tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722Wed, 28 Aug 2024 15:29:31 +0000FictionNon-FictionMysteryMemoirAudiobookCrime DramaHumorThrillerScienceTrue CrimeLarge PrintReading ListsScience FictionTravelActionBiographyClassicsDVDEnglish LanguageFantasyFinanceHistoryHolidayMilitary HistoryMusicRomanceSportshttp://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-7006531456894157279Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:35:00 +00002012-01-09T14:36:41.757-05:00Fiction1Q84 is the most recent novel by the acclaimed by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The novel's main characters are Anomame and Tengo. Anomame is a physical trainer. She moonlights as an assassin. Tengo is a math instructor and inspiring novelist who is involved in a complex literary fraud. At first, there is no apparent connection between the two, but their stories eventually intersect http://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2012/01/1q84.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-1166886287442456428Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:45:00 +00002011-11-05T09:45:59.902-04:00Crime DramaFictionMysteryI came across Case Histories through Masterpiece Theater. I am really enjoying the TV program and couldn't wait to read the book that the program is based on. Private investigator Jackson Brodie has 3 cases to solve. He is an interesting detective -- a former police officer with authority issues and a childhood tragedy that still haunts him. He relates to his clients' pain and can't say no to http://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/11/case-histories-novel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-4830530765434422246Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:25:00 +00002011-10-15T15:32:26.087-04:00The Affair is another solid, exciting novel by Lee Child. In it we learn about the early days of the elite military cop Jack Reacher and how his unusual lifestyle came to be. The Affair answers many perplexing questions for Reacher fans and fills in the blanks on Reacher's past. For the growing number of fans of Lee Child, The Affair is a novel of unrelenting suspense and an intriguinghttp://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/10/affair.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-6965758242727774865Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:03:00 +00002011-08-31T10:08:19.689-04:00 I finally got around to reading Stieg Larsson's mega best-seller, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. For a while it was hard to get my hands on a copy: while we have multiple copies, the book was so popular that they were always checked out. The plot revolves around two characters, a reporter and an asocial computer hacker, the eponymous tattooed "girl." The reporter is hired by a wealthy http://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/08/girl-with-dragon-tattoo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-68432574019397857Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:45:00 +00002011-08-24T12:45:14.308-04:00A new site called Booklamp claims to use a sophisticated software to analyze patters in a book's content. It then uses this information to match a book or author you like to other books or authors that you might like. There are many sites that claim to do this and some do it better than others. I tried a few searches and Booklamp seems to work pretty well. But it is new, so we will havehttp://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/08/booklamp-and-reading-recommendations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-5679596336321328784Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:10:00 +00002011-07-31T09:10:01.320-04:00FictionJohn Hart's Iron House is an amazing, cleverly written novel. As soon as I finished the first paragraph I knew that it was a winner. The plot centers around two orphaned brothers who live at the decrepit Iron House, a home for boys in the mountains of North Carolina. Michael, who is the oldest, is the tough one. He protects his younger brother Julian from bullying. After a tragedy the boys are http://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/07/iron-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-6772047224332153841Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:36:00 +00002011-07-28T16:37:25.418-04:00FictionJohn Williams's 1965 novel, Stoner, is the most moving work of fiction I have read in a very long time, and I am afraid that I will not be able to adequately explain why I feel that way. But I will try. On its surface, the plot of Stoner is very spare: William Stoner grows up in straightened circumstances on a midwest farm, gets a break, goes to agricultural college, falls surprisingly in love http://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/07/stoner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-2463396110136212264Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:27:00 +00002011-07-25T15:27:43.928-04:00Roland Merullo's amazing novel, The Talk-Funny Girl offers a look at a side of life not many of us have seen. The main character in the novel, Marjorie, was raised in northern New Hampshire near the Vermont border by abusive parents who deliberately isolated their family. Marjorie's isolation from society and abuse from her parents, together with her odd manner of speaking, make her a target for http://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/07/talk-funny-girl-novel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-8028699720760662168Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:49:00 +00002011-07-09T09:49:49.188-04:00FictionCorduroy Mansions is the first novel in a new series by popular British author Alexander McCall Smith. It was a delight to read. Full of quirky characters, the story is built around an apartment building in the Pimlico area of London fondly known as Corduroy Mansion. Beginning with widower William French, wine merchant and aggravated father of a twenty-something son who refuses to move out of http://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/07/corduroy-mansions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-4759373568664466402Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:56:00 +00002011-06-23T10:56:00.134-04:00Reading ListsMagazines love to publish summer reading lists. Here is one from O magazine. Here is one from USA Today. Enjoy! -Paulhttp://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/06/summer-reading-lists.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-7235775493259388726Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:35:00 +00002011-06-22T10:59:54.030-04:00Non-FictionReading ListsThe Guardian has just published its list of the best 100 works of non-fiction. It is (understandably) biased towards British titles, but worth a look regardless. I am embarrassed to admit that I have read only one of the books on the list. Time to get cracking I guess. -Paulhttp://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/06/100-best-non-fiction-books.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-3877053233210480954Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:58:00 +00002011-06-09T14:58:01.057-04:00FictionRomanceI picked up Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff based on a review of the author’s current title – just to see what her writing was like. It turned out to be a delightful contemporary story, packed with references to vintage fashions, vivid characters and a nice romance (or two) as well. It was one of those books that suddenly you are at the end, and you are surprised to discover that you are because http://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/06/vintage-affair.