Read Across America 2017

Even though Mt. Pleasant is closed, other branches are doing some awesome Read Across America programs.

Some in the Mount Pleasant area are:
Village Branch, Mt. Pleasant Fire Chief reading Dr. Seuss
Poe/Sullivan's Island Branch, Mayor Pat O'Neil

MTP March Calendar of Events

The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston Book Review

Available as a physical book, eBook, Book on CD, and downloadable audiobook.  Go to our catalog to put on hold or call (843)849-6161 to put on hold or find out more about downloadables.

Click on the title below to read the full review from BookPage.

Douglas Preston - The Lost City of the Monkey God - Book Review: Let author Douglas Preston give testimony to the old adage: Truth is stranger than fiction. As the co-author, with Lincoln Child, of a series of bestselling suspense novels, Preston has explored mysteries involving sorcery, witchcraft and ancient secrets. Now he chronicles his own true-life adventures in a nonfiction book, The Lost City of the Monkey God. Preston’s quest is to find the...

Laurie Frankel - This Is How It Always Is - Book Review

Available as a physical book and eBook.  Go to our catalog to put on hold or call (843)849-6161 to put on hold or find out more about downloadables.

Click on the title below to read the full review from BookPage.

Laurie Frankel - This Is How It Always Is - Book Review: BookPage Top Pick in Fiction, February 2017 After four sons, Dr. Rosie Walsh and her husband, writer Penn Adams, thought maybe—just maybe—their fifth child would be a girl, Poppy, named for Rosie’s deceased sister. But instead, the baby was another boy, Claude. Until he decided he wasn’t. The revelation didn’t shake the Walsh-Adamses.

Other books by Laurie Frankel are Goodbye for Now and The Atlas of Love.

The Second Mrs. Hockaday by Susan Rivers Book Review

Available as a physical book, eBook, and downloadable audiobook.  Go to our catalog to put on hold or call (843)849-6161 to put on hold or find out more about downloadables.

Click on the title below to read the full review from BookPage.

Susan Rivers - The Second Mrs. Hockaday - Book Review: It’s fitting for a Civil War-era story to be told in letters: The excruciating wait between each hoped-for missive is mirrored in this debut novel’s slow and gradual denouement. Author and playwright Susan Rivers employs not only letters, but also diary entries and inquest reports to tell a story loosely based in fact. In The Second Mrs. Hockaday, Placidia Fincher, young and newly...

Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Read-alikes

Reminder: Library Closing February 27 - March 24

Book drops will remain open at all library locations for customer convenience.

If you are placing a hold that is likely to arrive between February 27-March 24, please select an alternate library branch for pick-up.  If no other branch is selected, holds available for Mt. Pleasant patrons between February 27-March 24 will go the Main Library by default.

Another option is if you would like to suspend your holds for while we are closed. Suspending your hold will keep your place in line for you but will not fill the hold until the hold is unsuspended.  If this sounds like something you're interested in we can do it for you or you can log on to your account and suspend your holds.

If you have any questions, feel free to comment below, call (843)849-6161, or come by the library at 1133 Mathis Ferry Rd.

Presidents Day Closing

A Monster Calls Read-alikes

If you enjoyed the book or the movie "A Monster Calls" try out some of the titles below.  DVD release of the movie is currently set for late March 2017.

If you'd would like read-alike suggestions for another title comment below with the title, stop by the library at 1133 Mathis Ferry Rd., or give us a call (843)849-6161, press 2 for Reference.

Multigenerational Epics

If you liked Yaa Gyasi's "Homegoing" try this new multigenerational epic from Min Jin Lee, Pachinko.  For more information about what Pachinko is about, click the link below for an interview with the author.  Go to our catalog to put on hold or call (843)849-6161 to put on hold.

Min Jin Lee - Interview: Reading Pachinko is like binge-watching every season of an HBO series. Instead of capturing a single time and place, Min Jin Lee’s heartbreaking historical novel spans the entire 20th century through four generations, three wars and two countries with a troubled past. A moving and powerful account of one of the world’s most persecuted immigrant communities—Koreans living in Japan...

