Most Requested Titles January 2010

February 1st, 2010

Cobb County Public Library

Most Requested Titles January 2010 

 Altar of Eden by James Rollins

Arguing with idiots : how to stop small minds and big government Written & edited by Glenn Beck

Bed of roses by Nora Roberts

The blind side : evolution of a game by Michael Lewis

Blood ties by Kay Hooper

Catching fire by Suzanne Collins

Committed : a skeptic makes peace with marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert

Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

Death of a valentine by MC Beaton

Deeper than the dead by by Tami Hoag

The eleventh victim by Nancy Grace

Fired up by Jayne Ann Krentz

The first rule : a Joe Pike novel by Robert Crais

Ford County : stories by John Grisham

A gate at the stairs : a novel by Lorrie Moore

The girl who played with fire by Stieg  Larsson

The Girl with the dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Glenn Beck’s common sense : the case against an out-of-controlgovernment, inspired by Thomas Paine by Glenn Beck and Joseph Kerry

Going rogue : an American life by Sarah Palin

Half broke horses : a true-life novel by Jeannette Walls

Hardball by Sara Paretsky

Have a little faith : a true story by Mitch Albom

The help by Kathryn Stockett

I, Alex Cross : a novel by James Patterson

Ice : a novel by Linda Howard

Impact by Douglas Preston

Impact by Douglas Preston

Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen : how one girl risked her marriage, her job, and her sanity to master theart of living by Julie Powell

Kisser by Stuart Woods

The lacuna : a novel by Barbara Kingsolver

The last song by Nicholas Sparks

The lightning thief by Rick Riordan

 The lost symbol : a novel by Dan Brown

The lovely bones : a novel by Alice Sebold

Master your metabolism : the 3 diet secrets to naturally balancing your hormones for a hot and healthy body! by Jillian Michaels with Mariskavan Aalst ; foreword by Christine Darwin

The murder of King Tut : the plot to kill the child king : a nonfictionthriller by James Patterson and Martin Dugard

My life in Franceby Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme

Nanny returns : a novel by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola KrausNoah’s compass : a novel by Anne Tyler

Not my daughter by Barbara Delinsky

Open : an autobiography by Andre Agassi

Outliers : the story of success by Malcolm Gladwell

The Paris vendetta : a novel by Steve Berry

The perfect Christmas by Debbie Macomber

Pirate latitudes : a novel by Michael Crichton

Pride and prejudice and zombies : the classic Regency romance — nowwith ultraviolent zombie mayhem  by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

Pursuit of honor : a novel by Vince Flynn

Push : a novel by Sapphire

A reliable wife : a novel by Robert Goolrick

The Scarpetta factor by Patricia Cornwell

Shanghai girls : a novel by Lisa SeeSizzle : a novel by Julie Garwood

South of Broad : a novel by Pat Conroy

The swan thieves : a novel by Elizabeth Kostova

The time traveler’s wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Too much money : a novel by Dominick Dunne

Treasure Hunt : a novel by John Lescroart

Trial by fire by JA JanceTrue blue by David Baldacci

U is for undertow by Sue Grafton

What the dog saw : and other adventures by Malcolm Gladwell

The white queen by Philippa Gregory

Witch and wizard by James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet

The wolf at the door by Jack Higgins

Wolf Hall : a novel by Hilary Mantel 

It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye…

January 30th, 2010

This month, we’ve had to say goodbye to a few literary favorites who have passed away:

J. D. Salinger (January 1, 1919-January 27, 2010)

Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922-January 27, 2010)

Louis Auchincloss (September 27, 1917-January 26, 2010)

Erich Segal (June 16, 1937-January 17, 2010)

Robert B. Parker (September 17, 1932-January 18, 2010)

You can pay your respects to these authors by checking out one of their works at your local branch of the Cobb County Public Library System today.

Recently Ordered Popular Fiction

January 25th, 2010

Shadow Zone by Iris Johansen (July 2010)

The Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke   (July 2010)  

The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva (July 2010)

Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith   (July 2010)