New & Noteworthy @ WHPLibrary

Look for new books by Lee Child, Douglas Preston and John Sandford in May.

Lee Child's new book, 61 Hours, is the 14th book in the Jack Reacher series. A tour bus crashes in a snowstorm and leaves Reacher in the middle of a deadly situation. This book will be available on Tuesday, MAY 18.

        
Fever Dream, the new book by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, is the 10th book in the Pendergast series. With the help of Lt. Vincent D'Agosta, FBI special agent Pendergast sets out to uncover the mystery of his wife's murder. This book will be available on Tuesday, MAY 11.

        
Investiagator Lucus Davenport makes his 20th appearance in John Sandford's new book, Storm Prey. Davenport's wife, Weather Karkinnen, becomes the target of three men who think she saw them at the scene of a crime. This book will be available on Tuesday, MAY 18.

 

        
You can reserve a copy of any of these titles, or other books, at the reference desk or through your online library account.

According to Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature® , genre may be defined as "A distinctive type or category of literary composition, such as the epic, tragedy, comedy, novel, and short story."

Our question in April asked "Which type of novel do you read most often?" Most people chose one genre, but 17 (23%) chose multiple categories.

Here are the responses we got in rank order:

24 = Science Fiction / Fantasy
23 = Mystery
18 = Historical Fiction
18 = Romance
14 = Suspense
13 = Paranormal
13 = LARGE PRINT

A total of 71 respondents answered our survey on fiction preferences. 60% (43 of the 71) completed the survey in the children's room, however we don't know for sure how many were children, as opposed to parents, grandparents, or caretakers. 37% (26/71) answered the questions at the reference desk and 3% (2/71) responded online.

In our previous surveys, we purposely did not ask for identifying information, such as age or sex of our respondents, so as not to complicate the process or to make it seem intrusive. However, we realize that knowing more about the demographics of our audience would have helped us to make our analysis more meaningful.

We don't feel we can generalize much from the results, so expect more about the topic as we work to refine our questions. By doing these informal surveys, we hope to learn more about you. At the same time, we are learning a lot more about how to administer surveys.

You'll see that our next survey makes a distinction between adult and teen programs and programs for children. We welcome your suggestions about both the content and process of these surveys.

Stand-up comic and author Jay Mohr will be at the Borders in Westbury on Wednesday, MAY 12 at 7 p.m. He will be there to read from and sign his new book, No Wonder My Parents Drank.

Borders is located on 1260 Old Country Road. For more information, call 683-8700.

Bestselling author Emily Giffin will be at the Book Revue in Huntington on Friday, MAY 14 at 7 p.m. She will speak about and sign her new book, Heart of the Matter.

For more information, contact the Book Revue at 631-271-1442.

Two mystery book stores in Manhattan will host book signings in May.

The Mysterious Bookshop, at 58 Warren Street, will have author Chris Grabenstein on Thursday, MAY 13 from 6:30-8 p.m. Grabenstein will be promoting his new book, Rolling Thunder, the latest in his John Ceepak series. For more information, call 212-587-1011.

        
Partners & Crime, at 44 Greenwich Avenue, will have author Michael Gruber on Tuesday, MAY 18 at 7 p.m. He will be promoting his new book, The Good Son. For more information, call 212-243-0440.

The newest book by bestselling author Dale Brown will be available this Tuesday, MAY 11. Executive Intent is the 16th book in the Patrick McLanahan series.

In this book, the United States, China and Russia are all in a struggle to see who will control both the seas and space.

Just a reminder that the second West Hempstead Public Library mystery book discussion will take place this Wednesday, MAY 12, at 10:30 a.m. in the board room on the second floor.

The book being discussed is A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie. Come join us!

The last of Stieg Larsson's books will be available on MAY 25. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is the last book in Larsson's Millennium Series.

Salander is plotting her revenge against the man who tried to kill her. She is under close supervision in Intensive Care and is set to face trial for three murders. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist, Salander must prove her innocence.

        
Steve Martini's new book,The Rule of Nine, will be available on JUNE 1. It is the 11th book featuring defense attorney Paul Madriani.

Madriani has been linked to the murder of a Washington, D.C. political staffer and must also work with weapons control expert Joselyn Cole to prevent a catastropic event from happening in the nation's capitol.

        
Clive Cussler's third book in the Isaac Bell series will be available on JUNE 1.

In The Spy, Bell is asked to help the daughter of a battleship gun designer clear her father's name after his death. More deaths follow and all are linked to a top secret project called Hull 44. Bell must deal with spies from several countries as he carries out his investigations.

Local author Nelson DeMille will be at two area bookstores in June to sign his new book, The Lion. This book is the sequel to The Lion's Game.

DeMille will appear at The Book Revue in Huntington on Thursday, JUNE 10, at 7 p.m. The Book Revue is located at 313 New York Avenue. For more information, call 631-271-1442.

He will also appear at Barnes & Noble in Carle Place on Monday, JUNE 14, at 7 p.m. Barnes & Noble is located in the Country Glen Center on Old Country Road. For more information, call 741-9850.

I really love this mystery series by British writer Shirley Wells. It features forensic psychologist Jill Kennedy and her ex-lover and ex-colleague DCI Max Trentham.

There are four books in the series and I just finished reading her latest one, The Broken Circle. It is good to read the books in order so you can see how relationships develop between the characters in the books. After four books they seem like old friends.

Jill Kennedy quits her high-profile job with the police department and moves to a small Lancashire village to lead a quieter life. However, she cannot escape being drawn into murder investigations led by Max Trentham.

You can find all the books in the series at our library.

The latest Jeffrey Deaver book, The Burning Wire, will be available on Tuesday, JUNE1. This is the 9th book in the Lincoln Rhymes series.

In his latest book, Rhymes must deal with a killer who uses electricity to strike fear into the residents of New York City. After several attacks, demand letters appear and Rhymes and his team must work against time to find the person behind the crimes. At the same time Rhymes is also consulting on a case in Mexico involving the hired killer known as the Watchmaker.

You can reserve this book or any item in our collection by stopping by the reference desk or using your online library account.

New books by bestselling authors Nelson DeMille and Elizabeth Lowell will be available on Tuesday, JUNE 8.

Nelson DeMille's new book, The Lion, is the sequel to his book, The Lion's Game. John Corey, former NYPD homicide detective and special agent for the Anti-Terrorist Task Force, is back. And so is Asad Khalil, the Libyan terrorist known as "The Lion." Khalil has come back for some unfinished business and Corey must find him and stop him.

Elizabeth Lowell's lastest book, Death Echo, is the fifth book in her St. Kilda series. Operative Emma Cross is tracking a yacht named Blackbird, a dead ringer for another ship that went missing a year earlier. It's carrying a lethal cargo and Emma only has seven days to uncover the truth or a major American city will be lost.

        
You can reserve these or other books by calling or stopping by the reference desk or using your online library account.

The Library Board has decided not to submit the proposed 2010-2011 budget for a revote. The amount of the 2010-2011 budget will remain the same as the current 2009-2010 budget.