New Best Sellers in the LRC

Maybe, just maybe, after everything is bought, wrapped, trimmed, baked, roasted, eaten and the plates scraped and washed, you may find time to read.  If you do, we have lots of new titles to choose from. Favorites include Louise Penny, Clive Cussler, Stephen King, John Grisham, Zadie Smith, John Le Carre, David Baldacchi and Margaret Atwood. The BLRC is open days this week so stop by and pick up a little leisure reading for your holiday break.

~Laurie

Grand Union: Stories / Zadie Smith

Royal Holiday / Jasmine Guillory

Ninth House / Leigh Bardugo

What Happens in Paradise / Elin Hilderbrand

Right after the Weather / Carol Anshaw

Dark Illusion / Christine Feehan

Empire of Lies / Raymond Khoury

The Topeka School / Ben Lerner

A Better Man / Louise Penny

Frankissstein: A Love Story / Jeanette Winterson

Vendetta in Death / J. D. Robb

Agent Running in the Field / John le Carre

A Book of Bones / John Connolly

The Deserter / Nelson DeMille & Alex DeMille

Owl be Home for Christmas / Donna Andrews

Olive, Again / Elizabeth Strout

All this could be yours / Jami Attenberg

The Name of all Things / Jenn Lyons

The Testaments/ Margaret Atwood

Things you save in a fire / Katherine Center

A Bitter Fast / Deborah Crombie

The Titanic Secret: An Isaac Bell Adventure / Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul

The Princess Beard / Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne

Cold Storage / David Koepp

The Whisper Man / Alex North

Killer Instinct / James Patterson & Howard Roughan

The Secrets we Kept / Lara Prescott

Old Bones / Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

Quichotte / Salman Rushdie

Contraband / Stuart Woods

The Institute / Stephen King

Let Justice Descend / Lisa Black

A Minute to Midnight / David Baldacci

The Confession Club / Elizabeth Berg

Nine Elms / Robert Bryndza

Kiss the Girls and Make them Cry / Mary Higgins Clark

The Night Fire / Michael Connelly

Genesis / Robin Cook

The Innocents / Michael Crummey

Final Option / Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison

The Captain and the Glory / Dave Eggers

Nothing more Dangerous / Allen Eskens

Twisted Twenty-six: A Stephanie Plum Novel / Janet Evanovich

Lethal Agent / Kyle Mills

This is Pleasure / Mary Gaitskill

The Old Success: A Richard Jury Mystery / Martha Grimes

The Guardians / John Grisham

Foster Angel Tree

No matter your faith or celebration, Christmas, Kwanzaa or Hanukkuh next month, Diwali in the fall or Eid al Ftir in spring, each holiday season has a feeling that's not only about where we are, but who we are with...our families. And family, along with extended family, are the focus of the 
Foster Angels of Hillsborough County.

The BLRC is again participating in the Foster Angels gift giving program. 

Between April 2018 and March 2019, 1,396 children were removed from parental custody and placed into foster care in Hillsborough County. This represents an almost equal number of households who took in a child. Many foster parents take in more than one child, and some foster siblings to keep them together. For these families the holidays represent higher expenses, and the Foster Angel program helps to defer some of the cost while foster parents see to the necessities. We encourage you to participate once again, making the holiday a little easier for another family in our community. 

The tree is now up in the BLRC, and the same process applies: Take a tag, buy a gift on the list, wrap it, attach the tag and bring it back before December 15. I will let you know if that date is changed or extended. And thank you, HCC Brandon. Your participation helps a child feel a little bit more at home during the holidays.

Laurie~

Where in the world were you the happiest, and why?

That’s the question asked by this year’s selection for Campus Reads for the 2019-2020 Fall and Spring Academic year

Eric Weiner, self-described “Grump”, takes readers on his sojourn  
                    

The Geography of Bliss    

  Traveling to ten different countries (including America), Weiner asks what makes the residents happy, or in some cases unhappy. His humorous and informative approach examines everything between the extremes, from Iceland (happy) to Moldova (miserable), and asks questions of the individual as well as taking the social perspective. Is happiness cultural, economic or political? Can national leadership ensure happiness for its citizens, or is it only an individual choice?

