PCPL Adult Services Librarian

Adult Summer Reading Thank You

2009-09-29T16:58:00.003-04:00

The Pinckney Library would like to thank the following businesses, organizations and patrons who provided prizes for the
2009 Adult Summer Reading Program:

• Whispering Pines Golf Club
• Rush Lake Hills Golf Club
• Purple Rose Theatre Company
• ALDI Inc. Webberville Division
• Brighton Target
• Brighton Costco
• Scio Twp. Meijer
• Huron Lady II Cruises
• J&K Steamboat Line (Michigan Princess Riverboat)
• V: Fitness & Spa in Ann Arbor
• Rush Lake Hills Golf Club
• Kate Pratt
• Judy Mulholland
• Kathy Rooney
• Friends of the Pinckney Community Public Library
• Noodles & Co. in Arborland, Ann Arbor
• Hamburg Dairy Queen

The library would also like to thank the following organizations and businesses for their donations towards the
2009 “Be Creative @ Your Library” and “Express Yourself @ Your Library” Summer Reading Programs:

• Hamburg Dairy Queen
• Noodles & Co. in Arborland, Ann Arbor
• Marco’s Pizza in Pinckney
• Friends of the Pinckney Community Public Library
• Rollerama II in Brighton
• Planet Rock II, Inc. in Ann Arbor

New York Times Best Seller Hardcorver Nonfiction September 10, 2009

2009-09-21T10:48:00.000-04:00

Hardcover Nonfiction

Published: September 11, 2009

Buy These Books From:

This Week		Last Week	Weeks on List
1	CULTURE OF CORRUPTION, by Michelle Malkin. (Regnery, $27.95.) President Obama and his team as tax cheats, petty crooks, influence peddlers and Wall Street cronies.	1	6
2	OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunity as well as talent — from the author of “Blink.”	2	42
3	IN THE PRESIDENT’S SECRET SERVICE, by Ronald Kessler. (Crown, $26.) Agents and the presidents they protect.	3	5
4	STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS, by Tracy Kidder. (Random House,, $26.) A medical student survives civil war and genocide in Burundi, and, after a difficult beginning, flourishes in the United States.	12	2
5	BORN TO RUN, by Christopher McDougall. (Knopf, $24.95.) Secrets of distance running from a Mexican Indian tribe.	4	12
6	A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY, by Bill O’Reilly. (Broadway, $26.) The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career.	5	45
7*	LIBERTY AND TYRANNY, by Mark R. Levin. (Threshold Editions, $25.) A conservative manifesto from a talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation.	9	24
8	CATASTROPHE, by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. (Harper/HarperCollins, $26.99.) Stopping President Obama before he transforms America into a socialist state. (†) (†)	8	11
9	THE HEALING OF AMERICA, by T. R. Reid. (Penguin Press, $25.95.) How other industrialized democracies provide health care for all at a reasonable cost.	6	2
10	NURTURESHOCK, by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman. (Twelve, $24.99.) A report on recent research that challenges the conventional wisdom about child-rearing.		1

New York Times Best Seller Hardcorver Fiction September 10, 2009

2009-09-21T10:40:00.001-04:00

Hardcover Fiction

Published: September 10, 2009

PCPL Owns

On Order

This Week		Last Week	Weeks on List
1	DARK SLAYER, by Christine Feehan. (Berkley, $25.95.) A slayer who travels with a wolf pack frees a Dragonseeker from prison and falls in love with him; a Carpathian novel.		1
2	ALEX CROSS’S ‘TRIAL’, by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) The detective Alex Cross writes a novel about his great-uncle, who fought the Klan.	1	2
3	SOUTH OF BROAD, by Pat Conroy. (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, $29.95.) An unlikely group’s friendship from the ’60s to the ’80s, by the author of "The Prince of Tides."	2	4
4	SPARTAN GOLD, by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood. (Putnam, $26.96.) Husband-and-wife treasure hunters search for bottles of wine from Napoleon’s “lost cellar.”		1
5	THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi.	3	23
6	THE WHITE QUEEN, by Philippa Gregory. (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, $25.99.) Palace intrigue during the War of the Roses, by the author of "The Other Boleyn Girl."	5	3
7	HOMER & LANGLEY, by E. L. Doctorow. (Random House, $26.) The lives of the reclusive Collyer brothers; by the author of “Ragtime.”		1
8	206 BONES, by Kathy Reichs. (Scribner, $26.99.) Temperance Brennan is accused of mishandling an autopsy.	4	2
9	THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf, $25.95.) A Swedish hacker becomes a murder suspect.	6	6
10	A GATE AT THE STAIRS, by Lorrie Moore. (Knopf, $25.95.) A Midwestern college student takes a job as a nanny with a couple on the eve of adoption.		1

Welcome Back Adult Summer Reading Program!

2009-06-24T12:24:00.006-04:00

Summer Reading—Not Just for Kids!

Planning on a relaxing vacation this summer? Why not enjoy some good books? Or why not plan on catching up on those titles you were meaning to read but never got around to doing? Once you’ve read up on these interesting titles, come join in the fun and share your reviews during the Pinckney Library’s 2009 “Summer Fun” Adult Summer Reading Program!

“I’ve really enjoyed this program,” is Ashley Sala’s reaction to having won a prize during last year’s program. Kate Pratt, also a previous weekly prize winner agrees thoroughly with that assessment. “Where else but at the library can I read—which I love doing—share my opinions with others—which I like doing anyway—and win prizes for it?” she adds. “I don’t remember when I enjoyed a program more!”

“I’ve been happy to see how well-received this program has been over the past 4 years it’s been offered to our patrons,” says Hope Siasoco, library director. “I think we’ve built an increased awareness of this program in our community, because I know we have a lot of readers in the area. I also think our adult patrons enjoy being able to participate in a program that for years have only been seen by many as ‘just for kids’.”

