wrongs he experiences through the subtleties of life in the "real world". </div><br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Marcelo-Real-World-Francisco-Stork/dp/054505690X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1302276748&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-792003627526342269?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-20439915069752468062011-04-08T07:34:00.000-07:002011-04-08T08:10:36.694-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ABa27Jcr1A8/TZ8jnscMrLI/AAAAAAAABzw/LKTYhKGDU0s/s1600/swamplandia.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 190px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593228427068746930" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ABa27Jcr1A8/TZ8jnscMrLI/AAAAAAAABzw/LKTYhKGDU0s/s200/swamplandia.jpg" /></a>Recommended by Jen R. <br /><div></div>Fic Russell <br /><div></div><br /><p>Twelve-year-old Ava Bigtree and her family are alligator wrestlers who own Swamplandia, a tourist attraction in the Florida Everglades. When Hilola, mother and star of the big show, dies, Swamplandia falls apart and the family follows suit. Each family member embarks on a personal journey to save the Bigtree name and family business. This book is refreshing, humorous, and well written. </p><br /><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Swamplandia-Karen-Russell/dp/0307263991/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1302273361&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-2043991506975246806?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-74181016359040775822011-04-08T07:20:00.001-07:002011-04-08T07:33:46.307-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HCxGt58HyeQ/TZ8bTYbQlaI/AAAAAAAABzo/5ZA1CfJ8NBQ/s1600/case.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 127px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593219282005693858" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HCxGt58HyeQ/TZ8bTYbQlaI/AAAAAAAABzo/5ZA1CfJ8NBQ/s200/case.jpg" /></a>Recommended by JoAnn <br /><p>956.94 DER <br /><p>Harvard Law professor Dershowitz, presents a fair, balanced, and sensible set of possible solutions toward a resolution of the on-going bombings and strife in Israel. <br /><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Case-Israel-Alan-Dershowitz/dp/0471679526/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1302272676&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-7418101635904077582?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-36033837151676033032011-04-06T09:40:00.000-07:002011-04-06T09:53:26.782-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MNvskkS9GWw/TZyaQmGGvsI/AAAAAAAABzg/FEuB9jccYYU/s1600/upfromtheblue.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592514447182053058" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MNvskkS9GWw/TZyaQmGGvsI/AAAAAAAABzg/FEuB9jccYYU/s200/upfromtheblue.jpg" /></a>Recommended by Jean <br /><div>FIC Henderson</div><br /><div>This story of how a family deals with mental illness in the 1970s is both heartbreaking and revealing. I enjoyed the author's writing style and how the story is told from the child and adult points of view.</div><br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Up-Blue-Novel-Susan-Henderson/dp/0061984035/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1302108762&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-3603383715167603303?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-8298014439976718152011-02-25T08:47:00.001-08:002011-02-25T08:55:26.152-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g7e3W-clvfI/TWfe2ltbOXI/AAAAAAAABv4/8ts4Yctn6jw/s1600/priceofstones.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 171px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577671692938590578" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g7e3W-clvfI/TWfe2ltbOXI/AAAAAAAABv4/8ts4Yctn6jw/s200/priceofstones.jpg" /></a>Recommended by JoAnn<br />372.1826 KAG<br /><br />An amazing story of how one person's dream of helping those less fortunate turns into reality. The author grew up in rural Uganda in poverty, managed to earn a university degree, then returned to his home with hope to open a free school for AIDS orphans. Overcoming many obstacles, he founded the Nyaka AIDS Orphans School.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Price-Stones-Building-School-Village/dp/B0043RT8KE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1298652680&amp;sr=8-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-829801443997671815?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-58245989693701030952011-02-07T07:46:00.000-08:002011-02-07T07:56:51.435-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TVAWBupqLVI/AAAAAAAABvQ/8lT4Ha2DgBY/s1600/rugmerchant.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570976958015745362" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TVAWBupqLVI/AAAAAAAABvQ/8lT4Ha2DgBY/s200/rugmerchant.jpg" /></a>Recommended by JoAnn<br />Fic Mullins<br /><br />A debut novel about Ushman, a middle-aged Iranian rug merchant hoping for a better life in America, whose loneliness and rejection by his wife in Turkey leads to relationships with a young college girl and a customer of his. An interesting read about cultural diversity and peoples' needs.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rug-Merchant-Meg-Mullins/dp/B002NPCWEM/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1297093780&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-5824598969370103095?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-16271804167558089002011-01-14T07:54:00.000-08:002011-01-14T08:00:13.554-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TTBy8q0Y0oI/AAAAAAAABts/vJh3iOPIaQI/s1600/game%2Bof%2Bthrones.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 117px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562071926414299778" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TTBy8q0Y0oI/AAAAAAAABts/vJh3iOPIaQI/s200/game%2Bof%2Bthrones.jpg" /></a>Recommended by Donna<br />SF Martin<br /><br />If you like Science Fiction, give this book a try. It's a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal. You either win the "Game of Thrones" or you die. Soon to be an HBO mini-series!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Game-Thrones-Song-Fire-Book/dp/0553381687/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1295020703&amp;sr=8-1">Reviews</a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-1627180416755808900?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-68503871640283315822011-01-08T08:51:00.000-08:002011-01-08T09:12:54.300-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TSiWqgemWOI/AAAAAAAABtU/7Faakm7Ejjk/s1600/grodstein.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 192px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559859397005826274" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TSiWqgemWOI/AAAAAAAABtU/7Faakm7Ejjk/s200/grodstein.jpg" /></a>Recommended by Jean<br />FIC Grodstein<br /><br />A heart-breaking story of two families whose lives are torn apart. A well written and suspenseful with book discussion notes in the back of the book. The story touches on friendship, parenting and life in modern suburbia. Lots to discuss!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Friend-Family-Lauren-Grodstein/dp/1616200170/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1294506753&sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-6850387164028331582?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-79456558666052081362010-12-19T12:43:00.000-08:002010-12-19T12:52:18.713-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TQ5v3MS9l9I/AAAAAAAABtI/XaTPwUNzEG4/s1600/secret.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 127px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552498384578648018" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TQ5v3MS9l9I/AAAAAAAABtI/XaTPwUNzEG4/s200/secret.jpg" /></a>Recommended by JoAnn<br /><div>FIC Rosnay</div><br /><div>de Rosnay (Sarah's Key) intrigues us with another drama of suspense and romance. Frenchman Antoine Rey and his sister confront the mysterious dark death, 30 years prior, of his mother. Complex family relationships, the painful death of a friend, emotional assistance from new girlfriend Angele who is a mortician...all force Antoine to confront his past and present relationships, to 'grow-up', and begin the healing process.</div><br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Kept-Tatiana-Rosnay/dp/0312593317/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1292791898&amp;sr=8-1">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-7945655866605208136?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-39187210561187680482010-12-08T10:21:00.000-08:002010-12-08T10:36:50.824-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TP_NdMlsohI/AAAAAAAABtA/TeHVxFL59EY/s1600/ceecee.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 126px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548379167422980626" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TP_NdMlsohI/AAAAAAAABtA/TeHVxFL59EY/s200/ceecee.jpg" /></a>Recommended by Donna<br /><div>FIC Hoffman</div><br />This story takes place in 1967 in Ohio. CeeCee grows up with a father who travels often for business and a mother who is schizophrenic. When her mother is killed in an accident, CeeCee goes to live with an aunt down South. This move dramatically changes her life for the better.<div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Saving-CeeCee-Honeycutt-Beth-Hoffman/dp/0143118579/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1291833065&amp;sr=8-1">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-3918721056118768048?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-19744840344749755912010-11-03T09:50:00.000-07:002010-11-03T10:01:22.219-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TNGUSgi33_I/AAAAAAAABsw/0y_pnCpPmpk/s1600/halfbrokehorses.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 126px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535368462709809138" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TNGUSgi33_I/AAAAAAAABsw/0y_pnCpPmpk/s200/halfbrokehorses.jpg" /></a>Recommended by JoAnn<br />FIC Walls<br /><br />Walls writes another winner (<em>Glass Castle</em> was her first) with her interesting narrative that draws the reader through the early life of her grandmother. Life in early 1900 West Texas was one difficult, spirit-breaking trial after another for Lily, but her indomitable determination and pluck reveals a true heroine of the Wild West.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Half-Broke-Horses-True-Life-Novel/dp/1416586296/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1288803432&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-1974484034474975591?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-51784442821741363002010-11-03T09:34:00.000-07:002010-11-03T09:39:46.959-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TNGQNKcHkmI/AAAAAAAABso/25UShIZxnpY/s1600/executor.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535363972830040674" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TNGQNKcHkmI/AAAAAAAABso/25UShIZxnpY/s200/executor.jpg" /></a>Recommended by Jean<br />FIC Kellerman<br /><br />What a great book! A suspenseful and well written story of a graduate student whose life takes a turn after answering an ad in a newspaper. Lots of plot twists and a surprise ending. I loved it!<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Executor-Jesse-Kellerman/dp/B0042P56EY/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1288802235&amp;sr=1-3">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-5178444282174136300?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-15887358172914969432010-10-15T08:21:00.000-07:002010-10-15T09:12:23.028-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TLhxv1H_PSI/AAAAAAAABsQ/zLbDJTVy-HI/s1600/littlebee.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 126px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528293609125657890" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TLhxv1H_PSI/AAAAAAAABsQ/zLbDJTVy-HI/s200/littlebee.jpg" /></a>FIC Cleave<br />Recommended by Jen R.<br /><br />A haunting incident on an African beach binds and forever changes the lives of a Nigerian refugee girl and an affluent family from London. This is a serious book with serious characters. Each character tries to free him/herself of guilt and accept the consequences that come with their own decisions.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Bee-Novel-Chris-Cleave/dp/1416589643/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1287159095&amp;sr=8-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-1588735817291496943?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-84226446481021885332010-10-15T08:16:00.000-07:002010-10-15T09:36:14.788-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TLhxEkLPkYI/AAAAAAAABsI/Y9rq_qmCd1Y/s1600/spin.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 127px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528292865841533314" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TLhxEkLPkYI/AAAAAAAABsI/Y9rq_qmCd1Y/s200/spin.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:Calibri;">FIC McCann</span><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Recommended by Jen R.