What's In the Irish Water? Give Us More Of It!!

Two of the new books in the CHMS Library are by Irish writers, and they're knockouts. The New Policeman by Kate Thompson is a wonderful look at traditional Irish heritage and folklore told in modern times. It tells the story of J.J. Liddy, whose family has played music for generations, and how a family heirloom holds the key to time. Or TIME, in a very large sense. J.J.'s attempts to buy his mother some time for her birthday may seem ridiculous at first, but, as Aengus Og, the Celtic god of love, youth, and beauty, says to J.J., "Believe the things you remember, J.J. Even if they don't make sense."

Although many books have been written in the vein of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series since it began nearly ten years ago, Michael Scott's The Alchemyst is the first to my knowledge to take a reference from one of those books and turn it into a new series. In this case, the title character is Nicholas Flamel, born around 1330, who made his living as a bookseller and pursued his passion for alchemy. When twins Sophie and Josh make his acquaintance in present-day San Francisco, we come to understand the impossible: that he and his wife Perenelle have cheated death for nearly 700 years. But their secret is not safe; there are others who will exact almost any price to lay hands on the Codex which has allowed the Flamels to experience such extended adulthoods. Anyone interested in fantasy, alchemy, world mythology, or adventure will find themselves repeatedly asking this question: When will the next one be out?

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