The Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library would like to wish you all a safe and happy halloween! Bring your costumed kids to the library this evening and check out a DVD or books for your pleasure, while they trick-or-treat the Circulation and Reference Desks! We have plenty of books to help you find the perfect halloween costume, treat, or tale. Remember to ask a staff member for help if you are unable to find what you need.
Do you love Jane Austen? How about vampires? If so, try reading the third installment in the "Jane Austen Vampire Series" written by Michael Thomas Ford. The newest book, Jane Vows Vengeance is a great story whose main action takes place in Europe. In the series, author Jane Austen is a vampire who owns a book store in sleepy, upstate New York. Jane is a struggling author (the irony is that her books sell well at her book store) who is engaged to her fiance', Walter---who has no clue she is a vampire. She and Walter are trying to plan their wedding but things keep happening that interrupt the ceremony. Walter and Jane finally decided to visit Europe on a tour of architectural wonders, inviting their friends Lucy and Ben and Walter's witchy mom along to particpate in a wedding ceremony in London. From an Agatha Christie-style murder mystery to a wedding interrupted by the ghosts of the Princes in the Tower to a shocking revelation about Walter's mom, this book is pure mayhem. Jane is also on a search for Crispin's needle---a legendary device supposed to restore a vampire's human soul. If she finds Crispin's needle, will she use it to restore her own humanity and live happily ever after with Walter? This series is entertaining and Ford's characterization of Jane Austen is delightfully refreshing. I look forward to reading more books in this series! For more information on the books, check out the web at www.janesbitesback.com.
Today is the birthday of NFL quarterback Brett Favre (1969), singer Tanya Tucker (1958), tennis champ Martina Navratilova (1956), and author James Clavell (1924). The library has books by or about all of these folks, such as Sho-Gun by James Clavell; Favre: For the Record by Brett Favre, Nickel Dreams: My Life by Tanya Tucker, and The Shape of Your Life: My 6-step Diet and Fitness Plan for Achieving Your Pesonal Best Whatever Your Age by Martina Navratilova. If these books do not inspire you, we have plenty of other biographies to choose from! If you are interested in browsing our selections, visit the area labeled "Biographies" in the libraries Non-Fiction section. Books in this collection are shelved by the subject's last name. If the Biography is 6 months old or less, try also looking in the New Non-Fiction section for an interesting story. The library also has a great Juvenile Biography section downstairs in the Children's Library for any curious young minds who'd like to read about the life of a famous person! Remember, if you can't find what you are looking for, please ask a library staff member for help.
Creole Belle is James Lee Burke's newest novel in his Dave Robicheaux series. Dave and his sidekick and sometimes-partner, Clete Purcel, are back together again trying to solve crimes and stay out of trouble. Dave (a deputy sheriff) and Clete (a private investigator) are both recovering from injuries sustained in the last book, while investigating the disappearance of cajun chanteuse Tee Jolie Milton and her sister Blue. When Tee Jolie's body washes up on the shore of a bayou, partially frozen in a block of ice, David and Clete try to unravel the twisted threads that make up life in small town Louisiana. Tee Jolie and Blue's disappearances are tangled up in the fight for big oil and the oil spills in Louisiana, and the tycoons that control the oil. Clete, as usual, gets involved with a woman that is not good for him and in a surprise twist, meets a relative, while Dave struggles with visions that may or may not be real. The best part of this book is also one of the saddest, because the reader can see Clete's downward spiral and is powerless to stop it. I enjoy James Lee Burke's books because I love his descriptions of Louisiana and life among its citizens in New Iberia and New Orleans. I also like that there is plenty of information about Alafair Burke, (James' real life adopted daughter) and their interactions, in this novel. For more information on James Lee Burke, check out his website at http://www.jamesleeburke.com/
Do you love Jane Austen? How about vampires? If so, try reading the third installment in the "Jane Austen Vampire Series" written by Michael Thomas Ford. The newest book, Jane Vows Vengeance is a great story whose main action takes place in Europe. In the series, author Jane Austen is a vampire who owns a book store in sleepy, upstate New York. Jane is a struggling author (the irony is that her books sell well at her book store) who is engaged to her fiance', Walter---who has no clue she is a vampire. She and Walter are trying to plan their wedding but things keep happening that interrupt the ceremony. Walter and Jane finally decided to visit Europe on a tour of architectural wonders, inviting their friends Lucy and Ben and Walter's witchy mom along to particpate in a wedding ceremony in London. From an Agatha Christie-style murder mystery to a wedding interrupted by the ghosts of the Princes in the Tower to a shocking revelation about Walter's mom, this book is pure mayhem. Jane is also on a search for Crispin's needle---a legendary device supposed to restore a vampire's human soul. If she finds Crispin's needle, will she use it to restore her own humanity and live happily ever after with Walter? This series is entertaining and Ford's characterization of Jane Austen is delightfully refreshing. I look forward to reading more books in this series! For more information on the books, check out the web at www.janesbitesback.com.