Get to Know the LDL Staff: Kellie Lee

KELLIE LEE

Library Location:  Clayton Branch

Position at Library: Branch Librarian

Favorite Genre to Read:  Anything by Nicholas Sparks

 What are you Currently Reading?:  Don't Go by Lisa Scottoline

Interesting Facts About Yourself:  I have two sons named Zachary (14) and John Jr (9).  I also volunteer at the After School Program at United Methodist.

3 Books that Have Stuck with You:  
    - Lessons of a Laota by Billy Mills
    - The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks
    - A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

Favorite Quote:  "You only live once, but if you do it right once is enough."  --Mae West

New York Times Best Sellers for the Week of January 25th

FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

     2.) Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 

     3.) Insatiable Appetites by Stuart Woods 

     4.) Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

     5.) One Night Stand by J.S. Cooper and Helen Cooper 

     6.) Gray Mountain by John Grisham

     7.) The Escape by David Baldacci

     8.) Trust No One by Jayne Ann Krentz

     9.) Golden Son by Pierce Brown

   10.) Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

NON-FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

     2.) American Sniper by Chris Kyle 
     3.) Wild by Cheryl Strayed

     4.) The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brownling
     5.) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

     6.) Yes Please by Amy Poehler 

     7.) Killing Patton by Bill O’ Reilly 

     8.) Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

     9.) It Was Me All Along by Andie Mitchell 

   10.) America's Bitter Pill by Steven Brill

New Releases for the Week of January 25th - February 1st

 

FICTION 

- Private Vegas by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
- Love, Lucy by April Lindner
- Munich Airport by Greg Baxter
- Happy are the Happy by Yasmina Reza
- In His Keeping by Maya Banks
- Tear You Apart by Sarah Weeks
- The Big Seven by Jim Harrison 
- The Jaguar's Children by John Vaillant 
- Echoes of Dollanganger by V C Andrews
- The Truth About Twinkie Pie by Kat Yeh
- One Step Too Far by Tina Seskis 
- Private L.A. by James Patterson and Mark T Sullivan
- Mr. Mac and Me by Esther Freud 
- The Marriage Charm by Linda Lael Miller
- The Sacrifice by Joyce Carol Oates 
- The Language of Hoofbeats by Catherine Ryan Hyde
- The Look of Love by Sarah Jio
- Murder Tightly Knit by Vannetta Chapman

NON-FICTION

- Landor's Cleanness by Adam Roberts
- The Reluctant Psychic by Perdita Finn
- The Life of Doctor Charles Drew by Anne Schraff
- What Days are For by Robert Dessaix 




 

New Releases for the Week of January 18th - 25th

 

FICTION 

- Tunnel Vision by Susan Adrian
-  Cane and Abe by James Grippando 
- See How Small by Scott Blackwood
- All Fall Down by Ally Carter
- The Ghost Shift by John Gapper
-  The Same Sky by Amanda Eyre Ward
- First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen
- Before He Finds Her by Michael Kardos
- Glow by Ned Beauman 
- A Small Indiscretion by Jane Ellison 
- Broken Bonds by Karen Harper
- The Way be Bared Our Souls by Willa Strayhorn 
- Frog by Mo Yan

NON-FICTION

- Where the Dead Pause and the Japanese Say Goodbye by Marie Mockett 
- Doable: The Girl's Guide to Accomplishing Just About Anything by Deborah Reber
- The Book of Love: Improvisations on a Crazy Little Thing by Roger Rosenblatt
- The Day I was Crucified: As Told by Jesus Christ by Gene Edwards 
- Whipping Boy by Allen Kurzweil 







 

New York Times Best Sellers for the Week of January 18th

FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

     2.) Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 

     3.) Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 

     4.) Die Again by Tess Gerritsen 

     5.) Gray Mountain by John Grisham

     6.) The Escape by David Baldacci

     7.) The Burning Room by Micheal Connelly

     8.) Hope to Die by James Patterson

     9.) The Pact by Karina Halle

   10.) Eyes Only by Fern Michaels 

NON-FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

     2.) American Sniper by Chris Kyle 
     3.) Wild by Cheryl Strayed

     4.) The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brownling
     5.) Yes Please by Amy Poehler 

