New books for the new year

The Library recently purchase several new books including the children’s book Wimpy Kid Diaries: The Meltdown. Also, young adult books Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak and Queen of the Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare. Other new books include Beauchamp Hall by Danielle Steel, Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly, Elevation by Stephen King, Heads You Win by Jeffrey Archer, In Dreams Forgotten by Tracie Peterson, Long Road to Mercy by David Baldacci, Look Alive Twenty-Five by Janet Evanovich, Night of Miracles by Elizabeth Berg, Of Blood and Bone (on compact disc) by Nora Roberts, Past Tense by Lee Child, Safe and Sound by Fern Michaels, Target: Alex Cross by James Patterson, The House at Saltwater Point by Colleen Coble; The Traveler’s Summit by Andy Andrews, Tom Clancy’s Oath of Office by Marc Cameron, Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver, Vendetta by Iris Johansen, and When Through Deep Waters by Rachelle Dekker.

Books Sandwiched In resumes

Books Sandwiched In book club resumed in September. Members come and bring their lunch and discuss the books they are reading. Everyone is invited to come and talk about what they are reading and hear what books other members are reading. Books Sandwiched in meets the first Wednesday of the month. The next meeting will be Wednesday, October 3 from noon until 1 p.m. in the Community Room of the Library.

Chandler Public Library to host second Teen Program

To kick off National Teen Read Week, October 7-13, the Chandler Public Library will host a Teen Book Tasting event on Saturday, October 6 from 10-11 a.m. There will be donuts and refreshments, a book discussion and tasting of young adult books to see if we like them.
Those attending the event will have an opportunity to get a taste of a book which will be wrapped in paper by reading a paragraph from the book. If they like it, they can unwrap the book and check it out. There will be books from all ages and genres in the book tasting.

Story Time resumes for fall

Story Time resumed on Tuesday, Sept. 4, with the theme “What Can I Do @ the Library?” Children are learning about the different books and activities at the Library, about getting a Library card, how to choose the “just right” book, the different kinds of Libraries around the world and around the country. Some of the activities planned include making dry erase boards, make bookworms, learn poems and sing songs and more. Story time continues every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. until Nov.20.

New books for fall

The Library recently purchased several new releases for fall including young adult books Fugitive Six by Pitticus Lore and Lost by P.C. Cast. Other new books are The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand, Juror #3 & Texas Ranger by James Patterson, In His Father’s Footsteps by Danielle Steel, A Measure of Darkness by Jonathan & Jesse Kellerman, The Forbidden Door by Dean Koontz, Shadow Tyrants by Clive Cussler, Double Blind by Iris & Roy Johansen, Leverage in Death by J.D. Robb, Tailspin by Sandra Brown, Courtney’s War by Wilbur Smith, Marry Me By Sundown by Johanna Lindsey, Paradox by Catherine Coulter and Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter.

Feature of the Month for July-God Bless America

Our feature of the month for July will focus on patriotism, the founding of our country and the sacrifice for freedom. An American Family Portrait series by Jack Cavanaugh, books by Tom Clancy, Mark Greaney, W.E.B. Griffin, Bill O’Reilly, God, Guns, Grits and Gravy by Mike Huckabee, Washington’s Spies by Alexander Rose and the play Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow.

New books for summer @ the Library

We just received several new releases at the Chandler Library including Tom Clancy’s Line of Sight, Turbulence by Stuart Woods, The Moscow Deception by Karen Robards, Shelter in Place by Nora Roberts, The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer, The Outsider by Stephen King, The President Is Missing by James Patterson and Bill Clinton, We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter, Dreams of Falling by Karen White, The Gray Ghost by Clive Cussler and To the Moon and Back by Karen Kingsbury.
Also new are nonfiction books Robin by David Itzkoff, George & Barbara Bush: A Great American Love Story by Ellie LeBlond Sosa, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden Gate Killer by Michelle McNamara and Adrift by Tami Oldham Ashcraft. New young adult and children’s books include: The Burning Maze (The Trials of Apollo series) by Rick Riordan, I Am Martin Luther King Jr. by Brad Meltzer, Who Was Maya Angelou by Ellen Labrecque, and We’re All Wonders by R.J. Polacio.

Feature of the Month for June

The Feature of the Month will be about Fathers in honor of Father’s Day. Selections include Chicken Soup for the Father’s Soul by Jack Canfield, Courageous (book based on the movie) by Randy Alcorn, G-Man by Stephen Hunter, The Fixer by Joseph Finder, A Blessing & a Curse by Rashonda Tate-Billingsley, 700 Sundays by Billy Crystal, All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, Atonement by Ian McEwan, Worst Case by James Patterson, Natchez Burning by Greg Iles, Calico Joe by John Grisham, A Daughter’s Tale: the memoir of Winston Churchill’s youngest child, The Horse Boy: a father’s quest to heal his son by Rupert Isaacson, In My Father’s House: the years before “The Hiding Place” by Corrie ten Boom,

More new books for May

Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson, Princess: a Private novel by James Patterson, Love and Ruin by Paula McLain, The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews, The Abbot’s Tale by Conn Iggulden, The Other Lady Vanishes by Amanda Quick, The Rising Sea by Clive Cussler, The Forgotten Road by Richard Paul Evans, Cave of Bones by Anne Hillerman, By Invitation Only by Dorothea Benton Frank, The 49th Mystic by Ted Dekker, The Crooked Staircase by Dean Koontz, The Cast by Danielle Steel, The Sugarhouse Blues by Mariah Stewart.

Books Sandwiched In takes summer break

Books Sandwiched In book discussion group will meet Wednesday, May 2 from noon until 1 p.m. Then the group will take a break for the summer. At the May meeting members will discuss whether to continue the book discussion club. So bring your lunch, your favorite book and come the Community Room at the Library and enjoy discussion of the books you and others are reading.