Such a beautiful memoir of life in the Holocaust! So well written and touching. Find in Catalog
Between Shades of Gray
Wonderfully written story of the Lithuanian genocide in the 1940’s. A quick but moving read. Find in Catalog
A Midsummer’s Night Dream
Glad I finally read it! Very funny and less serious or dark than some of his other works. Find in Catalog
Why Not Me?
Such a quick but fun read! Kaling never fails to make me laugh, and her second book did not disappoint. Find in catalog
Aunty Lee’s Deadly Specials (A Singaporean Mystery #2)
Restaurant-owner Aunty Lee is hired to cater a party for well-known lawyer, Mabel Sung. Unfortunately Mabel and her son are found dead and the cause is attributed to Aunty’s chicken dish made with a local black nut that can be poisonous if not cooked properly. Aunty Lee decides to prove it wasn’t her food that […]
Welcome to the World Baby Girl
Dena Nordstrom, the Baby Girl in the title, is a young woman in the TV news business in the 1970’s. Fannie Flagg has filled her story with her usual complement of colorful characters. At times, I felt like I was reading 2 or 3 different books, because it took a while for the secondary and […]
All Seated On The Ground
Aliens have finally landed on earth, but they’ve been parked in the middle of Denver University campus for nine months now and have yet to say a thing. They just stand there, glaring. And now it is almost Christmas…. My daughter has been after me to start reading Connie Willis. This light, funny Christmas novella […]
The Male Factor
This book endeavors to help women better understand men in the workplace. Generally speaking, men want women to succeed. However, different neurological wiring cause men and women to respond differently in the office. Men find it much more easy to compartmentalize. They prefer separate sphere: keep business and personal separate. Women’s brains are more integrated […]
Where the Lake Becomes the River
This novel reminds me that good fiction tells deeper truths than non-fiction ever can. Betterton is a local author (Chapel Hill) who grew up in the Mississippi Delta, where her novel is set. Through the voice of character Parrish McCullough we follow the development of her family, meeting a wide range of characters — human […]
2016 Spring Book Sale: April 15-17
Spring into savings with great bargains on gently used books at the Friends of the Durham Library Spring Book Sale, April 15-17 at the Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St. Durham 27701. Over 50,000 books, audiobooks, CDs and DVDs are categorized for easy shopping in the library’s auditorium and garage, and under tents set up […]