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-1160885531758491576Tue, 31 May 2011 14:00:00 +00002011-05-31T10:00:05.890-04:00Crime DramaMysteryThe Silence of the Grave is the second mystery by Arnaldur Indridason. (For a review of Jar City, the first book in this series, click here.) Police detective Erlendur is back, along with his subordinates in the department, Sigurdur Oli and Elinborg. Once again, the crime is murder. This time, however, the crime is some seventy years old and the victims have been reduced to skeletons. Using http://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/05/silence-of-grave.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-8895146226819527081Sat, 28 May 2011 14:00:00 +00002011-05-28T10:00:08.060-04:00Crime DramaMysteryIt is always exciting to find a new author. When I happened upon Sara Gran's newest novel, Claire Dewitt and the City of the Dead, I knew I would add to my list of favorite authors. The detail in this provocative mystery is griping. Set in post-Katrina New Orleans, the author gives her protagonist a memorable role in solving an unsettling crime amidst the ravages of the hurricane damaged city. http://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/05/claire-dewitt-and-city-of-dead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-6376157682487941483Tue, 24 May 2011 19:03:00 +00002011-05-24T15:04:13.233-04:00MemoirJill Bialosky writes a probing memoir about her younger sister’s short life and tragic suicide at the age of twenty-one. The loss of her sister took a profound toll on Bialosky and she felt the need to understand more about both her sister’s life and the mystery of suicide. Her sister Kim was abandoned by her father (Bialosky’s stepfather for a time), influenced by her mother’s bouts of http://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/05/history-of-suicide-my-sisters.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-3631712706571530048Wed, 18 May 2011 20:00:00 +00002011-05-18T16:00:48.405-04:00FictionMystery I just finished reading  Love You More by Lisa Gardner. The police are called to the home of State Trooper Tessa Leoni where they find her severely beaten, her husband shot dead, and her 6 year old daughter missing. She claims self defense from an abusive husband, and won't give any information as to where her daughter might be. This book has alot of twists and turns, and some http://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/05/love-you-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-7282512076719946318Tue, 03 May 2011 20:51:00 +00002011-05-18T16:05:04.882-04:00Mystery"I don't read enough mysteries. I should read more." I say this to myself each time I read a good mystery. Then I go looking for more but cannot find any that live up to what I just read. Months later I stumble upon another good one and the process repeats itself. Fortunately, I think I have overcome this tedious cycle of reader's disappointment -- at least temporarily -- for I just read Arnaldurhttp://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/05/jar-city.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-971685263108592301Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:15:00 +00002011-03-19T11:16:07.889-04:00HistoryNon-FictionTed Gup's A Secret Gift is a fascinating glimpse into depression era America. The author was given a suitcase that belonged to his grandfather. Inside he found letters written in response to an December 1933 newspaper advertisement promising a $5 cash gift to 75 families who wrote to describe their hardships. The letters were all addressed to a Mr. B. Verdot, a name unknown to Gup. At firsthttp://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/03/secret-gift-how-one-mans-kindness-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-7428497137883589561Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:59:00 +00002011-03-01T15:07:18.925-05:00DVDNon-FictionNothing worth watching on television tonight? Why not learn something while also being entertained?! Borrow some of the Kelley Library's many non-fiction DVDs and enjoy them with your family. I recommend the History Channel series, How the Earth Was Made. (The series is comprised of twelve episodes on four disks.) Who knew Geology could be so fascinating?! Improvements in technology and http://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/03/non-fiction-dvds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-2860939062700839656Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:19:00 +00002011-02-09T14:15:44.004-05:00FictionI loved The Red Garden. Once again, Alice Hoffman weaves a tale of small town existence and the deep ties among the people who live there as they struggle with their lives and loves. As in her other novels, Hoffman gives the reader great consolation and inspiration and shows that we all carry our own powers of restraint and forgiveness -- as well as recklessness. This is a compelling novel http://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/02/red-garden.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-5917978680922339038Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:42:00 +00002011-01-27T13:42:59.413-05:00I was curious about this biography by Bob Halloran when I discoverd  it was the basis of the movie "The Fighter" (with Mark Walberg). These sentences toward the end of Irish Thunder perfectly sum up the career of boxer Micky Ward: "It was an uncommon success story. At one point, the kid from Lowell was being promoted by a guy who couldn't promote fights in his home state, managed by a http://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/01/irish-thunder-hard-life-and-times-of_3738.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-109247800529043608Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:03:00 +00002011-01-19T16:03:25.142-05:00MemoirNon-FictionThe author of The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating finds unlikely companionship in the form of a snail while she is bedridden with a chronic illness.  Her friend brings her the snail in a pot of violets, and soon Bailey is intrigued by its habits and endeavors to learn more about it.  Bailey is in the right situation to observe a snail, an activity that takes much time and patience. &http://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/01/sound-of-wild-snail-eating.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-3098603549954575542Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:34:00 +00002011-01-05T11:34:05.152-05:00If you are like most people, you probably read within a narrow subject or genre range. If you made a New Year's resolution to get to those books you never managed to open last year, here is a list of "reading challenges" that will help to broaden your reading tastes.http://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2011/01/reading-in-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-2274426411347044496Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:52:00 +00002010-12-14T17:54:37.360-05:00FinanceNon-FictionI am about 1/3 of the way through John Lanchester's I Owe You: Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay and am enjoying it. This is an account of the recent meltdown of the world's financial system written in terms that are understandable by those among us who are not derivatives traders. We've all heard and read about credit default swaps and hedge funds and derivatives. But if you are likehttp://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/i-owe-you-why-everyone-owes-everyone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004711802413091722.post-7044787709444930923Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:54:00 +00002010-12-16T19:45:48.524-05:00Non-FictionScienceIf you are not afraid of the ocean, you should be. And if you read The Wave: in Pursuit of Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean by Susan Casey, you definitely will be. At the very least, you will stay out of choppy seas. Casey spends time with extreme surfers who cruise the world looking for enormous waves to surf, waves so large that they need to be towed onto them with jet skis. She http://kelleylibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/if-you-are-not-afraid-of-ocean-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0