June is Audiobook Month

Taking a long drive this summer? Celebrate Audiobook Month by listening to one of these great new audio-format books from Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library:

• The Dog Who Knew Too Much by Spencer Quinn - available on CD, MP3 CD, and Playaway
• Son of Stone by Stuart Woods - available on CD, MP3 CD, and Playaway
• Vulture Peak by John Burdett - available on CD, MP3 CD, and Playaway
• Force of Nature by C.J. Box - available on CD, MP3 CD, and Playaway
• Sonoma Rose by Jennifer Chiaverini - available on CD, MP3 CD, and Playaway
• Nanjing Requiem by Ha Jin - available on CD, MP3 CD, and Playaway
• Cinnamon Roll Murder by Joanne Fluke - available on CD, MP3 CD, and Playaway

Audiophiles, add your favorite suggestions in the comments!

Listen to our new Playaways...

Did you know that Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library offers Playaways?  These are pocket-sized mp3 players that come preloaded with a specific book.  Use them with your current headphones or earbuds - batteries are included.  They're perfect for bibliophiles on the go!  Check out one of these new Playaways from various genres:

• Darkness Falls by Cate Tiernan - While living at River's Edge where she is learning to cope with her darker impulses, immortal Nastasya's ties to dark magic get in her way once again and she is pulled back into her former destructive lifestyle.
• Getting Off: A Novel of Sex and Violence by Lawrence Block - After a woman begins killing her one-night stands right after sex, she thinks of all the men she bedded before her killing spree, who got away alive--and begins to murder them, too, one by one.
• The Wedding Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini - As the wedding day of Sarah McClure's daughter Caroline approaches, Sarah is determined that the blocks in her daughter's quilt will display a vivid pastiche of love in all its varieties.

Patron recommends Charlaine Harris on Playaway

Earlier today, Lorraine of Mastic Beach shared a recommendation for one of her favorite series: Sookie Stackhouse (aka Southern Vampire) by Charlaine Harris. Judging from the sparsity of these books on the shelf, she's not the only fan! Lorraine, who is on the 8th book in the series, said she loves how the books pull you in but keep things funny with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments. A longtime audiobook listener, Lorraine has come to enjoy the Playaway format over books on CD, in part because the Playaways always pick up exactly where you leave off, even if you have to change the batteries. Her husband jokes that Lorraine looks like a teenager with those earbuds in, but she doesn't mind the good-natured teasing as long as the audiobooks keep coming! And remember, all of the Playaways available at the Community Library are easy to use, come preloaded with batteries, and have free earbuds available upon request at the circulation desk.

For those new to the Sookie Stackhouse series, start with book 1, Dead Until Dark. For those who have finished the series, the Readers' Advisory Librarian recommends Mary Janice Davidson's Queen Betsy the Undead series, starting with book 1, Undead and Unwed, in which the down-on-her luck human Betsy becomes the prophesied queen on the vampires through a humorous series of events. Both series feature tough, funny female protagonists with a little paranormal romance on the side.