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It is looking like fall has arrived and the weather is finally agreeing to cool off a bit and make reading under a cat and a blanket with a cup of tea possible again. I am really looking forward to reading Book and Dagger: how scholars and librarians became the unlikely spies of World War II by Elyse Graham. The Office of Strategic Services recruited literature professors, librarians and historians to perform undercover operations and investigative work. I want to read more about Adele Kibre, stationed in Stockholm who at the peak of the war was sending home 20,000 documents a week or the historians and cartographers who had to adapt 19th century maps to assist fighter planes and radar.
I love fall, but fall doesn’t seem to be as prevalent a topic in books. We have lots of summer, winter and spring titles, but not very many titles with fall as a main topic. First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen is the second book in the Waverly Family series and focuses on the apple tree in their garden of magical spells. Craig Johnson’s newest Walt Longmire mystery is also called First Frost and is set in the Absaroka Range of Montana and Wyoming. Will Walt’s view of his beloved Wyoming change forever by the sinister plot of the violent underworld encroaching on the people he loves.
Cynthia Leitich Smith is the author of Hearts Unbroken and its sequel Harvest House. Both novels feature siblings Louise and Hughie Wolfe. The second book is set during the harvest and features a rural attraction that may just be haunted even if they have an actor playing an “Indian Maiden”. Hughie must decide how and when to speak up about the bigoted legend as he and his friends also seek to protect themselves and the community. A perfect October read.
An atmospheric title in more ways than one would be the apocalyptic title Appleseed by Matt Bell. This dystopian tale of greed and corporations and climate change will make you appreciate those old apple trees that ancestors planted.
Romance author Susan Elizabeth Phillips has several titles with football players as main characters including This Heart of Mine which also features a children’s author, Natural Born Charmer, Chicago Stars and her newest title Simply the Best which continues her Chicago Stars series about a fictional football team.
If you liked the book Friday Night Lights then try the novel Home Field by Hannah Gersen for a moving story about tradition, family, love and football all set in a rural Maryland town.
All these titles are just a few of the options available. Please stop by the library and let us help you find your next book or magazine whether you like reading stories set in imaginary worlds or very realistic facts about the world today we can help you find something to read. It is important for the kids to see community members reading outside of school.