     6.) Killing Patton by Bill O’ Reilly 

     7.) Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham

     8.) What If? by Randall Monroe

     9.) Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

   10.) 41 by George W. Bush

Get to Know the LDL Staff: Lindsey Sanford

LINDSEY SANFORD

Library Location:  Main Branch

Position at Library: Bookmobile Librarian

Favorite Breed of Cat:  Siamese 

Favorite Genre to Read:  Mystery/Horror, Teen Fiction

 What are you Currently Reading?: Torment by Lauren Kate

 
Interesting Facts About Yourself: I had my first novel published in October of 2014.

3 Books that Have Stuck with You:  
    -Toyer by Gardner McKay
    - Behind the Attic Wall by Sylvia Cassidy
    - Room by Emma Donoghue

Favorite Quote:  “There are dreamers and there are realists in this world.  You would think the dreamers would find the dreamers and the realists the realists would find the realists, but more often than not the opposite is true.  See---the dreamers need the realists to keep them from soaring too close to the sun.  And the realists?  Well, without the dreamers, they might never get off the ground.” -- Modern Family

New Releases for January 11th - January 18th

 

FICTION 

 

- Formerly Fingerman by Joe Nelms

- Killing Time in Crystal City by Chris Lynch

- The Magician's Lie by Greer Macallister

- The First Bad Man by Miranda July

- The Devil You Know by Elisabeth de Mariaffi 

- The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

- Cold, Cold Heart by Tami Hoag

- In Some Other World, Maybe by Shari Goldhagen 

- The Deep by Nick Cutter

- The Last American Vampire by Seth Grahame-Smith

- Everlasting Love by Andrew Lovette 

- The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black

- Amnesia by Peter Carey

- Saint Odd by Dean Koontz

- An Appetite for Violets by Martine Bailey

- The Missing and the Dead by Stuart MacBride 

- Three Amazing Things About You by Jill Mansell 

NON-FICTION

- Publishing:  A Writer's Memoir by Gail Godwin
- Passenger on the Pearl by Winifred Conkling
 
 
 



 

New York Times Best Sellers for the week of January 11th

FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 

     2.) All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

     3.) Gray Mountain by John Grisham

     4.) Hope to Die by James Patterson

     5.) The Escape by David Baldacci

     6.) Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 

     7.) Revival by Stephen King

     8.) The Burning Room by Michael Connelly

     9.) Tom Clancy: Full Force and Effect by Mark Greaney

   10.) The Martian by Andy Weir

NON-FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

     2.) American Sniper by Chris Kyle 
     3.) Wild by Cheryl Strayed

     4.) Killing Patton by Bill O’ Reilly
     5.) Yes Please by Amy Poehler 

     6.) 41 by George W. Bush

     7.) The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

     8.) What If? by Randall Monroe

     9.) Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham

   10.) Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

New Releases for January 4th - January 11th

 

FICTION

- Doing the Devil's Work by Bill Loehfelm

- Trust No One by Jane Ann Krentz 

- Retribution by David Hagberg

- The Abduction of Smith and Smith by Rashad Harrison

- When the Dead Awaken by Steffen Jacobsen

- All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

- I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel by Caleb Powell and David Shields 

- The Way to Stay in Destiny by Augusta Scattergood

- In the Shadows by Glenn Beck and Harriet Parke 

- Insatiable Appetites by Stuart Woods

- City 1 by Gregg Rosenblum 

- Her by Harriet Lane

- Winter at the Door by Sarah Graves

- The Killing by J A Johnstone 

- Take Me Home for Christmas by Brenda Novak

- Audacity by Melanie Crowder

 

