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New books in time for Spring at the Library
Two new books by V.C. Andrews Broken Glass & The Mirror Sisters; Treasured Grace by Tracie Peterson; Without Warning by Joel Rosenberg; Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas; two young adult books by Stan Lee in the Zodiac series, The Balance of Power & The Dragon’s Return; two nonfiction books Lies We Believe About God by William Paul Young & The Little Things: Why You Really Should Sweat the Small Stuff by Andy Andrews; Dav Pilkey has a new series of books called Dog Man and we have the first two in the series Dog Man & Dog Man Unleashed; Nancy Clancy: Late-Breaking News by Jane O’Connor; Her Secret by Shelly Shepard Gray; Heartbreak Hotel by Jonathan Kellerman and Bone Box by Faye Kellerman; Humans Bow Down by James Patterson; Dangerous Games by Danielle Steel; Banana Cream Pie Murder by JoAnne Fluke; The Devil’s Triangle by Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison; The Cutthroat by Clive Cussler; Twelve Angry Librarians by Miranda James; Wait for Dark by Kay Hooper; and Gunmetal Gray by Mark Greaney.
New large print books at the Library
The Library purchased 21 new large print books by your favorite authors including: The Gangster by Clive Cussler, The Atonement by Beverly Lewis, Messenger by Moonlight by Stephanie Grace Whitson, Logan’s Lady, A Beauty Refined, A Love Transformed and A Treasure Concealed by Tracie Peterson, Mama’s Boy by ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Brotherhood in Death by J.D. Robb, Darkness by Karen Robards, As Time Goes By by Mary Higgins Clark, The Wolves by Alex Berenson, Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben; Field of Graves by J. T. Ellison, She’s Not There by Joy Fielding, Back Blast by Mark Greaney, Hide Away by Iris Johansen, Extreme Prey by John Sandford, This Violent Land by William W. Johnstone, Clawback by J.A. Jance and Point Blank by Fern Michaels.
New books this week @ the Library!
Ring of Fire by Brad Taylor, Because You’re Mine by Colleen Coble, Below the Belt by Stuart Woods, The Guests on South Battery by Karen White, My Husband’s Wife by Jane Corry, Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, The Return of the Raven Mocker by Donis Casey, The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney, The Whole Town’s Talking by Fannie Flagg, The Seventh Plague by James Rollins, Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb, My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella, Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth (young adult), The Prisoner by Alex Berenson, Right Behind You by Lisa Gardner and Never Never by James Patterson.
An opportunity to help the Library!
If you are shopping at Amazon.com Would you mind taking a few extra minutes in your shopping to help the Friends of the Chandler Library? Go to smile.amazon.com, click on “Pick your charity” or “Support your Charity”, search for “Friends of the Chandler Library, Inc” Two will pop up, one in Arizona and ours. Then pick Chandler OK . Then just do your shopping as normal. When you do this 0.5% of eligible purchases is donated to our Friends of the Library organization. Thank you so much for your time and help.
Featured author for January is James Patterson
The Library is celebrating DEAR-Drop Everything And Read in January by featuring author James Patterson.
James Patterson has created more enduring fictional characters than any other novelist writing today with his Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, Women’s Murder Club, Private, NYPD Red, Daniel X, Maximum Ride, and Middle School series. As of January 2016, he has sold over 350 million books worldwide and currently holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers. In addition to writing the thriller novels for which he is best known, he also writes children’s, middle-grade, and young-adult fiction and is also the first author to have #1 new titles simultaneously on the New York Times adult and children’s bestsellers lists. (credit:bio from author’s website)
Featured Patterson books include 1st to Die (Women’s Murder Club), Step On A Crack (Michael Bennett), Zoo (stand alone), Private, NYPD Red 4, Confessions of a Murder Suspect (Young Adult) and First Love (Young Adult) along with many many others. The Library’s collection contains over 130 James Patterson novels.
New books for the New Year
The Library added new books for January 2017. Author James Patterson has two new books, Cross the Line the newest Alex Cross book and a children’s book Word of Mouse. Other new books include This Was a Man by Jeffrey Archer, Night School by Lee Child, The Sleeping Beauty Killer by Mary Higgins Clark, Tom Clancy’s True Faith and Allegiance by Mark Greaney, The Midnight Bell by Jack Higgins, Expecting to Die by Lisa Jackson, When All the Girls Have Gone by Jayne Ann Krentz, Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis by Anne Rice, Island of Glass by Nora Roberts, The Mistress by Danielle Steel and Moon Chosen by P.C. Cast.
Food for Fines
Canned goods
Do you have overdue books from the Chandler Public Library and aren’t sure how much your fine is? During the month of December the Chandler Library is having a non-perishable food drive. If you have overdue books and return them in December along with non-perishable food items, the fine will be waived. If you have fines on previously returned books, bring in non-perishable food items and the fines will be waived.
The food will be donated The Chosen House and those with fines can again use library services. Everybody wins!
The food drive will last from December 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016. Just bring in your non-perishable food items and any fines will be waived.
If you don’t have a fine and want to donate food anyway, just bring your donation to the library during that time and the staff will be pleased to accept it.
New books for the Holidays
New books added to the collection in time for the holidays “Chaos” by Patricia Cornwell, “The Award” by Danielle Steel, “Night Watch” by Iris and Roy Johansen, “The Chemist” by Stephanie Meyer, “The Whistler” by John Grisham, “Sex, LIes & Serious Money” by Stuart Woods, “Turbo Twenty-Three” by Janet Evanovich, “The Girl from Venice” by Martin Cruz Smith, “The Undoing of Saint Silvanus” by Beth Moore, “A Baxter Family Christmas” by Karen Kingsbury, “All the Little Liars” by Charlaine Harris & Pharoah by Wilbur Smith. Young Adult Children’s books include “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak, “Heartless” by Marissa Meyer, “Tales from a Not-So-Friendly Frenemy by Rachel Russell, Double Down by Jeff Kinney and Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier.
New Book Alert! New books for October
“The Kept Woman” by Karin Slaughter, “Home” by Harlen Coben, “Christmas Caramel Murder” by Joanne Fluke, “Woman of God”, “Missing: a Private Novel” & “Filthy Rich” (nonfiction) all by James Patterson; “Fever Code” (young adult) by James Dashner, “The Hammer of Thor” (young adult) by Rick Riordan; “Heart of the Home” (a cookbook), “The Fairy Tale Girl” & “A Fine Romance” by Susan Branch; “Two by Two” by Nicholas Sparks, “Twelve Days of Christmas” by Debbie Macomber, “Winter Storms” by Elin Hilderbrand, “Small Great Things” by Jody Picoult, “Escape Clause” by John Sandford.
Let the Library scare you in October…
With Fantasy/Thriller authors. Laurel Hamilton, Christine Feehan, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti will keep you awake at night with thrillers and fantasy stories that will make you double-check the locks on your doors. From Stephen King Mr. Mercedes series, to Dean Koontz Odd Thomas series you will be watching your back. Don’t forget Frank Peretti’s Visitation, Ted Dekker’s The Bride Collector, and Laurel Hamilton’s vampire series.