Book Review: John Hart's Down River

Being a huge fan of John Hart's King of Lies, I decided to try out his new book, Down River and looked forward to the same suspense, drama, and intrigue. I was not disappointed.



The book begins with the willful and cocky Adam Chase returning home after five years of living in New York, where he had fled after escaping a murder conviction where his own step-mother testified against him. After swearing he would never return to Rowan County, North Carolina, his friend Danny calls and begs him to come home in no uncertain terms, and Adam finds himself feeling he owes Danny, who has been there so many times for him.

But when Adam arrives in Rowan County, Danny is no where to be found, and he finds that the town still remembers him as a murder suspect. Then someone is murdered and Adam once again feels the finger of the county pointed at him.

You will be kept constantly guessing just which character in the book is the true murderer, but you won't know for sure until the very end. For a suspenseful and attention-grabbing read, check out North Carolina native John Hart's book, Down River.

Summer Reading Suggestions

If you are anything like me you have a hard time deciding what to read. There are some fun tools out there on the net to help you pick books that you have a good chance of liking, and maybe even loving.

At whatshouldireadnext.com you can save a list of your favorite books. From their home page, you can type the title and author of a book you really love, and it will provide you a list of suggestions for book you may also like.

There is also the Library Thing Book Suggester at http://www.librarything.com/suggest. From their home page, when you type in the title and author of a book you can find out all sorts of information about it, such as how others have tagged it, what kinds of books people have on their bookshelves who also own this book, and books with similar subjects or library classifications.

When you close a door, a window opens

Yesterday was my last day of graduate school, which means today I can officially be a librarian. This librisms blog will grow as I do, and I hope it will contain some helpful ideas and tricks.