Starting on July 1, 2009, the program will continue on for two months and end on September 8, 2009. Adult Summer Reading Program is open to anyone 18 years and over. And it’s very simple to participate. No registration necessary. Simply fill out a review form (located in the library or printed from the Pinckney Library’s website) for every book you read over this time period and return them to the library in the “Summer Fun” drop box. These forms will become your entry for prizes given out periodically every week, and will qualify you for a grand prize drawing set for September 9, 2009. The program is open to all Pinckney Library patrons, Friends Group members, Board of Trustees, and Pinckney Library staff.

For more information, call the library (734-878-3888) or visit us on the web @ http://www.pinckneylibrary.org/ or our Facebook page or in person @ 350 Mower Rd., Pinckney MI. So come join in the fun and read this summer!

New DVDs

2009-06-22T15:05:00.032-04:00

Check out the newest DVD releases at the Pinckney Library!

If you do not see the title on the shelf, please ask at the desk. We would be happy to reserve it for you.

Title	CallNumber	CopyID
Australia	DVD AUS	33949
Ben-Hur	DVD CLASSIC BEN	34222
Beverly hillbillies, The	DVD CLASS BEV 3	34309
Boy in the striped pajamas, The	DVD BOY	33948
Bride wars	DVD BRI	34131
Cadillac Records	DVD CAD	34216
Caprica	DVD CAP	34419
Clarissa	DVD CLASSIC CLA	34437
Confessions of a shopaholic	DVD CON	34575
Curious case of Benjamin Button, The	DVD CUR	34240
Day the Earth stood still, The	DVD DAY	34210
Doubt	DVD DOU	34212
Fanboys	DVD FAN	34417
Flash of genius	DVD FLA	33947
Frost/Nixon	DVD FRO	34105
Gran Torino	DVD GRAN	34519
I now pronounce you Chuck & Larry	DVD INO	33973
I've loved you so long	DVD IVE	34226
Last chance Harvey	DVD LAS	34239
Little Dorrit	DVD CLASSIC LIT	34444
Lost in Austen	DVD LOS	34530
Marley & me	DVD MAR	30986
Milk	DVD MIL	33953
My best friend's girl	DVD MYB	33954
Nick & Norah's infinite playlist	DVD NIC	33955
Nothing but the truth	DVD NOT	34241
Notorious	DVD NOT	34217
O. Henry's full house	DVD CLASSIC OHE	34455
Odd girl out	DVD ODD	33945
Paul Blart	DVD PAU	34340
Punisher.	DVD PUN	33957
Quantum of solace	DVD QUA	34209
Quo vadis	DVD CLASSIC QUO	34220
Quo vadis.	DVD FOREIGN QUO	34439
Rachel getting married	DVD RAC	34215
Reader, The	DVD REA	34214
Religulous	DVD REL	34461
Revolutionary road	DVD REV	34523
Robe, The	DVD CLASSIC ROB	34224
Role models	DVD ROL	33944
Seven pounds	DVD SEV	34213
Sex drive	DVD SEX	33946
Sharkwater	DVD SHA	34421
Slumdog millionaire	DVD SLU	34211
Speak	DVD SPE	33968
Spirit, The	DVD SPI	34219
Synecdoche, New York	DVD SYN	34218
Taken	DVD TAK	34418
Taming of the shrew, The	DVD CLASSIC TAM	34442
Tell no one	DVD TEL	34237
Ten commandments, The	DVD CLASSIC TEN	34228
Twilight	DVD TWI	33972
Uninvited, The	DVD UNI	34235
Valkyrie	DVD VAL	34520
Wendy and Lucy	DVD WEN	34460
What doesn't kill you	DVD WHA	34236
What just happened	DVD WHA	33956
Wrestler, The	DVD WRE	34238
Yes man	DVD YES	34521

“Local Trails & Beyond”

2009-06-18T10:44:00.008-04:00

In preparations for Summer and to help promote the library's new Park & Read program, John Calvert, owner of Village Cyclery in Pinckney and President of the Friends of the Lakelands Trail group, had a very successful presentation on local Michigan trails for biking, hiking and horseback riding afficionados. Included in the presentation was the progress of our local Lakelands Trail. John's presentation included photos, trail maps, and a video taken from one of his outings. He spoke to a packed room of thirteen people during the Thursday, June 11, 2009 evening presentation, which started at 6:30pm and ended at 8:00pm.

If you missed this presentation and would like to see John Calvert return in the Fall, feel free to contact Hope at the Pinckney Library (734-878-3888) and express your interest. We'd love to have John come back for a repeat performance!

What's New and Green @ PCPL? The Lights!

2009-06-18T10:35:00.005-04:00

How Green is PCPL?

Michigan GREEN (Group for a Renewable Energy Efficient Nation), a non-profit energy organization, recently completed an energy audit for the Pinckney Community Public Library through a grant from the state energy office. This energy audit, which included a utility bill analysis of electric and natural gas consumption, identified opportunities for energy conservation. Based on the audit, Michigan GREEN recommended that the Pinckney Library move forward with an energy efficiency upgrade. (The final audit report is available at the Pinckney Library.)

MTI Energy, a Michigan GREEN member from Brighton, identified several specific lighting changes that will improve lighting quality while using less energy. MTI saw that the library had T-12 lamps that have been out of production since March 1, 2009 and had incandescent lamps in the down lights that were inefficient. There were a couple of areas within the library that do not have adequate lighting for the task at hand. MTI recommended that new fixtures be added to these areas to increase light levels and improve visual clarity. Occupancy sensors will be added to the restrooms to get additional savings as well as exterior lighting changes to save energy and get longer life.

