Sweet Shawlettes by Jean Moss

Sweet Shawlettes is sweet! A wonderful selection of patterns in a variety of skill levels! There is something for every knitter in this book and they would make nice gifts! The yarns selected are available online or in yarn shops and a list of the yarns with details is included in the book. Instructions are available on how to read the charts. (The charts in the ebook version are very difficult to decifer lets hope it changes at publication time.) And included is advice on selecting buttons and other accessories to use with the knitted patterns. Overall, I love the book and can hardly wait until it comes out in print!

Book Discussions for January 2012

Join us at Wayne Public Library for one of our many Book Discussion Groups!
There is a variety of interesting books to read and discuss!
You can also read one and blog about it right here!

BookLetters for January 2012

BookLetters Advanced Titles for January 2012 are here! Visit the Wayne Public Library website to sign up and receive your newsletter today!

Ford County by John Grisham

In his first collection of short stories John Grisham takes readers back to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his first novel, "A Time to Kill." Featuring a cast of characters readers will never forget, these stories bring Ford County to vivid and colorful life. This wholly surprising collection reminds readers once again why Grisham is one of America's favorite storytellers.

Autumn Lover by Elizabeth Lowell

Returning to her Wyoming ranch at the Civil War's end, Elyssa Sutton finds it picked bare by scavengers and coveted by determined men. Yet the proud young woman vows never again to abandon her Ruby Mountain home, though it means enlisting the aid of a dark and dangerous stranger who lives for revenge alone.
Hunter Maxwell has suffered from the savagery of outlaws and the faithlessness of a woman. And he will trust no female - nor will he rest until the raiders who destroyed his family pay for their crimes.
A woman in, need, a man in pain, in fury and fire they must now stand as one to fight for something cherished, something lost ... and for a passion neither dreamed could live.
In the brisk chill of Autumn, ravaged hearts will be reborn.

"Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter" by Tom Franklin

This novel is among many things, a coming-of-age story. How did the characters come into themselves as the story progressed? What possibilities might the future hold for Larry and Silas?

For more information about the author, check out:http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/19243/Tom_Franklin/index.aspx

Between Sisters by Kristin Hannah

Meghann Dontess is haunted by heartbreak. Twenty-seven years ago she was forced to make a terrible choice, one that cost her everything, including the love of her sister, Claire. Now, Meghann is a hotshot divorce attorney who doesn't believe in intimacy--until she meets the one man who can change her mind. Claire Cavenaugh has fallen in love for the first time in her life. As her wedding day approaches, she prepares to face her harsh, judgmental older sister. It is the first time they have been together in more than two decades. Over the course of a hot Pacific Northwest summer, these two women who believe they have nothing in common will try to become what they never were: a family.

Hot Water by Erin Brockovich

Environmental activist AJ Palladino has her hands full when she is asked to leave for for a case at a nuclear power plant. Managing work and family life and battling her ex-father in law over custody of her son, she has challenges! There are many twists and turns and plenty of action to keep one reading and there is a real surprise at the end that you won't want to miss!

The book release is November 8, 2011.

"Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Why is the novel usually considered a work of feminist literature?

For more information about Louisa May Alcott, check out:

www.empirezine.com/spotlight/alcott/alcott.htm

To read works by Louisa May Alcott online, search under the authors field at:

http://www.gutenberg.org/

Night Road by Kristin Hannah

"Night Road" is a vivid, emotionally complex novel that raises profound questions about motherhood, loss, identity, and forgiveness. It is an exquisite, heartbreaking novel that speaks to women everywhere about the things that matter most. How do you feel about Jude blaming Lexi for the accident? Why do you think Lexi returned Zack's letters with out reading them first?