Preview Shelf: Notable New Books by CDPL Volunteer Janice Clauser
Spooky Indiana looks like a good pre-Halloween read with its 25 tales of
hauntings, strange happenings, and other creepy lore. In her preface author S.
E. (Sandy) Schlosser
mentions visiting “a revolving prison in Crawfordsville.” One of the tales is
about Greencastle, and one is from Terre
Haute. The back cover says that Indiana folklore traditions are kept alive
in these expert retellings. This is a new book at the Crawfordsville District
Public Library.
Five books
from section 921 on the shelves begin with Mind Reader by Lior Suchard, world-renowned mentalist who unlocks “the power of
your mind to get what you want.” Visiting Tom is a chat with Tom Hartwig written by Michael Perry; it is made up of
an endless reservoir of stories dating back to days of his prize Model A, an
appreciation of barns, and of happenings, common and unusual, that are a
comforting and comfortable read. Anna
Quindlen’s memoir, Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake looks back and looks ahead, as she considers marriage,
girlfriends, our mothers, faith, loss, all the stuff in our closets, and more.
Alex Stone’s Fooling Houdini is “a
dazzling tour through the strange and colorful world of magic and magicians –
an exploration that probes the science of deception, the limits of
consciousness, and the mysteries of the human mind.” Solo is Hope Solo’s story as goalie of the U.S. women’s
soccer team in the Olympics and the World Cup. Raised on the scorched earth of
defunct nuclear testing sites, reunited with her father when she was an adult,
she gives her life story and details of being benched in the semifinals of the
2007 World Cup. She was also recently on Dancing with the Stars.
Willow
Wilson’s Alif the Unseen conjures up
a tale of literary enchantment, political change, and religious mystery powered
by high math and Arabian myth, in an “unnamed Middle Eastern security state.” Tumbleweeds by Leila Meacham is about
three friends who forge a lifelong bond against the backdrop of a Texas town’s passion for
football. Domestic Affairs is “a campaign
novel” by Bridget Siegel about working on a presidential bid as did the author
herself.
A requested
mystery is the late Robert Parker’s Fool Me Twice, a Jesse Stone story by Michael Brandman: in a Massachusetts
town, a Hollywood movie company has invaded
with its equipment and a troubled star, who becomes the subject of a death
threat.
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