I am happy to report that January and February have been two of our busiest months of the year. During the winter months, the library is blessed to have not only its regular patrons, but also visitors from all over the world who come to enjoy the mild winters and beautiful scenery of North Lake Travis.
If you are looking for something new to read, save your money and check out one of the new titles at the library. For readers of fiction, we now have Sarah Blake’s “The Postmistress,” a novel of the lives of three women against the backdrop of World War II. Barbara Delinsky’s “Not my Daughter” is a mother and daughter story about teen pregnancy.
Other good fiction novels are Leila Meacham’s “Roses,” which takes place in East Texas; Jude Deveraux’s “Days of Gold,” a historical romance; Elizabeth Lowell’s romantic suspense novel, “Dark Fire;” and Mary Balogh’s “A Matter of Class.”
Readers who enjoyed Adriana Trigiani’s character Valentine Roncalli in “Very Valentine” will want to check out Trigiani’s new sequel “Brava Valentine.” We also have “Remarkable Creatures” by Tracy Chevalier, author of “The Girl with the Pearl Earring.”
A psychiatrist’s trying to understand what torments a disturbed artist is the theme of Elizabeth’s Kostova’s “Swan Thieves.” Bernard Cornwell continues his Saxon Tales with “The Burning Land.”
New mysteries and suspense thrillers include Jack Higgins’ “Wolf at the Door;” James Rollins’ “The Altar of Eden,” a suspense novel about genetic engineering; David Rosenfelt’s “New Tricks,” a legal thriller involving the pharmaceutical industry and a canine client; Tami Hoag’s “Deeper than Dead;” Jefferson Parker’s “Iron River;” James Patterson’s “Worst Case;” Noah Boyd’s “The Bricklayer;” Robert Crais’ “The First Rule;” John Lescroart’s “Treasure Hunt;” Preston Douglas’ “Impact;” Jeffery Deaver’s “Watchlist;” Alex Berenson’s political thriller, “The Midnight House;” Chris Bohjalian’s “ Secrets of Eden;” Stuart Wood’s “Kisser;” and “Horns,” a new horror/suspense novel by Joe Horn, who is the son of Stephen King.
For fans of Alexander McCall Smith, author of the popular No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series, we have “The Unbearable Likeness of Scones” and “La’s Orchestra Saves the World.”
Our new non-fiction titles include Christian writer Beth Moore’s “So Long Insecurity;” Michael Lewis’ “The Blind Side,” an Academy Award winning nominee for Best Picture of the year; Mike Sielski’s “Fading Echoes: A True Story of Rivalry and Brotherhood from the Football Field to the Fields of Honor;” Kati Marton’s “ Enemies of the People: My Family’s Journey to America,” the story of her family’s struggles with the Hungarian communist regime; David Dosa’s “Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat;” Judith Barrington’s “Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art, Second Edit;” and Jane Bryant Quinn’s “Making the Most of Your Money Now: The Classic Bestseller Completely Revised for the New Economy.” Consumer’s Union calls “Making the Most” one of the best personal finance books on the market.
For political enthusiasts, we have John Heilemann’s “Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime” and Andrew Young’s “The Politician: An Insider’s Account of John Edward’s Pursuit of the Presidency.” Health-conscious readers might check out Michael Pollan’s “Food Rules: An Eater’s Guide,” Patrick C. Walsh’s and Janet Farrar Worthington’s “Dr. Patrick Walsh’s Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer,” Victoria Hallerman’s “How we Survived Prostate Cancer: What we Did and What we Should Have Done,” and “Anti-Cancer, A new Way of Life” by David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD, who is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, cofounder of Doctors Without Borders and a 15-year brain cancer survivor.
More new titles can be found in our catalog on the library’s Web site at www.lagovista.lib.tx.us.