A Reader's Advisory, readalike and new book blog. From Long Island with a Brentwood slant.
The Bestseller lists have changed as a result of new works by acclaimed writers Lee Child and J.D. Robb, Née Nora Roberts.
Knocking off the 50 Shades of Grey Trilogy, Lee Child’s newest novel A Wanted Man continues the Jack Reacher series, where a bad decision to hitchhike has made him a prime suspect in a Shady conspiracy. Delusion in Death by J.D. Robb is a mysterious whodunit, where white-collar happy hour bar explodes into violence and leaves 80 people dead. Why a white-collar bar would break out in violence befuddles detective Eve Dallas, but what makes even less sense is why survivors saw monsters and killer bees. When its discovered that a lethal airborne cocktail is to blame, Detective Dallas has to rush to stop the person who is willing to strike again.
Even though 50 Shades of Grey dominated the Bestseller lists for close to a year, did you know that Gillian Flynn’s Gone girl was the most requested Fiction novel in Suffolk County?
A wanted man : a Jack Reacher novel / Lee Child. (Link to Catalog)
Delusion in death / J. D. Robb (Link to Catalog)
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by Nora Ephron
Addicted to L-U-V
About three years ago, I stumbled onto something called Scrabble Blitz. It was a four-minute version of Scrabble solitaire, on a Web site called Games.com, and I began playing it without a clue that within 24 hours - I am not exaggerating - it would fry my brain.The Girl Who Fixed the Umlaut
Shit. Now what? She’d fallen asleep with her Palm Tungsten T3 in her hand. It would take only a moment to smash it against the wall and shove the battery up the nose of whoever was out there annoying her.
New Fiction @ Brentwood Library:
- Office Girl - Joe Meno (Link to Catalog)
No one dies in Office Girl. Nobody talks about the international political situation. There is no mention of any economic collapse. Nothing takes place during a World War. Instead, this novel is about young people doing interesting things in the final moments of the last century.(Goodreads)
- Driven; The Sequel to Drive - James Sallis (Link to Catalog)
Driver thinks he has settled into a normal life, but after his fiancâee is killed he must confront his criminal past. (Goodreads)
- Secret of Evil - Roberto Bolaño (Link to Catalog)
A collection of short fiction gathers everything the author was working on before his death, including a story about a North American journalist receiving a mysterious call and a woman’s recounting of the loss of her virginity. (Goodreads)
- The Lion is In - Delia Ephron (Link to Catalog)
Escaping from their personal lives and taking refuge in a nightclub, a runaway bride, a recovering alcoholic, and a downtrodden minister’s wife adopt a retired circus lion and spend their days waitressing until the past catches up with them. (Goodreads)
RIP Nora Ephron. Revolutionizing the Romantic Comedy, she was the writer of movies like When Harry Met Sally, You’ve Got Mail and, Julie and Julia. If you want to take a step back in time, the website to the movie You’ve Got Mail has been left untouched since 1998. Come into the library and check out her books today. What was your favorite Ephron book?
