Sharon Schmidt Fiffer, writer and Bishop Mac alum, will be visiting campus on November 16 during 8th hour. Visit her homepage to learn more.
The first six titles listed below are Fiffer’s mystery books. The main character is Jane Wheel, professional picker* and private investigator, who is a “graduate” of Bishop Mac. The books are set in the Chicago area and often feature Kankakee landmarks.
Hollywood Stuff
Buried Stuff
The Wrong Stuff
Dead Guy's Stuff
Killer Stuff
Scary Stuff
[*Picker – one who shops estate sales, garage sales, etc., and buys antiques or collectibles to sell to individuals or antique dealers(or in Jane Wheel’s case, someone who buys trinkets or junk and then refuses to part with it!)]
Other books edited by Sharon Fiffer:
Home: American Writers Remember Rooms of Their Own -- edited by Sharon
and Steve Fiffer
Family: American Writers Remember Their Own -- edited by Sharon and Steve
Fiffer
Body -- edited by Sharon and Steve Fiffer
50 Ways To Help Your Community: A Handbook for Change -- Sharon and Steve
Fiffer
To learn more about Sharon Fiffer, read her article on Poe's Deadly Daughters: a blog for mystery lovers.
Bishop McNamara is a Catholic, college-prep high school in Kankakee, IL. The library blog introduces new books, book reviews, book trailers, fun and interesting articles, original writing, and school and community news.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Man Booker Prize
The Man Booker Prize, Britain’s most prestigious literary award, is conferred every year to a novel written by an author from Britain, Ireland or the Commonwealth nations. The award includes a cash prize of about $80,000. This year's recipient is Hilary Mantel for “Wolf Hall,” a historical novel about Thomas Cromwell, advisor to King Henry VIII. To learn more, read the online New York Times.
Jeanette Walls' new book - coming soon!
Jeanette Walls , author of The Glass Castle (from the 2008-09 Read for a Lifetime list), has published a new book. Glass Castle chronicles the story of Walls hard-scrabble childhood. Half Broke Horses, billed as a real-life novel, tells the story of Walls' maternal grandmother Lily. To learn more, read the free online New York Times.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Check out the latest!
New books:
Front and center / Catherine Murdock (author of Dairy Queen)
The lost symbol / Dan Brown
Scary stuff / Sharon Fiffer (the newest Jane Wheel mystery. Fiffer is a native of Kankakee and a graduate of Bishop Mac)
The grass harp and other stories / Truman Capote
Front and center / Catherine Murdock (author of Dairy Queen)
The lost symbol / Dan Brown
Scary stuff / Sharon Fiffer (the newest Jane Wheel mystery. Fiffer is a native of Kankakee and a graduate of Bishop Mac)
The grass harp and other stories / Truman Capote
Friday, September 25, 2009
Sports, anyone?
If you like sports, give these books a try:
Playing for pizza / John Grisham
Dairy Queen / Catherine Murdock
The off season / Catherine Murdock
Shooting stars / Lebron James
Mexican whiteboy / Matt de la Pena
Playing for pizza / John Grisham
Dairy Queen / Catherine Murdock
The off season / Catherine Murdock
Shooting stars / Lebron James
Mexican whiteboy / Matt de la Pena
New Books
The Hunger games / Suzanne Collins
Post-apocolyptic, fantasy. Hunting for food is part of the annual "Hunger Games," and the Games are a fight to the death. Sequel : Catching Fire
Post-apocolyptic, fantasy. Hunting for food is part of the annual "Hunger Games," and the Games are a fight to the death. Sequel : Catching Fire
Getting the girl : a guide to private investigation, surveillance, and cookery / Susan Juby
Someone is “D-listing” or blackballing girls at Harewood Technical, and Sherman Mack is determined to find out who. For altruistic reasons and to impress the lovely Vanessa, Mack becomes a teen detective.”
Someone is “D-listing” or blackballing girls at Harewood Technical, and Sherman Mack is determined to find out who. For altruistic reasons and to impress the lovely Vanessa, Mack becomes a teen detective.”
Dangerous Liaisons / Choderlos de Laclos
Published in the years preceding the French Revolution, Laclos writes of emotional and moral depravity, aristocrats who seduce and manipulate others for the sake of amusement.
Sunrise over Fallujah / Walter D. MyersPublished in the years preceding the French Revolution, Laclos writes of emotional and moral depravity, aristocrats who seduce and manipulate others for the sake of amusement.
As part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Robin Perry wonders about "an enemy we can't identify and friends we're not sure about." Captures the beauty of Iraq, the ugliness war, and the comraderie of soldiers. Robin's eventually decides that his experience was not about winning or losing the war but about "reaching for the highest idea of life." [Amazon, 8/25/09]
Tending lives : nurses on the medical front / Echo Heron
A collection of interviews with nurses in various fields. Alternately heart-warming and hilarious, the stories include a glimpse into a psych ward and stories from nurses who treated patients in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing. Heron portrays the compassion and commitment of highly trained professional nurses.
A collection of interviews with nurses in various fields. Alternately heart-warming and hilarious, the stories include a glimpse into a psych ward and stories from nurses who treated patients in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing. Heron portrays the compassion and commitment of highly trained professional nurses.
Second glance / Jodi Picoult
“It is August in Comtosook, Vt., yet suddenly the temperature fluctuates wildly, rose petals mysteriously fall like snow, patches of land are completely frozen and roiling garter snakes cover the ground. Suspense and the supernatural are artfully interwoven in this 10th novel by Picoult (Perfect Match, etc.), in which a man desperately seeks to join his fiancee in death, and a 1930s eugenics project comes back to haunt a small town in Vermont.” [Amazon, 8/25/09]
“It is August in Comtosook, Vt., yet suddenly the temperature fluctuates wildly, rose petals mysteriously fall like snow, patches of land are completely frozen and roiling garter snakes cover the ground. Suspense and the supernatural are artfully interwoven in this 10th novel by Picoult (Perfect Match, etc.), in which a man desperately seeks to join his fiancee in death, and a 1930s eugenics project comes back to haunt a small town in Vermont.” [Amazon, 8/25/09]
Harvesting the heart / Jodi Picoult
Paige, a gifted painter, sets aside her art to support her husband, Nicholas, while he attends medical school. Abandoned by her birth mother and rejected by her wealthy in-laws, Paige’s search for self-confidence reaches a crisis point when her son is born.
Paige, a gifted painter, sets aside her art to support her husband, Nicholas, while he attends medical school. Abandoned by her birth mother and rejected by her wealthy in-laws, Paige’s search for self-confidence reaches a crisis point when her son is born.
Strapless / Deborah Davis
John Singer Sargent, an American artist living in Paris, and his infamous portrait of Virginie Gautreau, an American-born Parisian known for her beauty. Sargent's seductive portrayal of Gautreau ruined her reputation and nearly cost him his career.
John Singer Sargent, an American artist living in Paris, and his infamous portrait of Virginie Gautreau, an American-born Parisian known for her beauty. Sargent's seductive portrayal of Gautreau ruined her reputation and nearly cost him his career.
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