First Look Book Club

Join First Look Book Club and discover some great new reads. Sign up for the free email book club and receive daily excerpts from just published books in Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Nonfiction, Literary Fiction, and more. Excerpts come with witty introductions, recipes, contests, links to readers guides and/or author websites. Below are some recent titles:

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren






Martha Amerson
Materials Selector

#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.

Living the #ShelfLife

Welcome to #ShelfLife at the Forsyth County Public Library! Each week we'll 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.

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.

Just in time for summer road trips, Stephen King (father) and Joe Hill (son) have new thrillers available on CD! END OF WATCH, narrated by Will Patton, concludes the Bill Hodges Trilogy (MR. MERCEDES and FINDERS KEEPERS). THE FIREMAN is a chilling novel about a worldwide pandemic of spontaneous combustion that threatens to reduce civilization to ashes. #loveaudiobooks

A photo posted by Forsyth County Public Library (@forsythpubliclibrary) on Jun 14, 2016 at 7:29am PDT

Too young to read THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green? Try WHEN FRIENDSHIP FOLLOWED ME HOME by Paul Griffin. A boy's chance encounter with a scruffy dog leads to an unforgettable friendship in this deeply moving story about life, loss, and the meaning of family. #ShelfLife #forsythreads #FCPLstories #librariesofinstagram

A photo posted by Forsyth County Public Library (@forsythpubliclibrary) on Jun 13, 2016 at 11:42am PDT

"If you have an older dog, or any dog, he or she is going to be licking plenty of eye rain off your face through the final chapters of this book. In his funny, ardent, and staunchly kooky way, Rowley expresses exactly what it's like to love a dog." - Kirkus Media review of LILY AND THE OCTOPUS #ShelfLife #adultfiction #forsythreads #librariesofinstagram #SummerReading #StevenRowley

A photo posted by Forsyth County Public Library (@forsythpubliclibrary) on Jun 10, 2016 at 9:07am PDT

Art lovers: Take a summer vacation to Italy without leaving town! Go on a virtual trip through the pages of the over-sized and lavishly illustrated FLORENCE: THE PAINTINGS & FRESCOES, 1250-1743 by Ross King and Anja Grebe. #ShelfLife #Bookface #librariesofinstagram

A photo posted by Forsyth County Public Library (@forsythpubliclibrary) on Jun 8, 2016 at 8:18am PDT

#ShelfLife BONUS:

June is audiobook month, so pack one (or several) for your next roadtrip!

Road trip? June is Audiobook Month at the library, so take a spin through our books on CD or cruise through our eLibrary and download an eAudiobook. #libraryinmyhand #loveaudiobooks #forsythreads

A photo posted by Forsyth County Public Library (@forsythpubliclibrary) on Jun 2, 2016 at 11:23am PDT