Visit Your CVE Clubhouse Library!
- CVE Library Staff
- Jan 1
- 3 min read
For those new to CVE please come in to browse or join our library. It’s located in the Clubhouse lower-level across from the Billiard room, which is located on the shuffleboard courts side of the Clubhouse.We will be closed on January 1st for New Year’s Day. Happy New Year!
If you have a CVE ID, come in and borrow one of our 5,000+ holdings, read the New York Times, or shop at our variety of boutique items for sale. If you cannot find the book, ask a Library volunteer to assist you. They will look the book up on our tablet. If we have the book, they will let you know where to find it on our shelves. We have two types of circulation.
Reserved Circulation contains our newest books, which are constantly arriving. Becoming a Friend of the Library for an annual $3 donation will allow you to borrow these new books. A Friend may also waitlist-reserve a book currently borrowed. Ask a Reservist how this works. Once interest in a new book diminishes it is placed in Regular Circulation. We have both regular print and large print books. Kindly look at the listings below for the new regular print books.
How do we obtain new books? The library sells items that have been donated. We have hand painted note cards, puzzles, artwork, jewelry and fashion items, etc. The funds we receive from these items are used to purchase new books. Neither CenClub nor Master Management fund the purchase of our new library books.
Have donations? The library gladly accepts artwork of any media, puzzles, boutique items, as well as fiction books written in the last 10 years, and non-fiction books in good condition. Your support and assistance, for the purchase of new books for the library, is greatly appreciated.
A convenient book drop box, to the left of the library entrance, is available for use when the library is closed to return and/or donate books.
Volunteers staff the library in 2-hour shifts for our residents’ and staff’s enjoyment. Would you consider helping to staff the library? Please leave contact information at the library, and CVE Library President, Ruth Schroeder, will contact you. If you are not contacted, please come in or call at (954) 481-2898.
New Fiction Books
On order or in our library
The Widow - John Grisham
The Secret of Secrets - Dan Brown
Gone Before Goodbye - Reese Witherspoon
Twice - Mitch Albom
The Proving Ground – Michael Connelly
The Intruder – Freida McFadden
Non-Fiction
Nobody’s Girl – Virginia Roberts Giuffre
LARGE PRINT
Room on the Sea – Andre Aciman
Broken Country – Clare Leslie Hall
The Bookshop of Hidden Dreams- Karen Hawkins
The Family Recipe – Carolyn Huynh
The Hamptons Lawyer – James Patterson and Mike Lupica
2026 CVE Library Holiday Closures
Thursday, January 1st, New Year’s Day
Monday, January 19th, Martin Luther King Day
Monday, February 16th, President’s Day
Monday, May 25th, Memorial Day
Monday, September 7th, Labor Day
Monday, September 21st, Yom Kipper
Monday, October 12th, Columbus Day/Indigenous People’s Day
Wednesday, Nov. 11th, Veteran’s Day
Thursday, November 26th Thanksgiving Day
Friday, December 25th Christmas Day
Book Review by Lita Andreano
Room on the Sea
By Andre Aciman
Three enchanting stories in one large print book. The first story is called The Gentleman From Peru. It’s quite a life-changing encounter when a group of friends with a puzzling solitary hotel guest who is staying at a grand hotel on the Amalfi Coast. Intriguing and thought provoking on chance encounters and past and future happenings. Short but very interesting and it will make you reflect on your past and future thoughts. I enjoyed it and learned a lot of what to let go and what to delve in deeply which can be people you meet that can add spice to your life.
The second story Room on the Sea is about two folks who meet while on jury duty and embark on a complex relationship. Very unique characters who seem like an ordinary man and woman. It’s what I would call a psychological thriller on a small scale. Quite enjoyable a read and very interesting characters.
The third story call Mariana is a modern retelling about a famous 17th Century novel that involves a love affair between a NUN and a swashbuckling and unreliable aristocrat. It is sad, it is funny and it is worth reading. Enjoyable to the very end.
