Adult Book Discussion Next Week!

Adult Book Discussion of The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

When: Wednesday, April 26

Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Where: Community Event Room

Join Vineland Public Library’s monthly book club. The April meeting takes place on Wednesday, April 26 from 2-3 p.m. on the first floor in the library’s Community Event Room. The book to be discussed is The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown. 

For help in obtaining a copy of this book, visit the library’s Information Desk or call (856) 794-4244, ext. 4243. Please be sure to say it’s for the Book Club. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Vineland Public Library.

Adult Book Club Tomorrow!!

Adult Book Discussion of Loving Frank by Nancy Horan

When: Wednesday, December 28

Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Where: Community Event Room

Join Vineland Public Library’s monthly book club. The December meeting takes place on Wednesday, December 28 from 2-3 p.m. on the first floor in the library’s Community Event Room. The book to be discussed is Loving Frank by Nancy Horan. 

For help in obtaining a copy of this book, visit the library’s Information Desk or call (856) 794-4244, ext. 4243. Please be sure to say it’s for the Book Club. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Vineland Public Library.

Adult Book Club!

Adult Book Discussion of All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

When: Wednesday, May 25

Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Where: Community Event Room

Join Vineland Public Library’s monthly book club. The May meeting takes place on Wednesday, May 25 from 2-3 p.m. on the first floor in the library’s Community Event Room. The book to be discussed is All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. 

For help in obtaining a copy of this book, visit the library’s Information Desk or call (856) 794-4244, ext. 4243. Please be sure to say it’s for the Book Club. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Vineland Public Library.

Adult Book Club!

Adult Book Discussion of Orphan Train by Christina Baker Cline

When: Wednesday, April 27

Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Where: Community Event Room

Join Vineland Public Library’s monthly book club. The March meeting takes place on Wednesday, April 27 from 2-3 p.m. on the first floor in the library’s Community Event Room. The book to be discussed is Orphan Train by Christina Baker Cline. 

For help in obtaining a copy of this book, visit the library’s Information Desk or call (856) 794-4244, ext. 4243. Please be sure to say it’s for the Book Club. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Vineland Public Library.

Adult Book Club!

Adult Book Discussion of Orphan Train by Christina Baker Cline

When: Wednesday, April 27

Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Where: Community Event Room

Join Vineland Public Library’s monthly book club. The March meeting takes place on Wednesday, April 27 from 2-3 p.m. on the first floor in the library’s Community Event Room. The book to be discussed is Orphan Train by Christina Baker Cline. 

For help in obtaining a copy of this book, visit the library’s Information Desk or call (856) 794-4244, ext. 4243. Please be sure to say it’s for the Book Club. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Vineland Public Library.

Adult Book Club!

Adult Book Discussion of Certainty by Victor Bevine

When: Wednesday, March 23

Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Where: Community Event Room

Join Vineland Public Library’s monthly book club. The March meeting takes place on Wednesday, March 23 from 2-3 p.m. on the first floor in the library’s Community Event Room. The book to be discussed is Certainty by Victor Bevine.

For help in obtaining a copy of this book, visit the library’s Information Desk or call (856) 794-4244, ext. 4243. Please be sure to say it’s for the Book Club. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Vineland Public Library.

Adult Book Discussion of "Where'd You Go, Bernadette?"

Wednesday, February 24 from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Adult Book Club Discussion of Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple, in the Community Event Room

Join Vineland Public Library’s monthly book club. The February meeting takes place on Wednesday, February 24 from 2-3 p.m. on the first floor in the library’s Community Event Room. The book to be discussed is Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple.

For help in obtaining a copy of this book, visit the library’s Information Desk or call (856) 794-4244, ext. 4243. Please be sure to say it’s for the Book Club. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Vineland Public Library.

Adult book club: Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain

The adult book club is discussing Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain today from 2-3 p.m. in the Community Event Room. If you've read the book come join the discussion!

Adult Book Club: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

The November meeting takes place on Wednesday, November 26 from 2-3 p.m. on the first floor in the library’s Community Event Room.

The book to be discussed is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith.

