J January rides the wind A Annie and Snowball and the magical house N Name of the wind U Uncommon appeal of clouds A After the snow R Rising storm Y Young snowboarder W Winter storms E Energy from wind A And the wind blows free T Tracks in the snow H Hello snow! E Eye of the storm R Really good snowman
FICTION Africaville by Jeffrey Colvin. Set in a small Nova Scotia Town settled by former slaves, this depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood, faith, time, and fate. After Kilimanjaro by Gayle Woodson. Medical fiction of this kind is rare – it’s not a thriller or tearjerker, but a thoughtful novel about doctors, the work they do, and the impact that has on their patients. The Andromeda evolution by Michael Crichton. In this sequel to the techno-thriller that started it all, the threat returns in a gripping sequel that is terrifyingly realistic and resonant. …
FICTION The antiquities hunter by Maya Bohnhoff. A female detective must go undercover in the Mexican jungle to hunt down a mysterious antiquities dealer. It’s a cross between Romancing the Stone and an Indiana Jones adventure. Broken field by Jeff Hull. Told from the perspective of a high school girl and a football coach, this reveals the tensions that tear at the fabric of a small town when a high school hazing incident escalates and threatens a championship season. Dark sacred night by Michael Connelly. Renee Ballard teams up with Harry Bosch to solve the murder of a teenage runaway. …
FICTION An absolutely remarkable thing by Hank Green. A young graphic artist inspires world-wide hysteria when she accidentally makes first contact with an alien. After posting a video that goes viral, April must deal with the pressures of becoming an internet sensation. Blood communion by Anne Rice. The Vampire Chronicles continues with Lestat’s story of how he became ruler of the vampire world. The bus on Thursday by Shirley Barrett. Bridget Jones meets The Exorcist in this funny, dark novel about one woman’s post-cancer retreat to a remote Australian town and the horrors awaiting her. Death from a top hat …
FICTION The boy at the keyhole by Stephen Giles. A boy is left alone in his family’s English estate with a housekeeper whom he beings to suspect has murdered his mother. A day like any other by Genie Henderson. Set during the Great Hamptons Hurricane of 1938, a summer colony and locals are caught in the path of a sudden and devastating hurricane in this prophetic fiction that is a warning of storms to come. Depth of winter by Craig Johnson. Sheriff Longmire takes on the head of a drug cartel in a remote area of the northern Mexican desert. …
FICTION Adjustment Day by Chuck Palahniuk. Young men take on geriatric politicians who are pushing the country toward a third world war. American by day by Derek Miller. A gripping and timely novel that follows Sigrid, a dry-witted Norwegian detective, from Oslo to the U.S. on a quest to find her missing brother. Big guns by Steve Israel. From the congressman-turned-novelist comes a comic tale about the mighty firearm industry, a small Long Island town, and Washington politics. Circe by Madeline Miller. This tells about Circe’s evolution from insignificant nymph to formidable witch best known for turning Odysseus’ sailors into …