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We have a bunch of new cookbooks, for fun, inspiration, instruction and browsing:

Cooking with All Things Trader Joe's by Deana Gunn and Wona Miniati

Do you love Trader Joe's? Then you're sure to like this new compendium of recipes for soups, salads, light meals, main meals, and that all-time perennial, "Bachelor Quickies."

Christy put together a great list of chocolate-themed novels:

• Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
• Chocolat by Joanne Harris
• The Girl with No Shadow by Joanne Harris
• The Chocolate Lovers Club by Carole Matthews
• Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse by Robert Rankin
•  Friends, Lovers & Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith
• The Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
• Death by Chocolate: A Savannah Reid Mystery by G.A. McKevett
• Dying for Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson
• Charlie & the Chocolate Factory  by Roald Dahl
•  The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

Fiction is arranged by author's last name in alphabetical order, and mysteries have their own section.

Looking for a comedy on DVD? Here are some suggestions:

Amelie Audrey Tautou, Matthieu Kassovitz

Ball of Fire Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck

Bowfinger Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy

Looking for a light read?  I define a "light read" as something that's easy to read, not too dark, and not too long. 

Here are some ideas:

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

At Halloween, readers' thoughts naturally turn to tales of ghosts, witches, fairies, werewolves and vampires! Our collection is full of titles that satisfy that Halloween sweet tooth!
Our current book display in Adult Services has several suggestions, some famous, some not-so-famous:

The New Annotated Dracula    by Bram Stoker

The Dracula Dossier: A Novel of Suspense by James Reese

Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton

Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar

Kitty and The Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn

AcheronFans of Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series will be delighted to know that Acheron has arrived at Brookfield Public Library and is shelv