{"id":126,"date":"2009-06-02T16:06:29","date_gmt":"2009-06-02T20:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/?p=126"},"modified":"2009-06-02T16:22:06","modified_gmt":"2009-06-02T20:22:06","slug":"readers-favorites-may-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/2009\/06\/readers-favorites-may-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers&#8217; Favorites: May 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the Library&#8217;s New Fiction section, James Patterson again came out on top with his bestselling thriller <em>The Eighth Confession<\/em>, the newest novel in the fan-favorite Women&#8217;s Murder Club series.\u00a0 Check out James Patterson&#8217;s official <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamespatterson.com\/books_womens_murder_club.html\">website<\/a> to learn more about our most popular book this month.\u00a0 For more fun summer reading, check out these celebrated runner-ups:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Just Take My Heart<\/em> by Mary Higgins Clark (Mystery)<\/li>\n<li><em>One Day at a Time<\/em> by Danielle Steel (Romance)<\/li>\n<li><em>Four Bodies and a Funeral<\/em> by Stephanie Bond (Mystery)<\/li>\n<li><em>Cemetery Dance<\/em> by Douglas J. Preston (Mystery)<\/li>\n<li><em>Mr. and Miss Anonymous<\/em> by Fern Michaels (Romance)<\/li>\n<li><em>Promises in Death<\/em> by J.D. Robb (Mystery)<\/li>\n<li><em>Turning Tables<\/em> by Heather and Rose MacDowell (Fiction)<\/li>\n<li><em>Hunted<\/em>: A House of Night Novel by P.C. and Kristin Cast (Young Adult)<\/li>\n<li><em>Deep Dish<\/em> by Mary Kay Andrews (Romance)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kay Hooper&#8217;s thriller <em>Blood Sins<\/em> was the top-circulating audiobook in May.\u00a0 Go to Hooper&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kayhooper.com\/\">website<\/a> to watch a trailer for <em>Blood Sins<\/em> and learn more information about Hooper&#8217;s novels. Also check out these popular contendors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The 250 Job Interview Questions You&#8217;ll Most Likely Be Asked &#8212; And the Answers that Will Get You Hired!<\/em> by Peter Veruki (Advice)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Eighth Confession<\/em> by James Patterson (Mystery)<\/li>\n<li><em>Big Stone Gap<\/em> by Adriana Trigiani (Fiction)<\/li>\n<li><em>Divided in Death<\/em> by J.D. Robb (Mystery)<\/li>\n<li><em>Don&#8217;t Look Twice<\/em> by Andrew Gross (Mystery)<\/li>\n<li><em>Eldest<\/em> by Christopher Paolini (Fantasy\/Sci-Fi)<\/li>\n<li><em>A Good Yarn<\/em> by Debbie Macomber (Romance)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Grand Finale<\/em> by Janet Evanovich (Romance)<\/li>\n<li><em>Guily<\/em> by Karen Robards (Romance)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>DVDs are always popular here at the Library, but in May the fourth season of the hit\u00a0ABC show <em>Lost<\/em> stole the crown as our patrons&#8217; favorite rental.\u00a0 Check out ABC&#8217;s official <a href=\"http:\/\/abc.go.com\/primetime\/lost\/index?pn=index\">website<\/a> to get caught up on all the new twists and revelations.\u00a0\u00a0 Other popular DVDs included recent seasons of <em>24<\/em>, <em>Bones,<\/em> <em>Heroes<\/em> and <em>Jericho<\/em>, as well as the historical drama <em>Cadillac Records<\/em> and the comedy <em>Get Smart<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The ever-popular Karen Kingsbury once again dominated the Christian Fiction section with her new novel <em>Fame, <\/em>the most recent installment in the Firstborn series.\u00a0 Find out about Kingsbury&#8217;s novels on her official <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karenkingsbury.com\/\">website<\/a>.\u00a0 Some other novelists who remain popular with our readers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Summer of the Midnight Sun<\/em> by Tracie Peterson<\/li>\n<li><em>Bittersweet Remembrance<\/em> by Gina Fields<\/li>\n<li><em>Cassidy<\/em> by Lori Wick<\/li>\n<li><em>A Common Life: The Wedding<\/em> by Jan Karon<\/li>\n<li><em>The Englisher<\/em> by Beverly Lewis<\/li>\n<li><em>Even Now<\/em> by Karen Kingsbury<\/li>\n<li><em>In This Mountain<\/em> by Jan Karon<\/li>\n<li><em>Jessie<\/em> by Lori Wick<\/li>\n<li><em>A Journey by Chance<\/em> by Sally John<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We also have some popular new arrivals in our Large Print collection.\u00a0 <em>Just After Sunset<\/em> by the acclaimed Stephen King came out on top this month.\u00a0 Check out King&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephenking.com\/index.html\">website<\/a> for the most recent news on his published work.\u00a0 Some other popular works in Large Print:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>One More Sunrise<\/em> by Al and Joanna Lacy<\/li>\n<li><em>A Promise for Spring<\/em> by Kim Vogel Sawyer<\/li>\n<li><em>Wicked Prey<\/em> by John Sandford<\/li>\n<li><em>Believing the Dream<\/em> by Lauraine Snelling<\/li>\n<li><em>Cruel Intent<\/em> by J.A. Jance<\/li>\n<li><em>The Cuchillo Plains: A Western Duo<\/em> by Ray Hogan<\/li>\n<li><em>Diagnosis Murder: The Double Life<\/em> by Lee Goldberg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember that you can place holds on popular items in the library via your online account, by calling the library, or consulting a librarian at the front desk.\u00a0\u00a0 Happy reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Library&#8217;s New Fiction section, James Patterson again came out on top with his bestselling thriller The Eighth Confession, the newest novel in the fan-favorite Women&#8217;s Murder Club series.\u00a0 Check out James Patterson&#8217;s official website to learn more about our most popular book this month.\u00a0 For more fun summer reading, check out these celebrated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[22,20,21,19,18,12],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129,"href":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}