Summer is officially around the corner, and our minds are already on seaside vacations, especially while reading about one woman creating a new life for herself after WWII on sun-kissed Laguna Beach, and the reopening of a beloved Cape Cod bookstore during a summer that changes everything. HOTEL LAGUNA BY NICOLA HARRISON Available for download […]
Tag: Beach Town
Author Spotlight: Mary Kay Andrews (4/28/20)
Mary Kay Andrews, the queen of the summer read, returns with more sandy beaches and small-town scandals with HELLO, SUMMER. HELLO, SUMMER A newspaper reporter returns to her hometown after a new job goes up in smoke, and soon finds out their sleepy beach town is the most scandalous hotspot of the summer. “Andrews (SUNSET […]
Thriller Thursday (10/17/19)
A new Sherlock Holmes adventure, a Christmas cozy, and a 1950s British beach town murder = this week’s Thriller Thursday. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PECULIAR PROTOCOLS: Adapted from the Journals of John H. Watson, M.D. by Nicholas Meyer Two starred reviews! “Meyer cleverly plays with his audience’s expectations, noting at the outset that the case […]
June E-Book Sale for Libraries
June is the month for e-book sales! In addition to our epic $5.00 Panorama Picks e-book sale, from now until 6/30, 38 e-Books will be discounted 25% off (with our regular lending terms), including these collection essentials: CALL ME BY YOUR NAME by André Aciman NINE PERFECT STRANGERS by Liane Moriarty BEACH TOWN by Mary […]
You Know Her, You Love Her: Mary Kay Andrews
Mary Kay Andrews has been providing the perfect beach read for more than 20 books now, and that doesn’t stop with her latest–and May LibraryReads pick—SUNSET BEACH. Drue Campbell’s life and career have recently been derailed. The only thing she has left is the house her mother left her: a ramshackle beach bungalow with a […]
Happy International E-Book Day!
Today is the second annual International Read an e-Book Day! Share the love on Twitter with the hashtag #eBookLove and tell us what your patrons are e-reading these days. Here’s what they’re e-reading* and loving from Macmillan: Top ten picks: THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah BEACH TOWN by Mary Kay Andrews EVERY FIFTEEN MINUTES by […]
Happy #BookBday (5/19/15 Edition)
#BookBdays mean cake & celebration! Today we party with these new releases: BEACH TOWN by Mary Kay Andrews Location scout Greer Hennessy has found the perfect undiscovered beach town for a big budget movie, but finds a formidable obstacle (and romantic interest) in the town mayor, Eben Thinadeaux. “Andrews expertly combines an intriguing love story […]