For help in obtaining a copy of this book, visit the library’s Information Desk or call (856) 794-4244 ext. 4243. Please be sure to say it’s for the Book Club. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Vineland Public Library.

J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit

The 3rd movie in the trilogy comes out Wednesday, December 17, 2014

A great modern classic and the prelude to THE LORD OF THE RINGS

 

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that on his journey to the Lonely Mountain he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum.

To reserve this book, please call the Information Desk (856) 794-4244 ext. 4243

Stephen King's Revival

In a small New England town, over half a century ago, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister. Charles Jacobs, along with his beautiful wife, will transform the local church. The men and boys are all a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls feel the same about Reverend Jacobs—including Jamie’s mother and beloved sister, Claire. With Jamie, the Reverend shares a deeper bond based on a secret obsession. When tragedy strikes the Jacobs family, this charismatic preacher curses God, mocks all religious belief, and is banished from the shocked town.
Jamie has demons of his own. Wed to his guitar from the age of thirteen, he plays in bands across the country, living the nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll while fleeing from his family’s horrific loss. In his mid-thirties—addicted to heroin, stranded, desperate—Jamie meets Charles Jacobs again, with profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil’s devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings.

To reserve a copy of this book, call the Information Desk (856) 794-4244 ext. 4243

Blood Magick by Nora Roberts

County Mayo is rich in the traditions of Ireland, legends that Branna O’Dwyer fully embraces in her life and in her work as the proprietor of The Dark Witch shop, which carries soaps, lotions, and candles for tourists, made with Branna’s special touch.

Branna’s strength and selflessness hold together a close circle of friends and family—along with their horses and hawks and her beloved hound. But there’s a single missing link in the chain of her life: love…

She had it once—for a moment—with Finbar Burke, but a shared future is forbidden by history and blood. Which is why Fin has spent his life traveling the world to fill the abyss left in him by Branna, focusing on work rather than passion.

Branna and Fin’s relationship offers them both comfort and torment. And though they succumb to the heat between them, there can be no promises for tomorrow. A storm of shadows threatens everything that their circle holds dear. It will be Fin’s power, loyalty, and heart that will make all the difference in an age-old battle between the bonds that hold their friends together and the evil that has haunted their families for centuries.

To reserve a copy of this book, or the first in the Cousins O’Dwyer Trilogy series, call (856) 794-4244 ext. 4243

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Read the book then see the movie! Movie comes out Friday, October 3, 2014

On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn’t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife’s head, but passages from Amy's diary reveal the alpha-girl perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media—as well as Amy’s fiercely doting parents—the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and he’s definitely bitter—but is he really a killer?

To reserve this book, please call the Information Desk (856) 794-4244 ext. 4243

The Walking Dead Volume 21: All Out War Part 2

The World we knew is gone. The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to start living. Alexandria has been destroyed. Can Rick rally the other communities against Negan's army?

This second part of the game-changing "All Out War" story arc collects The Walking Dead #121-126.

To reserve a copy of this book, or the first in this series, call the Information Desk (856) 794-4244 ext. 4243

Daniel Silva's The Heist

Gabriel Allon, art restorer and occasional spy, searches for a stolen masterpiece by Caravaggio in #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva’s latest action-packed tale of high stakes international intrigue.
Sometimes the best way to find a stolen masterpiece is to steal another one . . . 


To reserve a copy of this book, or any in the Gabriel Allon series, call the Information Desk (856) 794-4244 ext. 4243

The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness

After traveling through time in Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harkness’s enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew’s ancestral home at Sept-Tours, they reunite with the cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches—with one significant exception. But the real threat to their future has yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on even more urgency. 

In the trilogy’s final volume, Harkness deepens her themes of power and passion, family and caring, past deeds and their present consequences. In ancestral homes and university laboratories, using ancient knowledge and modern science, from the hills of the Auvergne to the palaces of Venice and beyond, the couple at last learn what the witches discovered so many centuries ago.

To reserve a copy of this book, or the first in her series A Discovery of Witches, call (856) 794-4244 ext. 4243

The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais

Read the book then see the movie! Movie comes out Friday, August 8, 2014

"That skinny Indian teenager has that mysterious something that comes along once a generation. He is one of those rare chefs who is simply born. He is an artist."

