May – Mystery Month

Welcome Summer Students,

Take a minute and review SCC Libraries Mystery Collection.

Mystery Month

Double Whammy

By Carl Hiaasen

Private eye, R.J. Decker, is searching for a cheater at a sporting event (bass fishing) but instead steps into a murder investigation in Coon Bog, Florida. This novel is an earlier work by Carl Hiaasen. This story contains humorous situations and fast pace fun.

Mistress of Mellyn

By Victoria Holt

This classic novel has a romantic suspense plot.  Connan TreMellyn is a widow and looking for a governess for his daughter. Martha Leigh is the new governess for the wealthy TreMellyn Family. Martha falls in love with the master of the house and discovers the mystery about the death of Connan’s wife.

Cookie Cutter

By Sterling Anthony

This novel has a psychological suspense plot. The killings are racially charged and Mary Cunningham, Detroit’s Homicide Lieutenant is on the case. This novel contains graphic violence and sexual situations. The storyline could inspire book discussions about race and black culture in the South (1960s) and Detroit, Michigan (1990’s). I recommend this book to any Walter Mosley fan.

Booklist:

Southern Fried                  By Cathy Pickens

The Blackheath Poisonings: A Victorian Murder Mystery             

 By Julian Symons

Paying the Piper              By Sharyn McCrumb

Simon Said                         By Sarah Shaber

Play Dirty                            By Sandra Brown

Dust to Dust                       By Tami Hoag

Popular fiction books can be checked out for 3 weeks at any of SCC Libraries (Central, Cherokee, and Tyger River).

Western Books

Check out our Western Books at any of SCC Library locations.

• Redeye: A Western by Clyde Edgerton PS3555 .D47 R34 1996
• Leaving Whiskey Bend by Dorothy Garlock PS3557 .A71645 L43 2008
• Cassidy by Lori Wick PS3573 .I237 C37 2007
• McKettrick’s Heart by Linda Miller PS3563 .I41373 M3 2007
• Barbed Wire by Elmer Kelton PS3561 .E9575 B37 2007
• Colter’s Wife by Joan Johnston PS3560 .O3895 C658 1986

These titles and more are located in our Popular Fiction collection.

Central Campus http://library.sccsc.edu/ Cherokee Campus http://library.sccsc.edu/cherokee/cherokeelib.htm Tyger River Campus http://library.sccsc.edu/tygerriver/tygerriver.htm

Check Out Our Romance Collection

SCC Libraries’ Romance Collection

• River’s End by Nora Roberts PS 3568.O243 R58 2000

Olivia MacBride was four years old, when her mother

was murdered by her father. Over the years, Olivia

learned how to bury the past and her feelings. When

Noah Brady appears into her life, Olivia allowed

herself to uncover her feelings.

• Tears of the Renegade by Linda Howard PS3558. O88217 T437 1985

Susan Blackstone is in charge of the Blackstone Family

business after the death of her husband. Cord Blackstone

is on a mission to destory her family. Can Susan fall in

love with Cord and stay loyal to the Blackstone family?

• Diary of a Mad Mom-to-Be by Laura Wolf PS3623. O55 D536 2003

Amy Thomas Stewart is a newlywed and a career

woman, and becoming a mother is the last thing

on her list, until her great aunt dies. Now motherhood is

on the top of her to do list.

Other Romance Titles:

• The Lady and the Cowboy  by Christine Anne Wenger
• The Texan’s Touch by Jodi Thomas
• Seduction by Design by Sandra Brown
• To Love Again by Danielle Steel
• The Gravity of Sunlight by Rosa Shand

The Best of the Millennium

The Millions selected fifty-six people for a special panel. Each panelist could name up to five books available in English with a publication date no earlier than January 1, 2000. Books were ranked according to number of votes received. The SCC Libraries have a few of these books available for you to check out and enjoy.

#16. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides PS3555.64 M53 2003

#11. The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz          PS3554.I259 375 2008

 #2. The Known World by Edward P. Jones PS3560 .04813 K58 2003

#1. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen PS3556. R352 C67 2002B

Do you agree or disagree?

I ask you, what are the best books of fiction of the millennium, so far?

www.themillions.com

2009 Hugo Award Winners

Familiar names dominated the 2009 Hugo Awards for the world’s finest sci-fi and fantasy, with Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book winning Best Novel and earning him a new statue to go along with his 2002 Hugo for American Gods. Nancy Kress won a Best Novella for her tale The Erdmann Nexus. Some cool newcomers also picked up Hugos, which wrapped August 10 in Montreal at the 67th World Science Fiction Convention (Thill).

