Snuggle up with a good book and participate in Hot Reads for Cold Nghts, a winter reading program for adults. read or listen to books for a chance to win prizes from January 9 - February 25.
Participation is easy. Read or listen to a book, then complete a short (very short) review of the book. For each review that you turn in to the library, you are entered into the prize drawing.
If you don't know what to read, consider the Explore section of our website, which features reading suggestions from CALS staff, award winners, and what's new in our collection. Your library branch has bookmarks that list the 2011 prize winning books, books to help you go green, and beach reads to take you away from these cold night.
A Few Patron Reviews from "Hot Reads for Cold Nights"
Sookie Stackhouse Series
by Charlaine Harris
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Brings vampires and other supernaturals to life in her fun books that let you escape to another world. True Blood HBO series loosely based on these books.
reviewed by a Fletcher Library patron
My Life in France
by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme
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I really enjoyed this book about Julia's adventures in food and falling in love. It is a great read!
reviewed by a Thompson Library patron
Where Armadillos Go to Die
by James Hime
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Small Texas town full of characters. Nastiest man in town goes missing. Ranger Spur is asked to find him. WOW!!
reviewed by a Fletcher Library patron
The Women
by T.C. Boyle
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It gives a glimpse into famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright's personal life, especially with the several women he loved through the years.
reviewed by a Thompson Library patron
Sarah's Key
by Tatiana de Rooney
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France in WWII occupied by the Nazis and one young girl's determination to survive, the years following, and a haunting memory of her young brother.
reviewed by a Fletcher Library patron
West with the Night
by Beryl Markham
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A true story of the author's move from England to East Africa (now Kenya) as a four year old with her father in the early 1900's. She tells of her life with the natives and as a horse trainer and later a pilot.
reviewed by a Thompson Library patron