It’s been a long time since we’ve seen any adult fiction from Annie Barrows, who co-wrote The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society with her aunt, Mary Ann Shaffer, in 2008. (Barrows is also the author of the Ivy & Bean series for kids.) However, The Truth According to Us is worth the wait. In…
Although I have never visited Holt, Colorado, after reading Kent Haruf’s evocative Plainsong trilogy which was set in this small town, I feel as if I know the town and its people pretty well. I suspect that anyone who grew up in a small town anywhere in the U.S. would feel right at home with…
Hey, do you want to know what the library staff is reading? Then you are in luck! Since we are a bunch of bookworms, we like to share what we read every month on the Cook web site. You can find the June lists on our Books/Movies/Music page. The books are separated by Fiction, Mysteries…
If you had a 50-50 chance of inheriting a disease that was guaranteed to debilitate and eventually kill you, would you want to know? That heavy question faces the four O’Brien adult children in Lisa Genova’s new novel about family, happiness, love and choices. Genova, a neuroscientist, broke out as a novelist with her debut,…
I spent a hot summer before my sophomore year in college studying my Grammar for Journalists book. I was preparing for the dreaded test that the University of Wisconsin Journalism School gave prospective students as part of the admissions process, and was told that more than 60 percent failed. I was one of the fortunate…
Cherokee Rose: A Novel of Gardens and Ghosts by Tiya Miles This is a fascinating fictional account of a little known aspect of America’s past. Using historical sources about the Chief Vann House Historic site and a Moravian mission in 1800s Georgia, Miles uncovered the practice of slaveholding by southern Creeks and Cherokees. The lives…
I have a list of books that I’ve been meaning to read—waiting for a rainy day, when I’m in the mood or when I retire. Finally I’m going to have time. But what I keep hearing is that I’ll be busier than ever after I retire. I hope that doesn’t happen—at least not yet. I…
The blockbuster new film Mad Max: Fury Road was one of the big winners at the box office this past weekend. The highly anticipated movie is the fourth film in director George Miller's successful Mad Max franchise, and the first of the series to hit movie screens in thirty years. Set in Australia in the not-too-distant…
Jan-Philipp Sendker at Cook Park Library This new book by Jan-Philipp Sendker is hard to categorize, as some of the best books are. It has elements of mystery, romance, and family drama, while offering in-depth character exploration and an insighful look at modern China. Paul Leibovitz, an expat living in Hong Kong, loses his son…
You know you can come to us for great reading recommendations, but we do much more than read here at the library! Staffers share what they've been listening to lately, whether it be a music album, a podcast, or yes even an audiobook or two. Lindsay - Digital Services Librarian I've been listening to Sufjan Steven's…
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