Boozing: A History of Alcohol, Drinking, and Drunkenness By: Marie Campbell
Non-Fiction: History, Food, E-book
This short e-book goes over the history of alcohol, starting with early civilizations up to today. The early history in the book seams fine given how much glossing over details a book like this needs to do, but by the time it gets to drinks in stories, it says things like "The Cask of Amontillado" was on the evils of drinking, and starts to read like a kid in high school who is BSing an English paper.
Enemy of the People: The Untold Story of the Journalists Who Opposed Hitler by: Terrence Petty
Non-Fiction: History, E-book
This book tells the story of the paper the Munich Post, a German paper that opposed Hitler and the Nazis from his early days and even spoke out against him when he was in power.
Ape Shift: Freaky Florida Mystery Adventures #4 by: Margaret Lashley
Fiction: Sci-fi/Fantasy, Paranormal, 336 pages
(Note: for some reason the library does not have book 3 although it has the rest of the current series.)
Bobbie and Grayson are on the hunt for bigfoot, and unlike earlier cases Bobbie is a little concerned, because she might actually believe that bigfoot is real.
Meet Kaya by: Janet Beeler Shaw
Fiction: History, Children's, 70 pages
This is book 1 in the American Girl series on Kaya, who is a Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) Native American who lives in 1761.
Kaya's Escape! by: Janet Beeler Shaw
Fiction: History, Children's, 72 pages
In book 2 Kaya and her "sister" Speaking Rain (a blind orphan that Kaya's family has adopted) are kidnapped by an enemy group. They meet a young boy from a friendly tribe that also has been kidnapped, and Kaya and the boy try to escape, after Speaking Rain insists they leave without her, as her blindness will slow them down.
The Agitated Elocutionist: A Lizzie Borden, Girl Detective Mini-Mystery by: Richard Behrens
The Forlorn Maggie: A Lizzie Borden, Girl Detective Mini-Mystery by: Richard Behrens
The Purloined Curio: A Lizzie Borden, Girl Detective Mini-Mystery by: Richard Behrens
The Melancholy Scion: A Lizzie Borden, Girl Detective Mini-Mystery by: Richard Behrens
The Sculling Boat: A Lizzie Borden, Girl Detective Mystery by: Richard Behrens
(for all)Fiction: Mystery, Short Story, children's, E-book
I picked up most of the short stories in this series when they were free on-line. All the stories are OK as kids mysteries, except the weirdness of picking Lizzie Borden as the detective in the stories. While, they hint at things that we know about the life of Lizzie Borden, a couple of stories add that she likes to shoplift (something that I don't think was part of the real person's life.) Also having a person that later gets charged with the murder of her father and step mother, seams like a odd choice for a main character of a children's book series, as does having her be friends with the police and a known detective in town.
Kaya's Hero: A Story of Giving by: Janet Beeler Shaw
Fiction: History, Children's, 73 pages
Kaya finds a hero in a young women named Swan Circling who has married into her tribe and is fearless.
Kaya and Lone Dog: A Friendship Story by: Janet Beeler Shaw
Fiction: History, Children's, 81 pages
Kaya befriends a lone dog who then has puppies.
Kaya Shows the Way: A Sister Story by: Janet Beeler Shaw
Fiction: History, Children's, 73 pages
Kaya is worried about losing her older sister Brown Deer, as Brown Deer prepares to get married, but when in the big meet up area for fishing, she is reunited with her sister that was kidnapped, only to possibly lose her again to a vow she made to her rescuer.
Changes for Kaya: A Story of Courage by: Janet Beeler Shaw
Fiction: History, Children's, 70 pages
Kaya looks for her stolen horse, only to end up in an extreme situation that takes all her courage and wits to survive.
Doctor Who: Ghost Stories by: George Mann illustrated by: Ivan Rodriguez, Pasquale Qualano et al.
Fiction: Pop Culture, Graphic Novel, 112 pages
A 12th Doctor comic book.
Kaya and the River Girl by: Janet Beeler Shaw
Fiction: History, short story, Children's, 38 pages
This is a short story that isn't part of the main series of stories for the character. In this one Kaya is jealous of another girl from the river tribe.
DC Horror Presents: The Conjuring: The Lover by: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, Rex Ogle, Scott Snyder
Fiction: Pop Culture, Graphic Novel, Paranormal, Horror, 128 pages
A set of prequel stories for the conjuring movies.
The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall by: Mary Downing Hahn
Fiction: Paranormal, Mystery, Children's, 160 pages
An orphan gets sent to live with an uncle and aunt in the country after living in London her whole life. There she learns that she has a sickly boy cousin and girl cousin who would be around her age, but she died last year. And her dead cousin is haunting the house.
Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Academy: No Humans Allowed! by: Madeleine Roux Illustrated by: Tim Probert
Fiction: Fantasy, Pop Culture, Graphic Novel, Children's, 204 pages
Zelli was raised by minotaurs, but she is actual a human. In her "History of Horrible Humans" class she sees someone who looks just like her, a famous adventurer, from a family of famous adventurers. She hears rumors that her possible mother is near by, and also that graduates from her school are going missing, as she and some other misfits from the the school go to investigate.
Fear Street #48: Who Killed the Homecoming Queen? by: R.L. Stine
Fiction: Paranormal, Mystery, Horror, YA 176 pages
Someone is killing students right before homecoming.
Curse of the Were-wiener by: Ursula Vernon
Fiction: Fantasy, humor, Children's, 204 pages
Wendell gets bit by a hog dog from Transylvania and will become a were-wiener if he and Danny doesn't kill the alpha wiener within 3 days.
Revenge of the Horned Bunnies by: Ursula Vernon
Fiction: Fantasy, humor, Children's, 208 pages
Everyone is at camp, including Danny's annoying cousin Spencer. Spencer finds a jackalope and learns that the jackalopes are all going missing.
Knight-napped! by: Ursula Vernon
Fiction: Fantasy, humor, Children's, 208 pages
Spencer is kidnapped by knights and Danny, Wendell & Christiana go to rescue him, from Christiana's distant relatives!
Sewing Can Be Dangerous And Other Small Threads by: S.R. Mallery
Fiction: Short Stories, History, E-book
A collection of 11 stories from various times, often involving important events from that time, all that have something to do with sewing or related textile arts.
Weevil Spirits Freaky Florida Mystery Adventures #5 by: Margaret Lashley
Fiction: Sci-fi/Fantasy, Paranormal, Mystery, 306 pages
This time Grayson goes to the Florida panhandle to experience a rare event where the cicadas with a 3, 7, etc lifecycle all are coming to the surface at the same time. And the end up with a mystery of multiple dead people with their heads removed.
