Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library Reader Advisory Blog: Can't get enough Janet Evanovich?

Looking for books like Janet Evanovich's? While you're eagerly awaiting Janet Evanovich's newest publication, try one of these similar books that also offer up a blend of romance, suspense, and humor:

Bubbles in Trouble - When her friend fails to show up for her own wedding just before her uncle turns up dead, the Bubbles Yablonsky goes undercover in Whoopee, Pennsylvania, where she boards with a local Amish family.
First Grave on the Right - Using her ability to see ghosts in her work as a private investigator, Charley Davidson begins experiencing intense sensual dreams about a mysterious entity that has been following her throughout her life. A debut novel.
Savannah Blues - Follows Eloise "Weezie" Foley, an antiques picker, as she deals with a huge estate sale, eccentric relatives, a sexy ex-boyfriend, and her ex-husband and his new girlfriend, unexpectedly discovering love is much better the second time around.
The Hearse Case Scenario - Undertaker-turned-sleuth Hitchcock Sewell finds himself in over his head with murder as he probes nefarious goings-on at a Baltimore nightclub populated by a host of bizarre characters
Princess Charming - An unexpected inheritance brings Gwyneth Barrie nothing but trouble when she discovers that Jason Radley, her former flame, will be the sole trustee of the money and that she has suddenly become the target of an unknown enemy who has been stalking her all over Regency London.

Check out these (and other) Janet Evanovich read-alikes, on display this month downstairs in the fiction section of Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library.

Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

Genre: Adult Non-Fiction
Rating: 5 out of 5

"Being Mortal is about the limitations of what modern medicine can provide for people as their lives draw to a close. Gawande argues that the objective of medicine should not merely be treatment and survival; medical care should also ensure dignity in death and having control over one's final moments. He argues that instead of aggressively fighting the inescapable realities of aging, we should ask the hard questions of ourselves and our loved ones -- What makes life worth living? When should we try to extend our lives, and when should we choose a better quality of our remaining days over extending their quantity?

This book is difficult to read. Not because of the way Gawande writes -- his style is highly engaging, and he never lapses into excessively scientific jargon or overly simplistic explanations -- but because of the tough subject matter. Gawande draws on his own experiences as a doctor and peppers his book with honest and humane stories of his patients, friends, and family; the stories he tells make the book more accessible, and also more heartbreaking. (And that's not a bad thing.)

No one likes to think about their loved ones', or their own, impending mortality. But it's important to have these hard conversations, because as Gawande says, "endings matter." - Amanda

Can't get enough Janet Evanovich?

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