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Moray Libraries Book News May 2016 Top Ten Fiction in April 2016 Top Ten Non-Fiction in April 2016 Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson Cometh the Hour by Jeffrey Archer St Kilda: a people’s history by Roger Hutchinson The Steel Kiss by Jeffery Deaver National 5 Maths by Robert Barclay The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Foolproof Cooking by Mary Berry How to Be Both by Ali Smith Bee’s Brilliant Biscuits by Bee Berrie Predator by Wilbur Smith The Man Who Cycled the World by Mark Beaumont In the Cold Dark Ground by Stuart MacBride Broken Vows: Tony Blair, the tragedy of power by Tom Bower Property of a Noblewoman by Danielle Steel Billy Connolly’s Tracks Across America 15 th Affair by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro Island Wife: living on the edge of the wild by Judy Fairbairns The Gangster by Clive Cussler & Justin Scott Where Memories go: why dementia changes everything by Sally Magnusson Here are the most popular books borrowed from Moray Libraries in April 2016. Use our online reservation facility to reserve your copy. http://capitadiscovery.co.uk/moray/ You can browse the catalogue, add a review, make a personal list, place a reservation or renew your loans by clicking on the ‘My Account’ button. Borrowers wishing to use this facility will require their library membership number and PIN.

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Moray Libraries Book News May 2016

Top Ten Fiction in April 2016 Top Ten Non-Fiction in April 2016

Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben

The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson

Cometh the Hour by Jeffrey Archer

St Kilda: a people’s history by Roger Hutchinson

The Steel Kiss by Jeffery Deaver

National 5 Maths by Robert Barclay

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Foolproof Cooking by Mary Berry

How to Be Both by Ali Smith

Bee’s Brilliant Biscuits by Bee Berrie

Predator by Wilbur Smith

The Man Who Cycled the World by Mark Beaumont

In the Cold Dark Ground by Stuart MacBride

Broken Vows: Tony Blair, the tragedy of power by Tom Bower

Property of a Noblewoman by Danielle Steel

Billy Connolly’s Tracks Across America

15th Affair by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro

Island Wife: living on the edge of the wild by Judy Fairbairns

The Gangster by Clive Cussler & Justin Scott

Where Memories go: why dementia changes everything by Sally Magnusson

Here are the most popular books borrowed from Moray Libraries in April 2016.

Use our online reservation facility to reserve your copy.

http://capitadiscovery.co.uk/moray/

You can browse the catalogue, add a review, make a personal list, place a reservation or renew your loans by clicking on the ‘My Account’ button.

Borrowers wishing to use this facility will require their library membership number and PIN.

Moray Libraries Book News May 2016

Reading Group Reviews

Lossiemouth Library Reading Group unanimously loved All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. It generated their most enthusiastic response ever, with comments such as ’exquisite story’ and ‘best book I’ve read in a long time’. The novel centres round the stories of a French girl, Marie-Laure, who has lost her sight and a German orphan boy, Werner. The plot has many interesting threads, mainly set in 1940s France and Germany but ranging up to the present day. It features a host of fascinating characters and is beautifully descriptive. Heartily recommended!

A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler was the title up for discussion at Elgin Library’s Evening Reading Group recently. Most of the group members enjoyed this contemporary American novel. The reading group found the strong female characters well portrayed and the family history story very believable and it had a well-constructed plot. Although this was a novel where nothing much happened, it was a believable and engaging tale of a typical American family. A ‘thumbs up’ for this choice this time!

Forres Library Tuesday Reading Group read Us by David Nicholl. They found the book well-written, contemporary and enjoyable even though the characters were very likeable. The novel shows aspects of today’s life and the group would recommend it.

The Wednesday Reading Group at Forres Library discussed Gone Are The Leaves by Anne Donovan. The majority of the group members enjoyed the book and the use of the Scots language. The good characterisation and separate voices kept the story going. The group found many interesting points to consider and made particular reference to the use of ‘castrata’ voice by many religious choirs in the past. However, they found the end rather disappointing and inconclusive. They would recommend the book to someone who was interested in Scottish mystical tales.

The Forres Thursday Reading Group discussed The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern but none of the members enjoyed this story. They found some passages well-written with some good descriptions, however the fantasy element was not to their liking and some parts were disturbing. They suggested that it may suit a teenage audience since there were similarities to Harry Potter.

If you enjoying reading and discussing books there are several reading groups in libraries across Moray. Find out more on the library web pages.

http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_159 3.html

Moray Libraries Book News May 2016

May highlights

In the spring of 2015, Mark Beaumont set out from the bustling heart of Cairo on his latest world record attempt - solo, the length of Africa, intending to ride to Cape Town in under 50 days. Seven years since he smashed the world record for cycling round the world, this would be his toughest trip yet.

A story of unexpected circumstance and lesson in making the best of what you have, 'My Italian Bulldozer' is a warm holiday read guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

In 1988, two girls with identical names and the same love of ballet meet for the first time. They seem destined to be best friends forever and to become professional dancers. Years later, however, they have both been dealt so many cruel and unexpected blows that they walk away from each other into very different futures - one enters a convent, the other becomes a minor celebrity. Will these new, 'invisible' lives be the ones they were meant to live?

In 2011, 'Billy Connolly's Route 66' was published. In the years that have passed since the previous book, Billy has had more than his share of challenges - in 2013 he was diagnosed with prostate cancer (he's now been given the all-clear); on the same day he was diagnosed with the early stages of Parkinson's disease. But being a determined 72-year-old, Billy won't stop the illness put him off one more exploration of the country he knows and loves so well.

Use our online reservation facility to reserve your copy.

http://capitadiscovery.co.uk/moray/