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">In McCann’s novel, the true story of tight-rope walker Philippe Petit binds together the lives of ten unique individuals who all have their own stories to tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The novel unfolds steadily with finesse, describing the tragedy and triumph of each character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The characters converge at the end effortlessly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The book reads itself. </span><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Let-Great-World-Spin-Novel/dp/0812973992/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1287155880&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-8422644648102188533?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-63155610084285416392010-09-13T06:40:00.000-07:002010-09-13T07:02:14.888-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TI4ss1M6TEI/AAAAAAAABqg/4flI40mN3Cw/s1600/child44.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 189px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516395742282533954" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TI4ss1M6TEI/AAAAAAAABqg/4flI40mN3Cw/s200/child44.jpg" /></a>Recommended by JoAnn<br /><div>FIC Smith</div><br /><div>MGB officer, Leo Demidov, becomes obsessed with tracking a child serial killer in post-Stalin Soviet Union at a time when the government views criminal behavior as non-existent in this "perfect" society. This well-researched debut book about paranoia excels in a sensational plot, strong characters and accurate cultural detail. </div><br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Child-44-Tom-Rob-Smith/dp/B0029LHX1W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1284386003&amp;sr=8-1">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-6315561008428541639?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-61031556248655568042010-08-30T07:22:00.000-07:002010-08-30T07:26:15.129-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/THu_efYJOCI/AAAAAAAABpw/YgSWVgj24Ik/s1600/redleaves.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511209099557681186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 192px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/THu_efYJOCI/AAAAAAAABpw/YgSWVgj24Ik/s200/redleaves.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Jean<br />FIC Cook<br /><br />A very well written story of how a family deals with a kidnapping accusation. However, there is a lot more to this story as family secrets are revealed. It also had a surprise ending.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Red-Leaves-Otto-Penzler-Book/dp/0156032341/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1283178296&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-6103155624865556804?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-15732294992795400832010-08-04T08:33:00.000-07:002010-08-04T09:00:50.553-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TFmOU-zMiVI/AAAAAAAABpA/oHrSypWzwyQ/s1600/twilight.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501584910916028754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 127px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 193px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TFmOU-zMiVI/AAAAAAAABpA/oHrSypWzwyQ/s200/twilight.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by JoAnn<br />907.4747 MAU<br />This narrative of The New York World's Fair is a fascinating drama of a glorious optimism for global peace and prosperity, as well as the horror of terrorist bombs, and Germany's menacing aggression toward war. The larger-than-life personalities of Fair President Grover Whalen, Mayor LaGuardia, Robert Moses, and Einstein, make an interesting read.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Twilight-World-Tomorrow-Genius-Madness/dp/0345512146/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1280937444&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-1573229499279540083?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-40178868867018107792010-06-14T10:24:00.000-07:002010-06-14T10:28:30.039-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TBZmoXnXZpI/AAAAAAAABmo/atmG1oRHJZ0/s1600/scones.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482682440090085010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/TBZmoXnXZpI/AAAAAAAABmo/atmG1oRHJZ0/s200/scones.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by JoAnn<br />FIC McCall-Smith<br /><br />This is the 5th novel in the series <em>44 Scotland Street</em>. The author continues his entertaining tales of the delightful characters whom we have come to know.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Unbearable-Lightness-Scones-Alexander-Mccall/dp/0307454703/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1276536409&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-4017886886701810779?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-25870263453093447892010-04-28T12:02:00.001-07:002010-04-28T12:32:18.972-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/S9iM0VtGbSI/AAAAAAAABk4/oXnUmoSCMRc/s1600/africa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465272978621492514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 193px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/S9iM0VtGbSI/AAAAAAAABk4/oXnUmoSCMRc/s200/africa.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by JoAnn<br />914.706 KIS<br /><br />The author joins her entomologist husband, David, on 5 scientific expeditions to study new species of ants from 1960-1973. She finds herself in a violent revolution in the Belgium Congo during the first 4-month expedition from which she and David miraculously escape. They spend 9 months traveling across southern Africa, during the close of Africa's Colonial period, having hair-raising experiences.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Affair-Africa-Expeditions-Adventures-Continent/dp/1559635312/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1272482133&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-2587026345309344789?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-23972394676550086922010-04-28T08:05:00.000-07:002010-04-28T08:12:03.667-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/S9hQFL_981I/AAAAAAAABkw/M52G3zDAxw0/s1600/prima+donna.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465206197864756050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/S9hQFL_981I/AAAAAAAABkw/M52G3zDAxw0/s200/prima+donna.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Jean<br />FIC Chance<br /><br />Megan Chance, author of <em>An Inconvenient Wife</em>, which I loved, has written another great book. <em>Prima Donna</em> is the story of opera singer Sabine Conrad who leaves her career and life behind to escape a scandal and finds a new life in Seattle in the late 1800s. It's a really interesting story of how she survived in a different world. I loved it!<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Prima-Donna-Novel-Megan-Chance/dp/0307461017/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1272467414&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-2397239467655008692?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-17301375050028150452010-04-16T10:26:00.000-07:002010-04-16T10:42:25.939-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/S8ihRYlxLyI/AAAAAAAABkA/E1uW2nMJlVc/s1600/zeitoun.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460791868217437986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/S8ihRYlxLyI/AAAAAAAABkA/E1uW2nMJlVc/s200/zeitoun.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by JoAnn<br />B Zeitoun<br /><br />During Hurricane Katrina, Syrian-American contractor Mr. Zeitoun, decides to stay and wait until the storm ends. He canoes in his deluged neighborhood, assisting stranded people and dogs, even though his frustrated wife and family followed the mandatory evacuation instructions. A nightmare ensues when he is arrested for looting and spends 23 days imprisoned and treated unfairly.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Zeitoun-Dave-Eggers/dp/1934781630/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1271439594&amp;sr=8-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-1730137505002815045?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-56822904629445294422010-03-24T10:34:00.000-07:002010-03-24T10:51:20.290-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/S6pQdcT8VAI/AAAAAAAABjQ/gCa3xgrO6JI/s1600/girls+of+room+28.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452258765631673346" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/S6pQdcT8VAI/AAAAAAAABjQ/gCa3xgrO6JI/s200/girls+of+room+28.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Jo Ann<br />HOLOCAUST 940.5318 BRE<br /><br />On their way to death camps in 1942-44, thousands of children played out 2 years of their lives at the internment camp of Theresienstadt. Brenner interviewed a small group of survivors for their stories of hope, creativity, and friendship in the midst of despair; she uses diaries, letters, photos, etc., as well, to chronicle their remarkable young lives for posterity.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Girls-Room-28-Friendship-Theresienstadt/dp/0805242449/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1269452837&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-5682290462944529442?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-22633102153837693052010-02-22T10:38:00.000-08:002010-02-22T10:49:36.259-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/S4LRqTHzXdI/AAAAAAAABhg/_X4CPzTh17M/s1600-h/tea+time.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441141824434691538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 125px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 193px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/S4LRqTHzXdI/AAAAAAAABhg/_X4CPzTh17M/s200/tea+time.jpg" border="0" /></a> Recommended by JoAnn<br /><div><div><div>FIC McCall Smith</div><br /><div></div><div>A continuation of the universally beloved series about Botswana's private detective, Precious Ramotswe, and her latest problems to be solved: why is the local football team losing all of their games? Can she finally give up her dying, tiny, white van or can it be saved? Can she prevent her co-worker's rival, Violet, from stealing Grace Makutsi's fiance? Success is celebrated with a cup of good bush tea! </div><br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Traditionally-Built-Alexander-Mccall-Smith/dp/030727747X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1266864185&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-2263310215383769305?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-16830736886766641162010-01-11T08:40:00.000-08:002010-01-11T08:46:17.499-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/S0tVowMGLBI/AAAAAAAABfw/K5z838MpeKY/s1600-h/inconvenientwife.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425524334716660754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/S0tVowMGLBI/AAAAAAAABfw/K5z838MpeKY/s200/inconvenientwife.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Marlene<br /><br />Anyone who enjoys reading historical fiction will fall in love with this book. The mistreatment of women, and their husbands' dispassionate displays of affection are sure to get your blood boiling. The ending will surely surprise you.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Inconvenient-Wife-Megan-Chance/dp/B000LP66UM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1263228298&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-1683073688676664116?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-91748339683956391342010-01-11T08:30:00.000-08:002010-01-11T08:47:06.145-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/S0tS0H7-HII/AAAAAAAABfo/kQysLOF_-hk/s1600-h/sarahskey.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425521231535152258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/S0tS0H7-HII/AAAAAAAABfo/kQysLOF_-hk/s200/sarahskey.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Jean<br /><br />I read this in one day; one of the most beautiful stories I have ever read. This author has somehow combined a heart-breaking Holocaust story with a modern day romance, showing how the lives of everyone invalued are changed forever by Sarah's story. I just loved it.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sarahs-Key-Tatiana-Rosnay/dp/0312370849/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1263227573&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-9174833968395639134?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-3924340685965766502009-12-04T08:34:00.000-08:002009-12-04T08:41:10.242-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Sxk7ip6sQNI/AAAAAAAABfQ/JUldC4Jaf_c/s1600-h/night+of+many+dreams.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411421893815976146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Sxk7ip6sQNI/AAAAAAAABfQ/JUldC4Jaf_c/s200/night+of+many+dreams.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by JoAnn<br />FIC Tsukiyama<br /><br />This coming of age story is set in Hong Kong, 1940-65, and spans the years that two sisters are growing up. Joan Lew pursues an acting career and sister, Emma, loves travel and the artistic life in San Francisco; their sophisticated mother disapproves. Gail beautifully shows the strength of family ties in this historic novel.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Night-Many-Dreams-Gail-Tsukiyama/dp/0312199406/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1259944753&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-392434068596576650?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-11169771749649202902009-11-20T10:31:00.000-08:002009-11-20T10:42:26.648-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Swbi5Vwx3HI/AAAAAAAABfA/FHQV-3KuSMY/s1600/homer+and+langley.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406257877427018866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Swbi5Vwx3HI/AAAAAAAABfA/FHQV-3KuSMY/s200/homer+and+langley.