Library News and Notes

In the car, at the gym, or while doing household chores, audiobooks are an enlightening and enjoyable way to enhance daily routine. These recent additions on CD are available to borrow from the Lititz Public Library. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (fiction) When a troubled former Vietnam POW moves his family to Alaska, his…

The people and atmosphere of Ireland come to life in these novels available to borrow from the Lititz Public Library. Police at the Station and They Don’t Look Friendly by Adrian McKinty Set in 1988, a Belfast police detective narrowly escapes becoming a victim of warring factions in the criminal underworld. The Magdalen Girls by…

Dickensian, a recent addition to the Lititz Public Library’s DVD collection, is a dramatic reinvention of Charles Dickens’ novels, taking familiar literary characters on new journeys that sometimes intersect in the same Victorian neighborhood. Discover the events that led up to Miss Haversham’s wedding, the true sacrifices made by a young Lady Dedlock, what happens…

Dip into some great fiction with a collection of short stories from the Lititz Public Library. The World to Come by Jim Shepard The pitfalls of everyday life and historic catastrophes are reflected in the stories of Arctic explorers, a young American reporting the hazards of crude-oil trains, eighteenth-century French balloonists, pioneer women in a…

Don’t settle for a routine and ordinary week when adventure awaits in a travel book from the Lititz Public Library. Dories, Ho! by Matt and Karen Smith A humorous and irreverent account describes the author’s trip with fourteen friends down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon in wooden boats. Epic Drives of the…

Looking for great reads similar to your favorite bestsellers? Try these read-alikes from the Lititz Public Library. The Rooster Bar by John Grisham Three friends who borrowed heavily to pay for law school realize a shady hedge-fund operator who owns the chain of for-profit law schools has swindled them and they decide to do something…

Authors’ debut novels are their first opportunities to make impacts on readers. Did these writers succeed? Borrow a first novel from the Lititz Public Library. The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker Two southern girls become instant best friends at their prestigious east coast college and later become a semi-famous filmmaking duo, drawing upon their pasts…

Best-selling novelist Elizabeth Strout is the guest speaker at the Lancaster County Public Libraries Council of Friends Author Luncheon on April 19th. The luncheon is a fundraising event in support of county public libraries. For ticket information, go to www.lancasterlibaries.org or visit the Lititz Public Library. Elizabeth Strout writes quiet domestic tales that explore serious…

These biographies and true-life stories are among the favorites of reviewers and readers in 2017. Included on many “best books” lists, they are available to borrow from the Lititz Public Library. Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts and Fake News by Kevin Young Poet and critic reviews a rogue’s gallery of hoaxers,…

Don’t miss these novels that appear on many best fiction lists for 2017. They are available to borrow from the Lititz Public Library. The Windfall by Diksha Basu Settled into his modest golden years, a man comes into an enormous, unexpected sum of money and moves from his comfortable housing complex to the super-rich side…