Friday, August 25, 2017

#ShelfLife - August 25, 2017

After some intense moments of looking up at this week's solar eclipse, we bet our patrons are ready to look down this weekend....look down at a good book, that is.

We've got several #ShelfLife recommendations for you, from the fantastically funny Gork the Teenage Dragon to the heart-wrenching Leaving Lucy Pear. Check out the books below and then visit catalog.forsythpl.org to place a hold on your weekend read.

Have something else exciting on your to-be-read pile? Snap a #shelfie or #bookstagram and tag @forsythpubliclibrary on Instagram and you could see your book featured on our #ShelfLife feed next week!


You have a new BFF in Karma Khullar. Half Sikh, half Methodist, and 100% hilarious," says fellow author Heather Vogel Frederick of Kristi Wientge's debut novel KARMA KHULLAR'S MUSTACHE. Karma Khullar is about to start middle school, and she is super nervous. Not just because it seems like her best friend has found a newer, blonder best friend. Or the fact that her home life is shaken up by the death of her dadima. Or even that her dad is the new stay-at-home parent, leading her mother to spend most of her time at work. But because she's realized that she has seventeen hairs that have formed a mustache on her upper lip. With everyone around her focused on other things, Karma is left to figure out what to make of her terrifyingly hairy surprise all on her own. #ShelfLife #FridayReads #debutnovel #teenreads #tweenreads #fiction #middleschool #friendship #identity #bodyimage #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram @kristiwientge #KarmaKhullarsMustache #SimonAndSchuster
A post shared by Forsyth County Public Library (@forsythpubliclibrary) on



A post shared by Forsyth County Public Library (@forsythpubliclibrary) on

History and non-fiction readers - we're about to place copies of MIDNIGHT IN THE PACIFIC: GUADALCANAL, THE WORLD WAR II BATTLE THAT TURNED THE TIDE OF WAR by Joseph Wheelan on the shelves at all four of our branches. Place a hold on a copy with your library card at catalog.forsythpl.org. About the book: From early August until mid-November of 1942, US Marines, sailors, and pilots struggled for dominance against an implacable enemy: Japanese soldiers, inculcated with the bushido tradition of death before dishonor, avatars of bayonet combat--close-up, personal, and gruesome. The glittering prize was Henderson Airfield. Japanese planners knew that if they neutralized the airfield, the battle was won. So did the Marines who stubbornly defended it. #ShelfLife #midnightinthepacific #nonfiction #militaryhistory #history #worldhistory #ushistory #WWII #amreading #bookstagram
A post shared by Forsyth County Public Library (@forsythpubliclibrary) on



Book Buzz book club will meet at the Cumming Library to discuss LEAVING LUCY PEAR by Anna Solomon (@thisannasolomon) at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 14. Book Buzz Twilight will meet on the same day at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the book. Parents may enjoy the book club while children enjoy Twilight Tales storytime. Reserve your copy of the book at catalog.forsythpl.org today! About the book: Inadvertently reunited with the daughter she secretly abandoned and the girl's Irish-Catholic adoptive mother during the height of America's xenophobic Prohibition era, the adult daughter of a Jewish industrialist finds her life turned upside down by her daughter's bold and unconventional personality. #ShelfLife #bookstagram #bookclub #fiction #womensfiction #leavinglucypear #annasolomon @penguinbooks #FCPLstories #ForsythReads
A post shared by Forsyth County Public Library (@forsythpubliclibrary) on

Posted by at
Labels: , , ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)