New Lease Books 9/9/2011

A new shipment of popular reading materials arrived this morning. Here's what came and is available to be checked out.

Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs
The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield
The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
The Night Train by Clyde Edgerton
Northwest Angle by William Kent Krueger
Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
Stealing Mona Lisa by Carson Morton
The Stranger You Seek by Amanda Kyle Williams
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
We All Fall Down by Michael Harvey

These books are located on the wooden shelves near the circulation desk. If the book is not on the shelf, you can always check back in a few days or place a hold on the item.

Leaving Van Gogh by Carol Wallace

One of our recent lease books is entitled Leaving Van Gogh. A review can be found at the 5 Minutes for Books blog: http://www.5minutesforbooks.com/15731/leaving-van-gogh/

A Cup of Friendship by Deborah Rodriguez

One of our newest lease books is A Cup of Friendship by Deborah Rodriguez. This book has received a lot of good reviews. It's setting is Afghanistan. One of the main characters owns a coffee shop. I ran across a wonderful review of it at the 5 Minutes for Books blog.

My Reading Life by Pat Conroy

Pat Conroy's love affair with books began with his mom's love for literature. A high school English teacher also had a profound influence on him in his early years. In this book, Pat Conroy shares his lifelong love affair with reading. He shares with his readers some of the books that influenced his life, some of the people that called attention to books, and to his encounters with others in the book business -- fellow authors and persons more involved in the publishing aspect. Anyone who aspires to be a writer needs to read this book. Persons studying Conroy's works will find a greater appreciation of them by knowing something of Conroy's life and the extent to which he employed his own life in his work. I've missed reading a few of the classics mentioned by the author as being influential in his own life, and his praise for them makes me want to read these. I've already downloaded a free copy of one of these works to my Kindle application. This is, perhaps, the highest form of praise that I can demonstrate. 4.5 stars.

This book can be found in our lease books.

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson

Widower Major Ernest Pettigrew lives in the little village of Edgecombe St. Mary. He enjoys his friendship with the widowed Pakistani grocer Jasmina Ali who shares his love for literature. This is a wonderful novel that explores race and prejudice, social customs, inheritance, generation gap, religious differences, and much more. It's a wonderful read with characters you love as well as a few that anger you. Edgecombe St. Mary is an interesting village that most readers will feel they wish they could visit. This book did not disappoint. 4.5 stars.

This book is available on our Lease Books shelf. It has also been named one of the top books of 2010 by Amazon.com and others. Some have described this as an adult coming of age story.

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

Another of our lease books at the moment is David Mitchell's The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. This book has been widely praised and has been named one of the top 100 books of the year by a couple of sources. The Literate Housewife blog has posted a review of this book.

Don't Sing at the Table

One of our current lease books is Don't Sing at the Table: Life Lessons From My Grandmothers by Adriana Trigiani. Lesa Holstine, who writes reviews for Library Journal, has published a review on her blog.

Amazon's Top 100 Picks

Amazon.com has released its Best Books of 2010 lists. They have lists chosen by their editors and also by their customers (based upon sales).

However, you don't have to purchase many of the titles at Amazon.com to read these books. Many of them are available at the Carson-Newman Library in our lease books.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson (#1 on customers list; #7 on editors list) - F LAR (Note: We have the earlier books in this series as well. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is available in the main stacks at 839.738 L329g; The Girl Who Played With Fire is available in the lease books at F LAR.)

Faithful Place by Tana French (#2 on editors list) - F FRE

Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris (#4 on customers list; #80 on editors list) - F HAR

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen (#6 on editors list; #8 on customers list) - F FRA

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson (#13 on editors list) - F SIM

Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich (#19 on customers list) - F EVA

Room by Emma Donoghue (#35 on editors list; #90 on customers list) - F DON

61 Hours by Lee Child (#41 on customers list) - F CHI

Every Last One by Anna Quindlen (#43 on editors list) - F QUI

House Rules by Jodi Picoult (#48 on customers list) - F PIC

Bloodroot by Amy Greene (#49 on editors list) - F GRE

Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks (#50 on customers list) - F SPA

Great House by Nicole Krauss (#53 on editors list) - F KRA (Note: This book is short-listed for the National Book Award.)

The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva (#60 on customers list) - F SIL

The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer (#64 on editors list) - F ORR

The Irresistible Henry House by Lisa Grunwald (#68 on editors list) - F GRU

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell (#69 on editors list; #84 on customers list) - F MIT

Where the God of Love Hangs Out by Amy Bloom (#75 on editors list) - F BLO

Deliver Us From Evil by David Baldacci (#75 on customers list) - F BAL

Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin (#87 on customers list) - F GIF

The Search by Nora Roberts (#97 on customers list) - F ROB

Some of the more recently released or soon-to-be-released books that are on Amazon.com's lists are under consideration for acquisition through Lease Books this month!