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by JoAnn<br /><div><div>FIC Doctorow<br /></div><br /><div>Based on the lives of the real Collyer brothers, famous recluses found dead in their Fifth Avenue , N.Y. brownstone in 1947, this imaginative story is brilliantly conceived and executed by Doctorow. Homer is blind, but we "see" everything through him: a house cluttered to capacity, an intuitive and loyal brother, interesting personalities coming and going in the house, and their struggle to survive and find meaning in their lives. </div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Homer-Langley-Novel-E-L-Doctorow/dp/1400064945/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1258742446&amp;sr=8-1">Reviews</a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-1116977174964920290?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-35935308111574381592009-11-01T12:22:00.000-08:002009-11-01T12:42:57.760-08:00<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399238441929265682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Su3ywazT0hI/AAAAAAAABeI/dWYnt3AXa7A/s200/our+crowd.jpg" border="0" /> <div>Recommended by JoAnn<br />301.452 BIR<br />A detailed history of New York's great Jewish banking families, including the Strauses, Seligman's, Goldman's, Guggenheims, Loebs and Schiffs. They formed their own "crowd", more often due to being excluded from the elite of their time, and married within that circle, carrying on a tradition of power, philanthropy and wealth.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Our-Crowd-Jewish-Families-History/dp/0815604114/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1257108086&amp;sr=8-1/">Reviews</a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-3593530811157438159?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-70032677901556960082009-09-12T12:18:00.000-07:002009-09-12T12:24:55.856-07:00<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380664070798414274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Sqv1duOlkcI/AAAAAAAABco/CTg8ymEjf4E/s200/earth.jpg" border="0" />Recommended by JoAnn <div><div>FIC Lahiri<br />Five short stories by Pulitzer Prize winning author detail the gulf between Bengali-American children and their immigrant parents. Lahiri's talent lies in emotional links to her characters and significant detailed descriptions, and in her portrayal of assimilation and generational differences.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Unaccustomed-Earth-Stories-Vintage-Contemporaries/dp/0307278255/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1252783315&amp;sr=8-1">Reviews</a> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-7003267790155696008?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-44456304136909115782009-09-02T10:45:00.000-07:002009-09-02T11:01:48.333-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Sp6ypn2m4vI/AAAAAAAABcQ/hM9W0k_mSTc/s1600-h/two+rivers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376931433269355250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Sp6ypn2m4vI/AAAAAAAABcQ/hM9W0k_mSTc/s200/two+rivers.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Irene<br />FIC Greenwood<br /><br />A haunting story within a story, Two Rivers by T. Greenwood, is a sensitive handling of young love, life altering sorrow, and deadening guilt. Harper Montgomery struggles to raise his daughter after his wife dies in a senseless accident. He's called to the scene of a tragic train derailment and is approached by a pregnant young black girl, who needs a place to stay. Why him, why her, what are the secrets that they both keep? The author was awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Christopher Isherwood Foundation to write this novel. The grants were certainly justified. A very fine work of literature.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Two-Rivers-T-Greenwood/dp/0758228775/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1251914366&amp;sr=8-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-4445630413690911578?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-35278552053186382172009-08-26T08:55:00.000-07:002009-08-26T08:59:27.262-07:00<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374302225330826018" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SpVbZlBvayI/AAAAAAAABb4/1Bia2JlT0UY/s200/unthinkable.jpg" border="0" />Recommended by Susan<br /><div>155.935 RIP<br /></div><br /><div>Subtitled “Who survives when disaster strikes – and why,” <em>The Unthinkable</em> is a strangely empowering read on a horrific subject. Journalist Ripley explores every imaginable catastrophe, natural and man-made, and the nuances of human behavior that have determined individual survival. She interviews experts and survivors, detailing evolutionary responses which can help or hinder us, and training that has saved lives. The extraordinary value of reading the airplane escape route card, and the number of additional auto deaths occurring after 9-11 when people were afraid to fly are just two fascinating facts she unearths. Her main conclusion is that individual knowledge, attention, and preparedness are more immediately valuable than any public action. Public, and most corporate, policies tend to marginalize the public, when fully informing us would produce better results.<br /><br />While the level of detail borders on overwhelming, this is nonetheless a fascinating read. In our heavily populated world with increasingly erratic weather patterns, the cautionary lessons are both striking and valuable.</div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Unthinkable-Survives-When-Disaster-Strikes/dp/0307352900/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1251302189&amp;sr=1-2">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-3527855205318638217?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-52518142774659262292009-08-21T08:48:00.000-07:002009-08-21T08:54:25.624-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/So7DCPAv_EI/AAAAAAAABbo/WXuS5u_28OQ/s1600-h/pearldiver.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372445848656411714" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/So7DCPAv_EI/AAAAAAAABbo/WXuS5u_28OQ/s200/pearldiver.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Donna<br /><div>FIC Talarigo</div><br /><div>A young Japanese girl makes her living as a pearl diver until leprosy sends her to a desolate island. She is forced to take a new identity so as not to bring shame to her family. "Miss Fuji" now cares for the sick and dying, and the bond she shares with them is quite touching. Eventually she gets brave enough to dive just for the love of it, and that, in some small way, breaks the isolation she feels living on the leper's island.</div><br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pearl-Diver-Jeff-Talarigo/dp/1400034914/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250869994&sr=8-1">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-5251814277465926229?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-53678934405410089702009-07-27T08:15:00.000-07:002009-07-27T08:28:12.215-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Sm3HIO9SsRI/AAAAAAAABbY/tE--wZluydI/s1600-h/dinner.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363161675536183570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Sm3HIO9SsRI/AAAAAAAABbY/tE--wZluydI/s200/dinner.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by JoAnn<br />977.456 NGU<br /><br />A Vietnamese immigrant who left Saigon in 1975 to settle in Michigan wrote this memoir "as an homage to childhood, suburbia, and all the bad food, fashion, music and hair of the deep 1980s. It is also about an immigrant's dilemma to blend in or remain apart." She longs to be a "real" American and craves the junk food of that time to fit in. This vibrant view of one immigrant's experience is worth reading.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stealing-Buddhas-Dinner-Bich-Nguyen/dp/0670038326/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1248708462&amp;sr=1-2">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-5367893440541008970?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-20259034898478903132009-07-08T09:46:00.001-07:002009-07-27T08:30:07.199-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SlTPbXpU5vI/AAAAAAAABbQ/FYx2MCd4HhA/s1600-h/hunger.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356133925961131762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SlTPbXpU5vI/AAAAAAAABbQ/FYx2MCd4HhA/s200/hunger.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Megan<br />YA SF Collins<br /><br />The first installment in a fantastic sci-fi trilogy, <em>Hunger Games</em> follows Katniss, a young hunter, as she is forced to participate in a government sponsored reality show that pits 24 teens against each other in an arena and allows only one victor to come out alive. A novel that is both action packed and thought-provoking, great for adults and teens alike.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Games-Suzanne-Collins/dp/0439023483/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1247072037&amp;sr=8-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-2025903489847890313?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-87075935066319485942009-07-01T07:43:00.000-07:002009-07-27T08:29:33.531-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Skt_y9husvI/AAAAAAAABaA/KNNGzAC-Lis/s1600-h/bookseller.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353513095546188530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 125px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 193px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Skt_y9husvI/AAAAAAAABaA/KNNGzAC-Lis/s200/bookseller.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by JoAnn<br />958.1 SEI<br /><br />Norwegian journalist Seierstad spends three months living with a bookseller and his family after the Taliban's fall in Kabul, Afghanistan. They are middle class and literate, unlike most, and yet their living conditions and daily lives are miserable. The utter hopelessness of life is especially painful for the women. An international bestseller worth reading.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bookseller-Kabul-Asne-Seierstad/dp/0316159417/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1246460332&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-8707593506631948594?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-55357598315520696962009-06-29T10:36:00.000-07:002009-07-27T08:32:19.425-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Skj9bmLTJ2I/AAAAAAAABZw/v9lRpBqx6zE/s1600-h/inconvenient+wife.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352806807676069730" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Skj9bmLTJ2I/AAAAAAAABZw/v9lRpBqx6zE/s200/inconvenient+wife.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Heather<br />FIC Chance<br /><br />Set in the 1800s, a woman named Lucy is brought to numerous doctors to try and cure her hysteria. After many failures, a new doctor that practices hypnosis is given a chance to heal her. Soon the mysterious doctor uncovers the deep passions that Lucy was unaware she had, much to the disappointment of her husband.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Inconvenient-Wife-Megan-Chance/dp/044669486X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1246297424&amp;sr=8-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-5535759831552069696?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-45239459391435508062009-06-29T10:20:00.000-07:002009-07-27T08:32:31.957-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Skj5lO9XDSI/AAAAAAAABZo/G6VHm_A6HkU/s1600-h/philistines.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352802575195770146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Skj5lO9XDSI/AAAAAAAABZo/G6VHm_A6HkU/s200/philistines.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Felicia<br />974.7 GAI<br /><br />A bizarre account of the unique history of the homes and colorful people of The Hamptons, Long Island, NY. Interesting and fun summer reading!<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Philistines-Hedgerow-Passion-Property-Hamptons/dp/0316309079/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1246296252&amp;sr=8-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-4523945939143550806?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-51788887431642899412009-06-10T10:43:00.000-07:002009-06-10T10:51:41.177-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Si_yoJS8WHI/AAAAAAAABYg/BER-jNNOgbk/s1600-h/rabbitfactory.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345758054216128626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 192px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Si_yoJS8WHI/AAAAAAAABYg/BER-jNNOgbk/s200/rabbitfactory.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Irene<br />FIC Karp<br /><br />Marshall Karp is a screenwriter and playwright. This is his first novel. He has created two LAPD cops, Mike Lomax and his partner Terry Biggs, who are smart, drop-dead funny (especially Terry), and as irreverent as two guys can be. Karp has also written a ripping good story, not counting on buddy-cop banter to carry the day.<br />The setting of much of the action is "Familyland," a Disneyland clone, conceived of by the late Dean Lamaar, who, like Disney, started out as an animator. Someone is killing off employees and it's escalating. Don't be put off by the size of this book. It's a quick read and there are two more books in the series already out.