New York Times Best Sellers for the Week of March 15th

FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

     2.) One Wish by Robyn Carr

     3.) Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James 

     4.) Prodigal Son by Danielle Steel 

     5.) Mightier than the Sword by Jeffery Archer

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

     7.) Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James

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

     9.) Falling for My Best Friend's Brother by J.S. Cooper and Helen Cooper

   10.) Still Alice by Lisa Genova

NON-FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) American Sniper by Chris Kyle 

     2.) Wild by Cheryl Strayed
     3.) Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

     4.) The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brownling
     5.) Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

     6.) Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon

     7.) Killing Patton by Bill O’ Reilly

     8.) Future Crimes by Marc Goodman

     9.) Isis by Michael Weiss and Hassan Hassan

   10.) Yes, Please by Amy Poehler

Famous Writers and their Favorite Books

In celebration of March is Reading Month, we've compiled a list of famous authors and the books that they love.  You can find out about each book by clicking on the book title. 

Stephen King:  The Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Tom Clancy:  Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

Jeannette Walls / Jacquelyn Mitchard:  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

M. L. Steadman:  Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

Emma Donoghue:  Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon

Garth Stein:  The Music Room by Dennis McFarland

Will Schwalbe:  Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott

Aimee Bender:  Time's Arrow by Martin Amis

Chris Bohjalian:  Room by Emma Donoghue

Kate Christensen:  Gone by Cathi Hanauer

Jonathan Kellerman:  Potboiler by Jesse Kellerman

Maria Semple:  When We Were Romans by Matthew Kneale










Meg Wolitzer:  The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

information gathered from http://www.realsimple.com/work-life/entertainment/favorite-books

http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/Authors-Favorite-Books-Books-to-Re-Read

Get to Know the LDL Staff: Dorothy Giroux

DOROTHY GIROUX

Library Location:  Onsted Branch

Position at Library: Branch Librarian 

Favorite Breed of Cat: Tortoise / Calico 

Favorite Genre to Read: Mystery 

What are you Currently Reading?: Paris Was Ours by Penelope Rowlands

Interesting Facts About Yourself:  The first job I had was a secretary to a pathologist.  A friend of mine is a millionaire.  On my down time I enjoy reading, doing cross-stitch, quilting, knitting and crocheting.

3 Books that Have Stuck with You:  
    - Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
    - Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
    - Sunk Without a Sound: The Tragic River Honeymoon of Glen and Bessie Hyde by Brad Dimock

New Releases for the Week of March 8th

 

FICTION 

- World Gone By by Denis Lehane
- Small Mercies by Eddie Joyce
- A Long Hot Unholy Summer by Teresa Waugh 
- A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara 
- Life or Death by Michael Robotham
- A Measure of Life by Beth Powning 
- A Fireproof Home for the Bride by Amy Schiebe 
- All the Old Knives by Olen Steinhauer 
- The Lost Child by Caryl Philips 
- Last One Home by Debbie Macomber
- Cold Betrayal by J A Jance
- Silent Alarm by Jennifer Benash
- Endangered by C.J. Box
- Safe at Last by Maya Banks
- One in a Million by Jill Shalvis
-  Death Takes a Ride by Lorena McCourtney
- The Brickmaker's Bride by Judith Miller
- A Dream of Home by Amy Clapston
- The Cheapside Corpse by Susanna Gregory
- The Listener by Rachel Basch

NON-FICTION


- The Great Divide by Thomas Fleming 
- The Idea of Europe by George Steiner
- Mama Maggie by Marty Makary and Ellen Vaughn 
- Lying in Wait by Ann Rule







 

New York Times Best Sellers for the Week of March 8th

FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

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

     3.) Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James 

     4.) Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James 

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

     6.) Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

     7.) The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

     8.) The Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy by E.L. James

     9.) A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler 

   10.) Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb

NON-FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) American Sniper by Chris Kyle 

     2.) Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
     3.) Wild by Cheryl Strayed

     4.) The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brownling
     5.) Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

     6.) Killing Patton by Bill O’ Reilly

     7.) Thunderstruck by Erik Larson

     8.) Believer by David Axelrod

     9.) Yes, Please by Amy Poehler

   10.) The Black Count by Tim Reiss

New Releases for the Week of March 1st

 

FICTION 

- Dead to the World by Susan Rogers Cooper
- What Tomorrow Brings by Mary Fitzgerald 
- The Death Season by Kate Ellis
- Above Us Only Sky by Michele Young-Stone
- The Memory Key by Liana Lui
- Leaving Berlin by Joseph Kanon 
- Sisters of Shiloh by Kathy Hepinstall 
- As Good as Dead by Elizabeth Evans
- What the Fly Saw by Frankie Y Bailey 
- Dark Rooms by Lili Anolik
- Thirteen by Tom Hoyle

 
NON-FICTION


- One Minute Prayers for Adult Children by Allison Bottke
- Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
- The Great Divide by Thomas Fleming 
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New York Times Best Sellers for the Week of March 1st

FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

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

     3.) Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb

     4.) Motive by Jonathan Kellerman

     5.) Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James

     6.) A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler

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

     8.) Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James

     9.) The Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy by E.L. James

   10.) Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

NON-FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) American Sniper by Chris Kyle 

     2.) Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
     3.) The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brownling

     4.) Wild by Cheryl Strayed
     5.) Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

     6.) Killing Patton by Bill O’ Reilly

     7.) Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by The Countess of Cararvon

     8.) Believer by David Axelrod

     9.) Ghost Boy by Martin Pistorious

   10.) Yes, Please by Amy Poehler