Headline Books in 2019

 Soon out in print - the Book Bub's list: the most memorable, the saddest, most binge worthy and epic books recommended by librarians. 

February-March

Next read is by an Arizona author who won several awards for her book about
settling in the Arizona territories based on the author's own family memoirs.

"A moving, exciting, and heartfelt American saga inspired by the author's own family memoirs, these words belong to Sarah Prine, a woman of spirit and fire who forges a full and remarkable existence in a harsh, unfamiliar frontier. Scrupulously recording her steps down the path Providence has set her upon from child to determined young adult to loving mother;she shares the turbulent events, both joyous and tragic, that molded her, and recalls the enduring love with cavalry officer Captain Jack Elliot that gave her strength and purpose.

Rich in authentic everyday details and alive with truly unforgettable characters, These Is My Words brilliantly brings a vanished world to breathtaking life again."

January Book

“Ava and Mira’s world is an all-too-believable mix of advanced technology and environmental collapse. In their debut, Saunders and Saunders, themselves twins, lend an authentic voice to the girls’ first-person narration…Readers are in for a fast-paced ride, poised for a sequel, as the twins embrace their father’s call, in the words of Walt Whitman, to ‘resist much, obey little.’” —Kirkus Reviews

The Real Life Story

Here is a link to the background story on which this month's book is based;

 This Woman Stole Children

Next Meeting December 2

THE BLOCKBUSTER HIT—A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller

For readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale comes a “thought-provoking [and] complex tale about two families, two generations apart . . . based on a notorious true-life scandal.”*



I'm liking this link and the books that Reese Witherspoon selects.


I think we have a few more good links on the side bar.

August-August

The Rent Collector

One of the best discussions ever!  Kelly took us to this book. We didn't know we could like it so much. Not 100% popular, because it was a dark and dank existence in the dump. But what an insight to literacy and what it can mean.
Very different book which gave us a very different look at life.


Next up:
Kathy selected a thriller!

From the Author

Dear Reader,

If you enjoy David Baldacci, Lee Child, Tom Clancy, Nelson DeMille,Ken Follett, Vince Flynn, Andrew Peterson, Daniel Silva, Brad Taylor, or Brad Thor, odds are you'll be smiling a few pages into my books aswell.

Care to try before you buy? No problem. You can download one my thrillers for free at timtigner.com.

Need help putting the kids through college? I can appreciate that. I have a couple of my own. I'm not in a position to help you with tuition yet, but I can provide days of delightful distraction for the price of a cup of coffee, and kind reviews will get good karma sent your way.

Thanks for your kind consideration,

Tim

By Invitation Only

Lisa selected a really fun read for summer. We all enjoyed the southern charm at he peach farm and the cold of Chicago where the unraveling begins.   All ends well and it was great fun!  And thanks to Kathy who was our substitute host - lovely food and beverages (as usual) 

Coming up next: The Rent Collector by Camron Wright
Survival for Ki Lim and Sang Ly is a daily battle at Stung Meanchey, the largest municipal waste dump in all of Cambodia. They make their living scavenging recyclables from the trash. Life would be hard enough without the worry for their chronically ill child, Nisay, and the added expense of medicines that are not working. Just when things seem worst, Sang Ly learns a secret about the ill-tempered rent collector who comes demanding money--a secret that sets in....