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Lester Public Library
1001 Adams Street
Two Rivers, WI  54241

Phone: 
(920)793-8888
Fax:  
(920)793-7150
TTY: 920-793-7153

Email:  lesref@mcls.lib.wi.us

Library Director 
Jeff Dawson
jdawson@mcls.lib.wi.us
(920)793-7104

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Coming Soon -- June 2013

Second Honeymoon
by James Patterson

The Heist by Janet Evanovich

King's Deception by Steve Berry

Sweet Salt Air by Barbara Delinsky

Eye of God by James Rollins

Beautiful Day by Elin Hilderbrand

Classified by Fern Michaels

Last Original Wife by Dorothea Benton Frank

Kill Room by Jeffrey Deaver

The Newcomer by Robyn Carr

To reserve your copy now, click on the Search the Catalog link on the left side of the page or send us email at lesref@mcls.lib.wi.us with your full name and the titles of the books you'd like us to reserve for you.  If you want a large print edition or audiobook please let us know that as well.

Want this list emailed to you each month?  Send us an email at lesref@mcls.lib.wi.us and tell us you'd like to join our Coming Soon email list and we'll start emailing you this list monthly. (You don't even have to be a Lester Library patron to use this service, so tell your friends and family to sign up too!)

 

 

Online Book Clubs


Join the Online Book Clubs

This week's books — Sign up and start reading

Nonfiction

Business

Fiction

Good News

Thriller

Mystery

Non Fiction Book Club Business Book Club Fiction Book Club Good News Book Club Thriller Book Club Mystery Book Club

Prepublication

Romance

Teen

Science Fiction

Audio Book

Book Forum

Prepublication Book Club Romance Book Club Science Fiction Book Club Audio Book Club Book Forum

 

Start reading books in your email.  Each day we'll send you a 5 minute portion of a book. By the end of the week you'll have read 2 or 3 chapters.  If you like what you've read, reserve your copy from the library.

 

Wisconsin's Digital Library

At this website you can checkout and download…

  • Kindle Books

  • eBooks for Nooks, Sony e-readers and numerous other devices 

  • Audiobooks

  • Music

  • Video

To checkout and download you need…

  • A valid library card

  • Internet access

  • A computer or device that meets the system requirements for the type(s) of materials you wish to download

  • Free software for the computer or device on which you wish to use the materials available at this site

To get started visit http://dbooks.wplc.info/ .

You may be asked which library system your library belongs to; we are part of the Manitowoc-Calumet Library System.

New Reader's Advisory Tool

Novelist Reader's Advisory Tool
Looking for something new to read?  Read everything by your favorite author and want more like it?  Check out Novelist for some great recommendations.

 

LPL Book Discussion

 

This group meets the first Wednesday of every month at 4:00PM and is open to the public. No pre-registration is required; you may attend as few or as many meetings as you wish.  If you would like to reserve a copy of the current month's selection, please call 793-7113. 

Click here to see what we're reading in 2013.

 

Strictly Fiction Book Club
 

This book club will focus on genre fiction such as mystery, science fiction, fantasy, and romance.  Open to all adults 18 years and older.  Meetings will be held the first Monday of each month.  Questions should be directed to Chris at 793-7113.

Click here to see what we're reading in 2013.

 

Magazine & Newspaper Databases
 

Badgerlink 
Free to WI residents -- provides access - including some full text - to popular magazines, scholarly journals and major US and WI newspapers. 

Herald Times Reporter
Two Rivers Database

Created by LPL Staff and volunteers, this database contains obituaries, wedding, birth and adoption announcements and articles about Two Rivers.  Use the "word or phrase" search to type in names.  If you get too many results, limit search by adding one of the following words: "orbituaries," "births," or "marriages."

 


 

Collection Lists

New Items List
Microsoft Word Format

Complete Books on CD List
Microsoft word Format
Text Format

Complete Young Adult Books on CD List
Microsoft Excel Format
Text Format

Complete DVD list
Microsoft Word Format
Text Format

Complete Kids DVD List
Microsoft Word Format
Text Format

Complete Adult Music List
Microsoft Word Format
Text Format

Complete Teen Music List
Microsoft Word Format
Text Format

 

Review Sources

 

Barnes and Noble

Amazon

Book Browse

Mostly Fiction

Book Spot

Genrefluent

Book Reporter

 

Book Lists


What's Next
Want to read them in order?  Search here by title, author, or series to find the proper series order.

Fiction-L Booklists
A great place to find read-a-likes for your favorite author.

Reader's Advice
Huge lists of authors and series, with links to read-a-likes by author and style.

Whichbook.net
An interesting site that matches books and moods.  You select from a list of qualities and it recommends books. 

Ebsco/Netlibrary Ebooks
Ebooks are now available through Ebsco. The books cover a wide range of subjects including computer programming, Cliffs Notes and  some fiction.  Listings for these books will show in our catalog and clicking the URL link in the catalog record will take you directly to the site where you can get the books.

To use NetLibrary from home, you will be asked for a patron ID, please use your library card number as your ID.

 

 

 

Lester Public Library
lesref@mcls.lib.wi.us
Copyright 2011 Date Last Updated: 
 May 23, 2013