Hello and thank you to everyone who still checks this site from time to time! I know that I have not been doing a good job of updating and maintaining our website but I will try to do better.

We have asked for and received a handful of email addresses from those of you who might like to receive a newsletter from us from time-to-time. The newsletter thing never happened.

That said, we would like to try a new service during these long winter months to help generate interest in reading some of the books we have been enjoying, in the hopes that you might like them too.

We have started a "Books We're Really Liking" section right here on our Events and News page. If you find that you are interested in any of our reviewed books and would like to purchase any of them, call us at 231-256-7111 or 888-257-0133 toll free, and we will send them out to you at a 15% discount and a small shipping fee.

If you would like some more personalized suggestions, please email us at LnauBooks@aol.com with some details about what you like to read, or maybe a title or two of books you've enjoyed in the past and we'll start giving you some suggestions for great reading!

Thanks for your support, and we look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely, Lori, Diana and Suzanne

Book Suggestions from us to you!

Here are a few suggestions from Suzanne:

Red Herring without Mustard, in the Flavia de Luce mystery series by Alan Bradley is a delightful book. It is about a precocious 11 year old who loves chemistry and amateur sleuthing. The books take place in post WW II rural England.

The Last Child by John Hart is a well written mystery/thriller about a young boy's search for his abducted twin sister. Good plot, good characters, enjoyable read.

The Dry Grass of August by Anna Mayhew This is a coming of age story in the segregated South of the 1950's. Beautifully written about family dynamics and racial intolerance through the eyes of a 13 year old girl.

Elizabeth Street by Laurie Fabiano Well researched and well written novel about an Italian immigrant woman living in New York City's lower east side in the early 20th century. Great Read!

Diana has been reading the following:

"This fall I have been doing book club books. The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht was a great first novel, well written, wrapped in a good story. The legends, the characters and the story itself led to lively discussion.

We also did Ann Pachett's State of Wonder. It is an interesting premise, but didn't hold me like Bel Canto. I'd wait for the paperback, due out May 8th.

I then dove into the Hunger Games trilogy. I have been hearing about this from young people and it has been a popular seller in the store. Then I started hearing from adults who had read them..and I thought maybe I ought to see what the deal is, and that was before I heard it was to become a movie..egads. So I started and I really liked them. Suzanne Collins writes a good story, well crafted, holds your interest and the main characters seem to be real for their age. They never lose this amongst the horror they have to live in. I have never heard of this futuristic idea but it is certainly plausible. The games themselves seem quite believable when I check out the games that children are playing and liking. The entire trilogy is certainly a caution and the violence is not sensational or 'stuck' into the plot for effect. I would have no problem with my 12, 13 & 14 year old grandchildren reading them.

After that I curled up with my favorite young person, Miss Flavia de Luce in I am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradly. Her character is a delight and perfect for a snowy day.

On my 'next' list is The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop by Lewis Buzbee and another favorite light fun reading-Spencer Quinn's Thereby Hangs a Tail, a Chet and Bernie mystery. The main character, Chet, is a great pet and not sappily drawn. Good dog hero..makes for a fun romp..oops, pun intended.

I'll let you know..."