In March 2009, the library board approved the project, which will pay for itself through energy savings in less than four years. Michigan GREEN’s grant program, Rebuild Michigan Livingston County, provides free energy audits for Livingston County businesses and organizations.

The new lighting at Pinckney Library was installed during the summer of 2009. So be sure to drop by the library and be enlightened!

For more information regarding Michigan Green, contact Doug Russell, Executive Director (906-250-7461) or visit http://www.michigangreen.org/. For more information regarding the Pinckney Library’s lighting project, contact Gary Zaplitny of MTI Lighting (248-446-9502 ext. 206) or Hope Siasoco, Pinckney Library Director (734-878-3888).

New Books at the PCPL

2009-06-17T11:37:00.069-04:00

Fingerprints of God :

Hagerty, Barbara Bradley.

215 HAG

Artisan bread in five minutes a day

Hertzberg, Jeff.

641 HER

The Splendid table's, how to eat supper :

Kasper, Lynne Rossetto.

641 ROS

Treating explosive kids :

Greene, Ross W.

649.153 GRE

Native American beadwork :

Geary, Theresa Flores

745 GEA

Holiday crafts under $10.

746 LEI

The great American staycation :

Wixon, Matt.
910 WIX pb

National Geographic guide to the national parks of the United States.

917 NAT pb

Always looking up:

Fox, Michael J.,

BIO FOX

The unforgiving minute

Mullaney, Craig M.

BIO MUL

First family

Baldacci, David.

FIC BAL

Heart and soul

Binchy, Maeve

FIC BIN

A cousin's promise

Brunstetter, Wanda E

FIC BRU pb

Still Alice
Genova, Lisa.

FIC GEN

The last child

Hart, John

FIC HAR

Deadlock

Johansen, Iris

FIC JOH

A drink before the war

Lehane, Dennis.

FIC LEH pb

The secret

Lewis, Beverly,

FIC LEW pb

The 8th confession

Patterson, James,

FIC PAT

Cemetery dance

Preston, Douglas J.

FIC PRE

Vision in white

Roberts, Nora

FIC ROB pb

Shanghai girls

See, Lisa.

FIC SEE

Tea time for the traditionally built

Smith, Alexander McCall,

FIC SMI

Loitering with intent

Woods, Stuart.

FIC WOO

Borderline

Barr, Nevada.

MYS BAR

Gone tomorrow

Child, Lee

MYS CHI

Fatally flaky

Davidson, Diane Mott

MYS DAV

Dead and Gone

Harris, Charlaine.

MYS HAR

A fool and his honey

Harris, Charlaine.

MYS HAR pb

Regenesis

Cherryh, C. J.

SF CHE

Conspirator :

Cherryh, C. J.
SF CHE

2009-03-12T13:06:00.023-04:00

2009 Livingston Reads!

March 1 - May 31, 2009
Play Ball!

ALL THE STARS CAME OUT THAT NIGHT by Kevin King

Kevin King's debut novel, All The Stars Came Out That Night, is a vivid portrait of a Depression-era America written in a voice at once humorous and poetic. Set at Boston's Fenway Park on October 20, 1943 All The Stars Came Out That Night imagines a late-night baseball game bankrolled by Henry Ford, pitting Dizzy Dean's all-white all-stars against Satchel Paige's black all-stars. Not a contest waged for money or trophies, the outcome of this game carries with it both the weight of a historic barring of blacks from baseball the promise of vidication and redemption.

THE FINAL SEASON: FATHERS, SONS AND ONE LAST SEASON IN A CLASSIC AMERICAN BALLPARK by Tom Stanton

Growing up in the 60's and 70's, Tom Staton lived for his Detroit Tigers. When Tiger Stadium began its 88th final season, he vowed to attend all 81 home games in order to explore his attachment to the place where four generations of his family have shared baseball. Join him as he encounters idols, cojures decades past, and discovers the mysteries of a park where Cobb and Ruth played. Come along and sit beside Al Kaline on the dugout bench, eat popcorn with Elmore Leonard... By the autumn of his odyssey, Stanton comes to realize that his anguish isn't just about his dad's mortality, for the heart of his story is the love between fathers and sons--a theme that resonates with baseball fans of all ages.

Livingston Reads is a “One Book, One Community” project offered by the six Livingston County Libraries (Brighton, Fowlerville, Hamburg, Hartland, Howell and Pinckney), and is a program to encourage residents to read for pleasure, to create community through reading, and to promote the exploration of ideas, knowledge and the fun of that All American Sport, baseball! Now in its fifth year, we hope to present the Livingston County libraries as centers for culture, entertainment and enlightenment, and to position our libraries as leaders in promoting the joy of reading.

This year, we have two book selections; nonfiction and fiction. Our nonfiction selection is The Final Season: Fathers, Sons and One Last Season in a Classic American Ballpark by Michigan Author Award winner, Tom Stanton. This is the story of how he attended every game of the final season of the Old Tiger Stadium; and explores his feelings for baseball, Tiger Stadium, and his love for his father; who introduced him to this most American of sports. Our fiction selection is All the Stars Came Out that Night by Kevin King. This tells of a Depression Era ball game promoted by Henry Ford between the Dizzy Dean’s all-white all-stars and Satchel Paige’s black all-stars; a time when ball ballplayers were banned from the sport.

Livingston Reads will run from March 1 through May 31, 2000 and copies of the books will be available at each of the six participating libraries. Each library will have programs that reflect on the themes of these books. For more information, please check out our website at http://www.livingstonreads.org/. Events are listed under a link on the left hand side of the page. Or leave your impressions of the books on our links to the authors' blogs.

Please join us and the other Livingston County Libraries at our upcoming events!

