New Nonfiction Books at SCPL

Check out our new nonfiction books on display this month. Interested in travelling? health? We have a great variety of nonfiction from travelling tips in 101 Wine Regions to a rapid fat-loss guide in The 4-Hour Body to The Complete IBS Health & Diet Guide. How about some homespun wisdom in Country Living: Simple Country Wisdom? Handicrafts and repairs can be found in Spotlight on Wire, Weekend Handmade and Fix It! How to Repair Automotive Dents, Scratches, Tears and Stains.  Official Rules of Tennis and Defensive Captain of the Cincinnati Bengals, Dhani Jones' book, The Sportsman, would appeal to sports readers. Keeping the Republic written by Governor Mitch Daniels would make for an interesting political read.

If you are interested in more serious subjects, you might try the nonfiction books Portrait of a Monster, the account of the manhunt for an international killer, or The Triple Agent, a stunning narrative account of a CIA operation gone horribly wrong in our war against al-Qaeda. Lions of Kandahar is the inside account from the perspective of an active-duty U.S. Army Special Forces commander with multiple deployments in Afghanistan.

There are many more to choose so visit your library soon!

Janet Fans

If you have read all of Janet Evanovich's books, including the new Stephanie Plum novel Smokin' Seventeen, you might want to try some other authors. Donna Andrews' series with character Meg Lanslow and Linda Barnes's Carlotta Carlyle character could be just the thing. Andrews' books include The Penguin Who Knew Too Much and No Nest for the Wicket, among others found in the "Mysteries" section of the library. Other Janet fans have discovered works by Susan Isaacs and Lisa Scottoline. If it is the zany characters you like in Evanovich's writing, try author Sarah Strohmeyer. Her character Bubbles Yablonski and her friends are sure to get a laugh in Bubble Ablaze. Stop in the library and check out the bookmark with more suggestions.

Argyle Avenger, the name

Argyle is my favorite library attire and I am a fan of alliteration. (Also, I have always secretly wanted to be a superhero). Feel free to add your own reviews of library books you have read. Our hope is that this will be a fun way to recommend and discuss books.

Welcome to our blog!!!

Welcome to the new Switzerland County Public Library blog! Our hope is that you will be able to use the information in this blog to help choose interesting things to read. We will be highlighting new books at the library, authors of interest and various genres, including mysteries, romance, Christian fiction, and suspense.

One of our new books is Timothy Schaffert’s The Coffins of Little Hope. The novel is told from the viewpoint of Essie, an octogenarian obituary writer for a family-owned newspaper in a small Nebraska town. As the inside cover says, “When a young country girl is reported missing, perhaps whisked away by an itinerant aerial photographer, Essie stumbles onto the story of her life.” Essie uses her humorous, yet straightforward, wisdom to try to solve the mystery of the alleged disappearance and to understand her own personal circumstances. The Coffins of Little Hope would most likely appeal to fans of Anne Tyler, Catherine Dunne and Lorna Landvik.

Let us know what you think or if there are any books you'd like to see highlighted.

Enjoy!