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Test Your Money Knowledge During America Saves Week

From the USA.gov Blog:

Test Your Money Knowledge During America Saves Week:
Currently, most Americans don’t save enough money for retirement or don’t have enough saved for emergency expenses like home or car repairs. If you’re in that position, you have a chance to take a look at your saving habits and learn ways you can make your financial future more stable during America Saves Week.

You can start by assessing your current savings progress:

• Do you know your net worth — the total amount of your assests minus your debts?
• Do you have a spending plan in place with specific goals?
• Do you have credit card debt?
• Do you save a portion of your tax refunds, gifts or other windfall payments?
• Are you building equity in a home?

Based on your answers to these and other questions, you’ll get advice on next steps you can take to form a strong savings plan.

Learn more about America Saves Week and how to test your money saving knowledge.

The Reader's Shelf

From Library Journal Band of Brothers:  These Heroes will steal your heart

His Enemy's Daughter By Brisbin, Terri 2011-02 - Harlequin 9780373296347 Check Our Catalog Once overwhelmingly irresistible to women, Soren Fitzrobert's life was changed forever by a brutal wound. Now Soren has come to wreak revenge by claiming his enemy's daughter. Left temporarily blind by his invasion, innocent Sybilla trembles before the scarred barbarian. But it's not entirely out of fear.... Forced into marriage, Sybilla must surrender to Soren's seduction, one sense at a time. And Soren is drawn evermore to the woman he intended only to use.... …More

What Happens in London By Quinn, Julia 2009-06 - Avon Books 9780061491887 Check Our Catalog 2010 RITA Winner for Best Regency Historical Romance Rumors and gossip are the lifeblood of London society. "New York Times"-bestselling author Quinn returns with another dazzling historical romance that showcases her trademark wit, snappy dialogue, and heartfelt emotion. Original. …More

The Iron Duke By Brook, Meljean 2010-10 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425236673 Check Our Catalog Brook offers the first in an all-new series in which seductive danger and steampunk adventure abound in the gritty world of the Iron Seas. …More

Flawless By Lofty, Carrie 2011-09 - Pocket Books 9781451616385 Check Our Catalog From the author of "Scoundrel's Kiss" comes the sensual start to a beautifully written historical romance series that follows four siblings across Queen Victoria's empire. Original. …More

Mystique By Quick, Amanda 1996-03 - Bantam 9780553571592 Check Our Catalog Mystique is the story of a sharp-tongued beauty who teams up with a hardened warrior to hunt for a dazzling jewel. Their story combines adventure, humor, and suspense, continuing Amanda Quick's excellence in both storytelling and sales. …More

Lord of Scoundrels By Chase, Loretta 1995-01 - Avon Books 9780380776160 Check Our Catalog They call him many names, but Angelic isn't one of them . . . Sebastian Ballister, the notorious Marquess of Dain, is big, bad, and dangerous to know. No respectable woman would have anything to do with the "Bane and Blight of the Ballisters"--and "he" wants nothing to do with respectable women. He's determined to continue doing what he does best--sin and sin again--and all that's going swimmingly, thank you . . . until the day a shop door opens and "she" walks in. She's too intelligent to fall for the worst man in the world . . . Jessica Trent is a determined young woman, and she's going to drag her imbecile brother off the road to ruin, no matter what it takes. If saving him--and with him, her family and future--means taking on the devil himself, she won't back down. The trouble is, the devil in question is so shockingly irresistible, and the person who needs the most saving is--herself! …More

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Book Review-Before I go to Sleep

As you may have noticed, I really enjoy books with unreliable narrators...and who could be more unreliable than someone with amnesia.  Christine wakes up every morning with no memory of her life past when she was in her 20's, and even that is sketchy.  She wakes next to someone she doesn't know, in a room she is unfamiliar with, at an age that she dosen't remember living to.  When she goes into the bathroom, she finds pictures of herself and the man plastered over  the walls.  Her face, when she looks in the mirror, is 20 years older than she thinks it should be.  Every morning her husband has to tell her who she is, who he is, and why she doesn't remember. On the day that the book opens she has received a call from someone who says he is her doctor.  He picks her up and takes her to a cafe, and gives her back her journal.  For the past few weeks, apparently, she has been writing down what she has learned each day.  The doctor had called her each day to tell her where the journal was hidden.  Yes, she had been hiding it from her husband!   Through her journal she learns quite a bit about her life.  And all is not as it appears. I thoroughly enjoyed the pscyhological thriller elements of this story, and how the bits and pieces were revealed. What is a life if you can't remember yesterday, last week, last month?  Who are you if you have no past?  I rarely stay up late to finish a book, but I couldn't put this one down.

Before I Go to Sleep By Watson, S. J. 2011-06 - Harper 9780062060556 Check Our Catalog In this gripping psychological thriller in the vein of "Shutter Island" and the film "Memento," an amnesiac attempts to reconstruct her past by keeping a journal and discovers the dangerous inconsistencies in the stories of her husband and her secret doctor. HPL patron:  Keeps you on the edge of the couch...a thriller with unexpected twists. …More

Read Alikes

The Likeness By French, Tana 2009-05 - Penguin Books 9780143115625 Check Our Catalog French presents the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the "New York Times"-bestselling psychological thriller "In the Woods." …More

State of Wonder By Patchett, Ann 2011-06 - Harper 9780062049803 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Award-winning "New York Times"-bestselling author Patchett ("Bel Canto, The Magician's Assistant") returns with a provocative novel of morality and miracles, science and sacrifice set in the Amazon rainforest--a gripping adventure story and a profound look at the difficult choices we make in the name of discovery and love. …More

Turn of Mind By LaPlante, Alice 2011-07 - Atlantic Monthly Press 9780802119773 Check Our Catalog A startling portrait of a disintegrating mind clinging to bits of reality through anger, frustration, shame, and unspeakable loss, "Turn of Mind" is a remarkable debut that examines the deception and frailty of memory and how it defines our very existence. …More

Oblivion By Abrahams, Peter 2006-04 - HarperTorch 9780060832834 Check Our Catalog Blending evocative imagery with psychological complexity, "Oblivion" is a dark, disturbing story of identity and memory from the acclaimed author of "The Tutor" and "The Fan." …More

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