Books Relocated from Lease Books to Main Stacks

Lease books are usually only available for about a year to 15 months from the time they arrive. We are, however, able to keep about 1/5 of the books that come to us through that program on a permanent basis. The following are the books for this quarter that are now part of our permament collection along with their new call numbers:

Shaara, Jeff / The Steel Wave - 813.54 Sh11st
Jourdan, Carolyn / Heart in the Right Place - 976.8053 J825h
Monroe, Mary Alice / Time Is a River - 813.54 M757t
Pausch, Randy / The Last Lecture - 158.1 P287l
Shaffer, Mary Ann and Barrow, Annie / The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - 813.6 Sh13g
Larsson, Stieg / The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 839.738 L329g

More Lease Books

A couple more of this month's shipment of lease books arrived today. They are:

F BER - Berg, Elizabeth. The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted And Other Small Acts of Liberation. (Review at Washington Post)

F FRA - Frank, Dorothea Benton. Bulls Island. (Review at Genre Go Round Reviews)

April 16: New Lease Books

F BAR - Barr, Nevada. Winter study. (Review in Times-Picayune)

F BRI - Brightwell, Gerri. The dark lantern. (Review at Genre Go Round Reviews blog)

F BRO - Brooks, Geraldine. People of the book. (Review at Los Angeles Times)

F CHI - Chiaverini, Jennifer. The winding ways quilt. (Review at Genre Go Round Reviews blog)

F CLA - Clark, Mary Higgins. Where are you now? (Review at Suite101.com)

F DEL - De los Santos, Marisa. Belong to me. (Watch the author talk about the book at YouTube)

F GRO - Gross, Andrew. The dark tide. (Review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

F HYD - Hyde, Catherine Ryan. Chasing windmills. (Brief review at Denver Post)

F JAC - Jackson, Joshilyn. The girl who stopped swimming. (Review at SF Station)

F KEL - Kellerman, Jonathan. Compulsion. (Review at The Library Ladder)

F KLE - Kleypas, Lisa. Blue-eyed devil. (Review at RomanceNovel.tv)

F MAC - MacDowell, Heather & Rose. Turning Tables. (Review at The Seasoned Palate)

F RIC - Rice, Anne. Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana. (Review at New York Times)

F ROB - Robards, Karen. Guilty. (Review at BookReporter.com)

F WEI - Weiner, Jennifer. Certain girls. (Review at Philadelphia Inquirer)

F WOL - Wolitzer, Meg. The ten year nap. (Review at Los Angeles Times)

New Lease Books

B DUNGY
Quiet strength : a memoir / Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker.

F REN
The water's lovely : a novel / Ruth Rendell.

F MAR
Hard row / Margaret Maron.

F GAY
My summer of southern discomfort / Stephanie Gayle.

F DEV
Someone to love / Jude Deveraux.

F MEY
The penny : a novel / Joyce Meyer and Deborah Bedford.

F PEN
The tenderness of wolves / Stef Penney.

F WIC
The gatecrasher / Madeleine Wickham.

F GRA
Rare interest in corpses.;"The companion / Ann Granger."

F AMI
The blood of flowers : a novel / Anita Amirrezvani.

F BUR
The tin roof blowdown : a novel / by James Lee Burke.

F MIC
Up close and personal / Fern Michaels.

F KOO
The good guy / Dean Koontz.

F GOR
Sammy's house / Kristin Gore.

F SEE
Peony in love : a novel / Lisa See.

F COO
Critical / Robin Cook.

F CHA
The Yiddish policemen's union : a novel / Michael Chabon.

641.0973 K
Animal, vegetable, miracle : a year of food life / Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver original drawings by Richard A. Houser.

F BAK
Keeping the house : a novel / Ellen Baker.

F BRO
Force of nature : a novel / Suzanne Brockmann.

F BLO
Away : a novel / Amy Bloom.

F BLO
Don't make a scene : a novel / Valerie Block.

F LOW
Innocent as sin / Elizabeth Lowell.

F KEI
Pontoon : a Lake Wobegon novel / Garrison Keillor.

F CRU
Agnes & the hitman / Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer.

248.843 M
Knit together : discover God's pattern for your life / Debbie Macomber.

B JOURDAN
Heart in the right place / by Carolyn Jourdan.

F ALL
Garden spells / Sarah Addison Allen.

F REI
Bones to ashes / Kathy Reichs.

F MAC
Where angels go / Debbie Macomber.

F VAN
The Christmas promise / Donna VanLiere.

F SPA
The choice / Nicholas Sparks.

F GRI
Playing for pizza / John Grisham.

F GRE
Second chance / Jane Green.

F WRI
The Wednesday letters : a novel / by Jason F. Wright.

