My LINKcat AccountThere are robins hanging out on South Street and Main Street now. True, they are still flocked up which means they haven’t started moving in yet and are keeping their options open for a quick retreat. Plants are beginning to think about budding. If you look hard at the maples, they are getting lacier and the willows are getting yellower by the day. This coming Sunday, March 13th, Daylight Savings Time starts up again so the days will lengthen once more into the evenings and leave mornings a little darker for the time being. Perhaps that will keep the cardinal quiet who has started singing in the wee hours of morning. “Early singers, look like winners” or some such slogan in cardinal lore about attracting females must be inspiring him to start at the faintest crack of dawn. With temperatures forecast to be in the 50s and 40s for the next ten days, I think we have to give a tip of the hat to Booky our prognosticating badger who seems to have made the early spring call right this year. (That’s two correct calls in a row, so Booky is batting a 1000 at this point!). While your beginning to enjoy the wonders of spring after a Wisconsin winter, why not use warmer weather and longer evenings to stroll down to the library and come to a program or check out some of the exciting new titles that have arrived this week? Enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
Above the line : my Wild oats adventure / by Shirley MacLaine. The Academy Award-winning actress and best-selling author describes her remarkable experiences during the making of Wild Oats on the Canary Islands, describing the daily obstacles faced by the production's cast and crew and her astonishing memories of a past life on the lost continent of Atlantis.
Love, loss, and what we ate / by Padma Lakshmi. The host of the Emmy Award-winning Top Chef presents a memoir about her immigrant childhood and complicated life in front of the camera, tracing her formative experiences in her grandmother's South India kitchen and her relationships with people who influenced her culinary skills and career.
The happiness equation : want nothing + do anything = have everything by Neil Pasricha. The author illustrates how to want nothing, do anything, and have everything to unlock the 9 Secrets to Happiness. The author provides step-by-step guidelines and hand-drawn scribbles that illustrate exactly how to apply each secret to live a happier life today.
The selected letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder / by Wiliam Anderson. A single-volume collection of personal writings by the beloved American author spans 60 years of her life and shares deeply personal insights into her experiences, beliefs, family dynamics and career.
The stash plan : your 21-day guide to shed weight, feel great, and take charge of your health / by Laura Prepon & Elizabeth Troy. A star of Orange Is the New Black and an integrative nutritionist outline a 21-day plan combining the latest in food science with time-tested dietary wisdom to counsel readers on how to sustain weight loss and achieve overall wellness.
New Fiction
The friends we keep / by Susan Mallery. While Gabby Schaefer reels in the face of crushing news that has thwarted her plans to return to work, Hayley Batchelor pursues high-risk fertility treatments and Nicole Lord fears falling in love after emerging from a divorce from a man who barely touched her heart. By the best-selling author of the Fool's Gold series.
The ancient minstrel : novellas / by Jim Harrison. A collection of novellas by the New York Times best-selling author of Legends of the Fall includes the title story, in which an aging writer struggles with his ex and a litter of piglets; Eggs, in which a woman tries to have a baby after reflecting on her London country youth; and a story featuring Detective Sunderson.
Crazy blood : a novel / by T. Jefferson Parker. Two half-brothers from a powerful skiing dynasty whose births were marked by violence and betrayal play out their fierce rivalry on one of the world's most perilous ski slopes while the women in their lives scheme to destroy and protect them. By the best-selling author of Storm Runners.
The guardian : a tale of Andrew Murray by Jack Whyte. In 1297, Wallace the Braveheart and Robert Bruce's combined anger at the injustices of the invading English is about to unleash a storm in Scotland that will last for 16 years—and destroy England's military power for decades—before giving rise to a new nation of free men. By the USA Today best-selling author of Robert the Bruce.
The considerate killer / by Lene Kaaberbol & Agnete Friis. A conclusion to the best-selling series finds Red Cross nurse Nina Borg recovering from an attack by an assailant who begs forgiveness before Nina discovers their shared tie to a dangerous trio of friends from Manila. By the best-selling authors of “The Boy in the Suitcase”.
Devonshire scream : a tea shop mystery / by Laura Childs. Theodosia Browning caters a trunk show that is crashed by masked thieves who leave a dead body in their wake, prompting Theo to investigate suspicions contrary to those of the FBI. Includes recipes and tea-time tips. By the New York Times best-selling author of “Ming Tea Murder”.
Time of fog and fire / by Rhys Bowen. Learning that her husband has landed in grave danger while deep undercover on a secret assignment, Molly Murphy Sullivan embarks on a dangerous cross-country journey with her young son while contemplating the possibility that corrupt forces may be at work among her husband's colleagues.
Clawback : an Ali Reynolds novel / by J.A. Jance. When her father is implicated in the murder of a man whose Ponzi scheme bankrupted hundreds of people, Ali Reynolds and her husband struggle to clear her father's name while seeking justice for the victims. By the best-selling author of the Joanna Brady series.