Have You Heard the Crawdads Sing?

When Delia Owens wrote her first book at the age of 70, she had no idea how popular it would be. She wrote Where the Crawdads Sing over the course of a decade. With beautiful, lyrical prose, Owens tells the story of a ten-year-old child abandoned by her family in the marshlands of North Carolina. One day, when she is older, a young man she was involved with is found murdered in the swamp, and she becomes the prime suspect.






Whether you're waiting for the book or have already read it, you might enjoy reading one of the following:

Let's No One Get Hurt by John Pineda

The Cove by Ron Rash

A Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash 

My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Talent

Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Brunt

To Kill a Mockingbird  by Harper Lee

In memoriam author Philip Kerr

 

Since this week is the first anniversary of the death of author Philip Kerr I've decided to highlight some of his books here, especially as next month will see the release of his last novel Metropolis.  

Best known for his character, Bernie Gunther, the wisecracking world-weary Berlin detective, Kerr thrives on the vintage Noir mystery.  The best place to start exploring Kerr's work is his first book and the start of the Gunther series March Violets, which is followed by The Pale Criminal, and A German Requiem, his original trilogy.  Gunther's sage was continued with nearly a dozen more titles, which can be found here and are available from the Glenview Public Library and as ebooks through My Media Mall.

He also wrote a number of other stand alone books and series. 

Here are a few example available at the library:

Prayer

Dave Delano, charismatic and intelligent thief and conman, has just served five years in Florida State Penitentiary, where he thought of the heist to see him right for the rest of his life - robbing the carrier of the United Yacht Transport. But the beautiful Kate Furey, DEA, stands in his way.

A Five Year Plan

Gil Martins, an agent with the FBI’s Domestic Terrorism Unit in Houston, sees the violence wrought by extremists of all kinds. Gil has always been on the side of justice—until he learns something that shakes his faith in the system, in himself, and in God. Desperate, he prays, begging to know God is there. When a serial killer begins targeting the morally righteous at the same time that a number of secular icons come under attack, Gil realizes that his prayers are being answered in a most terrifying way.

The Shot

As President Jack Kennedy takes power, the mob decide to succeed where the CIA has failed and take out Fidel Castro. They despatch a hit man, but it soon turns out that he has his own agenda and target - the President. But is the hitman operating alone, or does someone else want Kennedy dead?

Every Spring Takes Its Turn

Here we are again, in the final days of winter, waiting some days patiently and other days very impatiently. I right now am waiting very impatiently, as is my whole family. The cabin fever is really starting to set in and I am so tired of boots and gloves all over the entryway. What kind of book might feel good to read right now, maybe something light and funny to boost the mood. If you feel like I do, maybe try one of these. These books are offbeat with quirky characters.






Skinny Dip by Carl Hiassen
Amp'd by Ken Pisani
Judy Garland, Ginger Love by Nicole Cooley
Noir by Christopher Moore
Lucky Us by Amy Bloom
The Misfortune of Marion Palm by Emily Culliton
The Book of Polly by Kathy Hepinstall
The Windfall by Diksha Basu
The Honk and Holler Opening Soon by Billie Letts

International Women's Day

For International Women's Day, read some books (Fiction and Nonfiction) about and by these amazing women:

For more suggestions visit: International Women's Day Books

Dear Ijeawele: or a Feminist Manifesto in 15 Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is Adichie’s letter of response. Here are fifteen invaluable suggestions–compelling, direct, wryly funny, and perceptive–for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman.

Enchantress of Numbers: a Novel of Ada Lovelace by Jennifer Chiaverini 

Rigorously educated in mathematics and science by her mother, an only legitimate child of brilliant Romantic poet Lord Byron is introduced into London society as a highly eligible heiress before forging a deep bond with inventor Charles Babbage and using her unique talents to become the world's first computer programmer.

 

The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars 

by Dava Sobel
The little-known true story of the unexpected and remarkable contributions to astronomy made by a group of women working in the Harvard College Observatory from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s.

