The Buzz...About Books

This Month on Book Buzz

Victoria by Daisy Goodwin

In 1837, shortly after her eighteenth birthday, her uncle King William IV dies and Alexandrina Victoria becomes Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. One of her first acts as monarch is to drop her first name. From then on she is offically known as Victoria. Her mother, the Duchess of Kent, and her advisor Sir John Conroy had constructed an isolated childhood for Victoria to keep her away from scandal and bad influences but also to ensure her reliance upon them.
When she becomes queen, however Victoria is determined to be an independent ruler despite the doubts of those around her.

This well-researched novel is based upon the journals that Victoria kept throughout her life.

Available in:

Regular Print
Audiobook
eAudiobook
eBook
Large Print
Talking Book (Restricted to Print Disabled patrons)

 Upcoming Schedule

 June

Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
• Regular Print
• eBook
• Talking Book (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)

June is Aboriginal History Month. At the end of his life, Saul Indian Horse reflects on his life. An Ojibway child, he was removed from his home by force and taken to a residential school where his hockey skill is discovered. The book documents his struggles with displacement, racism and alienation in 1960s Canada.

July

In July, Book Buzz will be discussing two modern Western novels. Read one or both and join the discussions.

The Untold by Courtney Collins
• Regular Print
• eBook

Although a fugitive and a posse determined to bring the criminal to justice are common plots in Western novels, The Untold is something different. Set in the Australian Outback, it tells the true story of Eliazbeth Jessie Hickman, a notorious cattle rustler.

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.