2009-03-12T12:02:00.003-04:00

The State of Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency, in partnership with Michigan Works!, has introduced a new video titled: "Filing Your Claim for Unemployment Benefit & Finding a Job". This 17 1/2 minute video is designed to provide information on the claims-filing process and answer many of the typical questions asked by unemployment workers.

This DVD is available for viewing or check out in all the public libraries in the State of Michigan. The Pinckney Library has copies available for in-library use and one copy for a three-day check out. Please inquire at the circulation for more information or visit the library's website at http://www.pinckneylibrary.org/. A link on the lower left hand corner of the webpage with the MeL logo will lead to more information on how to file for unemployment benefits.

2008-11-10T13:08:00.000-05:00

Hardcover Nonfiction

Published: October 31, 2008

PCPL Owns

This Week		Last Week	Weeks on List
1	AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE, by James Patterson and Hal Friedman. (Little, Brown, $26.99.) A family’s struggle to get treatment for their son’s Tourette’s syndrome.		1
2	THE SNOWBALL, by Alice Schroeder. (Bantam, $35.) The life of Warren Buffett.	1	4
3	DEWEY, by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter. (Grand Central, $19.99.) The kitten left freezing in the returned-book slot of an Iowa public library and his rise to fame.	3	6
4	MY STROKE OF INSIGHT, by Jill Bolte Taylor. (Viking, $24.95.) A brain scientist shares what she learned from her 1996 stroke.		11
5	A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY, by Bill O’Reilly. (Broadway, $26.) The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career.	2	5
6	HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED, by Thomas L. Friedman. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27.95.) How a green revolution can renew America, by the New York Times columnist.	6	7
7	HERE’S THE STORY, by Maureen McCormick. (Morrow, $25.95.) The life of the actress who played Marcia Brady.	4	2
8	MULTIPLE BLESSINGS, by Jon Gosselin, Kate Gosselin and Beth Carson. (Zondervan, $19.) A couple with twins has sextuplets.	5	2
9	THE LONGEST TRIP HOME, by John Grogan. (Morrow, $25.95.) A memoir of growing up Catholic, by the author of “Marley & Me.”		1
10	LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER, by Maya Angelou. (Random House, $25.) Reminiscences, appreciations and poems from the author of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.”	7	4

New York Times Best Seller Hardcover Fiction for October 31, 2008

2008-11-06T15:53:00.000-05:00

Hardcover Fiction

Published: October 31, 2008

PCPL Owns

This Week		Last Week	Weeks on List
1	EXTREME MEASURES, by Vince Flynn. (Atria, $27.95.) Mitch Rapp teams up with a C.I.A. colleague to fight a terrorist cell — and the politicians who would rein them in.		1
2	THE BRASS VERDICT, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown, $26.) Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller (the Lincoln lawyer) team up to find a killer.	1	2
3	THE LUCKY ONE, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $24.99.) A marine returning home sets out to track down the woman whose photo he found in Iraq.	2	4
4	BONES, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine, $27.) The psychologist-detective Alex Delaware is called in when women’s bodies keep turning up in a Los Angeles marsh.		1
5	THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, by David Wroblewski. (Ecco, $25.95.) A mute takes refuge with three dogs in the Wisconsin woods after his father’s death.	3	20
6	ROUGH WEATHER, by Robert B. Parker. (Putnam, $26.95.) The Boston private eye Spenser gets involved when a gunman kidnaps the bride from her wedding on a private island.		1
7	A LION AMONG MEN, by Gregory Maguire. (Morrow, $26.95.) A looming civil war in Oz, seen through the eyes of the Cowardly Lion; Book 3 of the Wicked Years.	4	2
8*	TESTIMONY, by Anita Shreve. (Little, Brown, $25.99.) A sex scandal at a Vermont prep school is caught on tape.		1
9	A MOST WANTED MAN, by John le Carré. (Scribner, $28.) Intelligence agencies converge in Hamburg when a young Muslim man with mysterious connections shows up.	5	3
10*	DARK SUMMER, by Iris Johansen. (St. Martin’s, $26.95.) A veterinarian cares for an injured dog with an amazing secret.		1

2008-10-22T16:27:00.006-04:00

A Day in Detroit/Casinos for a Cause

The Pinckney Community Public Library invites you to “A Day in Detroit/Casinos for a Cause” on:
• Thursday, October 16, 2008—bus leaves Pinckney @ 9:00 am (First Drop Off—Detroit Institute of the Arts; Second Drop Off—Greektown Casino)
• Friday, October 24, 2008—bus leaves Pinckney @ 4:00 pm (First Drop Off—Detroit Institute of the Arts; Second Drop Off—Greektown Casino)
• Thursday, November 13, 2008—bus leaves Pinckney @ 9:00 am (First Drop Off—Detroit Institute of the Arts; Second Drop Off—Greektown Casino)
• Saturday, November 22, 2008—bus leaves Pinckney @ 10:00 am (First Drop Off—Detroit Institute of the Arts; Second Drop Off—Greektown Casino)
• Friday, November 28, 2008—bus leaves Pinckney @ 11:00 am (First Drop Off—Detroit Institute of the Arts; Second Drop Off—Greektown Casino)

Join us for a trip to Downtown Detroit at the Detroit Institute of the Arts or Greektown Casino for an evening of fine arts or gambling, food and fun! Tickets are $30 per person. Price includes round-trip transportation and $20.00 Greektown credit for play at the casino.

For more information, call the Pinckney Public Library (734-878-3888) . Proceeds benefit the Pinckney Community Public Library and other various organizations throughout mid-Michigan.