We have provided a world map in the BLRC, and many of our students have already placed a pin in their happiest spot, and shared their memories of why they were happy there. 
Please, stop by and place a pin in your own location of happiness. 

Non-Fiction Arrivals

 New non-fiction items are arriving weekly for the permanent 

collection and we don't want our non-fiction readers to feel left out.  There seems to be an adventure theme this week with tales of danger and risk, including one very daring librarian outrunning Al Qaeda, as he and others risk all to save ancient manuscripts in 

The Badass Librarians of Timbuktu 

Hedy's Folly is a fascinating account of Hedy Lamarr's daring escape from the Nazi's with a thorough knowledge of military technology and an idea that would change modern communications technology into the twenty first century.

Texas Ranger, the Epic Life of Frank Hamer tells the story of the unique American life of the man who caught and killed Bonnie and Clyde. But before that, Hamer led a daring life along the Mexican border where the Mexican Revolution spilled over into the U.S., and he protected African Americans from lynch mobs, hunted the Ku Klux Klan, and fought The Bandit War of 1915.

The Beekeeper, Rescuing the Stolen women of Iraq is the 
unfolding tale of one man who used subterfuge, smugglers and their routes to rescue Yazidi women from ISIS slavery.

Below is a list of more new items. Please stop by the BLRC and check out the display, place a hold through the catalog, or contact staff and we'll hold an item for you! ~Laurie


Black Flags, Blue Waters, The Epic History of 
America's Most Notorious Pirates by Eric Jay Dolin

The Search for Atlantis  by Steve P. Kershaw, Ph.D.

Go Down Together the True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde

by Jeff Guinn 

Farewell Titanic Her Final Legacy by Charles Pellegrino

First In, An Insiders Account of How the CIA 

Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan by Gary C. Schroen

The Clockwork Universe, Isaac Newton, 

the Royal Society and the Birth of the Modern World

by Edward Dolnick

Navy Seals, The Combat History of the 

Deadliest Warriors on the Planet by Don Mann

Dogs Sense, How the New Science of Dog Behavior 

Can Make You a Better Friend to your Pet

by John Bradshaw

LEGOS!

Hybrid Spaceship

As part of the 30-In-30

events the BLRC held

a Lego Fellowship for All,

with competition

categories and prizes to go        around...plus snacks!

Fork Lift 

   

On September 4th approximately 20 keen competitors milled about, subsisting on potato chips and water, and forged  blocks of color into some pretty great results. We had seven final entrants and 

            five winners!   

Torii Gate

 Many thanks to those who 

came by and participated

and to our winners listed below.  Your time and imagination 
is much appreciated.   

It was a great day  

here in the BLRC!

Jesse Rogers

Samuel Rico

Anais Blossom

Amir Jacobs

   Benjamin Huebner

New Fiction in the Library

People who don't live in Florida in the summer have a hard time understanding why we consider this the "severe" season, with its high humidity and temperatures to match. If we can't sit on the beach, July is when we stay inside in the air conditioning, preparing our hurricane kits and hoping for the best. So, if you're indoors to stay cool and everything on Netflix and HBO is too dark, mysterious or disturbing and you're burnt out on binge watching, a novel is just the antidote.  We have some newer names along with our veteran writers with plenty of variety to choose from. And if dark, mysterious or disturbing is still your thing, a new book series based on Netflix's Stranger Things has been released, beginning with Suspicious Minds, pictured above. 
Below is a list of the latest titles to arrive. Have a great summer
 ~Laurie 

The Lease Book Collection is made possible by the Brandon SGA

Lost and Wanted by Nell Freudenberger

Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Out of the Dark by Gregg Hurwitz

The Golden Tresses of the Dead A Flavia de Luce Novel by Alan Bradley

Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds,
The first official Stranger Things novel by Gwanda Bond

When all is said by Anne Griffin

Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken

A Lethal Legacy by Heather Graham

Little Faith by Nickolas Butler

The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin

The River by Peter Heller

The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths

All the Wrong Places by Joy Fielding

The Hiding Place by C.J. Tudor

Unto us a Son is Given by Donna Leon

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Saving Meghan by D. J. Palmer

Redemption by David Baldacci

The Better Sister by Alafair Burke

The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth

Wunderland by Jennifer Cody Epstein

The Invited by Jennifer McMahon

The Big Kahuna by Janet Evanovich and Peter Evanovich

Light from Other Stars by Erika Swyler

If She Wakes by Michael Koryta

The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

New Books...New location!