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rabbit-Factory-Marshall-Karp/dp/1596922176/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1244656138&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-5178888743164289941?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-36215556380206415512009-06-10T10:38:00.000-07:002009-07-27T08:32:52.892-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Si_wfYWUPKI/AAAAAAAABYQ/nVdNwv9Eeas/s1600-h/google.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345755704614730914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Si_wfYWUPKI/AAAAAAAABYQ/nVdNwv9Eeas/s200/google.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Irene<br />658.4012 JAR<br /><br />Jeff Jarvis, columnist and blogger about media, presents his ideas for surviving in the Internet age. Enlightening for those to whom this is new information; a fascinating encounter with the new rules of success so different from what we've always believed.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rabbit-Factory-Marshall-Karp/dp/1596922176/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1244656138&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-3621555638020641551?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-81125034542256853572009-06-08T07:43:00.000-07:002009-07-27T08:33:47.083-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Si0kLJ5gr6I/AAAAAAAABYI/yP7PLNVgo-Y/s1600-h/visionoflight.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344968106812944290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Si0kLJ5gr6I/AAAAAAAABYI/yP7PLNVgo-Y/s200/visionoflight.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Donna<br />FIC Riley<br /><br />Margaret of Ashbury wants to write her life story. However, like most women in the 14th century, she is illiterate. Finally, she finds "Brother Gregory" to write for her. She tells of the Black Plague and her time as a midwife, but most astonishing of all her "vision of light" that endows her with the gift of healing.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vision-Light-Margaret-Ashbury-Trilogy/dp/0307237877/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1244470547&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-8112503454225685357?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-24908375891455206642009-06-08T06:56:00.000-07:002009-06-08T07:09:41.808-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Si0Z_dueuiI/AAAAAAAABXw/uGS4YfxLx4A/s1600-h/redscarf.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344956910860679714" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/Si0Z_dueuiI/AAAAAAAABXw/uGS4YfxLx4A/s200/redscarf.jpg" border="0" /></a> Recommended by Donna<br />FIC Furnivall<br /><br />This is historical fiction at its best! Two women befriend each other while confined in a Russian labor camp. One escapes to find the childhood love of the other and convince him to rescue her. When he is found and his secret past revealed, the woman is heartbroken but keeps her promise to her friend, which leads to a daring rescue.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Red-Scarf-Kate-Furnivall/dp/B001IDZJJ0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1244469432&amp;sr=1-1">Review</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-2490837589145520664?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-56207159825616892932009-03-30T07:43:00.000-07:002009-03-30T07:52:35.734-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SdDb7LpV5nI/AAAAAAAABVY/lpDz1gS5mVg/s1600-h/lifesentences.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318992969709512306" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SdDb7LpV5nI/AAAAAAAABVY/lpDz1gS5mVg/s200/lifesentences.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Sue<br /><div>FIC Lippman</div><br /><div>Author Laura Lippman continues to transcend her mystery-writer roots with another fine single title, Life Sentences. Cassandra Fallows is a successful author of very revealing memoirs, whose recent venture into fiction was poorly received. A chance snippet on CNN reminds her of the fate of a former classmate, Callie Jenkins, who went to jail rather than reveal anything about the disappearance of her infant son. As Cassandra searches for Callie - literally and metaphorically - she learns that the way she remembers events does not always mesh with how other players do. Cassandra faces different sorts of danger thant Lippman's wonderful PI, Tess Monaghan, but the secretive, small-town nature of Baltimore, their mutual city makes, as always, a lively character in itself. </div><br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Life-Sentences-Novel-Laura-Lippman/dp/0061128899/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238424731&sr=1-1">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-5620715982561689293?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-80758449436904940272009-03-30T07:27:00.000-07:002009-03-30T07:42:51.649-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SdDaHU6RwDI/AAAAAAAABVQ/EBKzGRf1uuA/s1600-h/dewey.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318990979331637298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SdDaHU6RwDI/AAAAAAAABVQ/EBKzGRf1uuA/s200/dewey.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Sue <div><div>636.8092 MYR</div><br /><div></div><div>I was afraid this best-selling story of a kitten abandoned in an Iowa library drop one frigid night would be a maudlin one-note wonder. Not at all! The tiny, starving ball of fur grew into Dewey Readmore Books, a gentle monarch who charmed library users of all ages. The town itself, Spencer, suffered many small-town setbacks - local farms being sold to conglomerates, jobs moving offshore - but the library always tried to help people with transitions. Dewey helped, too, with his cat radar for who needed a warm heartbeat on his or her lap to get through a hard day. The fact that he was the living image of my neighbor's cat, a less-gentle but equally sensitive autocrat who has helped me through some tough days, made the book even more fun! Check out his appearance on Iowa public television at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jGpvvLmwbs">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jGpvvLmwbs</a> .</div><br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dewey-Small-Town-Library-Touched-World/dp/0446407410/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238424023&sr=8-1">Reviews</a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-8075844943690494027?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-19157718122346091912009-03-30T06:40:00.000-07:002009-03-30T07:19:49.368-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SdDUTmMs-YI/AAAAAAAABVA/-gX2DSxDE4c/s1600-h/lifesentences.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318984593060985218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SdDUTmMs-YI/AAAAAAAABVA/-gX2DSxDE4c/s200/lifesentences.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Irene<br /><div>FIC Lippman</div><div></div><br /><div>Laura Lippman writes delightful mysteries set in Baltimore with a winning character, Tess Monaghan. Lippman has branched out with stand alone novels of great depth and character. <u>Life Sentences</u> is her latest. </div><br /><div>Author Cassandra Fallows has achieved remarkable success by baring her life on the page. Her two widely popular memoirs continue to sell briskly, however, her new fiction offering has fallen flat. Seeking another runaway subject, Cassandra believes she may have found the story that will enable her triumphant return to nonfiction.</div><br /><div>When Cassandra was a girl, growing up in a racially diverse middle-class neighborhood in Baltimore, her best friends were all black. One of the girls, a shy, quiet, unobtrusive child named Calliope Jenkins - who, years later, would be accused of killing her infant son, hung in the edge of the group of girls. For seven years, Calliope refused to speak and the court was finally forced to let her go. Cassandra believes this still unsolved real-life mystery, largely unknown outside Baltimore, could be her next bestseller.</div><br /><div>As Cassandra digs deeply into the mystery, she discovers disturbing truths about herself, her family and her friends, shaking to the very core all that she believed true.</div><br /><div></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Life-Sentences-Novel-Laura-Lippman/dp/0061128899/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1238422459&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-1915771812234609191?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-52603775864019924012009-02-28T11:37:00.000-08:002009-02-28T13:57:59.209-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SamUxu687oI/AAAAAAAABSQ/UPNxNy4HUAk/s1600-h/revolutionaryroad.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307937217962634882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SamUxu687oI/AAAAAAAABSQ/UPNxNy4HUAk/s200/revolutionaryroad.jpg" border="0" /></a> Recommended by Jean <div><br /><div>A really interesting take on married life in the 1950s. The book examines closely the marriage of one suburban couple , as well as taking a hard look at women's rights in that era. Worth reading.</div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Revolutionary-Road-Novel-Richard-Yates/dp/B000QAUM9S/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1235850478&amp;sr=1-3">Reviews</a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-5260377586401992401?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-22802718446931776422009-02-02T09:28:00.000-08:002009-02-02T09:38:19.353-08:00<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298255305316273282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SYcvIPq0jII/AAAAAAAABRA/o2xxFUhSjMo/s200/littlegiant.jpg" border="0" />Recommended by Irene<br /><div></div><br /><div>FIC Baker</div><br /><div></div><div>This novel grabs you from the beginning. Truly is a very large baby, destined to be an enormous grown woman. Her mother dies giving birth, and her father dies when she is twelve, leaving her and her petite sister to be taken in by local families. Their divergent lives further deepen the gap between them and Truly forges an existence on a run down farm as her sister marries the doctor's son.</div><div></div><br /><div>A story of great cruelty, and great fortitude, it is difficult to get it out of your head.</div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446194204/ref=s9_subs_c2_s1_p14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=center-2&amp;pf_rd_r=18Y1RENN0S7P47XVS5B0&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=463383371&amp;pf_rd_i=507846">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-2280271844693177642?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-33827476802338747252009-02-02T09:22:00.000-08:002009-02-02T09:27:39.211-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SYcs2CHoKjI/AAAAAAAABQ4/U3JLLsI4jJ0/s1600-h/hotelonthecorner.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298252793418099250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SYcs2CHoKjI/AAAAAAAABQ4/U3JLLsI4jJ0/s200/hotelonthecorner.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Irene<br /><div></div><br /><div>FIC Ford</div><br /><div></div><div>This debut novel set in Seattle, tells the story of two youngsters, a Chinese American boy, and a Japanese American girl who meet in 1942 and suffer the disapproval of his family and the internment of her's during those dark days of World War II in this country. Forty years later, Henry Lee searches from traces of his first love in a recently discovered cache of left behind belongings found in the basement of a Japanese American hotel.</div><br /><div></div><div>Having visited Manzanar several years ago, and read <u>Farewell to Manzanar,</u> I found the subject matter engaging and poignant.</div><br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hotel-Corner-Bitter-Sweet-Novel/dp/0345505336/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233595144&sr=1-1">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-3382747680233874725?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-9472978230573375972009-01-24T09:21:00.001-08:002009-01-24T09:28:44.148-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SXtPw7lldaI/AAAAAAAABP8/0WSt4Oy0XV8/s1600-h/houseatsugarbeach.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294913488951801250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SXtPw7lldaI/AAAAAAAABP8/0WSt4Oy0XV8/s200/houseatsugarbeach.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by JoAnn<br /><br />966.6203 COO<br /><br />New York Times' diplomatic correspondent Cooper writes of her priveleged childhood in Liberia, filled with warm and fuzzy memories of family, friends and community. Her world turned upside down in 1980 when a bloody coup threatened and attacked her family, forcing it to scatter for survival. As she travelled the world as a journalist, Iraq included, her desire for closure brought her back to Liberia.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/House-Sugar-Beach-African-Childhood/dp/0743266242/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1232818072&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-947297823057337597?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-34502526608400048502009-01-24T09:13:00.000-08:002009-01-24T09:19:58.777-08:00<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294911192511298914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SXtNrQrgPWI/AAAAAAAABP0/O2r21KpnxpQ/s200/mudbound.jpg" border="0" />Recommended by Jean<br /><br />FIC Jordan<br /><br />A first novel for this author, the story covers the lives of black and white farm families in post World War II Mississippi, and is narrated by each character. The relationship between husband and wife is examined, as well as racism in the rural South of the 1940s. Highly recommended.