book talk for june 11 2024

Book Talk

Book talk for June 11, 2024

Girl in the Leaves
by Robert Scott

"In the fall of 2010, in the all-American town of Apple Valley, Ohio, four people disappeared without a trace: Stephanie Sprang; her friend, Tina Maynard; and Tina's two children, thirteen-year-old Sarah and eleven-year-old Kody. Investigators began scouring the area, yet despite an extensive search, no signs of the missing people were discovered. On the fourth day of the search, evidence trickled in about neighborhood "weirdo" Matthew Hoffman. A police SWAT team raided his home and found an extremely disturbing sight: every square inch of the place was filled with leaves and a terrified Sarah Maynard was bound up in the middle of it like some sort of perverted autumn tableau. But there was no trace of the others. Then came Hoffman's confession to an unspeakable crime that went beyond murder and defied all reason. His tale of evil would make Sarah's survival and rescue all the more astonishing--a compelling tribute to a young girl's resilience and courage and to her fierce determination to reclaim her life in the wake of unimaginable wickedness." -- Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
DB117686

Nautilus 90 north
by William R Andersen

palomino
by Danielle Steel

A dazzling New York advertising executive flees to a California dude ranch after being ditched by her husband, a nationally known TV anchorman. On the range, Samantha does more than just forget, she falls madly in love with a rugged cowboy who promises her nothing but the irresistible passion of the moment. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1981.
DB17343

Fourth Wing
by Rebecca Yarros

"Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Yarros. Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general--also known as her tough-as-talons mother--has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you're smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away ... because dragons don't bond to "fragile" humans. They incinerate them. With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother's daughter--like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant. She'll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise. Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret. Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda--because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die." -- Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller.
DB115206

The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah

1974. Former Vietnam prisoner of war Ernt Allbright moves his family, including wife Cora and thirteen-year-old daughter Leni, north to Alaska. While the weather is temperate, the family survives on the generosity of locals. But when winter descends, Ernt's mental health fractures. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018.
DB90090

The silent Corner
by Dean Koontz

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling words left behind by Jane's husband, who had everything to live for--but took his own life. Jane is determined to find the truth, because other accomplished, happy people have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. Violence. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2017.
DB89177

Failure is not an option: mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond
by Gene Kranz

Memoir of a flight director for NASA's mission control, providing an insider's perspective on the space program from the 1960s Mercury days to the final Apollo mission. Kranz recalls the highlights of his career and explains his role in bringing the three Apollo 13 astronauts back safely to Earth. 2000.
DB51600

Berlin diary: the journal of a foreign correspondent, 1934-1941
by William L Shirer

The journalist's day-to-day experiences in Germany before World War II to the first years of the war. A compelling picture of Hitler's Nazi Germany by the author whose censored reports were broadcast daily from Berlin to the American people.
DB22297