Sewickley Public Library - Adult Blog: Books On Books

Sewickley PA

07 May, 2022

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Press release from Sewickley Public Library - Adult Blog: May 4, 2022 All things books! Books about books. Books featuring libraries. Every bibliophile knows the delight of finding a great new read, and it's especially fun to find a novel that features books in the plot, or a book that discusses great titles to discover. Here's a few titles that every book-lover might enjoy! The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson This gem of a historical features an indomitable heroine navigating a community steeped in racial intolerance. In 1936, 19-year-old Cussy Mary Carter works for the New Deal–funded Pack Horse Library Project, delivering reading material to the rural people of Kentucky. It's a way of honoring her dead mother, who loved books, and it almost makes her forget the fact that her skin is blue, a family trait that sets her apart from the white community. Booked to Die by John Dunning Denver cop Cliff Janeway probably knows as much about books as he does about homicide. His living room resembles an adjunct to the public library. But when local book scout Bobby Westfall is murdered, Janeway is sure he knows who did it. His detective talents are as important as his knowledge of books as he follows the twists and turns of this great mystery. There are only four books in the Cliff Janeway series, but you're sure to want to read them all. Great stuff. By Its Cover by Donna Leon One afternoon, Commissario Guido Brunetti gets a frantic call from the director of a prestigious Venetian library. Someone has stolen pages out of several rare books. After a round of questioning, the case seems clear: the culprit must be the man who requested the volumes, an American professor from a Kansas university. The only problem–the man fled the library earlier that day, and after checking his credentials, the American professor doesn't exist. The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson Lonely librarian June Jones has never left the sleepy English village where she grew up. Shy and reclusive, the thirty-year-old would rather spend her time buried in books than venture out into the world. But when her library is threatened with closure, June is forced to emerge from behind the shelves to save the heart of her community and the place that holds the dearest memories of her mother. …"a sweet testament to the power of reading, community, and the library." — Booklist Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon away from life as a San Francisco web-design drone and into the aisles of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. But after a few days on the job, Clay discovers that the store is more curious than either its name or its gnomic owner might suggest. The customers are few, and they never seem to buy anything–instead, they "check out" large, obscure volumes from strange corners of the store. One for the Books by Joe Queenan If you love books and reading, this is the book to check out. At times, laugh out-loud funny as well as mordantly insightful, Queenan takes on all comers in his defense of reading and books. He's never one to shy away from expressing his opinions – whether it's about libraries, bookstores, authors or that goliath, Middlemarch. Along the way we learn about his life in books and where those books have led him in life. I enjoyed it! The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams Aleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird. It's a list of novels that she's never heard of before. Intrigued, she impulsively decides to read every book on the list, one after the other. As each story gives up its magic, the books transport Aleisha from the painful realities she's facing at home. "Readers will be charmed and touched." – Publishers Weekly Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch Grief-stricken by the loss of her sister, a mother of four spends one year savoring a great book every day, from Thomas Pynchon to Nora Ephron and beyond. In the tradition of Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness Project and Joan Didion's A Year of Magical Thinking, the author's literary-minded memoir is a chronicle of loss, hope, and redemption. Nina turns to reading as therapy and through her journey illuminates the power of books to help us reclaim our lives. Fascinating. This press release was produced by Sewickley Public Library - Adult Blog. The views expressed here are the author's own.