Visit Your CVE Clubhouse Library!

For those new to CVE (or a long standing owner/occupant) 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 Boutique (except our one-dollar items), Art and Puzzles.  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 (join our library) for an annual $3 donation will allow you to borrow these new/reserved 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 has items that have been donated. We ask that you make a donation to obtain these items. 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.

    If you would like to suggest a book that the library may purchase kindly let a reservist know and they will include the title on the listing.

    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

In our library or on order 

   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

One Sharp Stitch

By Allie Pleiter

Shelby Phillips visits her hometown of Gwen Lake to keep her parents needle point shop open while they vacation in their RV.  For a month she can do it.  Soon she realizes there is a trunk show happening and she is responsible for this project.  An old friend, Kat Katsaros, who is now an entrepreneur and angling to take over the needlepoint shop turns up dead on the day of the trunk show.  Shelby is hell-bent on finding her murderer.  This leads to many suspects and thankfully her sister agrees to support her efforts in seeking the killer and sending him to prison.  The mystery is filled with poignant incidences that will spark your imagination and peekyour interest in this very crafty and clever plot.  The story is most interesting and intriguing.  It will keep you guessing until the very last stitch is unraveled.  A fun read.