The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict

A tale inspired by the first wife of Albert Einstein follows the experiences of Mitza Mari, a female physics student at an elite late-nineteenth-century school in Zurich, where she falls in love with a charismatic fellow student who eclipses her contributions to his theory of relativity.

The Winners

Still feeling the Oscar buzz? Here's a quick update on films that won big at the 91st Academy Awards and info on how you can get your hands on a DVD or Blu-Ray copy to check out. You'll probably have to place a HOLD on most of these titles as demand is HIGH but you can start to cross some of these off your current watch list:

Green Book - out March 12th

Bohemian Rhapsody - out now

The Favourite - out March 5th

If Beale Street Could Talk  - out March 26th

BlacKkKlansman - out now

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - out March 19th

Free Solo - out March 5th

Black Panther - out now

Vice - out April 2nd

A Star is Born - out now

First Man - out now

Roma - streaming now on Netflix, borrow one of our ROKUs

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held on March 29, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio.  Artists are eligible for inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twenty-five years after their first recording.

The Cure is an English rock band formed in Crawley, England in 1976.  Genres include gothic rock, post-punk, alternative rock and new wave.  The members are Robert Smith (original), Simon Gallup, Roger O'Donnell, Jason Cooper and Reeves Gabrels.  Their first album was Three Imaginary Boys in 1979 in the post-punk and new wave movements.  In the early 1980s they style of music emerged into gothic rock.  The band are to have sold 27 million records and released thirteen studio albums, two EPs, and over thirty singles.

Def Leppard is an English rock band formed in 1977 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.  Their genres include hard rock, heavy metal, and glam metal.  Members include Joe Elliott (lead vocals), Rick Savage (bass, backing vocals), Rick Allen (drums, backing vocals), Phil Cololen (guitars, backing vocals), and Vivian Campbell (guitars, backing vocals).  Their first album, High 'n' Dry was produced in 1981.  "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" was one of the first rock videos played on MTV in 1982.  Del Leppard have sold more than 100 millions records worldwide.  They have ranked No. 31 in VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" and ranked No. 70 in "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".


Janet Damita Jo Jackson was born on May 16, 1966 in Gary, Indiana.  She is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress.  She is the youngest member of the Jackson family and began her career with the variety television series The Jacksons in 1976.  Jackson has sold over 100 million records.  She has had 18 top ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.  In 2010 she ranked fifth among the "Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years".  In December 2016 Billboard named her the second most successful dance club artist of all-time after Madonna.


Radiohead is an English rock band formed in Abingdon-on-Thames, England in 1985.  Genres include Art rock, alternative rock, electronica, and experimental rock.  Members include Thom Yorke, Johnny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, and Philip Selway.  They released their first single "Creep" in 1992 and Pablo Honey in 1993.  Radiohead has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide.  In 2005, Rolling Stone ranked them 73rd in "The Greatest Artists of All Time" and in 2009 the second-best artist of the 2000s.


Roxy Music was an English rock band formed in 1970 in Newcastle upon Tyne/London, England.  Their genres are art rock, glam, rock, pop rock, art pop, and progressive rock.  Members included Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackay, Paul Thompson, Brian Eno, Eddie Jobson, and John Gustafson.  Roxy Music became successful in Europe and Australia during the 1970s.  The band's final album was Avalon in 1982.


Stevie (Stephanie) Lynn Nicks was born on May 26, 1948 in Phoenix, Arizona.  She is an American singer and songwriter.  She is best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac.  She had sold over 140 million records.  Nicks has been named one of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time and the 100 Greatest Singers.  As a member of Fleetwood Mac, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.  She has eight Grammy Award nominations and two American Music Award nominations as a solo artist.  She also was awarded a Grammy Award and five Grammy Award nomination s with Fleetwood Mac.


The Zombies are an English rock band formed in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England in 1961.  Their genres are rock, psychedelic pop, baroque pop, and beat.  Members include Rod Argent, Colin Blunstone, Steve Rodford, Tom Toomey, and Soren Koch.  Their hits include "She's Not There" (1964), "Tell Her No" (1965).  Their 1968 album Odessey and Oracle ranked 100 on Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.