Connect Your Summer
Fiction about Films and Filmmaking
The extra by Michael Shea
Infamous by Suzanne Brockmann
Adored by Tilly Bagshawe
Whitby vampyrrhic by Simon Clark
Adventurous Travel
Fiction about Theater and Opera
The reluctant heiress by Eva Ibbotson
Antonio's wife: a novel by Jacqueline DeJohn
Charles Jessold, considered as a murderer by Wesley Stace
The doctor and the diva: a novel by Adrienne McDonnell
Emotional Well-Being Audiobooks
Anti-aging cures [sound recording]: life changing secrets to reverse the effects of aging: your key to the real fountain of youth by James Forsythe ; foreword by Suzanne Somers
Don't bite the hook [sound recording]: finding freedom from anger, resentment, and other destructive emotions by Pema Chödrön
Emotional freedom [sound recording]: [liberate yourself from negative emotions and transform your life] by Judith Orloff
Excuses begone! [sound recording]: how to change lifelong, self-defeating thinking habits by Wayne W. Dyer
Flourish [sound recording]: [a visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being] by Martin E.P. Seligman
Healing the shame that binds you [sound recording] by John Bradshaw
Sew Awesome
The Liberty book of home sewing by text by Lucina Ganderston ; photography by Kristin Perers ; illustrations by Richard Merritt
Sewing in a straight line: quick & crafty projects you can make by simply sewing straight by Brett Bara
Bags in bloom: create 20 unique flower purses with simple embroidery stitches and easy-to-sew patterns by Susan Cariello
Sporty Romances
Baseball
Hot property by Carly Phillips
Fireside by Susan Wiggs
Fireside by Susan Wiggs
Football
Here I am by Rochelle Alers
Lunch & a Book July 2012
On Thursday, July 12 at Noon we'll be discussing:
Beloved: a novel by Toni Morrison — According to the publisher, Random House, the book can be described as "Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history in a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe's new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved.
Time Travel Romances
The dragon hour: a time-travel romance by Connie Flynn
Steamed: a steampunk romance by Katie MacAlister
All for you by Lynn Kurland
Beyond the highland mist by Karen Marie Moning
Chilly Summer Cooking
Icebox pies: 100 scrumptious recipes for no-bake, no- fail pies by Lauren Chattman
Icebox cakes: simply irresistible no-bake desserts by Lauren Chattman; photography by Duane Winfield
Martha's summer favorites [videodisc]
More smoothies for life: satisfy, energize, and heal your body by Dani
Lunch & a Book August 2012
On Thursday August 9 at noon we'll be discussing:
Waterland by Graham Swift — Set in the bleak Fen Country of East Anglia, England and spanning some 240 years in the lives of its haunted narrator and his ancestors, Waterland is a book that takes in eels and incest, ale-making and madness, the heartless sweep of history and a family romance as tormented as any in Greek tragedy. According to the Los Angeles Times, "Waterland, like the Hardy novels, carries with all else a profound knowledge of a people, a place, and their interweaving… Swift tells his tale with wonderful contemporary verve and verbal felicity… A fine and original work."
Historical Romances
The gowns, the carriages, the manners of another age — be whisked off to another time with an historical romance.
Trouble at the wedding by Laura Lee Guhrke
The price of temptation by Lecia Cornwall
How the marquess was won by Julie Anne Long
Read a Book While Listening to Music
Read a book while listening to music to earn your Curtains Up badge. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to choose the perfect soundtrack for a book…[inspire by Kassy.Miller is licensed under CC BY-A 2.0]
Adult Writers' Group
Interested in writing? Join other adults to share your work, get feedback and discuss the craft of writing. We will meet on Saturday, July 28 from 2:00-3:00 PM.
Debut Novelists
Ready player one by Ernest Cline
The family Fang by Kevin Wilson
The tiger's wife: a novel by Téa Obreht
In Zanesville: a novel by Jo Ann Beard
Salad Days
Mediterranean fresh: a compendium of one-plate salad meals and mix-and-match dressings by Joyce Goldstein ; photography by Andre Baranowski ; food styling by Melissa Hamilton ; foreword by Dan Barber ; wine essay by Evan Goldstein
Write It
Recipe Exchange
Share your favorite recipes, or discover new ones.
Bring in several copies of your favorite recipe (printed out on an 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper and paper clipped together) to put in the Recipe Exchange kiosk located by the Reception Desk and earn your Chow Down badge. Look at the recipes others have left, and take home a new recipe or two.
If you prefer to share your recipe online, simply add the recipe in a comment to this blog post.
Bon Appetit!
Home Improvement
52 weekend makeovers: easy projects to transform your home inside and out
52 weekend decorating projects: a do-it-yourself guide to adding style to your home by edited by Jean Nayar
Refresh your home: simple projects and tips to save money, update, and renovate by editors of the Family handyman
Fiction for Foodies
Baking cakes in Kigali: a novel by Gaile Parkin
Dolci di love: a novel by Sarah-Kate Lynch
Eat cake: a novel by Jeanne Ray
How to eat a cupcake: a novel by Meg Donohue
Preserving Summer's Bounty
The preservation kitchen: the craft of making and cooking with pickles, preserves, and aigre-doux by Paul Virant with Kate Leahy
Can it, bottle it, smoke it: and other kitchen projects by Karen Solomon
Backyard harvest by Jo Whittingham











