Review: Death in the Stacks

* Book 8 in the Library Lovers series *

Lindsey and her staff are getting ready for their annual fundraiser - a night of dinner and dancing in the library. It's supposed to be a magical night - and it would be in her board president wasn't trying to insult everyone.

Olive Boyle just took over as the library board president. She has a talent for making everyone's life miserable. She's threated the library, Lindsey's job, and spoke ill of Paula. After the dinner, her body's discovered in the stacks with Paula leaning over it.

Lindsey knows that Paula didn't kill Olive, even if she does have a secret past. While Lindsey vowed not to investigate, she's reluctantly pulled back in; she must figure out who murdered Olive before things for the library turn really bad.

My Thoughts: I love this series and I loved this book even more because of the crossover with characters from other books series by the same author. It was charming to see everyone in the small Connecticut town. I loved seeing old friends. I really enjoyed the mystery here - with Olive's terrible personality there were many suspects. The personal lives of the sleuths are also great - I love seeing where Lindsey lands. I also really like Emma and Robbie together. Another fantastic chapter in the series! Can't wait for the next book.

Cover Thoughts: Charming, as usual
Source: My library
Library Recommendation: This cozy series about libraries is a must have for public libraries.

Movie Review: Safe

To be honest, I haven't read the book, so I don't know how it compares to the show.

But, the show was good. It's only 8 episodes.

The people were terrible human beings who did terrible things.

The show was intense with lots of characters, lots of drama, lots of layers, and lots of plot twists.

It was a binge worthy show - one that you didn't want to stop watching until you uncovered all the answers.

Watch if you enjoyed Broadchurch.

If You Like Pins (15)

I haven't done one of these in a long time. But my goal this year for work is to diversify our picture book collection. I recently bought a bunch of new picture books about inclusion. Someone came looking for one a few days ago - and they were all checked out. Which is both great and terrible at the same time - great because we needed the books in the collection and people are finding them, but terrible because they weren't immediately available.

Here are some of the books:

Books and Treats (11)

A new blog idea inspired by Andi @ http://andiabcs.com/2014/08/01/pub-date-1/ with the Pub Date where a few bloggers share book and beer pair ups.  Andi states that the idea is the brain child of Brittany at The Book Addict’s Guide.

Frankie and her family run a B and B, she's responsible one day a week for baking cookies. I craved cookies while reading this one!

You know, the kind that are still warm and the chocolate is gooey in the middle...

photo credit: http://thequotablekitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IMG_0703.jpg

It's a cute story and I reviewed it on Fresh Fiction.

Picture Book Review: Some Bunny Loves Me

Adorable pictures

Fun poems

Perfect for animal loving kids 

Tips about taking care of animals

Different animals

Sweet

Top Ten Tuesdays: Shorts

This week's topic is  Favorite Novellas/Short Stories - I have a hard time with these because if I like them, they always seem too short. And I want an entire book. But here are some that I enjoyed.

- meme from That Artsy Reader Girl

Books I read:

Books I'm still waiting to read:

Blog Tour: Spill Zone

Book News:

New paperback design for book 1

Newly released book 2

Duology is now complete.

Ten Reasons to Read it:

1. Photographs

2. Sisters

3. Secrets

4. Creepy Dolls

5. Breaking the Rules

6. Betrayals

7. Danger

8. Bike Riding

9. Plot Twists

10. Addison 

I enjoyed reading these books and the second book answered more questions. I'm a little disappointed there won't be a third because there could be more books. I raced through the books in one sitting, because I needed answers. And they were not the ones I was expecting. I really loved Addison - her fierceness and determination made me admire her. I also enjoyed how she needed to protect her sister. The moments between the sisters made me smile. Plot twists kept me on the edge of my seat.

About the Author: Scott Westerfeld

Scott Westerfeld is a New York Times bestselling author of YA. He was born in the Texas and now lives in Sydney and New York City. In 2001, Westerfeld married fellow author Justine Larbalestier.

He is best know for the Uglies and Leviathan series, and his next book, Afterworlds, comes out September 23, 2014.

His book Evolution's Darling was a New York Times Notable Book, and won a Special Citation for the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award. So Yesterday won a Victorian Premier's Award and both Leviathan and Midnighters 1: The Secret Hour won Aurealis Awards. Peeps and Uglies were both named as Best Books for Young Adults 2006 by the American Library Association.

I've met Scott Westerfeld a few times.

About the Illustrator: Alex Puvilland

Having grown up in France in the eighties, Alexandre Puvilland may have mad cow disease and holes in his brain. He might also be perfectly normal.

Alexandre lives in San Francisco with his ridiculously talented wife LeUyen Pham and their no less spectacular sons Leo and Adrien.