My LINKcat AccountDid I predict this? Didn’t I mention this a couple of weeks ago? I’m pretty sure I did make note of the weather lore that says as the days lengthen – which they certainly have – sunset is not at 5 p.m. (instead of at 4:22 which it was at during the darkest days of December) and sunrise is not at 7:20 a.m. (instead of at 7:29 which is was for the twelve days at the end of December and into January) that the cold strengthens. We have gained a whole lot of daylight and, possibly, because of that, the bottom fell out of the thermometer over that past weekend and the beginning of this week. However, daytime highs that hover right around 1 degree (above or below zero – it doesn’t make much difference once it’s that cold) is the perfect time to get a hot beverage, a blanket, and a snuggle buddy (cat, dog, significant other) and curl up with a good book. Below you will find some of the books which recently arrived at the library. I guarantee at least some of them are worthy of being snuggled up with. Stay warm! Enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
“Three Wild Dogs and the Truth” by Markus Zusak. Documents the adoption of three unruly rescue dogs that transform the Zusak family's life, revealing the chaos, love, and unexpected lessons while exploring the deeper connections between humans and animals.
“Reset: How to Change What’s Not Working” by Dan Heath. The #1 “New York Times” bestselling coauthor of “Made to Stick”, “Switch” and “The Power of Moments” presents a revolutionary guide to fixing what’s not working—in systems and processes, organizations and companies, and even in our daily lives—by identifying leverage points and concentrating resources to achieve our goals.
“The Disengaged Teen: Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better, and Live Better” by Jenny Anderson & Rebecca Winthrop. Explores the disengagement of adolescents from school, identifying four learning modes—Resister, Passenger, Achiever, and Explorer—that shape teens' relationships with learning, while offering evidence-backed strategies for parents to foster curiosity and self-awareness to help their children thrive academically and emotionally.
“The Forgotten Sense: The New Science of Smell – and the Extraordinary Power of the Nose” by Jonas Olofsson. Explores the human sense of smell through the lens of neuroscience and psychology, revealing its extraordinary sensitivity and how it engages the brain, affects our perceptions, and shapes our experiences, while examining historical perspectives, the role of smell in evolution, and the potential for smell rehabilitation after illness.
“Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder” by Matthew Pearl. In this true story, on December 10, 1887, the Walker family’s shark fishing boat was split in two by a storm, and they awoke in the morning on an island inhabited by a ragged man named Hans who seemed helpful but had a dark secret.
New Fiction
“Boudicca” by P.C. Cast. Guided by the goddess Andraste, Queen Boudicca of the Iceni leads a rebellion against opposing forces in Roman-occupied Britain, gathering 250,000 warriors to reclaim her land, even as dark prophecies threaten to doom her fight for freedom.
“Witchcraft for Wayward Girls” by Grady Hendrix. Four teenage girls trapped in a secretive maternity home for unwed mothers in 1960 St. Augustine, Florida, find an unexpected source of power through witchcraft.
“The Big Empty, No.20 (Elvis Cole & Joe Pike)” by Robert Crais. When Elvis Cole finds himself shadowed by a gang of vicious criminals, a missing-persons cold case becomes far more sinister, and soon he must call his ex-Marine friend Joe Pike for help.
“Blob: A Love Story” by Maggie Su. After getting dumped, lonely college dropout Vi Liu discovers a strange blob in an ally outside a bar and takes it home where she works with the increasingly sentient creature and molds it into her ideal partner.
“Confessions” by Catherine Airey. Three generations of women are bound by family secrets, lost memories and an enigmatic boarding school game as they unravel mysteries spanning from 1970s Ireland to post-9/11 New York, which threaten to tear them apart forever.
“Going Home: A Novel of Boys, Mistakes, and Second Chances” by Tom Lamont. Thirtysomething Téo Erskine has his life is upended when a tragedy makes him the unexpected guardian of a toddler, forcing him to navigate friendship, responsibility and long-buried feelings while confronting what kind of man he wants to be.
“Grave Danger, No.19 (Jack Swyteck Novel)” by James Grippando. Jack Swyteck must defend a woman accused of kidnapping her niece while uncovering deadly secrets about the parents as political forces and international law complicate the case in the latest addition to the series following “Goodbye Girl”.
“More of Less Maddy” by Lisa Genova. Maddy Banks, an NYU student recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder after experiencing a wild and terrifying mania, rejects the stability of a “normal” life for a career in stand-up comedy, in a novel from a Harvard-trained neuroscientist and “New York Times” bestselling author.
“Shattering Dawn” by Jayne Ann Krentz. When PI Gideon Sweetwater disrupts the kidnapping of Amelia Rivers, they escape and return to the ruins of the hotel where Amelia lost a night to amnesia before gaining powers, desperate to stop a killer and the people who are conducting illegal experiments with a dangerous drug designed to enhance psychic abilities.