Tuesday, May 21, 2013

April's Books





Oshkosh resident Jess Riley follows up her successful first novel with “All the Lonely People,” the story of Jaime Collins and her dysfunctional family. After a particularly awful Thanksgiving dinner, when Jaime throws the mashed potatoes at her brother, she advertises on Craigslist for a new family. But even a handpicked  family comes with faults.
The laugh-out-loud moments are found among the chapters that come uncomfortably close to painful truths. The back cover of the book says. “Dedicated to anyone who has ever wanted to unfriend a relative on Facebook.”



Death of Yesterday by M.C. Beaton
Bonnie of Evidence by Maddy Hunter
Visiting Tom: a man, a highway, and the  road to roughneck grace  by Michael Perry
Unnatural Acts by Stuart Woods
Great Lakes Circle Tour: reliving history along Lake Michigan's circle tour route by Bob Schmidt
Life at Home in the 21st Century: 32 families open their doors by Jeanne Arnold
Murder for the Halibut by Liz Lipperman
Monkey Love and Murder by Edith McClintock
All the Lonely People by Jess Riley