My LINKcat AccountHere we are in the middle of August with the weather persisting autumnally and pre-season Packer's football already underway. I know this is pre-season and wins and loses don't really count, but I believe that winning is a habit and so is losing. I think Vince Lombardi would agree with me. Enough said. I was rather disappointed. The Summer Reading Program ended last week and we've yet to get the tally on all the numbers of books read and /or minutes spent reading. A whole lot of items were checked out during July (over 46,000), the height of the Summer Reading Program, and I'm sure a large number of those are books and attributable to the program. If I'm counting correctly there are only eighteen days left until the final summer holiday, and the quasi-official end of summer, Labor Day. And once we get past Labor Day, you know what that means don't you? It means you can put away your white shoes and straw hats and pull the wool clothing out of the closet for airing. It also means the publishers Fall list of titles will begin arriving. I have to tell you, almost every major author has a new book coming out in the next couple of months - so stay tuned. In the meantime you'll find some new books. Enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
These few precious days : the final year of Jack with Jackie / by Christopher Andersen. Filled with revelations about the most famous couple in the world, this beautiful and tragic account of Jack and Jackie Kennedy's final year together answers lingering questions about this still-mesmerizing marriage.
Turn around bright eyes : the rituals of love and karaoke / by Rob Sheffield. In this follow-up to "Love is a Mix Tape", a writer for "Rolling Stone", after his wife's death finds solace in music, which leads him to the strangest places and gives him the courage to start over, move on and rock the mike.
New Fiction
Queen's gambit / by Elizabeth Fremantle. A tale inspired by the life of Henry VIII's sixth wife follows her reluctant marriage to an egotistical and powerful king in spite of her love for Thomas Seymour, a situation that compels her focus on religious reform and careful choices in a treacherous court.
The beast / by Faye Kellerman. Two new cases--one involving the troubled boy they've taken into their home and the other involving a man found dead in his apartment, apparently mauled by his pet tiger--cause Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus to challenge their most heartfelt beliefs, leading them to reevaluate everything they hold dear.
Nearer home : a Nola Cespedes Mystery / by Joy Castro. A follow-up to "Hell or High Water" finds crime reporter Nola Céspedes discovering the dead body of her former journalism professor in New Orleans's Audubon Park and discovering links between the victim's death and two potentially volatile news stories.
True love / by Jude Deveraux. Bequeathed the use of a charming 18th-century home in Nantucket for one year, architecture student Alix Madsen struggles with expectations about how she should spend her days while pursuing a relationship with a world-famous architect and exploring a mystery surrounding a 19th-century woman.
Close my eyes / by Sophie McKenzie. Grieving for eight years after the stillborn birth of her daughter and exhausted by her efforts to get pregnant again, writer Geniver Loxley is astonished when a stranger claims that the baby was stolen and is still alive, a revelation that strains Geniver's grasp on sanity and her relationship with her husband. By the author of the award-winning "Girl, Missing".
The companions / by R. A. Salvatore. A first installment in a spin-off story arc places hero Drizzt in a new era of the Forgotten Realms, where while facing the life-threatening first stirrings of the Sundering, he reflects on the lives of trusted allies who stood by his side throughout his early life. By the best-selling author of the The Legend of Drizzt series.
Cat in an alien x-ray / by Carole Nelson Douglas. When an Area 51 attraction on the Strip brings hordes of UFO enthusiasts and conspiracy theorists to Vegas, feline private investigator Midnight Louie and the gang tackle an all-too-human adversary who is taking advantage of easily swayed victims. By the author of "Cat in a Vegas Gold Vendetta".
Eva's eye / by Karin Fossum. Investigating the murder of a dead man who had been missing for months, Inspector Sejer and his team discover that his death is linked to the murder of a prostitute and to Eva, a struggling artist and a divorced single mother who holds to key to solving both murders.
Under a Texas sky / by Dorothy Garlock. A seasoned theatre actress making her first movie in 1930s Texas falls for a small town local and is threatened by someone going through elaborate lengths to sabotage the film shoot in this new romance from the author of "Homeplace" and "Loveseekers".
The last witness / by W.E. B. Griffin. Investigating rumors about a new partnership between the Mexican drug cartels and the Russian mob, Philadelphia homicide detective Matt Payne struggles to dismantle an increasingly violent operation involving Russian sex slaves and kidnapped foster teens. By the best-selling authors of "The Spymasters".