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mudbound-Hillary-Jordan/dp/1565126777/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1232817247&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-3450252660840004850?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-78868854163748806902009-01-24T09:01:00.000-08:002009-01-24T09:11:58.764-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SXtLqQTN-vI/AAAAAAAABPs/caRepgTKPPA/s1600-h/coffeetrader.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294908976206314226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SXtLqQTN-vI/AAAAAAAABPs/caRepgTKPPA/s200/coffeetrader.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by JoAnn<br /><br />FIC Liss<br /><br />It is 1659 in Amsterdam, the world's first commodities exchange, and Portuguese Jew Miguel Lienzo has lost his fortune in the sugar market. He schemes to regain it with a daring plan to import a strange new drink called "coffee". The plot twists and turns as money, power, reputation, and the pressures of the Jewish community spiral into betrayal and moral corruption in this historical fiction.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Coffee-Trader-Ballantine-Readers-Circle/dp/0375760903/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1232817035&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-7886885416374880690?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-18661358800016292082009-01-24T08:50:00.000-08:002009-01-24T09:00:47.445-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SXtJIlevYAI/AAAAAAAABPk/RlqAbKUV6N8/s1600-h/barefoot.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294906198752976898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SXtJIlevYAI/AAAAAAAABPk/RlqAbKUV6N8/s200/barefoot.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Donna<br /><br />FIC Hilderbrand<br /><br />This is the story of three women who spend the summer in Nantucket. Each one is going through a crisis in her life. They come together to help each other through the bad times and find themselves strengths they never knew they had. A great story of love and friendship.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Novel-Elin-Hilderbrand/dp/0316018597/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1232815900&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-1866135880001629208?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-47370146937621710682009-01-24T08:29:00.000-08:002009-01-24T08:36:43.462-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SXtC9AE5UMI/AAAAAAAABPc/_8JNahE_hyE/s1600-h/mistress.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294899402664136898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SXtC9AE5UMI/AAAAAAAABPc/_8JNahE_hyE/s200/mistress.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Donna<br /><br />FIC Franklin<br /><br />Adelia is a 12th century coroner who is called to England by King Henry II to solve a mystery. Who is killing the children of the village? The Jews are being blamed, but Adelia knows better. See how she gathers the evidence and unravels the mystery. This novel is full of suspense and a little love too!<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mistress-Art-Death-Ariana-Franklin/dp/B0018ZOA4I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1232814619&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-4737014693762171068?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-48855550193640553952008-12-31T09:51:00.000-08:002008-12-31T09:58:35.699-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SVuymR214ZI/AAAAAAAABNk/U905XnbfB9U/s1600-h/smokemirrorsmurder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286014958347608466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SVuymR214ZI/AAAAAAAABNk/U905XnbfB9U/s200/smokemirrorsmurder.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by JoAnn<br /><br />364.1523 RUL<br /><br />True-crime writer and former cop, Rule, continues to shock with her collection of seven fascinating cases, all involving domestic abuse. She retells each case based upon her research of the facts during the trials, interviews, and second-hand information. Overwhelmed by the sheer number of abused women, Rule gives her e-mail address in the effort to stem the tide of affected women and children.<br /><a href="http://http//www.amazon.com/Smoke-Mirrors-Murder-Other-Cases/dp/1416541608/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1230746175&amp;sr=1-2/">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-4885555019364055395?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-48672248641679382212008-12-27T12:18:00.000-08:002008-12-27T12:23:39.851-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SVaOkcbjq7I/AAAAAAAABNU/6UwoyoadPw0/s1600-h/ponzi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284567969524067250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SVaOkcbjq7I/AAAAAAAABNU/6UwoyoadPw0/s200/ponzi.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by JoAnn<br /><div></div><br /><div>B Ponzi</div><div></div><br /><div>Charles Ponzi, an Italian immigrant in Boston, ran a bogus investment scheme in 1919-1920 involving postal currency. About 20,000 investors spent $8-10 million before he was imprisoned and eventually deported.</div><br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ponzis-Scheme-Story-Financial-Legend/dp/0812968360/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1230409330&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-4867224864167938221?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-8482578413042996562008-12-24T07:24:00.001-08:002008-12-24T07:37:14.074-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SVJWp_VSHWI/AAAAAAAABNM/OE6knJE_wiQ/s1600-h/againstmedicaladvice.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283380592234339682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SVJWp_VSHWI/AAAAAAAABNM/OE6knJE_wiQ/s200/againstmedicaladvice.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by JoAnn<br /><br />B Friedman<br /><br />Stepping outside of his usual genre, best-selling author Patterson teams up with Cory's father, Hal, to tell Cory's story of his battle with Tourette Syndrome and OCD. Diagnosed at age 5, Cory spent the next 13 years at the mercy of doctors as they struggled to find the perfect balance of drugs to achieve a relatively normal life. Supported by his loving family, Cory eventually overcame the downward spiral with shear determination and perserverence. A heartrending story with a triumphant ending.<br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Against-Medical-Advice-Struggle-Agonizing/dp/0316024759/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230132869&sr=1-1">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-848257841304299656?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-54228832178956779622008-12-24T07:07:00.000-08:002008-12-24T07:36:35.725-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SVJRDtuaxcI/AAAAAAAABNE/MnOGqOgaaug/s1600-h/birthof+venus.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283374437114758594" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SVJRDtuaxcI/AAAAAAAABNE/MnOGqOgaaug/s200/birthof+venus.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div>Recommended by Jean</div><br /><div>FIC Dunant</div><br /><div>A romantic novel with political and religious emphasis. The reader really gets a feel for what life was like as a citizen of Florence. It also examines the role of women in that society. A great read. </div><br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Birth-Venus-Novel-Sarah-Dunant/dp/0812968972/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1230131420&amp;sr=1-1/">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-5422883217895677962?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-60321627118508447172008-11-24T10:11:00.000-08:002008-12-24T07:15:17.695-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSru4sKnYrI/AAAAAAAABM8/cRkbU6lkdUk/s1600-h/oscarwao.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272288971486356146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSru4sKnYrI/AAAAAAAABM8/cRkbU6lkdUk/s200/oscarwao.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Jennifer<br /><br />FIC Diaz<br /><br />Diaz won the Pulitzer Prize for this book that tells the tale of a young Dominican boy and his family living in Paterson, NJ during the 1980s-1990s. Oscar is an intelligent, but unpopular, quirky kid who struggles through adolescence and the brief years of adulthood to be accepted for who he is and find love. Parts of the story are narrated by Oscar's sister's boyfriend, Yunior, who has a less sympathetic heart than other characters. Diaz does a beautiful job of creating a seamless chronology of Oscar's life from the perspectives of several characters. The book is written in Spanglish, and may be quite a challenge for some readers. It is tragic and triumphant, heart-warming and heart-breaking.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brief-Wondrous-Life-Oscar-Wao/dp/1594483299/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230131682&sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-6032162711850844717?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-43226522057281528362008-11-24T09:30:00.000-08:002008-11-24T09:39:54.237-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSrmzBf1X4I/AAAAAAAABMs/KQ_VLJY0xR8/s1600-h/annettevallon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272280078040260482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSrmzBf1X4I/AAAAAAAABMs/KQ_VLJY0xR8/s200/annettevallon.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Danielle<br /><div></div><br /><div>FIC Tipton</div><br /><div></div><div>Annette Vallon was the mistress of poet William Wordsworth during the French Revolution. William was exiled in England because outsiders were regarded as spies. Annette was left alone to raise their daughter and secretly aide men, women and children who were being unjustly executed. This amazing story is a testament of the bravery and compassion of one of France's heroines during such unsettled times.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Annette-Vallon-Novel-French-Revolution/dp/0060822228/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227548344&sr=1-1">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-4322652205728152836?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-3305336918506203502008-11-24T09:24:00.000-08:002008-11-24T10:09:25.701-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSrkkSEni_I/AAAAAAAABMk/a83kQHBO9i8/s1600-h/georgiana.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272277625768217586" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSrkkSEni_I/AAAAAAAABMk/a83kQHBO9i8/s200/georgiana.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Jo Ann <div></div><br /><div>B Georgiana</div><div></div><br /><div>An 18th century wealthy and prominent Brit, Georgiana Spencer (Princess Diana was a Spencer) led a life of fashion, gambling, drink, drugs, love affairs and politics. Her biography gives insight into the aristocratic life of the 1700s in Britain and France, and the surprising debauchery that was accepted by society. She was loved by all and died owing $6 million in debts in today's dollars. </div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Georgiana-Duchess-Devonshire-Library-Paperbacks/dp/0375753834/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1227547758&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-330533691850620350?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-83558010336406625482008-11-24T09:08:00.000-08:002008-11-24T10:10:10.152-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSri6orS87I/AAAAAAAABMc/sGjRKWQDX6A/s1600-h/shack.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272275810769892274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSri6orS87I/AAAAAAAABMc/sGjRKWQDX6A/s200/shack.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by MaryAnn<br /><div></div><br /><div>FIC Young</div><div></div><br /><div>This story takes place in the Oregon wilderness where Mac's daughter, Missy, is abducted and brutally murdered while on vacation. Her body was found in an abandoned shack, where four years later, Mac spends a weekend with God. Skeptical? Spiritual? You decide. One of the best books I have ever read - an amazing story about a man's journey with God in the midst of his sorrows.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shack-William-P-Young/dp/0964729237/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227550183&sr=1-1">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-8355801033640662548?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-60029814301901215082008-11-24T08:58:00.000-08:002008-11-24T09:06:38.751-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSrd_58oEnI/AAAAAAAABMU/iemaNWwbJX4/s1600-h/fireflylane.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272270403747189362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSrd_58oEnI/AAAAAAAABMU/iemaNWwbJX4/s200/fireflylane.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Donna<br /><br />FIC Hannah<br /><br />This is a story of two girls who make a pact to be "friends forever." As the two girls grow and become women, their friendship is strained by a betrayal that puts their friendship to the ultimate test. When you finish this book you will want to pass it on to your best friend. I did!