Posts by Callie C

The Friends of the Miami Public Library are holding a book sale on Friday May 5th and Saturday May 6th from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. The sale will be held outside the library, weather permitting, on the sidewalk at the southwest corner.  In case of inclement weather, the sale will be moved inside.  A…

This week’s lineup offers bestselling authors including Debbie Macomber, J.A. Jance, and Bruce Feiler.  It includes the first in a new sci-fi series by John Scalzi as well as the latest in continuing series by Anne Perry and Randy Wayne White.  There are also offerings on end-of-life care, mental health care and more! Between Heaven…

New York as a future Venice, never-before-seen notebooks by Joan Didion, and murder and mayhem galore in this week’s line-up of new books! All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg Hiding the truth about her unhappiness and struggles with anxiety from everyone including her family, best friend, and therapist, Andrea Bern joins her loved ones in…

Interested in the latest brain research?  Learn how addictive technologies  and meditation work.  Find out about a war hero or a hermit.  Become engrossed in a murder mystery or dark secrets that destroy families.  Imagine or predict the future.  It’s all here. Autumn by Ali Smith The debut installment in a series about aging, time,…

If the only sure things in life are death and taxes, we’ve got it covered this week with a pre-death planning guide and tax guides for 2017.  In addition there are mysteries and zombies, art and agendas, quilting and cooking, relationships and more! The Abominable Mr. Seabrook by Joe Ollmann Ollmann presents the life of…

Born of Vengeance by Sherrilyn Kenyon When his family is slaughtered and his wife frames him for their deaths, Bastien Cabarro goes on the run for ten years before taking a chance to clear his name by placing his fate in the hands of his betrayer’s sister. Death of a Ghost by M. C. Beaton…

Let’s Talk About It, Oklahoma (LTAIO) offers more than your average book club for adults. With the added benefit of a humanities scholar to inform and broaden discussions, participants are able to explore the human experience through literature in meaningful and thought-provoking ways. A series consists of 4-5 sessions, each featuring a book from the…

All That’s Left to Tell by Daniel Lowe American hostage Marc Laurent is bound and held captive in Pakistan, where every morning, a woman named Josephine visits his cell and questions him, a ritual that deepens into an exchange of stories between the two that circles around the death of his daughter. At the End…

The Bertie Project by Alexander McCall Smith The return of his overbearing mother and other local dramas compel Bertie to consider moving away from Scotland Street, where newfound love, an estranged marriage and a high-profile guest render his grandmother’s home a tempting alternative. The Book of American Martyrs by Joyce Carol Oates When evangelical Luther…