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Blog Posted on : 02/17/2012

Writing Classes at the Library

Good news for writers! The library now offers writing classes and workshops taught by published writers. Check out the spring quarter classes for adults and youth. And sign up!

After The LIT, our area's only nonprofit organization dedicated to writers and writing, dissolved in November 2011, the library made a commitment to continue its core programming.

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What to Read: Popular Requests

Great new reads in your favorite genres and formats,
suggested by our librarians!

African-American	Literary
AudioBooks	Mystery
Beach Reads	Paranormal
Biography	Romance
Fantasy	Science Fiction
Gentle Reads	Suspense
Graphic Novel	Thriller
Historical Fiction	True Crime
Horror	Urban
Inspirational	Western
Jewish	plus Nonfiction

ReadAlikes

If you like____, try_____. Ideas from our expert readers:

Downton Abbey

Books for lovers of the PBS series.

Girl with the
Dragon Tattoo

Stieg Larsson

Introduces Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist.

Good Reads

All I Did Was Shoot My Man

by Walter Mosley

"When Zella Grisham is accused of both shooting her boyfriend and stealing more than six million dollars from the Rutgers Assurance Corp., Leonid McGill investigates, while his own family life begins to unravel around him." -- Publisher's summary. Fiction.

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Flight of Gemma Hardy

by Margot Livesey

"Overcoming a life of hardship and loneliness, Gemma Hardy, a brilliant and determined young woman, accepts a position as an au pair on the remote Orkney Islands where she faces her biggest challenge yet." -- Publisher's summary. Fiction.

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The Artist of Disappearance

by Anita Desai

"A trio of novellas ruminates on memory, illusion, and expectation and is set in India of the recent past, where its protagonists embark on unexpected journeys that offer renewed hope and opportunity."-- Publisher's summary. Fiction.

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The Journal of Best Practices

by David Finch

A memoir of marriage, Asperger syndrome, and one man's quest to be a better husband. Non-fiction.

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The Revisionists

by Thomas Mullen

"A fast-paced literary thriller that recalls dystopian classics such as 1984 and Fahrenheit 451." -- Publisher's summary. Fiction.

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Why We Broke Up

by Daniel Handler

"Sixteen-year-old Min Green writes a letter to Ed Slaterton in which she breaks up with him, documenting their relationship and how items in the accompanying box, from bottle caps to a cookbook, foretell the end."-- Publisher's summary. Fiction.

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