Book of the Week: ‘Song of the Lion’
Song of the Lion Anne Hillerman 2017, 384 pages Fiction/mystery Navajo Police Officer Bernadette Manuelito responds to a bombing at the Shiprock High School. Someone has set off a fire bomb and destroyed a car. Bernadette must deal with crowd control and maintaining the crime scene. Her arrogant rookie co-worker and the crowds aren’t making it easy. And then they find the body in the car.The intended victim may have been the mediator...
Book of the Week: ‘Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine’
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely FineGail Honeymoon2017, 327 pagesFiction After just a few paragraphs into Gail Honeymoon’s superbly written novel, it becomes quite clear that Eleanor Oliphant is … not completely fine. An emotionally, mentally and physically abusive upbringing, the experience of a horrifically tragic incident at the age of 10, and a young adult life spent in the foster care system has lead Eleanor to lead a very...
Book of the Week: ‘The War That Saved My Life’
The War That Saved My LifeKimberly Brubaker Bradley2016, 316 pagesJuvenile fiction This work of historical fiction begins in the slums of London at the beginning of World War II. It is a touching story of 10-year-old Ada and her brother, Jamie. Ada was born with a clubfoot and her mother chose not to have it fixed. Ada has never left their apartment because her mother is too humiliated to let her outside. When her brother comes home...
Book of the Week: ‘Ready Player One’
Ready Player OneErnest Cline2011, 374 pagesAdult fiction The year is 2044 in the United States; Oklahoma City, to be exact. Virtual reality is how people live their lives now within the world of the Oasis. They can do anything and be anyone they want to be there and it allows them to escape what is the real world. But when the death of the great creator of the Oasis, James Halliday, comes around, everything changes. It is a race...
Book of the Week: ‘The Library at the Edge of the World’
The Library at the Edge of the WorldFelicity Hayes-McCoy2017, 340 pagesFiction Hanna Casey is the local librarian in Lissberg, a small village on the west coast of Ireland. Hannah drives the bookmobile and often has folks flagging her down on her rounds to exchange a book. The bookmobile is a way to keep the small villages connected along the rural coastline.But the Lissberg Library is in jeopardy of being closed, and Hannah’s...
