New to the New York Times Bestseller List 10/12/14

Check out Bones Never Lie and To Dwell in Darkness, both new to the New York Times Bestseller Hardcover Fiction List and available at the Community Library - place your hold today!

Bones Never Lie by Kathy Reichs

When a serial killer previously responsible for a string of kidnappings and murders in Canada resurfaces in the United States, Tempe Brennan is called in to pursue a deadly predator who narrowly evaded capture by Brennan once before. (Publisher Summary)

To Dwell in Darkness by Deborah Crombie

Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his new murder investigation team are called to investigate a deadly bombing and while putting together the puzzle, uncover an unexpected pattern, including the disappearance of a mysterious bystander. (Publisher Summary)

Nobel Literature Prize Goes to French Novelist Patrick Modiano

Click here to read about this year's winner and all of his accomplishments. 

Although most of the English translations of Modiano's books are currently out of print, there are still some books that are available to read, place your hold today!

Missing Person by Patrick Modiano; translated by Daniel Weissbort

On one level Missing Person is a detective thriller, a 1950s film noir mix of smoky cafes, illegal passports, and insubstantial figures crossing bridges in the fog. On another level, it is also a haunting meditation on the nature of the self. (Publisher Summary)

Out of the Dark by Patrick Modiano; translated by Jordan Stump The narrator, writing in 1995, looks back thirty years to a time when, having abandoned his studies and selling off old art books to get by, he comes to know Gérard Van Bever and Jacqueline, a young, enigmatic couple who seem to live off roulette winnings. (Publisher Summary)

Nobel Literature Prize Goes to French Novelist Patrick Modiano

The 2015 Long Island Reads Pick Announced!

The Long Island Reads Committee has selected their 2015 pick for next year, and the winner is The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman!

Mesmerizing and illuminating, Alice Hoffman’s The Museum of Extraordinary Things is the story of an electric and impassioned love between two vastly different souls in New York during the volatile first decades of the 20th century. With its colorful crowds of bootleggers, heiresses, thugs, and idealists, New York itself becomes a riveting character as Hoffman weaves her trademark magic and masterful storytelling to unite her characters in a sizzling, tender, and moving story of self-discovery in tumultuous times. (Publisher Summary)

Click here to read the full announcement!

Oh, the Horror!!

If you dare, stop by our main floor display (just outside the fax/copy room) featuring creepy books selected for their scare potential! Below are just a small selection of what's available at the Community Library.

Revelations edited by Douglas E. Winter Featuring opening and closing novellas by Clive Barker and stories by David Morrell, F. Paul Wilson, and Whitley Strieber, among others, a collection of stories offers an alternative, apocalyptic twist on the chronology of the twentieth century. (Publisher Summary) Ghosts Know by Ramsey Campbell After publicly attacking psychic Frank Jasper, who he believes to be a talented charlatan, on his controversial talk radio program, Graham Wilde is plunged into a terrifying nightmare where reality and fantasy blur together after Jasper accuses him of being behind the disappearance of a teenage girl. (Publisher Summary) The Six Gun Tarot by R.S. Belcher Harboring supernatural secrets and mysterious origins, the fantastical cattle town of Golgotha in mid-19th-century Nevada is thrown into a maelstrom when a primordial evil emerges from an abandoned silver mine, rendering a death-marked sheriff, his half-human deputy and other posse members the world's only protectors. (Publisher Summary)

Book Review: What is Visible by Kimberly Elkins

What is Visible by Kimberly Elkins presents a fictionalized account of the life and challenges of Laura Bridgman, a deaf and blind woman who learned language 50 years before Helen Keller, and those who helped her including the founder of the Perkins Institute, with whom she was in love, and her beloved teacher.

"What Is Visible marries historical research with lyrical and sometimes starkly honest writing, creating an intriguing novel about an educational experiment that touches issues of gender, philosophy, religion and history. Elkins may occasionally venture into undocumented areas, such as Laura’s sexuality, but her choices are informed and have emotional depth and resonance. What Is Visible is a convincing portrayal of a uniquely interior world and the deeply human need to feel and connect, despite the body’s limitations." (BookPage Reviews)