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Six Years by Harlan Coben 2013   Library Copies   In Six Years , a masterpiece of modern suspense, Harlan Coben explores the depth and passion of lost love…and the secrets and lies at its heart.   Six years have passed since Jake Fisher watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Six years of hiding a broken heart by throwing himself into his career as a college professor. Six years of keeping his promise to leave Natalie alone, and six years of tortured dreams of her life with her new husband, Todd. But six years haven’t come close to extinguishing his feelings, and when Jake comes across Todd’s obituary, he can’t keep himself away from the funeral. There he gets the glimpse of Todd’s wife he’s hoping for…but she is not Natalie. Whoever the mourning widow is, she’s been married to Todd for almost two decades, and with that fact everything Jake thought he knew about the best time of his life—a time he has never gotten over—is turned comp...

CPPL Patrons: All Calcasieu Parish Public Library Branches will be closed on Monday, January 20th, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Please note that on that day, some Library services & resources will be intermittently unavailable  as we install new equipment. We apologize for the inconvenience We appreciate your continued patronage of the Calcasieu Parish Public Library. Martin Luther King, Jr. ( Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest)   Dr Martin Luther King . Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 13 Jan 2014. http://quest.eb.com/images/158_2478117

Did you know that January is National Soup Month ? Well we do, and we'll be celebrating this delicious occasion with a SOUPS ON! program at the DeQuincy branch this Friday, January 17th, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come in and enjoy a bit of soup with us. While you're at it, check out the library's collection of soup cook books before the temperature heats up again. I'm partial to a good potato soup. Do you have a favorite soup? Let us know in the comments. Image Credit: Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest Potato Soup. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 15 Jan 2014. http://quest.eb.com/images/156_2411653

From Roxanna Asgarian  at LibraryJournal : Have you ever come across a note in a library book? Sharon McKellar has, dozens of times over. The librarian at the Oakland Public Library has found so many over the years that she has begun sharing them on her library's website. Interested in the kinds of notes left behind in the volumes of James Patterson or Dr. Seuss? Check out McKellar's  Found in the Library  posts on the Oakland Public Library site. Or, have a laugh at the blog that served as McKellar's inspiration: Found in a Library Book . Wondering what we've found here in Calcasieu Parish? Don't forget that we once discovered a book review by one of our own staff members when she was a teen! Book review by CPPL staffer, age 13   Have you found any notes in a library book? Let us know in the comments. Asgarian, Roxanna. "Oakland Librarian Documents Notes Found in Library Books." Library Journal. Web. 10 January 2014.

So says this sign posted outside a library in the northeast and shared on ShortList Magazine's  Twitter account. Best library ad ever pic.twitter.com/ZIIlH35wqp — ShortList Magazine (@ShortList) January 3, 2014  Now that's some good advice!

Library of Congress  ( Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest) Today The Los Angeles Times presents a view of some of America's remarkable libraries through the lens of renowned photographer Carol M. Highsmith. Click here to check out the libraries everyone should know, from the cute to the quirky to the downright breathtaking. Are any of your favorite libraries featured? Let us know in the comments.

In an article from January 5 th , the Baton Rouge Advocate’s columnists declare 2014 a year for libraries. With new builds and renovations underway in the southeastern part of the state, the paper’s outlook is positive. “ Louisiana needs libraries more than ever,” it says, particularly now with more and more demand for the resources provided by them. Interested in what is going on in libraries across the state this year? Check out “Our Views: Libraries set for 2014” here . http://theadvocate.com/columnists/7982222-123/our-views-libraries-set-for

Wondering which of 2013’s best books you missed? Mashable’s Molly Horan has compiled 15 of the best 2013 books to catch up on in 2014. The best part? You can get them all at your library!   1. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick 2. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 3. Reality Boy by A.S. King 4. Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz 5. If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan 6. And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini 7. red doc > by Anne Carson 8. The Good Lord Bird by James McBride 9. The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton 10. Ostrich by Matt Greene 11. Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton 12. Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh 13. Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright 14. To the End of June:The Intimate Life of American Foster Care by Cris Beam 15. Jim Henson: The Biography by Brian Jay Jones   Have you read any of these? Let us know how you liked ...

Interested in tracking the books you read throughout 2014? How about finding new authors and titles to check out? If so, make sure to checkout goodreads.com .   goodreads.com