NON-FICTION
- Stella by Starlight by Sharon Draper



 

New York Times Best Sellers for the week of January 4th

FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) Gray Mountain by John Grisham

     2.) Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 

     3.) All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

     4.) Hope to Die by James Patterson

     5.) The Escape by David Baldacci

     6.) Revival by Stephen King

     7.) The Burning Room by Michael Connelly

     8.) Tom Clancy: Full Force and Effect by Mark Greaney

     9.) Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

   10.) Leaving Time by Jodi Piccoult 

NON-FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

     2.) Killing Patton by Bill O’ Reilly
     3.) Wild by Cheryl Strayed

     4.) 41 by George W. Bush
     5.) What If? by Randall Monroe 

     6.)Yes Please by Amy Poehler 

     7.) American Sniper by Chris Kyle

     8.) The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

     9.) Humans of New York by Brandon Stanton

   10.) Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

Library Activties in January

The library and all branches will be closed Thursday January 1st, 2015 in observation of New Years.  Regular library hours will resume Friday January 2nd.

REOCCURRING MONTHLY PROGRAMS 

- The Britton Library has treats every Monday from 3 - 5 p.m.

- Family Storytime takes place every Tuesday morning at 10:30.  The program is for children birth - 3 years old with a caregiver.  Children will enjoy engaging stories and participate in fun song-and-dance activities.  Occasionally there may even be an extra special craft project.

- The newly established Addison Book Club meets the first Monday of each month at 1 p.m.  Engage in conversation about monthly books with other avid readers in the area. 

- The Onsted Book Club meets every second Tuesday of the month at 2 p.m.

- There is a monthly board meeting held at the Main Branch every third Tuesday of each month.  These meetings are open to the public.  It is a comfortable place where you can voice your opinions / concerns about the library and its operations. 

- The Lenawee Book Club meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 1 p.m.

- The Onsted and Deerfield Libraries have treats on Wednesday's from 3 - 5 p.m.  The Clayton Library also has treats every Wednesday starting at 4:30 p.m. 

- The Deerfield Book Club meets the third Wednesday of each month to discuss the book of that month.  The discussion starts at 6:30 p.m. and is open to new members and those that love to read and partake in interesting discussions. 

- The Addison Library has snacks on Friday afternoon from 3 - 5 p.m.

- There is a Scrapbooking and Card Making class every first Saturday of each month at 1 p.m.  The program is for ages 10 and up, and there is a $5.00 fee for materials (if needed).

- The Lenawee Weavers meet the second Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. - noon.  Weavers of all expertise are encouraged to join.  Get feedback and advice on current projects, or assist someone less skilled than yourself. 

- On the third Saturday of each month, the Lenawee Knitters meet.  The group is a combination of skillsets and ideas; a great place for those who love knitting to come and be surrounded by like-souled individuals.  Meetings take place at 1 p.m. until approximately 3 p.m.

- The monthly book sale takes place the fourth Saturday of each month from 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.  There are hundreds of books, magazines, VHS tapes / DVDs, as well as puzzles to purchase for $1.00 or less.  Donations for the book sale are also always welcome.



SPECIAL DECEMBER PROGRAMS

- Are you a writer?  Do you want to be a writer but don't know where to start in drafting a novel then moving forward with publishing it?  If so, join us on Thursday January 8th at 6 p.m. for a class entitled "How to Write and Publish Your Own Novel".  Registration is required. 

- iPads are a great, but they can also be tricky and a bit complicated to learn.  There will be a class on this device on Monday January 12th at 6 p.m.  Learn the basics of the iPad and maybe even a few cool tricks not in your typical manual.  Registration is required.

- Are you on Facebook and Pinterest, but not very active because you don't know what's going on?  Does the idea of likes, uploading to your wall, and pinning projects to a board make your head spin?  Have no fear and sign up or our Social Media class being held on Thursday January 22nd at 6 p.m.  Registration is required so call today to reserve your spot.