Fondulac Library Staff share what they are reading so far this summer. Sign up for It’s Showtime at Your Library, our summer reading program for all ages, and earn prizes for reading and attending library programs.
In Dog We Trust by Beth Kendrick
What’s it about? Unexpectedly named the legal guardian of a wealthy man’s prized Labrador retrievers, Jocelyn Hilliard moves into a luxurious seaside mansion before tackling the dual challenge of caring for her charges and contending with her late benefactor’s estranged son.
Recommended by: Sue, Youth Services Manager
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
What’s it about? The world is going to end next Saturday, but there are a few problems–the Antichrist has been misplaced, the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse ride motorcycles, and the representatives from heaven and hell decide that they like the human race.
Recommended by: Jessica, Adult Services
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
What’s it about? At age eight, David watched as his father was killed by an Epic, a human with superhuman powers, and now, ten years later, he joins the Reckoners — the only people who are trying to kill the Epics and end their tyranny.
Recommended by: Katie, Adult Services
The Amazing Spider-Man Masterworks Volume 1 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
What’s it about? Presents the first six adventures of Peter Parker, a college student turned super-hero by the bite of a radioactive spider.
Recommended by: Jacob, Adult Services
Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson
What’s it about? A Stormlight Archive novella about Lift, a young Knight Radiant.
Recommended by: Monica, Circulation
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
What’s it about? The third book in the epic fantasy series, The Stormlight Archive, Oathbringer’s main characters confront truths that challenge everything they believe.
Recommended by: Susie, Adult Services; Melissa Friedlund, Adult Services; and Monica, Circulation
What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
What’s it about? Gladwell takes everyday subjects and shows us surprising new ways of looking at them. Whether it’s criminal profiling or dog training.
Recommended by: Genna, Library Director
Iron Gold by Pierce Brown
What’s it about? They call him father, liberator, warlord, Reaper. But he feels a boy as he falls toward the pale blue planet, his armor red, his army vast, his heart heavy. It is the tenth year of war and the thirty-second of his life.
Recommended by: Nick, Circulation Manager
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
What’s it about? Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. Embracing her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen, Celaena returns to the empire–for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past–.
Recommended by: Amanda, Youth Services
Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir
What’s it about? Alison Weir portrays the tragic Lady Jane Grey during the very tumultuous times following the death of King Edward VI.
Recommended by: Becky, Adult Services
Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics by Dan Harris
What’s it about? In this guide to mindfulness and meditation for beginners and experienced meditators alike, Harris and his friend Jeff Warren, a masterful teacher and “Meditation MacGyver,” embark on a cross-country quest to tackle the myths, misconceptions, and self-deceptions that stop people from meditating.
Recommended by: Sarah Baker, Circulation Assistant
The Raven King by Maggie Stievater
What’s it about? Not believing in true love, Blue never thought the warning that she will cause her true love’s death would be a problem, but as her life is entangled in the world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.
Recommended by: Kayla Tyler-Watkins, Youth Services
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
What’s it about? Growing up in a small Mississippi town in a family haunted by the murder of her brother, Robin, Harriet Cleve Dusfresnes lives in a world of her imagination, until, at the age of twelve, she decides to find Robin’s murderer and exact her revenge.
Recommended by: Beth, Communications
Post by Susie Rivera, Reference Specialist
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