Overdrive App for Android Rocks!

Got an Android based phone?  Love to read books?  Wish you can use your Android based phone to borrow books from the Vineland Library?  Well now you can thanks to the latest Overdrive App for Android devices, which lets you check out epub books or audio books for free.

Here are the basics:

·         Download the Overdrive App from Google Play (Market on some phones)

·         Create an Adobe ID by going to https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/membership/index.cfm?nf=1&nl=1.

·         Add your Adobe ID to the Overdrive App within the “App Settings” page.

·         Launch the App and select your local library - Vineland Public Library

·         Search for and make a selection to download either an Epub book or Audio book then click on “ Add to Cart” or “ Place on Hold” for those books currently checked out.

·         The App will direct you to log into the Vineland Public Library using your Library card number to check out.

·         Click on download and within minutes enjoy reading or listening to your selection.

Note: Some material can be checked out for no more than 7 days while others will give you the option of 14 days.

Lilian Jackson Braun display

Stop in and check out our Lilian Jackson Braun table display. I was sad to learn that she passed away in June at the age of 97. I am a fan of her "cozy mystery" series, The cat who..... Her protagonist, Jim Qwilleran, was a journalist, inheritor of great wealth, solver of mysteries and owner of two Siamese cats, Coco and YumYum. Also, he dated the local librarian, Polly (what's not to like?) I enjoyed the small town ambience, the kooky characters, and, yes, the predictability. Did I mention that the cats help to solve the mysteries? There are 29 books in the series, written between 1966 and 2007. I especially recommend the audiobook versions.

Oodles of audiobooks!

If you like to listen to your books, check out the display next to the bistro. At the end of audiobook month (June), the new audiobooks will be moved to the "New books" area.

Audiobooks

June is audiobook month! We have just purchased some audiobooks, and there are more to come. The new titles will be placed on the display shelves near the bistro...Chasing fire, by Nora Roberts - Look great, feel great, by Joyce Meyer - The sixth man, by David Baldacci - The Judas gate, by Jack Higgins - The fifth witness, by Michael Connelly - The land of painted caves, by Jean M. Auel.

The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens book review (audiobook version)

One Christmas Eve night,siblings Kate, Michael and Emma are whisked away from their parents after a mysterious visitor comes in the middle of the night. Ten years later the siblings have been passed from one orphanage to another, never giving up hope of being reunited with their parents, but also never finding the right place to live. They eventually end up in Cambridge Falls living in an old run down house that belongs to a strange man named Dr. Pym. While this is supposed to be an orphanage, Kate, Michael and Emma appear to the be only children living here. One day while exploring the house, they discover a mysterious book which they discover transports them to the past where they meet the Countess who is trying to get her hands on this mysterious book, The Emerald Atlas, one of three books that have an important connection to the three siblings. Thus begins an adventure of a lifetime and the hope of maybe one day finding their parents.

The audiobook is narrated by Jim Dale, who also narrated all of the Harry Potter books. As with the Harry Potter series, Dale found distinct voices for each character and was able to keep the characters' voices consistent throughout the book. The first book of a trilogy, hopefully Dale will narrate the next two books as well.

Readers who have enjoyed Harry Potter, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Naria series will also enjoy this new series. Author John Stephens will leave readers at the end of their seats wondering what will happen in the next book. Recommended for ages 9 and up.

Any music or audiobook suggestions? We announced a few months ago that we had suspended purchasing of music on CDs and audiobooks due to budget uncertainties. We have found some money to spend right now. Please comment on our blog or call or come into the library to fill out a SUGGESTION FOR PURCHASE slip.

Harmless by Dana Reinhardt book review (Audiobook Version)

Harmless is told from the point of view of the three main characters: Anna, Emma and Mariah. Alternating chapters from the point of view of each character, the three best friends find themselves enveloped in a lie they have created to escape punishment from their parents after lying about their whereabouts on a Friday evening. After telling their parents they are going to a movie, but actually going to Mariah's boyfriend's house, they are caught in this lie when Emma's parents decide to go to the movie that the three girls are supposed to be at. In a panic, they develop a lie, saying they were down by the river and Emma was attacked by a homeless man. The girls' parents want them to go to the police and the lie gets out of hand and grows until a suspect is arrested. In the audiobook version, the three characters are narrated by three separate people. The audiobook includes an interview with the author in which she talks about how she decided on the topic of the story, how she became a reader and whether young adults are still reading today. The title fits the book well: how something that seems harmless at the time, may not be so in the long run. Recommended for teen readers 15 years and up.