Staff Picks Adult
May 2020
101 Things to Do with A Tortilla
by Donna Kelly
This is more than your typical pinwheel recipe book. Tasty recipes for adults include open-face pesto quesadillas to do-it-yourself tortilla soup. Families with young children might enjoy recipes for tortilla snowflakes, tortilla elephant ears, and peanut butter s’mores wraps. This is also a great idea cookbook at a time when you might find yourself out of bread….there are always tortillas! Available on OverDrive.
Recommended by: Michelle Przekwas, Adult Services Shelver
Posted in: Adult Nonfiction
The Break
by Katherena Vermette
This is not an uplifting book. Be forewarned. It has a trigger warning stating the book is about recovering and healing from violence. That being said, the author, of Metis heritage, gives us a look inside this Canadian culture. The book begins with an extensive family tree which is helpful as the story shifts between narratives. Pick this book if you like multigenerational family stories with drama and mystery.
Recommended by: Becky McCormack, Youth Services Assistant Manager
Posted in: Adult Fiction
April 2020
Death Overdue: A Haunted Library Mystery
by Allison Brook
Carrie has recently taken on the position of programs and events director at a library in Connecticut. When one of her first programs abruptly ends with the guest speaker’s death, Carrie wonders if she should have even taken the job. Who could have wanted the speaker, a former police detective, dead? As a murder investigation begins, Carrie must deal with library politics, learn to manage her support staff, handle date nights with a cute guy, and his complicated family as well as look into the suspicious death of a former library aide. And if that isn’t enough on Carrie’s plate, there is also a library ghost! Thank goodness it’s a friendly one! Fans of Victoria Gilbert or Jenn McKinlay might like this ghostly cozy mystery. Also available on OverDrive.
Recommended by: Michelle Przekwas, Adult Services Shelver
Posted in: Adult Fiction
The Ride of a Lifetime
by Robert Iger
Bob Iger’s shares the story of his professional path from a production assistant at ABC to the CEO of one of the best-known companies in the world, Disney. Mr. Iger speaks of the challenges he has faced in his positions and the chances he has dared to take. Mr. Iger is a man of integrity and honesty, while also being an extremely effective leader. His business concepts easily translate into life lessons. A great read!
Recommended by: Karen Lyvers, Youth Services Shelver
Posted in: Adult Nonfiction
A Cry in the Dark (Carly Moore: Book 1)
by Denise Grover Swank
Carly, a young woman with a brand new identity, is on the run from a family mired down in shady business dealings. But while on the road to a new town, her car breaks down. Carly then meets a handsome tow-truck driver, takes on a part-time job, witnesses a murder and then becomes the target of those murderers. A few bad people, in this small, forgotten town in the Smoky Mountains, think she’s someone she’s not. So she’ll have to solve a murder to prove them wrong. And while all this goes on around her, she worries that someone may recognize her. Will she find the chance to get back on the road before her father finds her? If you enjoy suspense with some light romance, this might be the series for you. Available on OverDrive.
Recommended by: Michelle Przekwas, Adult Services Shelver
Posted in: Adult Fiction
Terns of Endearment
by Donna Andrews
Meg and family join Meg’s grandfather Dr. Blake, on a cruise in which he will be giving lectures. All seems to be going well until a famous writer falls overboard. Was it a suicide, the curse of the Bermuda Triangle, or foul play? Also available on Hoopla.
Recommended by: Holly Balasa, Youth Services Shelver
Posted in: Adult Fiction
Someone to Remember
by Mary Balogh
Lady Matilda has spent her life dutifully caring for her mother. Due to recent family marriages and expanding acquaintances, Matilda’s circle now includes Charles Sawyer who she hasn’t seen since they were 20 years old and courting. Their courtship ended but her heart never stopped loving him. Charles, who is an especially charming and thoughtful character in this story, reaches out to Matilda. He sets the stage for romance with their shared memories and a renewed hope for their future….together. This novella, with a historical setting, is an especially sweet romance. Fans of Julia Quinn will not be disappointed in trying Mary Balogh. Also available on OverDrive.
Recommended by: Michelle Przekwas, Adult Services Shelver
Posted in: Adult Fiction
Chasing Cassandra
by Lisa Kleypas
What happens when a man who has everything money can buy starts to fall in love? For Tom, a businessman who rose from nothing, a decision to marry is not an easy one. He is not a hard man but he doesn’t think he knows how to love a wife. And when he chooses a woman who would make a good wife, that woman would prefer to love him or just not have him at all. While its title mentions ‘Cassandra’, this story is more about Tom, his childhood, and an orphan he begins to mentor. It takes ‘Cassandra’ to show our hero Tom that he does know how to love. Lisa Kleypas’ stories can always stand on their own even if part of a series. This is a great read for those who enjoy historical romance along the lines of Tessa Dare and Sarah MacLean. Also available on OverDrive.
Recommended by: Michelle Przekwas, Adult Services Shelver
Posted in: Adult Fiction
My Hero Academia (Volume One: Vigilantes)
by Hideyuki Furuhashi
Izuku Midoriya is a powerless boy in a superhuman society. His friends (if he can even call them that) have all left him in the dust with their quirks. Until one fateful day he meets his personal hero the pillar of justice himself, All Might and his world is changed forever. A brilliant story with volumes upon volumes to spare it’s a great story of triumph over adversity. The first volume is available on OverDrive.
Recommended by: Kevin Carroll, Adult Services Shelver
Posted in: Adult Fiction
This Earl is Mine
by K. C. Bateman
Will a false marriage lead to true and lasting love? In the first book of the Bow Street Bachelors– men who work undercover for London’s first official police force-and the women they serve to protect…and wed? When shipping heiress Georgiana Caversteed hatches a madcap scheme to marry a man before he is executed so she can become a widow. Who would have thought she would pick the wrong man? After his supposed execution Benedict runs into his widow weeks later at a society gathering and now will do anything to win her heart for he already has her hand.
Recommended by: April Balasa, Patron Services Clerk
Posted in: Adult Fiction