And so begins the rise of Hassan Haji, the unlikely gourmand who recounts his life’s journey in Richard Morais’s charming novel, The Hundred-Foot Journey. Lively and brimming with the colors, flavors, and scents of the kitchen, The Hundred-Foot Journey is a succulent treat about family, nationality, and the mysteries of good taste.

Born above his grandfather’s modest restaurant in Mumbai, Hassan first experienced life through intoxicating whiffs of spicy fish curry, trips to the local markets, and gourmet outings with his mother. But when tragedy pushes the family out of India, they console themselves by eating their way around the world, eventually settling in Lumière, a small village in the French Alps.

The boisterous Haji family takes Lumière by storm. They open an inexpensive Indian restaurant opposite an esteemed French relais—that of the famous chef Madame Mallory—and infuse the sleepy town with the spices of India, transforming the lives of its eccentric villagers and infuriating their celebrated neighbor. Only after Madame Mallory wages culinary war with the immigrant family, does she finally agree to mentor young Hassan, leading him to Paris, the launch of his own restaurant, and a slew of new adventures.

To reserve this book, please call the Information Desk (856) 794-4244 ext. 4243

Brad Thor's Act of War

After a CIA agent mysteriously dies overseas, his top asset surfaces with a startling and terrifying claim. There’s just one problem—no one knows if she can be trusted.
But when six exchange students go missing, two airplane passengers trade places, and one political-asylum seeker is arrested, a deadly chain of events is set in motion.
With the United States facing an imminent and devastating attack, America’s new president must turn to covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath to help carry out two of the most dangerous operations in the country’s history.
Code-named "Gold Dust" and "Blackbird," they are shrouded in absolute secrecy as either of them, if discovered, will constitute an act of war.


To reserve a copy of this book, call the Information Desk (856) 794-4244 ext. 4243

Janet Evanovich's Top Secret Twenty-One

Trenton, New Jersey’s favorite used-car dealer, Jimmy Poletti, was caught selling a lot more than used cars out of his dealerships. Now he’s out on bail and has missed his date in court, and bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is looking to bring him in. Leads are quickly turning into dead ends, and all too frequently into dead bodies. Even Joe Morelli, the city’s hottest cop, is struggling to find a clue to the suspected killer’s whereabouts. These are desperate times, and they call for desperate measures. So Stephanie is going to have to do something she really doesn’t want to do: protect former hospital security guard and general pain in her behind Randy Briggs. Briggs was picking up quick cash as Poletti’s bookkeeper and knows all his boss’s dirty secrets. Now Briggs is next on Poletti’s list of people to put six feet under.

To top things off, Ranger—resident security expert and Stephanie’s greatest temptation—has been the target of an assassination plot. He’s dodged the bullet this time, but if Ranger wants to survive the next attempt on his life, he’ll have to enlist Stephanie’s help and reveal a bit more of his mysterious past.

Death threats, highly trained assassins, highly untrained assassins, and Stark Street being overrun by a pack of feral Chihuahuas are all in a day’s work for Stephanie Plum. The real challenge is dealing with her Grandma Mazur’s wild bucket list. A boob job and getting revenge on Joe Morelli’s Grandma Bella can barely hold a candle to what’s number one on the list—but that’s top secret.

To reserve a copy of this book call the Information Desk (856) 794-4244 ext. 4243

Long Way Down by Nick Hornby

Read the book then see the movie! Movie comes out Friday, July 11, 2014

 Meet Martin, JJ, Jess, and Maureen. Four people who come together on New Year's Eve: a former TV talk show host, a musician, a teenage girl, and a mother. Three are British, one is American. They encounter one another on the roof of Topper's House, a London destination famous as the last stop for those ready to end their lives.

In four distinct and riveting first-person voices, Nick Hornby tells a story of four individuals confronting the limits of choice, circumstance, and their own mortality. This is a tale of connections made and missed, punishing regrets, and the grace of second chances.

To reserve this book, please call the Information Desk (856) 794-4244 ext. 4243