#ShelfLife - June 24, 2016

Visit our online catalog at www.forsythpl.org and be among the first to place a request for these new materials. When you pick up your book, we hope you'll join the conversation by posting a picture of your own #ShelfLife on Instagram.

Frank and Joe haven’t gone out of style since the series debut in 1927, but they have gotten a new look! #SummerReading #ForsythReads #ShelfLife #TBT #librariesofinstagram

A photo posted by Forsyth County Public Library (@forsythpubliclibrary) on Jun 23, 2016 at 8:05am PDT

Worlds you've only seen in your imagination come to life through the creative illustrations and maps of Andrew DeGraff in PLOTTED: A LITERARY ATLAS. #andrewdegraff #SummerReading #ShelfLife #librariesofinstagram

A photo posted by Forsyth County Public Library (@forsythpubliclibrary) on Jun 22, 2016 at 11:01am PDT

"Barkskins is a massive love letter to trees--both the green kind and the ancestral kind." - Virginia Beam, Goodreads User BARKSKINS by Annie Proulx will be available in hard cover, large print, and audiobook at the library this month. Proulx also wrote the short story on which the film BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN was based and the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel THE SHIPPING NEWS.

A photo posted by Forsyth County Public Library (@forsythpubliclibrary) on Jun 21, 2016 at 9:38am PDT

For the first time in franchise history, the Cleveland Cavaliers are NBA Champions! And, coincidentally, RISING ABOVE featuring LeBron James and 10 more athletes for young readers hits the shelves this week at the Cumming and Sharon Forks libraries. #cavs #ShelfLife

A photo posted by Forsyth County Public Library (@forsythpubliclibrary) on Jun 20, 2016 at 10:10am PDT

It's barely summer, but some of our staff are already wishing for cooler temperatures. WINTERING by Peter Geye should give them the chills...Bruce Jacobs of Shelf Awareness says the book is "a Jack London-like tale of survival blended with a Richard Russo-like picture of small-town intrigue." #ShelfLife #SummerReading #PeterGeye #librariesofinstagram

A photo posted by Forsyth County Public Library (@forsythpubliclibrary) on Jun 20, 2016 at 8:49am PDT

New to #ShelfLife? Each week we feature a selection of new materials arriving at the library on Instagram. Not an Instagram user? No worries. We'll collect our #ShelfLife posts here on the Bookmarked Blog for you at the end of each week.