By Staff
What could be better than spending the long evening hours of the upcoming cold, Michigan winter curled up in your favorite chair with a good book and a cup of hot chocolate? How about the chance to win prizes for doing just that?
Readers will have a chance to win 100 pounds of books in the Adult Winter Reading Program.
Each person who signs-up and reads 10 books will be entered in a drawing which will take place in April, during National Library Week. Many other prizes will be awarded. The program begins Dec. 1.
For more information contact the adult services department at (269) 683-8545 extension 2.
With many popular authors publishing this fall, there will be a wide selection of new books to choose from. The following are a few of the newest fiction books available for check-out at the library.
The Divide by Nicholas Evans
Two backcountry skiers find the body of a young woman embedded in the ice of a remote mountain creek. All through the night, police work with arc lights and chain saws to dig her out. But identification doesn't take as long. Abbie Cooper is wanted for murder and acts of eco-terrorism, and her picture is on law-enforcement computers all across America. But just how did she die?
A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
The Outlander saga continues with the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his 20th-century wife, Claire. The year is 1772, and on the eve of the American Revolution chaos is brewing. The governor calls upon Jamie to unite the backcountry and safeguard the colony for King and Crown. But Claire has told Jamie that three years hence the nation will be independent - with those loyal to the King either dead or in exile.
A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve
Seven former high school friends reunite for a wedding in the Berkshires, 26 years after their graduation. This gathering stirs old passions and feuds, some of which have been festering since the death of a charismatic schoolmate at a high school party.
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
Mickey Haller defends low-life criminals who seem to offend habitually. When a wealthy client lands in his lap, he thinks he has found a dream case. The evidence indicates a frame, and Mickey believes he might actually be defending his first truly innocent client. While he manipulates the system to his advantage, Mickey discovers that he is being maneuvered as well.
At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
Sparks brings back two characters from his bestseller True Believer in this continuing saga of extraordinary love between Jeremy Marsh and the love of his life Lexie Darnell. As Marsh looks forward to the birth of his first child, old wounds are reopened, setting off a chain of events that will change the course of his marriage.