New York Times Bestsellers List for Hardcover NonFiction for October 12, 2008

2008-10-08T17:16:00.001-04:00

Hardcover Nonfiction

Published: October 12, 2008

Pinckney Library Owns

On Order

This Week		Last Week	Weeks on List
1	HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED, by Thomas L. Friedman. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27.95.) How a green revolution can renew America, by the New York Times columnist.	1	3
2	A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY, by Bill O’Reilly. (Broadway, $26.) The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career.		1
3	PIECES OF MY HEART, by Robert J. Wagner with Scott Eyman. (William Morrow, 25.95.) The movie star offers a memoir of his life, his marriages and his work.		1
4	THE WAR WITHIN, by Bob Woodward. (Simon & Schuster, $32.) White House debates over the Iraq war, 2006-8. First Chapter	2	3
5	DEWEY, by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter. (Grand Central, $19.99.) The kitten left freezing in the returned-book slot of an Iowa public library, and his rise to fame.	13	2
6	BAD MONEY, by Kevin Phillips. (Viking, $25.95.) How the financial sector has hijacked the American economy, aided by Washington’s ruinous faith in the efficiency of markets.		3
7	THE LIMITS OF POWER, by Andrew Bacevich. (Metropolitan/Holt, $24.) A retired Army colonel argues that Americans themselves are responsible for the country’s woes. (†)	3	7
8	MOTHER WARRIORS, by Jenny McCarthy. (Dutton, $24.95.) The battles of the author and other mothers against their children’s autism.		1
9	BOYS WILL BE BOYS, by Jeff Pearlman. (Harper, $25.95.) A chronicle of the Super Bowl-winning Dallas Cowboys of the 1990s.	7	2
10	THROUGH THE STORM, by Lynne Spears with Lorilee Craker. (Nelson, 24.99.) Britney Spears’s mother gives her perspective on her family’s perils.

New York Times Bestsellers List for Hardcover Fiction for October 3, 2008

2008-10-08T17:13:00.002-04:00

Hardcover Fiction

Published: October 3, 2008

Pinckney Library Owns

On Order

This Week		Last Week	Weeks on List
1	THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, by David Wroblewski. (Ecco, $25.95.) A mute takes refuge with three dogs in the Wisconsin woods after his father’s death. First Chapter	1	16
2	HEAT LIGHTNING, by John Sandford. (Putnam, $26.95.) Virgil Flowers investigates murder cases linked by a lemon in the mouth of each victim.		1
3	THE GIVEN DAY, by Dennis Lehane. (William Morrow, $27.95.) A policman, a fugitive and their families persevere in the turbulence of Boston at the end of World War I.		1
4	HOT MAHOGANY, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam, $25.95.) A Stone Barrington mystery set amid the intrigues of the world of antiques and old and new money in New England.		1
5	ONE FIFTH AVENUE, by Candace Bushnell. (Hyperion, $25.95.) The worlds of gossip, theater and hedge funds have one address in common.		1
6	THE OTHER QUEEN, by Philippa Gregory. (Touchstone, $25.95.) The story of Mary, Queen of Scots, in captivity under Queen Elizabeth.	2	2
7	THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf, $24.95.) A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of an octogenarian’s niece 40 years ago.	4	2
8	TSAR, by Ted Bell. (Atria Books, $26.95.) The Kremlin has a brutal killer working for it in America.		1
9	THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. (Dial, $22.) A journalist meets the island’s old Nazi resisters.	5	9
10*	THE HOST, by Stephenie Meyer. (Little, Brown, $25.99.) Aliens have taken control of the minds and bodies of most humans, but one woman won’t surrender.

2008 Adult Summer Reading Program Staff Reviews - Twilight

2008-08-06T16:36:00.006-04:00

TITLE: Twilight

AUTHOR: Meyer, Stephenie

CALL NO.: TEEN FIC MEY (Book) or CD TEEN FIC MEY (Audio Book)

RECOMMENDED: Yes

Slow going to start, but a great read once you get hooked! Great characters and very well written. Very appropriate for teen readers, but will interest adults too.

TITLE: New Moon

AUTHOR: Meyer, Stephenie

CALL NO.: TEEN FIC MEY (Book) or CD TEEN FIC MEY (Audio Book)

RECOMMENDED: Yes

I didn't enjoy this book as much as Twilight, but I still want to continue with the storyline.

2008-07-22T17:46:00.007-04:00

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FROM CONSUMERIST.COM: Reader MG is a fan of the site and a public librarian and has written a list of 7 ways that your library can help you during a bad economy. Libraries are an excellent resource and they're pretty easy to use. Don't worry if you're not a big reader, there's lots more stuff to do at the library besides just checking out books.

You can get pretty much any book at the library: A book habit can be expensive. Even second hand books can add up if you read a lot. Even the smallest library can access inter-library loan, Worldcat, OCLC and other library loan services to get you even the most obscure and out of print material.

Yes, we have movies: Many libraries charge a nominal (1-2 dollar) fee for renting recent or "popular" titles. It's something of a controversy in the profession, one side arguing all library services should be free, the other saying "We're not a video store!". I tend to fall on the side of free for all. In any case, the fee is often far less than what you'd pay for a rental at a chain video store, and the fees to to cover costs of processing and growing the video collection. If you're looking for a rare film, perhaps older or on an obscure format (Betamax tapes are out there still) libraries can save you a ton compared to buying it on Ebay.

Kids Activities: Any library worth it's salt offers a summer reading program for kids. Often with prizes, programs and events all summer long. Libraries also offer storytimes, arts and crafts, computer classes, movie nights and reading clubs for kids of all ages.

Save Money and maybe your life!: Libraries offer seminars in home buying, estate planning and even purchasing electronics and other big-ticket items. Libraries also offer free blood pressure screenings, programs about weight loss and exercise.

Make new friends: Library book clubs and book discussion groups are great ways to meet people. Some libraries even offer "mingling" events for single patrons.

Find a new job!: I can't tell you how many times local employers have come in asking to post job listings or drop off materials about open positions. Many libraries offer resume writing workshops, computer training and even job fairs. College and University library job fairs are often open to the public.