The Spartanburg Community College Library has the following book available for check out:

Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book (call number PR6057. A319G73 2008)

 

Thill, Scott. “2009 Hugo Awards Honor Gaiman, Dr. Horrible, More. Undwire. Wire.com, 10 August 2009. Web. 13 August 2009. <http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/08/2009-hugo-awards-honor-gaiman-dr-horrible-more/>.

Popular Fiction: Oldies but Goodies

Below are some “oldies but goodies” available in the SCC Library’s Popular Fiction Collection. These titles have been around for a while but are worth a second, or first look. With everything from thrillers and horror to romance and adventure, this list has something for everyone:

Altered States: The ulimate horror story

Duchess: The orginal Shopgirl

Inadmissible Evidence: For the “legal-eagle”

Red Phoenix: A geopolitical military thriller

Stormchild: Not for the faint of heart

Taller Than Trees: Not the typical Man vs Nature story

Woman of the Inner Sea: Unfolds like a mystery

For more information on these and other titles go to http://library.sccsc.edu/ and click on Library Catalog

January’s Booklist @ SCC Library

Stop by the SCC Libraries and explore the Popular Fiction Collection.

Romance Fiction

Author:                                        Title:

Danielle Steel                               Coming Out

Robert James Waller                    Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend

           

Mystery Fiction

            Author:                                        Title:

            Janet Evanovich                            One for the Money 

            Chester Himes                              A Rage in Harlem

            Sparkle Hayter                              Nice Girls Finish Last

 

Fantasy/Science Fiction

            Author:                                        Title:

            M. T. Anderson                             Feed  

            Lois Lowry                                    The Giver

            Terry Brooks                                 Running with the Demon

           

African American Fiction   

           Author:                                         Title:              

           Jacqueline Woodson                      Feathers

            Walter Mosley                              47

            Dori Sanders                                 Clover

            Angela Johnson                            Toning the Sweep

            Nikki Grimes                                 The Road to Paris

 

Religious Fiction

            Author:                                        Title:

            Fred Chappell                               I am One of You Forever

            Lynne Hinton                                Friendship Cake

            Francine Rivers                             Unveiled

October’s Booklist @ SCC Library

If you enjoy Terry McMillan’s Books try………

Sula

Toni Morrison

PS3563. O8749 S8 1987

 

The Women of Brewster Place

Gloria Naylor

PS3564. A895 W6 1983

 

The Color Purple

Alice Walker

PS3573. A425 C6 1992

 

Big Girls Don’t Cry

Connie Briscoe

PS 3552. R4894 B54 1999

 

Sassafrass, Cypress, and Indigo

Ntozake Shange

PS3569. H3324 S2 1996

 

Sister, Sister

Eric Jerome Dickey

PS3554. I319 S57 1997

 

Tar Baby

Toni Morrison

PS3563. O8749 T37 1987

List of Terry McMillan’s Books at SCC Libraries:

The Interruption of Everything  PS3563. C3868 I58 2006

Mama  PS3563. C3868 M3 1987

How Stella Got Her Groove Back  PS3563. C3868 H68 1996

Waiting to Exhale  PS3563. C3868 W35

September’s Booklist @ SCC Library

If you enjoy Tom Clancy’s books try……..

Dead Heat

Joel Rosenberg

PS3618. O832 D43 2008

 

American the Beautiful

Laura Hayden

PS3558. A8288 A8 2008

 

Stone Cold

David Baldacci

PS3552. A446 S76 2007

 

Lost Lake

Philip Margolin

PS3563 .A649 L67 2005

 

The Plot Against America

Philip Roth

PS3568. O855 P58 2005

 

Mr. Muo’s Traveling Couch

Sijie Dai

PQ2664 .A437 C6613 2005

 

Balance of Power

Richard North Patterson

PS3566. A8242 B3 2004

 

End of State

Neesa Hart

PS3558. A68357 E63 2003 

 

Spring Break Reading

Don’t know what to read during Spring Break?

Try a book by Sidney Sheldon from our popular fiction collection.

• Nothing Lasts Forever                 PS3569. H3927 N67 1994
• The Sky is Falling                         PS3569. H3927 S58 2001
• The Stars Shine Down                 PS3569. H3927 S7 1992x
• Windmills of the Gods                  PS3569. H3927 W5 1987b
• Morning, Noon, and Night             PS3569. H3927 M67 1995
• The Best Laid Plans                      PS 3569. H3927 B47 1997

The SCC Book Corner’s author of the month for April is Sidney Sheldon. Read a Sidney Sheldon book and join us on April 21st @ 12:30 pm in the lobby of the SCC Library Building to talk about this author’s exciting works.