<br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Firefly-Lane-Kristin-Hannah/dp/0312537077/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227546079&sr=1-1">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-6002981430190121508?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-31477392477274519552008-11-24T07:53:00.000-08:002008-11-24T10:11:18.866-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSrO5fLvSBI/AAAAAAAABMM/MtSMJKTC2LU/s1600-h/outlander.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272253800809187346" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSrO5fLvSBI/AAAAAAAABMM/MtSMJKTC2LU/s200/outlander.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Donna<br /><div></div><br /><div>FIC Gabaldon</div><div></div><br /><div>Claire is a young nurse on her second honeymoon in Scotland in the 1940s. She happens upon a "Stone Henge" that transports her back to the 1700s. She lands in the middle of a battle between Scotland and England. She is taken captive by the Scots where she meets and falls in love with a young warrior named Jamie. Don't think this is a novel about time travel, this is a love story at its best!</div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Outlander-Diana-Gabaldon/dp/0440212561/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1227542212&amp;sr=8-1">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-3147739247727451955?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-33442783334555554182008-11-22T13:02:00.000-08:002008-11-22T13:25:50.386-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSh1gV5HaVI/AAAAAAAABME/qHfX8q63xBw/s1600-h/lonelyhearts.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271592562330134866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSh1gV5HaVI/AAAAAAAABME/qHfX8q63xBw/s200/lonelyhearts.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Irene<br /><br />FIC Harvey<br /><br />A chance encounter with an avid mystery reader introduced me to John Harvey, particularly the Charlie Resnick series. Beginning with Lonely Hearts, the series runs for 10 books and then stops when the author moves from Nottingham, the setting for the Resnick novels. Charlie Resnick is a middle-aged, overweight, divorced and disillusioned cop who would rather eat delightfully innovative sandwich combinations and listen to jazz than sully himself with the seamy underworld of local crime. Charlie, himself, evolves as a three dimensional character as we follow him through some of the most originally contrived situations imaginable.<br /><br />In Lonely Hearts the only obvious connection between the murders of two women is that they used a lonely-hearts column to meet men. Nothing more to go on... John Harvey is a poet first, and it shows in his use of vocabulary. His uplifting words that skillfully describe place and person give the reader so much more than just a story.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Hearts-Charles-Resnick-Mystery/dp/1932859446/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1227388228&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-3344278333455555418?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-24793214005941005542008-11-22T12:39:00.000-08:002008-11-22T13:26:01.711-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SShutBVUWXI/AAAAAAAABL8/KKdH05XsL44/s1600-h/sofiemetropolis.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271585083568183666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SShutBVUWXI/AAAAAAAABL8/KKdH05XsL44/s200/sofiemetropolis.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Irene<br /><br />FIC Carrington<br /><br />Janet Evanovich fans will enjoy these four entries from the husband and wife team of Lori and Tony Karayianni. Sofie Metropolis lives in a Greek community in Astoria, Queens, NY. She suffers from all the Greek family quirkiness you saw in <em>My Big Fat Greek Wedding</em> with a strong undercurrent of New York savvy, and girl PI antics you've witnessed in Stephanie Plum in Trenton, NJ. Although the similarities are obvious, and sometimes overdone, once you suspend your inclination to compare the two, you just sit back and enjoy these delightful and funny characters.<br /><br />Sofie has had enough of smothering family after her wedding plans fall apart and determines to stop waitressing in her family's restaurant. After an unsuccessful stint at her aunt's funeral parlor, she finds her place in her uncle's PI firm.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sofie-Metropolis-Novel/dp/0765350998/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1227388338&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-2479321400594100554?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-40673082510102725432008-11-22T12:27:00.000-08:002008-11-22T13:30:46.715-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSht2LW0OjI/AAAAAAAABL0/dNjp7NiC_Ig/s1600-h/secretbride.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271584141366016562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSht2LW0OjI/AAAAAAAABL0/dNjp7NiC_Ig/s200/secretbride.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Recommended by Danielle<br /><br />FIC Haeger<br /><br />Mary Tudor, the sister of King Henry VIII, falls in love with Henry's best friend Charles Brandon. Their love must remain a secret because Henry has her betrothed to another to better the cause for England. This story tells of how Mary obeys her brother and marries King Louis XII, but finds a way to keep her true love as well.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Bride-Court-Henry-VIII/dp/B001JJBO5Q/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1227386241&amp;sr=8-1">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-4067308251010272543?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-77507724200161144862008-11-22T09:24:00.000-08:002008-11-22T13:31:00.213-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SShAmecAj1I/AAAAAAAABLs/6MSq0uaf1OE/s1600-h/lazarusproject.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271534393586913106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 127px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 193px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SShAmecAj1I/AAAAAAAABLs/6MSq0uaf1OE/s200/lazarusproject.jpg" border="0" /></a> Recommended by Barbara<br /><br />FIC Hemon<br /><br />The Lazarus Project is based on the true story of the killing of a Jewish immigrant by the chief of the Chicago Police Department in 1908. Hemon, a MacArthur Genius Grant winner, masterfully weaves the past with the present where serious contemporary issues are addrsesed with great wit and humor. This book is a well-deserved finalist for this year's National Book Award. This was an extremely satisfying reading experience.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Widows-Eastwick-John-Updike/dp/0307269604/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1227373973&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-7750772420016114486?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-6329059671563426942008-11-22T09:12:00.000-08:002008-11-22T13:31:10.347-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSg9tB-EA3I/AAAAAAAABLk/D_1_rnhz0Ks/s1600-h/widowsofeastwick.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271531207669318514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSg9tB-EA3I/AAAAAAAABLk/D_1_rnhz0Ks/s200/widowsofeastwick.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Recommended by Barbara<br /><br />FIC Updike<br /><br />I am a huge Updike fan and am always pleasantly surprised by his ability to depict modern relationships and situations in highly original ways using language that is clear, crisp, and amazingly insightful. This story picks up on the adventures of Alexandra, Sukie, and Jane, the Witches of Eastwick, now mature women. It can be read independently from the first book and still be enjoyed.<br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Widows-Eastwick-John-Updike/dp/0307269604/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1227373973&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-632905967156342694?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-80908893780294440392008-11-22T08:45:00.000-08:002008-11-22T13:31:21.541-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSg31Zae1BI/AAAAAAAABLc/HlWfZFiUNzE/s1600-h/oil.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271524754331718674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 125px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 193px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSg31Zae1BI/AAAAAAAABLc/HlWfZFiUNzE/s200/oil.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Gina<br /><br />FIC Sinclair<br /><br />A detailed story about a father and son's journey into the California oil industry beginning in the 1920s. Although fictional, it's based on the Teapot Dome scandal in the Harding administration and corruption in government. The book was written almost a century ago, but elements of this epic novel ring true today.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Oil-Upton-Sinclair/dp/1934568457/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1227372397&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-8090889378029444039?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-28757656822374667632008-11-22T08:34:00.000-08:002008-11-22T13:23:56.575-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSg0_9x7QZI/AAAAAAAABLU/ky4-SQJo-e8/s1600-h/lovingfrank.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271521637357535634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSg0_9x7QZI/AAAAAAAABLU/ky4-SQJo-e8/s200/lovingfrank.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Gina<br /><br />FIC Horan<br /><br />A historical fictional account about the life of Mamah Borthwick Cheney, the mistress of Frank Lloyd Wright. A very engaging read about their families, the paparazzi, and the unthinkable - divorce - in the early 1900s, as well as Wright's architectural triumphs.<br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Loving-Frank-Novel-Nancy-Horan/dp/0345495004/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1227372004&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-2875765682237466763?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-66687465409686937032008-11-22T08:09:00.000-08:002008-11-22T13:31:38.491-08:00<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271516165315340370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSgwBc1ZqFI/AAAAAAAABLM/rbeyvgeGJvA/s200/spacebetweenus.jpg" border="0" />Recommended by Gina<br /><br /><div><div></div><div>Fic Umrigar</div><br /><div></div><div>A portrait of separation of class in modern day Bombay from the points of view of a servant, Bhima, and Sera, an upper-middle class housewife. Although their lives are separated by wealth, this novel shows how they are connected as women.</div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Space-Between-Us-Novel-P-S/dp/006079156X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1227372284&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-6668746540968693703?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-88036603813963636132008-11-19T09:57:00.000-08:002008-11-19T10:04:58.173-08:00<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270430384795769426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 192px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSRUgtMtWlI/AAAAAAAABKk/Lrg2CNospwc/s200/namesake.jpg" border="0" />Recommended by Gina<br /><div></div><br /><div>FIC Lahiri</div><br /><div></div>Pulitzer Prize winning author writes about the Ganguli Family and their assimilation from India into American culture. Their son, Gogol, battles with his Indian identity throughout adolescence into adulthood.<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-8803660381396363613?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-9804565367617649302008-11-19T09:50:00.000-08:002008-11-22T13:32:28.669-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSRSHOVUPiI/AAAAAAAABKc/ldwtIK142ZM/s1600-h/walkinthewoods.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270427747990388258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 193px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSRSHOVUPiI/AAAAAAAABKc/ldwtIK142ZM/s200/walkinthewoods.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Gina<br /><br />917.4044 BRY<br /><br />After living in the U.K. for 20+ years, the author decides to hike the Appalachian Trail with his former college buddy to reacquaint himself with America. During their journey, Bryson tells funny anecdotes about people and places on the trail as well as gives historical information about how the Appalachian Trail came about. U.S. Department of Interior anecdotes are laugh-out-loud funny.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Walk-Woods-Rediscovering-America-Appalachian/dp/0307279464/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1227117349&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-980456536761764930?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-3254527785266680432008-11-19T09:26:00.000-08:002008-11-22T13:32:38.945-08:00<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270421884985034082" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSRMx876RWI/AAAAAAAABKU/0K40VfTfdzk/s200/everydayfood.jpg" border="0" />Recommended by Gina<br /><br />A staple reference for weeknight cooking if you are a busy mom! All recipes use simple and fresh ingredients for outstanding flavor combinations for a "gourmet" feel. Most recipes take less than 30 minutes to prepare and are kid-friendly.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Everyday-Food-Great-Fast/dp/0307354164/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1227115636&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-325452778526668043?