RUMFORD — The joy of losing oneself in a good book on a summer day or evening is priceless.

This summer River Valley librarians are reporting significant reader interest.

Luke Sorensen, head librarian at the Rumford Public Library, said James Patterson’s new book, “Now You See Her,” is drawing a lot of readers this summer. “‘I am Four’ by Pittacus Lore is interesting since it has the book-movie connection,” Sorensen said.

Other books catching reader interest, according to Sorensen and fellow Rumford library employees Susan Brooke and Susan Marshall, include: “City of Angels” by Cassandra Clare, “Against All Enemies” by Tom Clancy, “The King’s Speech” by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi, “The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo” by Steig Larson, “Under the Dome” by Stephen King, “Beastly” by Alex Finn, “Cleopatra” by Stacy Shiff, “Ranger’s Apprentice” by John Flanagan, and “The Sookie Stackhouse Series” by Charlaine Harris.

“As always, mysteries, true crime, nonfiction and paperback romance novels are always popular,” Merrow said, “and we have plenty of them.”

“We have a huge DVD library at Rumford Public Library for those who love movies,” said Marshall. “Some of the newly acquired movies we have are, “True Grit,” “I am Number Four,” “The Fighter,” “The King’s Speech,” “Battle for Los Angeles,” “No Strings Attached,” “Inside Job,” “Rabbit Hole” and “Just Go With It.”

The Mexico Public Library’s head librarian, Valerie Messana, reports the following books are getting a lot of attention this summer: Janet Evanovich’s new novel “Smoking Seventeen,” David Baldacci’s “One Summer,” Michael Connelly’s “The Fifty Witnesses,” Erik Larson’s “Hitler’s Berlin.” Linda Greenlaw’s “Sea Worthy,” Jean Auel’s “Land of the Painted Caves.”

Critically well-regarded books out this summer include “Seal Team Six” by Howard Wasdan and “State of Wonder” have been ordered and will be arriving at the library soon, Messana said.

For children’s books, Messana recommends “Life as We Knew It” by Susan Pfieffer and “Teach Blue” by Maine author Cynthia Lord.

“This summer our children’s reading theme is camping books,” Messana said. “We have a lot of books on this theme set aside for young readers.”

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