Lindsey Lee Johnson - Interview

Available as a physical book, eBook, and downloadable audiobook.  Go to our catalog to put on hold or call (843)849-6161 to put on hold or find out more about downloadables.

Click on the title below to read an interview with author Lindsay Lee Johnson about writing 'The Most Dangerous Place on Earth".  Interview comes from BookPage.

Lindsey Lee Johnson - Interview: 'It was a terrible time for me,” author Lindsey Lee Johnson remembers. “Everything was just falling apart.” She’s talking about 2008, when her college teaching contract wasn’t renewed because of the economic crash, her boyfriend left and she could no longer afford the home she’d just bought. To try to put the pieces back together, Johnson moved in with...

2017 Audie Finalists Announced!!

The Audie, basically the Oscars of the audiobook world, finalists have been announced for 2017.  Winners will be selected June 1st. If you enjoy audiobooks take a look at the list and you may find one you have read or discover a title that interest you.

Please take a look at the link below to see the 2017 Audie Finalists.  If you find a title you'd like to see if the library offers go to our catalog, give us a call at (843)849-6161, or comment below and we'll respond back with if we have it or not in 24-48 business hours.

Happy Listening!!

2017 Audie Finalists

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden - Book Review

Available as a physical book, eBook, and downloadable audiobook.  Go to our catalog to put on hold or call (843)849-6161 to put on hold or find out more about downloadables.

Click on the title below to read the full review from BookPage.

Katherine Arden - The Bear and the Nightingale - Book Review: In her first novel, The Bear and the Nightingale, Katherine Arden has created a coming-of-age story rooted in folklore, set in the Russian wilderness and surrounded by the magic of winter.  In 14th-century Russia, Vasya is an unusual girl—wild and strong, perceptive and brave—who grew up captivated by her family’s frightening tales and legends. But when Vasya finds the...

New perspectives on slavery and freedom

Click below for BookPage article highlighting three new books regarding slavery and freedom.

New perspectives on slavery and freedom - Feature: Black History Month is an annual celebration of black achievements as well as a reminder of the ongoing struggle against adversity. In three new books, George Washington’s runaway slave achieves freedom, members of the black elite in post-Reconstruction Washington, D.C., wrestle with Jim Crow and a Mississippi murder re-invigorates the civil rights movement.

At CCPL we have all of the titles highlighted in the article,

"Never Caught : the Story of Ona Judge, the Washingtons' Runaway Slave" by Erica Armstrong Dunbar-- At the publishing of this post, this title is on order as a print book.

"Best and the Brightest : Daniel Murray and the Story of the Original Class of Black Elites" by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor --At the publishing of this post, this title is on order as a print book.

"Blood of Emmett Till" by Timothy B. Tyson is available as a book, eBook, and downloadable audiobook.

What to read after 'A Man Called Ove' - Blog Post

A Man Called Ove is available in multiple formats including a physical book, Large Print, eBook, downloadable audiobook, Book on CD, and a book club kit.  The book has also been made into a movie starring Rolf Lassgard and is available on DVD.  Go to our catalog to put on hold or call (843)849-6161 to put on hold or find out more about downloadables.

Click on the title below to read about similar books to "A Man Called Ove" from BookPage.

What to read after 'A Man Called Ove' - Blog Post: The titular hero of A Man Called Ove has been pushing his cranky way into the hearts of American readers since the novel was published here in 2014. This word-of-mouth hit—the #5 bestselling book of 2016—features a lonely Swedish curmudgeon who doesn't have much to live for after his wife's death. That is, until the lively new neighbors next door turn up with some...

The Glass Universe by Dava Sobel - Book Review

Available as a physical book, eBook, and downloadable audiobook.  Go to our catalog to put on hold or call (843)849-6161 to put on hold or find out more about downloadables.

Click on the title below to read the full review from BookPage.

Dava Sobel - The Glass Universe - Book Review: Dava Sobel, best known for such remarkable books as Galileo’s Daughter and Longitude, chronicles the groundbreaking careers of several little-known women scientists in The Glass Universe.  Sobel begins her story in 1882 at a glittering dinner party held by Dr. Henry Draper and his wife, Anna Palmer Draper. Dr. Draper, a physician and amateur astronomer, died five days later, leaving...

Top 10 Books February 2017