January 2017 Newsletter
This is your Life, Harriet Chance by Jonathan Evison
• Audiobook
• eBook
• Talking Book (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)
Recently widowed Harriet Chance takes the Alaskan cruise that her late husband had planned before his death. Their children, however, are concerned about Harriet’s health. Their mother is 79 after all and she’s begun seeing things that aren’t there–Bernard, her deceased husband for example. Harriet, however, takes stock of her life and realizes this might be the last chance she has to take this sort of trip. She plans to scatter Bernard’s ashes and move on with her life. Instead a letter awaits her on board, revealing that Harriet may not have been Bernard’s intended cabin mate. Instead of moving on with her life, Harriet spends the cruise revisiting the decisions she made that had a lasting impact on her life and slowly coming to terms with mistakes she’s made.
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February
Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
• Regular Print
• Audiobook
• eAudiobook
• eBook
• Talking Book (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)
August is an anthropologist studying mourning rituals in different cultures. She has returned to Brooklyn following the death of her father and reflects on her childhood and adolescence in the borough which began as an effort to recover and rebuild following family tragedies.
March
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
• Regular Print
• eBook
1870, Texas. Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, ageing veteran of two wars, is working as a travelling news reader when he is offered an unusual mission. A young girl, who has spent the past several years living with Kiowa Indians following the deaths of the rest of her family, has been “rescued”. Kidd is enlisted to accompany the child on a treacherous journey to her relatives in San Antonio.
April
The Conjoined by Jen Sookfong Lee
• Regular Print
• eBook
Cleaning her mother’s home after her death, social worker Jessica Campbell discovers the bodies of two dead girls in the basement freezers. Campbell believes they may be a pair of sisters who were briefly housed as foster children with the family. As she struggles to understand what has happened, Campbell finds herself reevaluating everything in her life.
Book Buzz 2017 Reading Challenge!
Visit Book Buzz and participate in our very popular annual reading challenge.
Participants are asked to read 10 books of their own choosing, 1 book from 10 different categories. Past categories have included: reread a childhood favourite, read a banned or challenged book, read something that has a colour in the title or in the author’s name.
This year’s categories will be posted on January 2.
Participants can read whatever they like in the challenge as long as it fits into one of the categories. You can stick to your normal reading habits or get adventurous and try something outside of your comfort zone.
There is no referee enforcing rules and no one to pass judgement on your reading choices. The most important thing is to enjoy whatever you’re reading in 2017.
Visit the Book Buzz Challenge Reading Site to keep us posted about your progress. Share your reading experiences, find out what others have read and get recommendations.
Book prizes are awarded to those who complete the challenge. The challenge is open to all ages although the prizes are mostly adult-level books.
Get started by becoming a Book Buzz member. You’re welcome to participate in all of our activities including our monthly book discussion.
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