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-70683846632642644032008-11-19T08:55:00.000-08:002008-11-22T13:32:52.690-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSRGihZ0sYI/AAAAAAAABKM/fnX3NdQ5SMc/s1600-h/americasbestlostrecipes.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270415022826500482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 141px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSRGihZ0sYI/AAAAAAAABKM/fnX3NdQ5SMc/s200/americasbestlostrecipes.jpg" border="0" /></a> Recommended by Gina<br /><br />641.5 AME<br /><br />This cookbook is the latest in outstanding offerings from the "Consumer Reports" of cooking. A collection of heirloom recipes for classic cooking.<br />The Chocolate Blackout Cake recipe is a chocoholic's dream come true on a plate! A must have for any cooking enthusiast.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Best-Lost-Recipes-heirloom/dp/1933615184/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1227115189&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-7068384663264264403?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-44852972054322213352008-11-19T08:35:00.000-08:002008-11-22T13:33:03.200-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSRENyUXelI/AAAAAAAABKE/6KT2bhxGwYo/s1600-h/assassinsaccomplice.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270412467566508626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 127px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 193px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSRENyUXelI/AAAAAAAABKE/6KT2bhxGwYo/s200/assassinsaccomplice.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Jo Ann<br /><br />973.7092 LAR<br /><br />Mary Surratt was arrested in 1865 for conspiring with actor John Wilkes Booth, her own son, and other confederate sympathizers in the murder of President Abraham Lincoln. She was the first woman ever to be executed by the federal government, in spite of a petition to President Andrew Johnson. Mary defied 19th century norms of females, and was hung as only men were then. Based on confessions, court testimony and interviews.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Assassins-Accomplice-Surratt-Abraham-Lincoln/dp/0465038158/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1227113550&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-4485297205432221335?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-13327827802400901282008-11-19T08:19:00.000-08:002008-11-22T13:33:12.238-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSQ9ukpd8PI/AAAAAAAABJ8/wQcR9NyL9Rg/s1600-h/womenofmagdalene.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270405334251204850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSQ9ukpd8PI/AAAAAAAABJ8/wQcR9NyL9Rg/s200/womenofmagdalene.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Danielle <div><br />Fic Poole-Carter </div><div><br />Set in post-Civil War Louisiana, Dr. Mallory is the new physician at the Magdalene Ladies' Lunatic Asylum. He soon learns of Dr. Kingston's mistreatment of the patients, some of whom are not patients at all but women who have been "disposed of" by their families. Dr. Mallory must prove Dr. Kingston to be a murderer and a swindler before anymore women are injured or killed.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Women-Magdalene-Rosemary-Poole-Carter/dp/1601640145/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1227111797&amp;sr=1-1">Reviews</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-1332782780240090128?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-84053970150017815752008-11-19T07:44:00.000-08:002008-11-22T13:22:07.051-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSQ6zlIrVnI/AAAAAAAABJ0/7BwZz6krw7c/s1600-h/russianconcubine.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270402121746568818" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 191px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SSQ6zlIrVnI/AAAAAAAABJ0/7BwZz6krw7c/s200/russianconcubine.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Donna<br /><br />Fic Furnivall<br /><br />The Russian Concubine is the story of a Russian refugee and her young daughter living in China in the 1920s. They struggle to make money but mostly use their wits to survive. The daughter falls in love with a Chinese Communist and they are swept up in a world of secrets and lies that puts their love to the test.<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Russian-Concubine-Kate-Furnivall/dp/042521558X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1227111243&amp;sr=8-1/">Reviews </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-8405397015001781575?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-62464505817727402002008-09-13T11:38:00.000-07:002008-11-08T12:04:31.534-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SMwJLsKABqI/AAAAAAAAAzw/5FF-dcDcif8/s1600-h/legacies.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245577762416101026" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SMwJLsKABqI/AAAAAAAAAzw/5FF-dcDcif8/s200/legacies.jpg" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Sue<br /><pre><span style="font-family:Arial;">FIC Wilson<br /><br />Repairman Jack “fixes” things – fixes situations for<br />people in trouble, for a fee.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>Based in NYC, he lives<br />on the fringe and operates outside the law. He uses<br />his quick wits to set up elaborate cons, and if that<br />fails, well, he has other skills.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>In Legacies, he must<br />draw on all these skills to protect pediatrician Alicia Carter from the<br />conspirators who want her late father’s secret invention – at any cost.<span style="font-size:0;"><br /></span>A masterful thriller in the tradition of Lee Child and Harlan Coben,<br />this is a gripping page-turner.<span style="font-size:0;"> </span><st1:city st="on">Wilson</st1:city> is a medical doctor based in <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><br />Ocean County</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">NJ</st1:state></st1:place>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0765363097/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&amp;n=283155&amp;s=books">Reviews From Amazon.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-6246450581772740200?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-46459490567689573322008-08-16T13:41:00.000-07:002008-11-08T12:05:01.182-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SKc758IwalI/AAAAAAAAAyY/4FNOxOZgWXw/s1600-h/pie.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SKc758IwalI/AAAAAAAAAyY/4FNOxOZgWXw/s200/pie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235218958422927954" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Irene<br /><pre><st1:stockticker><span style="font-family:Arial;">FIC</span></st1:stockticker><span style="font-family:Arial;"> SHAFFER<br /><br />If you like your history in the form of fiction, then<br />this fills the bill.<span style=""> </span>Reminiscent of "</span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:Arial;">84 Charing<br />Cross Road</span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:Arial;">" by Helene Hanff, the story evolves<br />through a series of letters written right after<br />World War II in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">Britain</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family:Arial;">.<span style=""> </span>The central plot involves a writer who<br />begins corresponding with the inhabitants of </span><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">Guernsey</span></st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">, one of<br />the </span><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">Channel Islands</span></st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0385340990/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&amp;n=283155&amp;s=books">Reviews</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-4645949056768957332?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-30348976798212123892008-08-16T13:38:00.000-07:002008-11-08T12:05:46.592-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SKc7JMhzBmI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/pXwdI6nu6QU/s1600-h/microsoft.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SKc7JMhzBmI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/pXwdI6nu6QU/s200/microsoft.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235218121009333858" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Irene<br />370.9173 WOO<br /><pre><span style="font-family:Arial;">What better place to be reading this book than on<br />vacation in </span><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">Silicon Valley</span></st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">!<span style=""> </span>John Wood left a high<br />pressure, extremely lucrative career to divert his<br />boundless energy to bringing books and building<br />schools for children in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">Nepal</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family:Arial;"> and later in wider<br />areas of </span><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">Asia</span></st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">, </span><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">Latin America</span></st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;"> and </span><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">Africa</span></st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">.<span style=""> </span><br />Heart-warming and inspiring.<span style=""> </span><br /><br />Also read, "Three cups of tea", by Greg Mortenson<br />and "Stand for the best", by Thomas Block<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/B000OFOUJI/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&amp;n=283155&amp;s=books">Reviews</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-3034897679821212389?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-28465400936442563182008-08-16T13:34:00.000-07:002008-11-08T12:07:52.110-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SKc6V5fqowI/AAAAAAAAAyI/ZaTlJn3kubo/s1600-h/monster.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SKc6V5fqowI/AAAAAAAAAyI/ZaTlJn3kubo/s200/monster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235217239726793474" border="0" /></a>Recommended by JoAnn<br /><pre><span style="font-family:Arial;">363.1523 </span><st1:stockticker><span style="font-family:Arial;">PRE</span></st1:stockticker><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br /><br />American author, Preston, moved to Florence to<br />write another thriller but was sidetracked with a<br />true murder mystery, never resolved.<span style=""> </span>He and an<br />Italian journalist research the 14 gruesome<br />murders of lovers but they become targets of<br />a bizarre police investigation.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0446581194/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&amp;n=283155&amp;s=books">Reviews</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-2846540093644256318?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-4662052408608658392008-07-29T15:59:00.000-07:002008-11-08T12:07:23.656-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SI-hX1P6kYI/AAAAAAAAAw4/YubJNFeXSzw/s1600-h/forget.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SI-hX1P6kYI/AAAAAAAAAw4/YubJNFeXSzw/s200/forget.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228575123203330434" border="0" /></a>By Jill Price<br /><pre><span style="font-family:Arial;">Recommended by JoAnn<br /><br />Since the age of 14 years, Jill had discovered she<br />had the rare ability to recall dates and events with<br />incredible accuracy.<span style=""> </span>Her mind continuously plays<br />events, like a video camera.<span style=""> </span>She was studied by<br />memory researchers for 6 years, as she was unique<br />at the time, and was written up in a scientific journal.<span style=""> </span>The onslaught<br />of memories is both a curse and a blessing:<span style=""> </span>the good memories are<br />comforting, but the bad ones are relived in detail.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Woman-Cant-Forget-Extraordinary-Science/dp/1416561765/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1217372545&amp;sr=8-1">Reviews</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-466205240860865839?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-46410145298516871312008-07-03T16:15:00.000-07:002008-11-08T12:08:19.728-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SG1eT9YF9lI/AAAAAAAAAvI/zqN5kaZQCTc/s1600-h/kabul.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SG1eT9YF9lI/AAAAAAAAAvI/zqN5kaZQCTc/s200/kabul.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218931240178415186" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.monroetwplibrary.org/"></a><span style="font-family:Arial;">By Deborah Rodriguez <o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Recommended by Jo Ann <o:p></o:p><br />305.4869 ROD<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">As part of a humanitarian effort to aid Afghans after the fall of the Taliban in 2001, a <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">Michigan</st1:place></st1:state> hairdresser eventually finds her strength in teaching and befriending women in her beauty school.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0812976738/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&amp;n=283155&amp;s=books">Reviews</a><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-4641014529851687131?