F MAI
Cheap diamonds : a novel / Norris Church Mailer.

F WIL
A wrongful death / Kate Wilhelm.

F GER
The bone garden : a novel / Tess Gerritsen.

F WHI
Soul catcher / Michael C. White.

F CAI
Heartsick / Chelsea Cain.

F FIN
Power play / Joseph Finder.

F PER
A Christmas beginning : a novel / Anne Perry.

F BRO
All through the night : a troubleshooter Christmas / Suzanne Brockmann.

F KAR
Home to Holly Springs / Jan Karon.

June Lease Books

The following lease books have been added in June:


The marriage game / Fern Michaels. F MIC

The land of mango sunsets : a novel / Dorothea Benton Frank. F FRA

The river knows / Amanda Quick. F QUI

Momzillas / Jill Kargman. F KAR

Paula Deen : it ain't all about the cookin' / Paula Deen with Sherry Suib Cohen. B DEEN

What the dead know / Laura Lippman. F LIP

Narn i chîn Húrin : the tale of the children of Húrin / J.R.R. Tolkien edited by Christopher Tolkien illustrated by Alan Lee. F TOL

Echoes of the dance / Marcia Willett. F WIL

Fresh disasters / Stuart Woods. F WOO

Tallgrass / Sandra Dallas. F DAL

Boomsday : a novel / Christopher Buckley. F BUC

Simple genius / David Baldacci. F BAL

Perish by pedicure / Nancy J. Cohen. F COH

Laced : a Regan Reilly mystery / Carol Higgins Clark. F CLA

The dead room / Heather Graham. F GRA

Back on Blossom Street / Debbie Macomber. F MAC

The woods / Harlan Coben. F COB

I heard that song before / Mary Higgins Clark. F CLA

The maytrees / Annie Dillard. F DIL

Starting out sideways / Mary E. Mitchell. F MIT

Three bags full : a sheep detective story / by Leonie Swann translated by Anthea Bell. F SWA

The dangerous book for boys / Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden. 031.02 I

Slipknot / Linda Greenlaw. F GRE

Bad luck and trouble : a Jack Reacher novel / Lee Child. F CHI

A thousand splendid suns / Khaled Hosseini. F HOS

The blue zone / Andrew Gross. F GRO

Free fire / by C.J. Box. F BOX

Dream when you're feeling blue : a novel / Elizabeth Berg. F BER

The gravedigger's daughter : a novel / Joyce Carol Oates. F OAT

Cataloochee : a novel / Wayne Caldwell. F CAL

The naming of the dead / Ian Rankin. F RAN

The overlook : a novel / by Michael Connelly. F CON

A Few of Our New Lease Books

Recent Lease Books Added

The lease books may be found on the shelves near the circulation desk.


CALL #(ITEM)
TITLE
345.766 G
The innocent man : murder and injustice in a small town / John Grisham.
978.02 S
Blood and thunder : an epic of the American West / Hampton Sides.
B OBAMA
The audacity of hope : thoughts on reclaiming the American dream / Barack Obama.
F AND
Blue Christmas / Mary Kay Andrews.
F BAL
The collectors / David Baldacci.
F BAR
The shepherd, the angel, and Walter the Christmas miracle dog / Dave Barry.
F BER
The handmaid and the carpenter : a novel / Elizabeth Berg.
F BRA
Last seen leaving / Kelly Braffet.
F BRA
The Ravenscar dynasty / Barbara Taylor Bradford.
F CHA
Village affairs / Cassandra Chan.
F CLA
Santa cruise : a holiday mystery at sea / Mary & Carol Higgins Clark.
F CON
Echo Park : a novel / by Michael Connelly.
F CUS
Treasure of Khan / Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler.
F DEM
Wild fire : a novel / Nelson DeMille.
F FLY
Act of treason / Vince Flynn.
F FRA
Thirteen moons : a novel / by Charles Frazier.
F GAR
Shadow dance : a novel / Julie Garwood.
F HAD
A spot of bother : a novel / Mark Haddon.
F HAR
When gods die : a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery / C.S. Harris.
F HIL
The shape shifter / Tony Hillerman.
F ILE
True evil / Greg Iles.
F KIN
Lisey's story : a novel / Stephen King.
F MAS
Girl in a box / Sujata Massey.
F NEG
The widow / Carla Neggers.
F PAG
The body in the ivy : a Faith Fairchild mystery / Katherine Hall Page.
F PAT
Cross / James Patterson.
F PER
A Christmas secret : a novel / Anne Perry.
F SHI
The crimson portrait : a novel / Jody Shields.
F SPE
All mortal flesh / Julia Spencer-Fleming.
F STE
H.R.H. / Danielle Steel.
F WAM
Hollywood Station : a novel / Joseph Wambaugh.