Say “hello” to another wizard named Harry.

With the final chapter of the Harry Potter (film) series right around the corner, now is the perfect time to discover an adult wizard named Harry Dresden.

Harry is a private investigator living in Chicago where he deals with paranormal crimes and periodically consults for the Chicago PD.

The Harry Dresden series is written by Jim Butcher and the first book in the series is Storm Front. The audio version is read by James Marsters (Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.)

Copies of this title are available in paperback, graphic novel and audio CD via the Pals Plus Consortium Online Catalog: http://www.palsplus.org/welcome.html

Rizzoli & Isles

Did you know that the TV show Rizzoli & Isles is based on a book series by best-selling author Tess Gerritsen?

If you love the hit show and want more than just a Monday night fix of Jane & Maura then check out the first book in this terrific (book) series – The Surgeon.

This title is available in hardcover, large-type and audio CD via the Pals Plus Consortium Online Catalog: http://ibistro.palsplus.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/leOjdAjugS/WAYNE/52830082/60/1180/X

Done with Sookie? Check out Rachel...

If you’ve read all the Sookie Stackhouse mysteries and are looking for fun, friendship, action and adventure in a paranormal world then look no further that Kim Harrison’s Rachel Morgan series. The paperback copy of the first book in the series “Dead Witch Walking” has been on my ‘to-be-read’ pile for several years now, but with little time to actually read books, and lots more time to listen to them I was elated when I discovered the books were available on audio. An inter-library loan form, a couple of weeks waiting and into the Hallows I stepped to spend time with vampires, witches, pixies and many other mythical creatures. In an alternate world where humans fear tomatoes, Inderlanders come in all shapes and sizes and Cincinnati, Ohio has been forever changed by “The Turn” Rachel (witch,) Ivy (vampire,) and Jenks (pixie) band together to take down corrupt businessmen, mega-maniacal vamps and shape-shifting demons. Enter the Hallows and see what's lying in wait for Rachel and the gang.

The series reading order is:

Dead Witch Walking

The Good, The Bad, and The Undead

Every Which Way But Dead

A Fistful of Charms

For A Few Demons

The Outlaw Demon Wails

White Witch, Black Curse

Black Magic Sanction
Pale Demon
A Perfect Blood (coming spring 2012)

One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury

A devoted fireman and a driven businessman, strangers with the same face. On that fateful Tuesday, one will leave the Twin Towers alive--but will he ever find his way home? Winner of the Silver Medallion Book Award.

A story you will not want to put down!

Sock Yarn One-Skein Wonders: 101 Patterns That Go Way Beyond Socks!

Whether you are a sock knitter who needs a change of pace, or just a person who own's a lot of sock yarn, this is a great book to own! Lot's of wonderful projects, that take a relatively short time to make! The scarves are fun to make as well as the fingerless gloves, there is something for every knitter/crocheter in this book!

Have a Little Fatih: A True Story by Mitch Albom

New York Times bestselling author Albom goes back to his nonfiction roots with a timely, moving, and inspiring look at faith--not just who believes, but why--prompted by his search for the right words to eulogize a beloved rabbi, he re-discovers his own faith, learns about other religions, trust, and a whole new way to look at life. Truly inspiring.

Oneskein : 30 quick projects to knit and crochet by Leigh Radford

These knitted and crocheted fashion accessories and decorative accents for the home vary in their required levels of skill, but all can be completed quickly and require only one skein of yarn. Several are designed using up a skein's worth of leftovers from other projects.
Oneskein has terrific knitting projects for when you need a quick knitted gift!

I completed the Fingerless Garter Mitts in about one weekend!

"The Probable Future" by Alice Hoffman

The three generations of Sparrow women all are drawn to men with problems, both hidden and visible. Is this always true in love? Is every relationship fraught with problems, hidden or otherwise? Can you think of other works of fiction in which everyone is in love with the "wrong" person or where the "wrong" person turns out to in fact be "right"?

For further information about the author, visit her site at:

http://www.alicehoffman.com/

"Malice" by Lisa Jackson

Rick Bentz is a flawed character but does he deserve the derision from his ex-colleagues in Los Angeles for the accidental shooting?

For more information about the author, check out:

http://www.lisajackson.com/

2012: War for the Souls by Whitely Strieber

December 21, 2012, may be one of the most watched dates in history. Every 26,000 years, earth lines up with the exact center of our galaxy. At 11: 11 on December 21, 2012, this event happens again, and the ancient Maya calculated that it would mark the end, not only of this age, but of human consciousness as we know it. But what will actually happen? The end of the world? A new age for mankind? Nothing? The last time this happened, Cro-Magnon man suddenly began creating great art in the caves of southern France, which to this day remains one of the most inexplicable changes in human history. Now Whitley Strieber explores 2012 in a towering work of fiction that will astound readers with its truly new insights and a riveting roller-coaster ride of a story. A mysterious alien presence unexpectedly bursts out of sacred sites all over the world and begins to rip human souls from their bodies, plunging the world into chaos it has never before known. Courage meets cowardice, loyalty meets betrayal as an entire world struggles to survive this incredible end-all war. Heroes emerge, villains reveal themselves, and in the end something completely new and unexpected happens that at once lifts the fictional characters into a new life, and sounds a haunting real-world warning for the future.