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-68493109903206184662008-06-26T15:46:00.000-07:002008-07-03T16:22:59.579-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SGQcmh4xcGI/AAAAAAAAAuo/5mx4gBiM76M/s1600-h/earth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SGQcmh4xcGI/AAAAAAAAAuo/5mx4gBiM76M/s200/earth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216325716658974818" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.monroetwplibrary.org/"></a><span style="font-family:Arial;">FIC LAHIRI<o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Recommended by Jean <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">I enjoyed every story in this book.<span style=""> </span>Beautifully written, the stories draw you in immediately and none of them is predictable.<span style=""> </span>I look forward to her next book.</span></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0307265730/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&amp;n=283155&amp;s=books">Reviews</a><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-6849310990320618466?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-40421019272633732572008-06-26T15:35:00.000-07:002008-07-03T16:25:24.765-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SGQb3dfq0jI/AAAAAAAAAug/VOt82vZQBWI/s1600-h/shadow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SGQb3dfq0jI/AAAAAAAAAug/VOt82vZQBWI/s200/shadow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216324908026090034" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.monroetwplibrary.org/"></a><span style="font-family:Arial;">FIC HARRIS<o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Recommended by Jean <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The sequel to Chocolat, this is one of those books I could not put down.<span style=""> </span>I loved it every bit as much as Chocolat if not more.<span style=""> </span>Harris is so expressive and writes so beautifully and I loved the ending!</span></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0061431621/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&amp;n=283155&amp;s=books">Reviews</a><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-4042101927263373257?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-37235566250923735202008-05-12T08:46:00.000-07:002008-05-12T08:52:31.209-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SChmntmycEI/AAAAAAAAArE/Irr8IzcoaBI/s1600-h/frank.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SChmntmycEI/AAAAAAAAArE/Irr8IzcoaBI/s200/frank.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199518602242453570" border="0" /></a>Recommended by Irene<br /><br />FIC Horan<br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><br />In the early 1900s Frank Lloyd Wright left his wife and six children,scandalizing society by "eloping" to </span><st1:place><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" >Europe</span></st1:place><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" > with Mamah Borthwick Cheney. Mamah left her two small children behind as well.<span style=""> </span>This fictionalized account of Mamah's struggle to justify her clandestine love affair and resolve her overwhelming guilt at leaving her children grabs the reader and doesn't let go.<span style=""> </span>An engrossing account of real life people who followed their hearts as they hurt so many harmless people in the process.</span><br /><pre><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0345495004/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&amp;n=283155&amp;s=books">Reviews</a><br /></pre><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-3723556625092373520?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-14975616782330883332008-05-05T06:45:00.000-07:002008-11-08T12:09:00.443-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SB8P9FvXAPI/AAAAAAAAAqM/KrxXSG_zx3w/s1600-h/standing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SB8P9FvXAPI/AAAAAAAAAqM/KrxXSG_zx3w/s200/standing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196890037196095730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Recommended by Jo Ann</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />B Stringer</span><pre><span style="font-family:arial;">Rutgers sports fans will especially enjoy this</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">biography of the RU women's basketball coach's<br />life,</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> to fame; her personal challenges and<br />tragedies, as</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> well as those of her teams. <br />An inspiring story of the</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> value of teamwork, faith, and inner strength.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0307406091/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&amp;n=283155&amp;s=books">Reviews</a><br /></pre><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-1497561678233088333?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-38398528113108904582008-05-05T06:40:00.000-07:002008-05-10T11:28:03.775-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SB8O71vXAOI/AAAAAAAAAqE/mb730C0d8Qw/s1600-h/resistance.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/SB8O71vXAOI/AAAAAAAAAqE/mb730C0d8Qw/s200/resistance.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196888916209631458" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Recommended by Irene<br /><br />FIC Sheers</span><br /><pre><span style="font-family:arial;">What would have happened if D-Day failed and Nazi</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Germany invaded Great Britain? In a remote Welsh</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">border valley a German patrol arrives on a secret</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">mission and discovers that all the men are gone and</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">the women have banded together to keep their farms</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">running. Couple this with a particularly cruel and</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">severe winter forcing the two groups together for</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">mutual survival. Owen Sheers is an award winning</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Welsh poet; which is obvious by the richness of</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">language. This is his first novel.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Resistance-Owen-Sheers/dp/0571229646/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1209995061&amp;sr=8-1">Reviews</a><br /></pre><pre><o:p></o:p></pre><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-3839852811310890458?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-75693296206236043292008-01-17T15:50:00.001-08:002008-02-17T13:11:37.625-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/R5n6sFUJuBI/AAAAAAAAAFY/u5KKe_jRTwk/s1600-h/trueevil.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159430483377502226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/R5n6sFUJuBI/AAAAAAAAAFY/u5KKe_jRTwk/s320/trueevil.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Recommended by Jo Ann </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">FIC ILES </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">A fast-paced psychological thriller matching FBI agent Alex Morse against a serial killer. Her sister dies under the same strange circumstances that others have fallen victim to, after their wealthy spouses visit local attorney Andrew Rusk. Morse hopes the next potential victim, Dr. Shephard, will help her discover the killer.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/1416524533/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&amp;n=283155&amp;s=books"><span style="font-family:arial;">Reviews</span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-7569329620623604329?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-34423797966034378322008-01-07T15:46:00.000-08:002008-02-17T13:15:11.913-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/R4_stjAoh5I/AAAAAAAAAEw/0gaAPYIDfl0/s1600-h/bloodletting.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156600365598672786" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/R4_stjAoh5I/AAAAAAAAAEw/0gaAPYIDfl0/s320/bloodletting.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Recommended by Irene</span><pre style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:arial;">SS LAM<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></pre><pre style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Winner of Canada's Giller Prize, Vincent Lam presents an evocative view of doctors and hospitals in his debut story collection about doctors in the making. What makes this book unique and gripping is that Lam, and emergency room physician, looks beyond blood and guts to examine the conflicted hearts and minds of the four medical students sleepwalking their way through required tests, dissections and all-night emergency room shifts. The stories' quiet strength lies not in the doctors' education but in Lam's portrayal of the flawed humans behind surgical masks. Even those who are not "short story readers" will be unable to put this down.</span></pre><pre style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/1602860009/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&amp;n=283155&amp;s=books"><span style="font-family:arial;">Reviews</span></a></pre><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-3442379796603437832?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-14591520529120281502007-12-03T10:34:00.000-08:002007-12-11T07:18:14.785-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/R1RQux6M6oI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/9P5xLC_-wfc/s1600-R/christmascandle.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/R1RQux6M6oI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/nZ99gixeFYY/s320/christmascandle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139821839338236546" /></a><br />Recommended by Leah <br><br />FIC LUCANDO<br><br />In Gladstone, a small town in England, the townspeople believe in miracles. Every twenty-five years the local candle maker is visited by an angel on Christmas Eve. The angel lightly touches a candle in the shop and quietly disappears. The chandler presents it as a gift to a needy person in town and when the candle is lit a miracle soon follows. But the Christmas of 1864 may be the last year for the angel to visit. The chandler and his wife are elderly and there is no one in the family to continue the candle making tradition. Fearing that this is their last opportunity to receive the candle many of the townspeople approach the chandler and ask that they be given the candle on Christmas Eve. He and his wife are overwhelmed with this responsibility. Each person is in need but there will only be one candle and who should it go to?<br /><br />The Christmas of 1864 is very different than the ones in the past. The unexpected and the unimaginable happen, which help to create an even more miraculous Christmas in the small village of Gladstone.<br><br /><a href="http://www.monroetwplibrary.org">Home</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-1459152052912028150?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-13932384037618269172007-11-11T11:31:00.000-08:002007-12-11T07:24:17.941-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/RzdYw1-updI/AAAAAAAAAEA/PLvjUMRH-hI/s1600-h/invasive+procedures.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131667896559117778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/RzdYw1-updI/AAAAAAAAAEA/PLvjUMRH-hI/s320/invasive+procedures.jpg" border="0" /></a> Recommended by Susan<br /><br />FIC Card<br /><br />SciFi genius Card switches to Thrillers in a taut tale of DNA research gone bad. Pompous geneticist George Galen has developed DNA-based cures for Parkinson's, sickle-cell and other deadly conditions. They are delivered through special viruses, which are deadly in the wrong hands. He has also created a crew of supermen to administer his cures, and a cult religion with himself as Master. Army researcher Frank Hartmann has succeeded in countering the viruses' deadly side effects - but can he foil Galen's ultimate plan? <br><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/076531424X/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books">Reviews</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10139813-1393238403761826917?l=monroetwp.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Monroe Township Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908381499049499322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139813.post-49247029157245148712007-11-11T11:04:00.000-08:002007-12-11T07:26:06.639-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/RzdTbF-upcI/AAAAAAAAAD4/Oc8Oljlct18/s1600-h/infidel.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131662025338824130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_265BVB2zMJk/RzdTbF-upcI/AAAAAAAAAD4/Oc8Oljlct18/s320/infidel.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Recommended by JoAnn</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>B Hirsiali</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This is a shocking memoir of humanitarian Hirsi Ali's life, from a strict Muslim childhood in Africa, beatings, mutilation, a forced marriage, civil wars, to her asylum in the Netherlands where she fought for basic human rights for Islamic women. 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