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NextReads
NextReads is a service that e-mails you a list of new and upcoming books in the genres of your choice. Choose from a list of categories and receive monthly newsletters listing featured books with synopsis information and links right to the Cherry Hill Public Library catalog. From there you can check for availability or place holds on the books you are interested in. You can sign up for as many newsletters as you like and you can change your preferences at any time. If you are looking for the next book to read - this is the resource for you! Click here to sign-up today!
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Novelist Plus
An online readers' advisory tool that helps readers find new books based
on books they've read or topics in which they are interested. Click here to
link to this database.
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What We Are Reading
These titles were recently read and recommended by our staff.
September 2010
Home is Where the Wine Is
by Laurie Perry
The author keeps the reader laughing with her take on topics as varied as knitting (patterns included!), dating, cats, yoga and zucchini. It’s an art to write humor without being either saccharine or nasty, and Laurie definitely has the gift.
The Widow’s Season
by Laura Brodie
Sarah McConnell’s husband dies in a boating accident and she deals with grief and with a sense that not all was right in her marriage. An engrossing story with unexpected twists.
AM/PM by Amelia Gray
Twenty-three characters in 120 very short stories. The collection is whimsical and surprising.
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
In 1962 a young college graduate decides to write about the black women who work in her community taking care of house and home. What she learns changes her life.
The Maltese Manuscript
by Joanne Dobson
Rare books are disappearing from the library of Enfield College, a small, selective New England school. A body is found in the book stacks. Could it be murder? This series is great fun and a perfect choice for fans of traditional mysteries.
61 Hours
by Lee Child
The newest Jack Reacher thriller finds our hero stranded in a small town in South Dakota. He must use his wits as well as his brawn to help the local police defeat a group of very unsavory characters. This is a change of pace for Child, but still a great read.
The Annotated Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen and David M. Shapard
The timeless masterpiece of manners and romance becomes easier to understand with the definitions, illustrations and maps that explain the period in which Austen’s story takes place.
Royal Blood
by Rhys Bowen
Lady Georgiana is 34th in line to the British throne, well versed in French and deportment, and too poor to buy a decent meal. When the invitation comes to a royal wedding in Transylvania Georgiana is excited by the thought of good food and a warm bed, but then she hears tales of vampires and werewolves and witnesses a murder at the dinner table! Humorous and fun.
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
by Helen Simonson
This comedy of manners tells the story of a widower who falls in love with Mrs. Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper in his small town. The English villagers do not approve of the match. Filled with wonderful characters and wry commentary this is a great choice for fans of Jane Austen or Oscar Wilde, or both.
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Library Periodicals
The Cherry Hill Public Library has approximately 350 periodicals ranging from local, national and international newspapers, magazines and journals for just about every interest. We also keep back issues of magazine for about five years, longer for some titles. Contact our Reference Department if you are looking for a specific article or issue.
Click here to search the Library Catalog to see if we have the periodical you are looking for!
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Online Book Clubs
Sign up and each day we'll e-mail you a 5-minute portion of a book. During the week you can read 2-3 chapters and decide if you want to check the book out of the library. Every Monday we start new books.
 Join and Start Reading!
With seven book clubs to choose from, there's something for everyone. Patrons can choose Fiction, Non-Fiction, Business, Mystery, Science Fiction, Teen and there's even a PrePublication Club. You can start reading books in your e-mail before they're even published! Now you can discover great books, even if you're too busy to visit the library.
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Book Clubs To Go
This service is ideal for book/reading clubs where one member may check out a bag of 10 to 12 of the same paperback book for six weeks, and share with other members of their club. Each bag includes a brief biography of the author and a list of discussion questions. The library currently has 40 "Book Clubs To Go" titles to choose from! Contact our Reference Department to reserve your club's bag today.
Animal Dreams, by Barbara Kingsolver
Before You Know Kindness, by Christopher A. Bohjalian
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
Broken for You, by Stephanie Kallos
A Conspiracy of Paper, by David Liss
Day After Night, by Anita Diamant
The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson
Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, by Alexandra Fuller
Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde
The Glass Castle: A Memoir, by Jeannette Walls
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
In the Time of the Butterflies, by Julia Alvarez
Little Bee, by Chris Cleave
Love Medicine, by Louise Erdrich
Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan
Maisie Dobbs, by Jacqueline Winspear
March, by Geraldine Brooks
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, by Kim Edwards
Mountains beyond Mountains, by Tracy Kidder
My Sister’s Keeper, by Jodi Picoult
The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Other Boleyn Girl, by Philippa Gregory
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
The Professor and the Madman, by Simon Winchester
The Samurai’s Garden, by Gail Tsukiyama
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See
Straight Man, by Richard Russo
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
The Thirteenth Tale, by Diane Setterfield
Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson
Three Junes, by Julia Glass
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith
Unless, by Carol Shields
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, by Maggie O’Farrell
Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen
What the Dead Know, by Laura Lippman
The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion
The Zookeeper’s Wife, by Diane Ackerman
Special thanks to the Friends of the Library who have generously supported this program.
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Junior Book Clubs To Go
Book Clubs in-a-bag for grades 4-8
Junior Book Clubs To Go is a service that provides book club materials for facilitators to successfully run a book club. Librarians have selected a variety of titles that are appropriate for students in grades 4 through 8.
One member of a book club can check out a bag of paperback books for six weeks. Each bag includes 10 books of the same title, a brief biography of the author, discussion questions, related Web sites, hints on how to run a book club and much more!
Titles Include:
Feed, by M.T. Anderson
Hope Was Here, by Joan Bauer
Al Capone Does My Shirts, by Gennifer Choldenko
No Talking. by Andrew Clements
Sahara Special, by Esmi Raji Codell
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo
City of Ember, by Jeanne Du Prau
All the Way Home, by Patricia Reilly Giff
Black Book of Secrets, by F.E. Higgins
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town, by Kimberly Willis Holt
Deliver Us From Normal, by Kate Klise
Rules, by Cynthia Lord
Wringer, by Jerry Spinelli
Love, Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli
A Crooked Kind of Perfect, by Linda Urban
To reserve a Book Club Bag or to find out more about this new service, please contact the Youth Services Department at 856-903-1229.
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