Libraries listen to consumers!: We like to call them patrons, but we really do listen. Do you want a storytime for kids after 5pm? Ask for it! Want more books about home finance or budgeting? Just ask! Libraries often go to great pains to suss out what the community wants, letting us know directly is great. The complaint or suggestion of a patron carries a lot of weight with library directors and boards, so you are being heard.

No Internet at PCPL the weekend of July 19 & 20, 2008

2008-07-16T15:29:00.002-04:00

Scheduled System Maintenance

Our Interner provider has notified us that there will be no Internet available the weekend of July 19 & 20, 2008 at the Pinckney Public Library.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

New York Times Best Seller Hardcover NonFiction for July 20 2008

2008-07-16T15:18:00.002-04:00

Hardcover Nonfiction

Published: July 20, 2008

Pinckney Library owns

On Order

This Week		Last Week	Weeks On List
1	WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES, by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown, $25.99.) The humorist’s latest essays.	1	5
2	FLEECED, by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. (Harper, $26.95.) Americans are fleeced by government, business, labor unions and lobbyists. (†)	2	2
3	WHAT HAPPENED, by Scott McClellan. (PublicAffairs, $27.95.) A former White House press secretary regrets that “I allowed myself to be deceived” by top officials.	3	6
4	ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT’S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea Handler. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95.) Humorous personal essays from the stand-up comedian.	4	11
5	THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE, by Douglas Preston with Mario Spezi. (Grand Central, $25.99.) An American writer in Florence and an Italian journalist work to discover the identity of a local serial killer.	5	4
6	MY STROKE OF INSIGHT, by Jill Bolte Taylor. (Viking, $24.95.) A brain scientist shares what she learned from her 1996 stroke.	7	5
7	AUDITION, by Barbara Walters. (Knopf, $29.95.) A personal and professional memoir.	6	9
8	THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD, by Fareed Zakaria. (Norton, $25.95.) The rise of China and India and the global distribution of power.	8	10
9	STORI TELLING, by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin. (Simon Spotlight, $24.95.) The actress’s memoir, from her Hollywood childhood through “Beverly Hills, 90210,” to her son’s birth.	11	6
10	THE BILLIONAIRE’S VINEGAR, by Benjamin Wallace. (Crown, $24.95.) An investigation into the world of rare wines, focused on a bottle that was supposedly owned by Jefferson. PCPL Card Catalog MeLCat		1

New York Times Best Seller Hardcover Fiction for July 20 2008

2008-07-16T15:17:00.003-04:00

Hardcover Fiction

Published: July 20, 2008

Pinckney Library owns

On Order

This Week		Last Week	Weeks On List
1	THE LAST PATRIOT, by Brad Thor. (Atria, $26.) Scot Harvath, a Homeland Security superagent, searches for an ancient secret that could defeat Islamic militants.		1
2	FEARLESS FOURTEEN, by Janet Evanovich. (St. Martin’s, $27.95.) Stephanie Plum and her boyfriend Joe Morelli become involved when his cousin’s bank robbery goes bad.	1	3
3	SAIL, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) A sailing vacation turns into a disaster when someone attempts to destroy a family.	2	4
4	TAILSPIN, by Catherine Coulter. (Putnam, $25.95.) Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock — F.B.I. agents as well as husband and wife — come to the aid of a colleague.	3	2
5	THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, by David Wroblewski. (Ecco, $25.95.) A mute takes refuge with three dogs in the Wisconsin woods after his uncle murders his father.	6	4
6	THE HOST, by Stephenie Meyer. (Little, Brown, $25.99.) Aliens have taken control of the minds and bodies of most humans, but one woman won’t surrender.	5	9
7	CHASING DARKNESS, by Robert Crais. (Simon & Schuster, $25.95.) Is the Los Angeles private eye Elvis Cole responsible for the release of a serial killer?		1
8	ROGUE, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte, $27.) A divorced doctor about to remarry faces a quandary when her ex-husband asks her to work with him on a humanitarian project.	4	2
9	DEATH ANGEL, by Linda Howard. (Ballantine, $26.) A crime lord’s former mistress cooperates with the F.B.I.		1
10	THE BEACH HOUSE, by Jane Green. (Viking, $24.95.) A woman’s life changes when she rents out rooms in her Nantucket house. PCPL Card Catalog MeLCat	9	3

New York Times Best Seller list for Hardcover Nonfiction for May 11, 2008

2008-05-13T15:16:00.001-04:00

Hardcover Nonfiction

Published: May 11, 2008

This Week		Last Week	Weeks On List
1	ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT’S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea Handler. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95.) Humorous personal essays from the stand-up comedian.		1
2	ESCAPE, by Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer. (Broadway, $24.95.) A former member of a fundamentalist polygamous sect describes her forced marriage to a much older man.	5	5
3	HOME, by Julie Andrews. (Hyperion, $26.95.) A memoir of Andrews’s early years from birth to being cast as Mary Poppins.	2	4
4	BEAUTIFUL BOY, by David Sheff. (Houghton Mifflin, $24.) A father struggles with his son’s meth addiction.	1	9
5	MISTAKEN IDENTITY, by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb. (Howard, $21.95.) The families of two girls whose identities were confused after a 2006 accident describe their experience.	3	5
6	LADIES OF LIBERTY, by Cokie Roberts. (Morrow, $26.95.) The influential women of early America, from the ABC and NPR news analyst and the author of “The Founding Mothers.”	4	3
7	THE REVOLUTION, by Ron Paul. (Grand Central, $21.) A libertarian manifesto from the Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate. (†)		1
8	BAD MONEY, by Kevin Phillips. (Viking, $25.95.) How the financial sector has hijacked the American economy, aided by Washington’s ruinous faith in the efficiency of markets.	7	2
9	* ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT, by Kurt Vonnegut. (Putnam, $24.95.) Twelve unpublished writings on war and peace by the novelist, who died in 2007.	8	4
10	THE SOLOIST, by Steve Lopez. (Putnam, $25.95.) A columnist for The Los Angeles Times comes upon a homeless musician on Skid Row and sets out to change his life.		1

