eLibraryNJ has a New Website!

          The Matawan-Aberdeen Public Library is pleased to announce that eLibraryNJ has launched their new website! Intuitively redesigned from the ground up, eLibraryNJ has never made it easier to borrow your favorite eBooks and Audiobooks. Choose from a massive selection of titles, and download them right to your Amazon Kindle, Nook by Barnes & Noble, iPad, or Android Tablet. Best of all, every one of the thousands of titles offered are completely free of charge.

          eLibraryNJ’s new website comes loaded with new features. Users can now borrow digital eBooks and Audiobooks, and read or listen to them directly in a web browser—with no eReader needed! Other features include easier-to-use advanced search, overhauled title filtering, and bookmarking/wish lists—so finding your favorite title is a snap. If you are using Internet Explorer, you may be prompted to install the Google Chrome Frame Plugin, to allow the site to behave properly. Fortunately this plugin is free, and can be installed in minutes.

          To take advantage of all of these wonderful features and more, simply type in http://www.lmxac.org/mata/pages/resources.html in a web browser, click on the eLibraryNJ link, choose a title, click Borrow, then Read (In your browser), and begin reading from a remarkable selection of eBooks that our library has to offer. For assistance on reading eBooks and listening to Audiobooks on your mobile eReader/tablet device, feel free to stop by our eReader Hour held between 2:00pm and 3:00pm every Saturday. Happy Reading!

By Skyler Lutz

Book review: Some Kind of Fairy Tale

Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce

Genre:  Psychological fiction, Urban fantasy fiction

When 16 year old Tara Martin suddenly goes missing, her parents begin to fear the worst for her survival and believe that her boyfriend, Richie, has something to do with her disappearance. As years begin to pass, the Martin's begin to move on, but Richie is physically and emotionally hurt from the outcome of being blamed for her disappearance.

20 years later on Christmas Eve, Tara turns up on her parents doorstep looking as if she barely aged, and telling them that she was traveling the world for 20 years and finally decided to come back. However, when her brother Peter, now an older man in his 40's, married with four kids finds out his missing sister is back, he is less than reluctant to believe her story. As they dig deeper into Tara's explanation, she begins to reveal where she was for 20 years, even though she believes she was only gone for 6 months.

This was a great psychological drama and it really deals with the question, "How can you prove to your family and friends that you're not crazy?" I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a book with depth and character. I really felt for Tara as she was trying to fit back into the reality she left. 

This book review was written by Library Assistant, Dennis Kuhn