Here we are in October and October is just chocked full of special celebration days and weeks. Here is a sampling of a few for only the first half of the month. The first week of October, which we are in, is National Chili Week, Get Organized Week, Customer Service Week, and Mystery Series Week. October 5th was National Apple Betty Day. Today, October 6th, is National Noodle Day and Mad Hatter Day. Mad Hatter is a day to wear a crazy hat and is celebrated on 10/6 because that is what the sign in the hat band of the Mad Hatter (of “Alice in Wonderland” fame) says on it. Noodle day is rather self-explanatory, i.e., eat some noodles! Tomorrow is World Smile Day. Leif Eriksen Day is on the 9th and National Angel Food Cake Day is on the 10th. The 11th is the birthday of a local librarian. October 12th is both Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day as well as Moment of Frustration Day. Personally, I think taking your teddy bear to work would help you not have moment of frustration on October 12th, but I suppose that depends on what kind of mood your teddy bear is in. If you doubt this assertion then just hang around for October 13th which is International Skeptics Day (I doubt that). Getting to the mid-point of the month, we find that October 15th is not only National Grouch Day, Sweetest Day, and National I Love Lucy Day. There is certainly a lot to celebrate in October. Below you will find some of the new books that have arrived at the library during this week. Something else to celebrate! Enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
- Asylum : a survivor's flight from Nazi-occupied Vienna through wartime France / by Moriz Scheyer. A recently discovered account reveals an Austrian Jewish writer's flight, persecution and clandestine life in wartime France.
- Born to run / by Bruce Springsteen. A personal account inspired by the remarkable 2009 Super Bowl halftime show traces the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's life from his childhood in a Catholic New Jersey family and the musical experiences that prompted his career to the rise of the E Street Band and the stories behind some of his most famous songs.
- Irena's children : the extraordinary story of the woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto / by Tilar Mazzeo. The best-selling author of “The Widow Cliquot” presents the story of a Holocaust rescuer to reveal the formidable risks she took to her own safety to save some 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.
- The birth of a nation : Nat Turner and the making of the movement / by Nate Parker. An official tie-in to the highly acclaimed film, “The Birth of a Nation”, surveys the history and legacy of Nat Turner, the leader of one of the most renowned slave rebellions on American soil, while also exploring Turner’s relevance to contemporary dialogues on race relations.
- Eleanor and Hick : the love affair that shaped a First Lady / by Susan Quinn. An intimate account of the close relationship between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and reporter Lorena Hickok shares compassionate insights into how their more than three-decade friendship transformed their lives and empowered them to play significant roles in one of the most tumultuous periods in American history.
- Fields of battle : Pearl Harbor, the Rose Bowl, and the boys who went to war / by Brian Curtis. Tells the tale of the boys who played in the 1942 Rose Bowl and then served on the World War II battlefields.
New Fiction
- British manor murder : a Lucy Stone mystery / by Leslie Meier. Joining her friend at an English manor for a fancy exhibition, Lucy turns apprehensive when her hosts begin talking about a deadly family omen before she is swept up by the murder of a handmaiden's son who was privy to dark secrets. By the best-selling author of “French Pastry Murder”.
- Christmas caramel murder / by Joanne Fluke. Preparing for the town's annual production of “A Christmas Carol”, Hannah supports her friend, Lisa, who is implicated in the murder of her husband's ex-girlfriend, in an entry complemented by more than 20 holiday-themed recipes. By the best-selling author of “Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder”.
- An obvious fact / by Craig Johnson. Investigating a hit-and-run accident near Devils Tower that has left a young cyclist in critical condition, Walt, Henry and Vic are confronted by unexpected complications in the form of competing biker gangs, the ATF bureau, an entrepreneur's donation of a military-grade vehicle and a femme fatale.
- Darkest journey / by Heather Graham. Shocked when her own father is implicated in the murders of two Civil War re-enactors, Charlie reunites with former flame and Krewe of Hunters agent Ethan Delaney on a Mississippi River cruise to infiltrate the band of re-enactors and identify who among them has a motive to kill.
- Denim and lace / by Diana Palmer. When an accident nearly costs the privileged Bess Samson her life, proud rancher Cade Hollister must cast aside his disdain for her family's wealth and finally fight for the forbidden love he's never forgotten.
- The life she wants / by Robyn Carr. Shattered by her husband's financial crimes and subsequent suicide, Emma is entreated by the friend who betrayed her years earlier to return home, where an uneasy reunion and the burden of her husband's crimes challenge her efforts to rebuild. By the award-winning author of “Four Friends”.
- Woman of god / by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro. Scrutinized as the world's first woman papal candidate, Brigid Fitzgerald, a doctor on the front lines in Sudan, reflects on her difficult childhood and a series of trials that have tested her faith before a high-stakes battle compels her to convert her enemies to a cause that threatens the Church and her life.