New York Times Best Seller list for Hardcover Fiction for May 11, 2008

2008-05-13T15:15:00.001-04:00

Hardcover Fiction

Published: May 11, 2008

PCPL Owns

On Order

This Week		Last Week	Weeks On List
1	THE WHOLE TRUTH, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $26.99.) An intelligence agent and a journalist team up against a warmongering defense contractor.		1
2	HOLD TIGHT, by Harlan Coben. (Dutton, $26.95.) The aftermath of a high school kid’s suicide rocks a New Jersey suburb.	1	2
3	THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS, by Alexander McCall Smith. (Pantheon, $22.95.) The ninth novel in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.	3	2
4	UNACCUSTOMED EARTH, by Jhumpa Lahiri. (Knopf, $25.) Stories about the anxiety and transformation experienced by Bengali parents and their American children.	4	4
5	WHERE ARE YOU NOW?, by Mary Higgins Clark. (Simon & Schuster, $25.95.) A woman searches for the truth about her brother, who is alive but has disappeared.	2	3
6	CERTAIN GIRLS, by Jennifer Weiner. (Atria, $26.95.) A girl discovers the sexy, somewhat autobiographical novel her mother wrote years earlier.	5	3
7	QUICKSAND, by Iris Johansen. (St. Martin’s, $26.95.) The forensic sculptor Eve Duncan tracks a killer who claims to have murdered her daughter years earlier.		1
8	* DEAD HEAT, by Joel C. Rosenberg. (Tyndale, $24.99.) With the world on the brink of war, terrorists plot to assassinate a candidate in a closely fought presidential election.		5
9	THE APPEAL, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $27.95.) Political and legal intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court decides against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste.	6	13
10	SANTA FE DEAD, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam, $25.95.) A Santa Fe lawyer investigates his nefarious former wife.		1

Livingston Reads - The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan

2008-05-07T17:29:00.006-04:00

Livingston Reads is a program sponsored by the public libraries in Livingston County, Michigan and designed to encourage residents read for pleasure; to create community through reading; to promote the exploration of ideas, culture, and knowledge through books; and to advance a sense of our own local history through the experience of reading and sharing.

The program runs from February 1st through April 30th. You are encouraged to check out a copy of the book from your local public library and discuss it with your family, friends, co-workers and neighbors. Each library will be hosting events in association with the book.

About the book

On April 14, 1935, the biggest dust storm on record descended over five states, from the Dakotas to Amarillo, Texas. People standing a few feet apart could not see each other; if they touched, they risked being knocked over by the static electricity that the dust created in the air. The Dust Bowl was the product of reckless, market-driven farming that had so abused the land that, when dry weather came, the wind lifted up millions of acres of topsoil and whipped it around in "black blizzards," which blew as far east as New York.

Egan's portraits of the families who stayed behind are sobering and far less familiar than those of the "exodusters" who staggered out of the High Plains.

February 11, 2008 - Livingston Reads Kickoff Program -
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Keep the Great Lakes GREAT!
Video of our Program
The Great Lakes hold one-fifth of the world's freshwater supply and currently provide drinking water to over 42 million people. Yet each day, our Lakes are damaged economically and ecologically by untreated sewage, toxic pollution, and invasive species. Unless we invest in a solution today, the price we pay tomorrow will be much higher and future generations may never experience the Great Lakes as we know them.
Fortunately there is a solution - you! Please attend the upcoming presentation at Brighton District Library. Melissa Damaschke, Sierra Club Great Lakes Regional Representative, will discuss threats to the Great Lakes and solutions to those threats as well as actions you can take to PROTECT the Great Lakes.

April 17, 2008 - AUTHOR VISIT/BOOK SIGNING:
Timothy Egan - 2:00pm
Cromaine District Library will host Mr. Egan as he briefly discusses his book and signs participants copies of "The Worst Hard Time". Books will not be sold at this appearance so make sure to bring your own. See the video here.

New York Times Best seller Hardcover Non-Ficture for April 20, 2008

2008-04-16T17:45:00.000-04:00

Hardcover Nonfiction

Published: April 20, 2008

Pinckney Public Library

MeLCat

Library Owns

On Order

This Week		Last Week	Weeks On List
1	MISTAKEN IDENTITY, by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb. (Howard, $21.95.) The families of two girls whose identities were confused after a 2006 accident describe their experience.	1	2
2	HOME, by Julie Andrews. (Hyperion, $26.95.) A memoir of Andrews’s early years, from birth to being cast as Mary Poppins.		1
3	BEAUTIFUL BOY, by David Sheff. (Houghton Mifflin, $24.) A father struggles with his son’s meth addiction.	2	6
4	ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT, by Kurt Vonnegut. (Putnam, $24.95.) Twelve unpublished writings on war and peace by the novelist, who died in 2007.		1
5	VINDICATED, by Jose Canseco. (Simon Spotlight, $25.95.) In a follow-up to his memoir, “Juiced,” Canseco names steroid users in baseball and evaluates the Mitchell report.		1
6	BRETT FAVRE: THE TRIBUTE, (Sports Illustrated, $27.95.) From the magazine, articles about and pictures of the Green Bay Packers quarterback.	13	2
7	IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin Press, $21.95.) A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”	4	14
8	THE BIN LADENS, by Steve Coll. (Penguin Press, $35.) A history of the family and its fortune focuses on the effects of sudden oil wealth on Saudi Arabia and how it affected relationships with the West.		1
9	STORI TELLING, by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin. (Simon Spotlight, $24.95.) The actress’s memoir, from her Hollywood childhood through “Beverly Hills, 90210,” to her son’s birth.	5	4
10	LOSING IT, by Valerie Bertinelli. (Free Press, $26.) A memoir by the actress and former wife of Eddie Van Halen focuses on depression and her effort to lose weight.	3	6

New York Times Best seller Hardcover Fiction for April 20, 2008

2008-04-16T17:39:00.005-04:00

Hardcover Fiction

Published: April 20, 2008

Pinckney Public Library

MeLCat

Library Owns

On Order

This Week		Last Week	Weeks On List
1	UNACCUSTOMED EARTH, by Jhumpa Lahiri. (Knopf, $25.) Stories about the anxiety and transformation experienced by Bengali parents and their American children.		1
2	SMALL FAVOR, by Jim Butcher. (Roc, $23.95.) Book 10 of the Dresden Files series about a wizard detective in Chicago.		1
3	COMPULSION, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine, $27.) Several Los Angeles women are murdered, and the psychologist-detective Alex Delaware investigates.	1	2
4	THE APPEAL, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $27.95.) Political and legal intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court decides against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste.	2	10
5	BELONG TO ME, by Marisa de los Santos. (Morrow, $24.95.) When she moves to the suburbs, a woman becomes enmeshed in complications and secrets.		1
6	CHANGE OF HEART, by Jodi Picoult. (Atria, $26.95.) A prisoner on death row begins performing miracles.	3	5
7	REMEMBER ME?, by Sophie Kinsella. (Dial, $25.) After an auto accident, a London woman loses her memory.	4	6
8	A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, by Khaled Hosseini. (Riverhead, $25.95.) A friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war.	9	46
9	7TH HEAVEN, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) In San Francisco, Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club hunt for an arsonist.	7	9
10	WINTER STUDY, by Nevada Barr. (Putnam, $24.95.) The national park ranger Anna Pigeon returns to an island park in Lake Superior, where a monstrous wolf is at large.		1

New York Times Best Sellers for Hardcover Nonfiction for November 11, 2007

2007-11-05T14:12:00.000-05:00

Hardcover Nonfiction

Published: November 11, 2007

This Week		Last Week	Weeks On List
1	I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!), by Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello and Allison Silverman. (Grand Central, $26.99.) The wit and wisdom of the mock pundit of Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report.”	1	3
2	CLAPTON, by Eric Clapton. (Broadway Books, $26.) The great guitarist looks back on his life and his music.	2	3
3	MY GRANDFATHER’S SON, by Clarence Thomas. (Harper, $26.95.) A memoir from an associate justice of the Supreme Court.	3	4
4	LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. (Little, Brown, $24.99.) The only survivor of a Navy Seal operation in northern Afghanistan describes the battle, his comrades and his courageous escape.	11	18
5	THE AGE OF TURBULENCE, by Alan Greenspan. (Penguin Press, $35.) A memoir by the longtime chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.	4	6
6	FAIR GAME, by Valerie Plame Wilson. (Simon & Schuster, $26.) A former undercover C.I.A. officer who was exposed by the Bush administration describes her experience.		1
7	MUSICOPHILIA, by Oliver Sacks. (Knopf, $26.) The neurologist and author of “Awakenings” examines the interaction between music and the brain.	12	2
8	QUIET STRENGTH, by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker. (Tyndale, $26.99.) A memoir by the first black coach to win a Super Bowl (with the Indianapolis Colts in 2007).	10	16
9	IF DEMOCRATS HAD ANY BRAINS, THEY’D BE REPUBLICANS, by Ann Coulter. (Crown Forum, $24.95.) A collection of the columnist’s provocative quotations.	6	4
10	* THE NINE, by Jeffrey Toobin. (Doubleday, $27.95.) A portrait of the Supreme Court since the Reagan administration focuses on the influence of its moderates.	8	6

New York Times Best Sellers for Hardcover Fiction for November 11, 2007

2007-11-05T14:10:00.000-05:00

Hardcover Fiction

Published: November 11, 2007

Library Owns

On Order

This Week		Last Week	Weeks On List
1	BOOK OF THE DEAD, by Patricia Cornwell. (Putnam, $26.95.) The forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta opens a private practice in Charleston, S.C.		1
2	A LICK OF FROST, by Laurell K. Hamilton. (Ballantine, $24.95.) In the sixth Meredith Gentry paranormal romance, Meredith’s wicked uncle presses charges against her guards.		1
3	* PLAYING FOR PIZZA, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $21.95.) An American third-string quarterback joins the Italian National Football League’s Parma Panthers.	1	5
4	WORLD WITHOUT END, by Ken Follett. (Dutton, $35.) Love and intrigue in Kingsbridge, the medieval English cathedral town at the center of Follett’s “Pillars of the Earth.”	3	3
5	THE ALMOST MOON, by Alice Sebold. (Little, Brown, $24.99.) A woman murders her mother; from the author of “The Lovely Bones.”	2	2
6	THE CHOICE, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $24.99.) How a North Carolina man’s choices play out in his life.	4	5
7	A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, by Khaled Hosseini. (Riverhead, $25.95.) A friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war.	5	23
8	NOW AND THEN, by Robert B. Parker. (Putnam, $25.95.) What looked like a simple matrimonial case for the Boston P.I. turns out to involve a group that sponsors terrorists.		1
9	DARK OF THE MOON, by John Sandford. (Putnam, $26.95.) Virgil Flowers, a character from “Invisible Prey,” investigates three murders in a small Minnesota town.	6	4
10	YOU’VE BEEN WARNED, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) An aspiring photographer working as a nanny has terrible visions.	7	7