 

The Lease Book collection has moved to a new location with wider open shelves and more space to make it easier to browse. They're now located next to the magazines to the right of the Reference Desk.  As you can see from the list below we have lots of new titles to choose from.
Many thanks to our Brandon SGA who make this collection possible.
~Laurie

Judgment by Joseph Finder

The Wedding Guest by Jonathan Kellerman 

I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella

Connections in Death by J. D. Robb

The Black Ascot by Charles Todd

Good Riddance by Elinor Lipman

The Lost Man by Jane Harper

More than Words by Jill Santopolo

The Dead Ex by Jane Corry

The Girl in the Glass Box by James Grippando

 Say You're Sorry by Karen Rose

Forget you know me by Jessica Strawser

The Chef by James Patterson with Max DiLallo

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

Never Tell by Lisa Gardner

Mission Critical by Mark Greaney

Early Riser by Jasper Fforde

The Next to Die by Sophie Hannah

We Must be Brave by Frances Liardet

The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

California Girls by Susan Mallery

The Huntress by Kate Quinn

Silent Night by Danielle Steel

American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear

Run Away by Harlan Coben

The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict

The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner

 Celtic Empire: A Dirk Pitt Novel by Clive Cussler 

The Fifth Doctrine by Karen Robards

Redemption Point by Candice Fox

The Good Detective by John McMahon

White Elephant by Julie Langsdorf

The Night Visitors by Carol Goodman

Radicalized by Cory Doctorow

My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing

Dark Tribute by Iris Johansen

Blood Oath by Linda Fairstein

So many books.....

.....So little time.....

The Autumn Selection of bestsellers has arrived (45, to be exact) and we now have your favorites in recreational reading.  Delinsky, Sparks, Albom, Lincoln Child, Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin, Dean Koontz and lest we forget...Florida Favorite Tim Dorsey!

Have a look through the list and find your favorites.

The Lease Book Collection is made possible by the generosity of the 
HCC Brandon Campus SGA

All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin

Before and Again by Barbara Delinsky

                                                  A Gathering of Secrets by Linda Castillo

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks.

Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward

Cottage by the Sea by Debbie Macomber

The Witch Elm by Tana French

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

Tailspin by Sandra Brown

Paradox by Catherine Coulter

Serpentine by Laurell K. Hamilton

The Forbidden Door: A Jane Hawk Novel by Dean Koontz

Through Darkest Europe by Harry Turtledove

The Money Shot by Stuart Woods and Parnell Hall

Dark Sentinel by Christine Feehan

Field of Bones by J. A. Jance

A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult

Leverage in Death by J.D. Robb

Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly

Sea of Greed: A Novel from the NUMA Files by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Ambush by James Patterson and James O. Born 

Holy Ghost by John Sandford

Desperate Measures by Stuart Woods

Eggs on Ice by Laura Childs

The Enemy of my Enemy by W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth IV

Pandemic by Robin Cook

The Suspect by Fiona Barton

No Sunscreen for the Dead by Tim Dorsey

The Rule of Law by John Lescroart

The Best of Us by Robyn Carr

The Burglar by Thomas Perry

In a House of Lies by Ian Rankin

The Boy by Tami Hoag

A Delicate Touch by Stuart Woods

Verses for the Dead by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child.

An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

.    Her One Mistake by Heidi Perks

The Light Over London by Julia Kelly

The Nowhere Child / Christian White

The Perfect Liar / Thomas Christopher Greene

No Exit by Taylor Adams

The Silhouette Girl by V.C. Andrews

Cutthroats by William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone