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Books
May/June 2005
It's Spring...Time for Weddings!

It’s spring and that means time for romance and weddings! Why not attend one of the following fictional weddings and enjoy the fun. No gift required!

The Accidental Bride by Janice Harayda [Pbk F 1289] - Lily is getting married, and her mother so busy planning the wedding of the Century that she fails to notice that Lily is having severe doubts.

Amanda’s Wedding by Jenny Colgan [FIC COL] - A trendy, raunchy comedy featuring twentysomething Melanie and her circle of London friends. Former schoolmate Amanda - rich, beautiful, and rotten - is marrying a Scottish Lord, who happens to be Melanie’s ex-boyfriend.

Bride and Doom by Jean Hager [LP FIC HAG] - Tess Darcy owns the Iris House B & B and is planning her wedding. When her chef is murdered during the preparations, Tess must solve the mystery and finish the wedding plans.

A Common Life: The Wedding Story by Jan Karon [FIC KAR, Cas, LP] - Karon gives fans of her Mitford series a detailed account of the wedding of Father Timothy and his neighbor Cynthia.

Cupid’s Corner by Annie Jones [FIC JON] - Mayor Jenny Fox of Cupid’s Corner is determined to make her town known as the “Hitchin’ City” by holding 66 weddings before the summer’s end.

Father of the Bride by Edward Streeter [Pbk F 2037] - An unforgettable and humorous account of the trials and tribulations of a wedding from the father of the bride’s point of view. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes [FIC KEY] - After a psychic predicts that Lucy will get married within a year, she goes on a hilarious search for the groom.

Midnight Champagne by A. Manette Ansay [FIC ANS] - Ansay allows us to eavesdrop on the conversations of the wedding guests. They all have opinions on the wedding couple as well as having their own stories to tell.

Miss Julia Throws a Wedding by Ann B. Ross [FIC ROS, LP] - Miss Julia, bastion of southern propriety, takes over the wedding plans of two people in her small town who wanted a quick courthouse union. Miss Julia has one week to plan the wedding of her dreams.

Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews [LP FIC AND] - This light, funny mystery finds experienced bridesmaid Meg having to play detective as she fulfills her bridesmaid duties, which include locating peacocks for her brother’s wedding.

Once Upon a Wedding by Kathleen Eagle [FIC EAG] - To her surprise, Camilla find she enjoys helping to plan her daughter’s wedding and may even have a second chance for love with her ex. But can she trust him?

Otherwise Engaged by Suzanne Finnamore [FIC FIN] - Eve is overjoyed when Michael asks her to marry him. And then comes the year-long engagement and planning. A comic look at putting together a modern wedding.

Silver Wedding by Maeve Binchy [FIC BIN] - The Doyles celebrate their silver wedding anniversary by bringing together all of their friends, including the original wedding party.


And the Award goes to ...

2004 National Book Award
Fiction: The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck [FIC TUC]
Non-fiction: Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin Boyle [345.73 BOY]

2004 Pulitzer Prize
Fiction: The Known World by Edward P. Jones [FIC JON]
Non-fiction: Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum [available from Middletown 365.45]

2004 Agatha Award (Mystery)
Best Novel: Letter from Home by Carolyn Hart [LP FIC HAR]
Best First Novel: Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear [MYS WIN]

2004 Edgar Allan Poe Award
Best Mystery Novel: Resurrection Man by Ian Rankin [MYS RAN]
Best First Mystery: Death of a Nationalist by Rebecca Pawell [MYS PAW]

2004 Locus Award
Science Fiction Novel: Ilium by Dan Simmons [SF SIM]


Window box Bloomin' Books: Gardens, Gardeners, and Gardening Fiction

 

Albert, Susan Wittig - Mystery series starring China Bayles, ex-lawyer and herbalist. [MYS ALB]

Enright, Rosemary - The Walled Garden. After her husband is sent to jail for embezzlement, a woman moves to an English village and starts an organic food business. [FIC ENR]

Fforde, Katie - Wild Designs. An unemployed single mom hoping to become a professional gardener finds her plans disrupted by a new neighbor. [FIC FFO]

Hearon, Shelby - Ella In Bloom. To please her perennially disapproving Texas mother, Ella invents a genteel Louisiana life filled with Victorian heirloom roses and faded lined dresses. [FIC HEA]

Hinton, Lynne - Garden of Faith. The women of Hope Springs Garden Club rely on friendship to get them through life’s hardships. [CAS FIC HIN]

Ray, Jeanne - Julie and Romeo. When the mom and dad from feuding families fall in love, their Jewish and Italian offspring are outraged. [FIC RAY, LP]

Sherwood, John - Mystery series featuring Celia Grant, landscape designer, owner of a garden center. [MYS SHE]

Shields, Carol - Larry’s Party. A Canadian floral designer discovers a passion for creating garden mazes. [FIC SHI]

Thayer, Nancy - Everlasting. Catherine Eliot, cast out by her Social Register family, comes to New York and finds a job in a flower shop. [FIC THA]

Tsukiyama, Gail - The Samurai’s Garden. A Chinese man is sent to his family’s summer home in Japan to recover from tuberculosis and encounters a gardener who teaches him about life. [FIC TSU]


Travelogues
Take a Trip Without Ever Leaving the Comfort of Home

 

Blue Highways: A Journey Into America by William Least-Heat Moon
[914.404 BRY]
Ciao, America! An Italian Discovers the U.S. by Beppe Severgnini
[917.3 SEV]
Granny D: Walking Across America in My 90th Year by Doris Haddock (with Dennis Burke)
[917.3 HAD]
The Lost Towns & Roads of America: A Journey Revealing Early America Still Here Today by J.R. Humphreys
[917.3 HUM]
Miles Away: A Walk Across France by Miles Morland
[914.4904 MOR]
North Country: A Personal Journey by Howard Frank Mosher
[917.3 MOS]
On the Water: Discovering American in a Rowboat by Nathaniel Stone
[917.3 STO]
River Horse: The Logbook of a Boat Across America by William Least-Heat Moon
[917.3 HEA]
Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
[917.2 STE]
Travels with a Hungry Bear: A Journey to the Russian Heartland by Mark Kramer
[914.704 KRA]
An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan by Jason Elliot
[915.81 ELL]
A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins
[917.304 JEN]
Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land through the Five Books of Moses by Bruce Feiler
[915.604 FEI]
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America On the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
[914.404 BRY, CAS, CD]

 


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