Visit Your CVE Clubhouse Library!

    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.This month of March we are having a sale: 50% off all items except our one-dollar items.  Take advantage of this and stop in and save!! Thank you for your donation.

    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

   March 2026

Cry Havoc, Jack Carr

Terminal Velocity, Tom Clancy

The Black Wolf, Louise Penny

The Intruder, Freida McFadden

Nobody’s Girl, Virginia Roberts Guiffre

Gone Before Goodbye, Harlan Coben, Reese Witherspoon

Twice, Mitch Albom

The Color of Hope, Danielle Steel

Quantum Tempest, Clive Cussler, Mike Maden

King’s Ransom, Janet Evanovich

Otherwise Engaged, Susan Mallery

Showdown, Robert B. Parker, Mike Lupica

Nash Falls, David Baldacci

Best Offer Wins, Marisa Kashino

Executive Power, Tom Clancy, Biran Andres

Exit Strategy, Lee Child

Return of the Spider, James Patterson

100 Rules for Living to 100, Dick Van Dyke

Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Ace Atkins

End Game, Jeffrey Archer

107 Days, BIO, Kamala Harris

What We Can Know, Ian McEwan

Denied Access, Vince Flynn

Circle of Days, Ken Follett

Calder Strong, Janet Dailey

The Portrait, Danielle Steel

The Grave Artist, Jeffery Deaver

The Secret of Secrets, Dan Brown

The Bourne Escape, Robert Ludlum

The Academy, Elin Hilderbrand

The Proving Ground, Michael Connelly

The Widow, John Grisham

Book Review by Lita Andreano

Best Offer Wins

By Marisa Kashino

This is Marisa Kashino’s first novel and what a winner.  A compulsive, competitive buyer will do just about anything to purchase her dream home in Washington DC.  It’s funny, hair-raising and intriguing to see what she does to try and buy it before it goes on the market.  Margo Miyake in her quest to leave her cramped apartment and buy a home in a peaceful neighborhood, gets a tip on one soon to be for sale.  She begins practically stalking the neighborhood of where the house is and cannot stop obsessing over it. There is no boundary she will cross to become the homeowner of this particular house.  In this modern-day housing market, her ambition crosses the line but she is increasingly unhinged in her pursuit. It will keep you on the edge of your seat and have you laughing out loud with her crazy tactics she uses in her ambition to claim this home.  I loved it.  Marisa is a fluent and easy to understand writer.  She has a keen sense of humor and keeps the story quite as entertaining as a thriller novel.  You will not believe the measures she takes to acquire her dream home.  A very enjoyable read.