Book review: Fire Season

What do UFOs, drag queens, and a serial arsonist have in common? They all turn up on Detective Frank Coffin's watch in the new mystery novel Fire Season. Provincetown, Massachusettes may be in its slow season with most of the tourists gone, but things pick up when buildings around town begin burning. Then Coffin has his elderly, deeply senile mother to deal with, and when the director of her nursing home turns up dead - his head in the lobster tank at a local seafood restaurant -Coffin knows there's more than just a firebug to deal with. Peppered with wry zingers and dirty jokes, Fire Season may not be for the easily offended. But if you like your mysteries full of quirky characters and screwball situations, this might be your ticket. - Michelle (Sunset)

Closed February 18 - Check out our many ebook collections!

All four Chandler Public Library branches will be closed Monday, February 18 for Presidents' Day.

You can still get things to read when the library's closed: ebooks, audiobooks, digital magazines, downloadable music, and more! Take a look at one of the library's collections of digital media.

OverDrive is our longest-running and largest collection of ebooks. Ebooks may be available in various formats, including Kindle*, EPUB* for ebook readers such as the Nook or iPad, and the OverDrive READ* format, which can be read on your computer - no additional software required. You can also find audiobooks and some music and video selections. Follow the link for more information and assistance.
* Format availability varies by title.

Axis360 is a new collection of ebooks with an emphasis on illustrated texts: children's books, how-to books, cookbooks, and more. You can also find a selection of popular fiction here - check Axis360 if OverDrive doesn't have the titles or authors you're looking for. Follow the link for more information.

Zinio is a popular magazine subscription service, delivering digital magazines to your computer, tablet, or smartphone, and they now have magazines for your library! Follow the link for a step-by-step guide to getting started. (Remember: Start here or at the library's website to gain access to the library's collection, or Zinio will think you're an individual customer and charge you for magazines.)

TumbleBooks is a library of interactive kids' books - read, watch, and listen to the book at the same time!

Gale Virtual Reference Library gives you access to encyclopedias and reference books. Work on your project even when the library's closed!

Confused by all these options? The library is here to help! Visit us during open hours for assistance, and check out our ebook classes and help sessions. Find the schedule on our ebook launch page - scroll down to the "eBook Classes" widget on the right.

New Arrivals

Here are some of the new books that arrived this week at the Chandler Libraries:

Adult fiction
Man in the Empty Suit
Can a time traveler fight the paranoia of his younger selves and a conspiracy by his older selves to stop his own murder?

Iscariot
The Biblical betrayer tells his own story.

Teen fiction
Never Say Die
A fifteen-year-old hunter must survive in the harsh Arctic climate with nothing but a knife and the clothes on his back.

Prophecy
The only female soldier in the king's army must save her city.

Children's picture books
Not Your Typical Dragon
Crispin the dragon eagerly awaits his seventh birthday, when he can breathe fire for the first time. But what comes out instead of fire?

Violet the Pilot
Violet wants to enter the air show. Will they let kids enter? Will they let them build their own planes? And will she get there at all?

Children's nonfiction
Enjoy these new titles in the popular series of kids' history books: You Wouldn't Want to...
You Wouldn't Want to Be an American Colonist!
You Wouldn't Want to Be on the First Flying Machine!
You Wouldn't Want to Meet Typhoid Mary!

New at Chandler Library! Zinio Magazines

You can now get hundreds of digital magazines for free through Zinio and Chandler Public Library. Here's how to get started:

	From chandlerlibrary.org, hover your mouse over READ, then choose Ebooks and Digital Media. Click Zinio.
You will have to create TWO accounts to use Zinio. Create the first one here by clicking Create Account. You will need to enter your library card number, then an email address and a password. The first time you do this, you will get an email confirmation notice and you must click the link in that notice.
	Here is the library's collection of magazines. Browse or click the Title arrow to choose a title. (Please note: some magazine publishers do not participate in Zinio, so some magazines will not be available.) Click a magazine cover to check it out.
	Here's where you create your second account with Zinio. Use the same email address and password. (In the future, click where it says "Sign in here" to access what you have checked out.)
	Here is where you can see the magazines you have checked out. Click a title to read the magazine.
Notice that your account has opened in a new tab (sometimes in a new window, if you use Internet Explorer). You also have a tab or window marked "Return to Library Collection." Make sure to keep the Return to Library Collection tab/window open, because you will have to return to this tab/window if you want to check out a new magazine. (Otherwise, you may be charged for new magazines.)

If you want to read Zinio magazines on a tablet device or smartphone, you can also download the Zinio app. Make sure to use a computer or the browser on your device to set up your accounts, access the library's collection, and check out your magazines. Then you'll be able to read the magazines you've checked out in the Zinio app.