Welcome to the Browsing Corner! Here each month, you will find reviews of books in our Browsing Room Collection, which is located on the first floor of the library. Books can be checked out for three weeks.
The reviews will consist of five different genres: fiction, non-fiction, biography, romance and health/fitness awareness. There will also be an alternating spotlight section each month, featuring an author or a book from a different genre (i.e., suspense, history, sci-fi, etc.).
NEWS FLASH! For all of you Harry Potter fans, we currently have all four titles in the collection.
SPORTS FANS! Are you ready for some football!! Yes it's that time of year again. I selected a couple different books that could start the season off on the right foot.
FICTION
Janette Oke
When Tomorrow Comes
Elizabeth and Wynn raised Henry and Christine as their own. Now adults and facing serious life decisions, they both endure many struggles and milestones through their young lives.
Other titles by this author: Birthright and Beyond the Gathering Storm, which is the prequel to this book.
NON-FICTION
Dan McGraw
First and Last Seasons: a Father, a Son, and Sunday Afternoon Football
The one common interest between most fathers and sons is football. Dan McGraw knows that statement all too well. Watching football and having the same last name was the only thing he and his father shared. This cathartic book takes you through the author's childhood years of rebelling against his dominant father, to his adulthood and the realization that there was an unspoken bond that existed with his dad.
Dan McGraw is a senior editor for U.S. News & world Report.
BIOGRAPHY
Terry Bradshaw (with David Fisher)
It's Only a Game
One of America's most beloved football players and now a popular sportscaster, shares his outlook on life, the game, and his adventures in sportcasting. This book takes you from Terry's humble beginnings in Shreveport, LA, through his football career, and to the road of superstardom as an sports commentator.
Other titles by this author: Fair ball and Looking Deep
ROMANCE
Linda Howard
Open Season
When a plain, dateless, small town librarian transforms herself into a femme fatal, her life definitely takes a turn. While searching for the perfect man she witnesses a crime, and now she has become the hunted. For her protection, the local sheriff insists on providing her with protection. Teaming up with the sheriff proves to be a suitable match in more ways than one.
Other titles by this author: Mr. Perfect and All the Queen's Men
HEALTH /FITNESS AWARENESS
Miriam E Nelson
Strong Women Eat Well: Nutritional Strategies for a Healthy Body and Mind
This book will help women of every shape and size make the right decision with their daily diet, whether it be advice on dietary supplements or buying organic foods, as well as how to decipher the values of the nutrition label on a product. Dr. Nelson also includes fifty easy and delicious recipes for the everyday woman.
Dr. Nelson is the author of Strong Women, Strong Bones, as well as being an associate professor at the School of nutrition science and policy at Tufts University.
THE FEATURED CATEGORY OF THE MONTH
MYSTERY
Nicci French
The Red Room
Grace, psychologist and police consultant, is haunted by images of the dead women she failed to help. After being overwhelmed by guilt, Grace vows never again to get involved in such cases. But when two women are murdered, Grace's old associates plead for her assistance. After much resistance she agrees to a brief consultation, and discovers the deaths are not what they seem.
Other titles by this author: Beneath the Skin and Killing Me Softly
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