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News from the SC Stacks
By Nancy Davis
Iam often asked for book recommenda- – Jio – Blackberry Winter Nancy is the representative for the
tions from patrons in need of something – Kidd – The Invention Of Wings Sun City Texas Library.
new. I start by showing the patron our – Kline – Orphan Train
display of Staff Picks. This collection, lo- – Leon –Death At La Fenice Library. If you cannot find a certain book
cated above the Large Print bookshelves, – Lescroart – The Keeper on our shelves, try the Georgetown Library.
contains books and authors that our vol- – Letts – Shoot the Moon Request the book online or by phone and
unteers have enjoyed as well as select best – MacNeal – His Majesty’s Hope it can be sent to you on the WOWmobile
sellers and new releases. – Mallery – Already Home for checkout. The WOW can be found in
– McLain – The Paris Wife the Social Center parking lot on Tuesdays
Another question I frequently hear is, – Monroe – The Butterfly’s Daughter from 9-10:30 a.m. and in the Cowan Creek
“Have you read all the books in the li- – Moriarty – The Husband’s Secret parking lot from 11-11:45 a.m. WOW does
brary?” No, but I have read a great many – Morton – The Forgotten Garden not come on the fifth Tuesday of the month,
of them. About five years ago, I started – Nelson – I Thought You Were Dead as that is vehicle maintenance time.
keeping track of the books I have read and – Patterson – The Spire If you’re ever in need of something new to
I have referred to it often. The following – Penny – Still Life read, just ask any of the volunteers about
are a few of my favorite fiction titles and – Piccoult – House Rules their favorite books. We read a lot!
authors from this list; there may be some – Quinn – Dog On It Did You Know?
that appeal to you: – Richman – The Lost Wife Our library’s web page has several links to
– Allende – Daughter of Fortune – Robson – Somewhere in France lists of authors that write similarly to your
– Baldacci – The Innocent – Rosnay – The House I Loved favorite authors: Community Association
– Ball – A Year on Ladybug Farm – See – Shanghai Girls Info/Community Library/ Recommended
– Benjamin – The Aviator’s Wife – Sheene – The Last Time I Saw Paris Links/Favorite & Similar Authors.
– Berenson – The Faithful Spy – Simonson – Major Pettigrew’s Last
– Binchy –Scarlet Feather Missing audio books and
– Blake – The Postmistress Stand DVD movies
– Bohjalian – The Sandcastle Girls – Simsion – The Rosie Project When borrowing audio books or DVD
– Brennert – Moloka’i – Smith – A Star for Mrs. Blake movies, please check that all discs are
– Brooks – People of the Book – Spielman – The Life List in their cases before returning them
– Cameron – A Dog’s Purpose – Stein – The Art of Racing In the Rain to the library. Currently, over 85 audio
– Chamberlain - Necessary Lies – Stockett – The Help books and more than 15 DVD movies
– Chevalier- Remarkable Creatures – Tademy – Cane River are missing from their cases.
– Coplin – The Orchardist – Tan – The Bonesetter’s Daughter For a list of missing audio books and
– Crais – Suspect – Turner – These Is My Words DVD movies, check our web page.
– Crook – The Night Journal – Vergghese – Cutting For Stone Log in to www.sctexas.org
– Cross – Pope Joan – Ward - The Same Sky
– DeMille – The Gate House – Watson – Before I Go to Sleep > Community Association Info
– Diffenbaugh – The Language of Flowers – Winspear – Maisie Dobbs and all of the > Community Library
– Doerr – All the Light We Cannot See > How you can help
– Flagg – Standing in the Rainbow series books > Lost and Missing
– Ford – Songs of Willow Frost – Woodman – City Girl, Country Vet
– Genova – Still Alice – Wrenn – Around the Next Corner
– Green – Promises to Keep
– Grissom – The Kitchen House I do hope that this list will inspire you to
– Gruen – Ape House try a new author. So many lesser known
– Gunning – The Widow’s War authors deserve more attention. There are
– Hannah – all of hers, but especially also a lot of non-fiction books that I could
list, but that will be in another article.
Winter Garden
– Hilderbrand – Silver Girl I have read more than one book written
– Hoffman – The Dovekeepers by many of these authors and I gener-
– Hosseini – A Thousand Splendid Suns ally enjoy all of them. All of these fiction
books are available at the Sun City Texas
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