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Ahoy! Middletown Thrall Library urges ye hearties t' embark on a gleemful quest...
...far beyond the bestsellers!
Here be temptin' textual treasures...
literary loot often unseen amidst bestseller beasties...
Aye, harken, me matey!
Take this map 'n raise yer sails smartly. Adventure beckons! Fair winds!
...far beyond the bestsellers!
Here be temptin' textual treasures...
literary loot often unseen amidst bestseller beasties...
Aye, harken, me matey!
Take this map 'n raise yer sails smartly. Adventure beckons! Fair winds!
Fiction of th' Generally Inspecific Kind...
- The Surrendered - Chang-rae Lee. The lives of an American G.I., traumatized by his father's death, an eleven year old Korean orphan, and the wife of a missionary, damaged by the horrific deaths of her own missionary parents, are drawn together in this important and heartbreaking novel spanning thirty years and four continents.
Other stories to speculate... if ye dare...
- Blooms of Darkness - Aharon Appelfeld
- Parrot and Olivier in America - Peter Carey
- Point Omega - Don DeLillo
- The Storm - Margriet de Moor
- Rat - Fernanda Eberstadt
- The Heights - Peter Hedges
- Imperfect Birds - Anne Lamott
- The Swimming Pool - Holly LeCraw
- The Ask - Sam Lipsyte
- The Dream of Perpetual Motion - Dexter Palmer
- Occupied City - David Peace
- Ruby's Spoon - Anna Lawrence Pietroni
- The Imperfectionists - Tom Rachman
- Burning Bright - Ron Rash
- The Lotus Eaters - Tatjana Soli
- Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives - Brad Watson
Historical Fiction... from Olden Yore...
- The Creation of Eve - Lynn Cullen. Sofi's family sends her to Spain to be a lady in waiting to the young bride of King Felipe II. Longing only to paint, Sofi becomes entangled in a love triangle involving the Queen, the King, and the King's illegitimate half brother, Don Juan. Based on the life story of Renaissance painter Sofonisba Anguissola, this novel is provocative and entertaining.
Consider these yarns of yesteryear as well ye might...
Mysterious Mysteries t' Mystify Yer Mind...
- Broken Places - Sandra Parshall. In this third in a series featuring veterinarian Rachel Goddard, Rachel's childhood friend is accused of murdering Cam and Meredith Taylor who own the local newspaper. The Taylors' daughter, the ex-girlfriend of Rachel's current love Deputy Sheriff Tom Bridger, returns home to seek justice. Suspenseful and romantic, this well written mystery captures the reader from page one.
More mortal mysteries t' ponder...
Fantasies 'n Otherworldly Worlds...
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - N.K. Jemisin. This double-debut - Jemisin's first novel and part one of her Inheritance Trilogy - follows Yeine, an outcast, on her perilous ascent to her father's throne. As she awakens to undreamt dangers, the kingdom's future grows ever more uncertain.
More fantasies t' fathom...
Thrillers for Ye Adventuresome Ones...
- Midnight House - Alex Berenson. Super spy, CIA Agent John Wells goes undercover as a Kuwaiti activist to investigate the deaths of members of Task Force 673, a secret unit whose members interrogated terrorists.
More suspenseful shivers to chill yer hearts...
Nonfiction... If Certain Truths be Told...
- As If an Enemy's Country - Richard Archer (973.3 ARC) The story of Boston's occupation by the British from the Fall of 1768 to the Winter of 1770 is told in a thrilling narrative, bringing new light to the origins of the Revolution. Richly populated with interesting characters, it is a "superbly crafted tale" and "first-rate scholarship" - Library Journal.
- Country Driving - Peter Hessler. Peter Hessler, the Beijing correspondent for the New Yorker, writes about the effect the automobile and improved roads has had in modern China. Traveling over seven thousand miles and spending years in both rural and urban landscapes, Hessler creates a moving portrait of the Chinese people and their country.
- The Poisoner's Handbook - Deborah Blum. (614.1309 BLU). Science writer Deborah Blum's book is part mystery, part social history, part chemistry and one hundred percent fascinating. Jazz Age New York was awash in toxins. Blum tells the suspenseful history of the city's first forensic scientists as they work to find answers to poisonings, both criminal and unintended.
