My LINKcat AccountAs of today’s date, July 12th, we are precisely half-way through the Summer Reading Program. There are 72 days between June 6th, when the reading program began, and August 17th, when the program ends. Which means, among other things, that you still have plenty of time to read, earn Dragon Dollars, and advance reading program participants towards meeting a number of different challenges. There is a community challenge that will earn a special end-of-summer read program party if all the program participants read 25,000 books – as of this writing, 8,206 books have been read. Other challenges include: 1) An Elementary School Challenge – which of the elementary schools will read the most? Right now Yahara leads with 1,069 followed by Windsor with 699 and Eagle Point coming in at 622. 2) A Village Department Challenge with the Library leading the way (go figure!) with 156, followed by the Village Hall with 106, the Police are third with 21 followed by Public Works. The Teen Challenge will end with an after-hours party for all participating teens if they read 800 books. Right now they have read 233. With all these challenges going on, your reading can help. Make sure to record what you read so the community can earn that big party at the end of the Summer Reading Program. A quick reminder that we are also counting down to the big Harry Potter Birthday Party on July 31st. That is only 18 days from now! Below you will find some of the books which recently arrived at the library. Read, record them, and most of all, enjoy them!
New Non-Fiction
“American Diva: Extraordinary, Unruly, Fabulous” by Deborah Paredez. This passionate homage to the powerful women that have challenged American ideas about feminism, performance and freedom such as Tina Turner, Rita Morena and Venus and Serena Williams examines how the concept of diva has evolved over the years.
“Amphibious Soul: Finding the Wild in a Tame World” by Craig Foster. One of the world’s leading natural history filmmakers shows how we can reinvigorate our lives by developing a deep connection to the Earth, nurture our individual wildness and deepen our love for all living things.
“The Art and Science of Connection: Why Social Health is the Missing Key to Living Longer, Healthier, and Happier” by Kasley Killam. A redefinition of health and wellbeing emphasizes the need for social health—a sense of belonging or social connection—to achieve true wellness, braiding together new science, mindset shifts and practical wisdom for cultivating strong relationships in our own lives.
“The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi” by Boyce Upholt. A sweeping history of the Mississippi River looks at the centuries of human meddling that have transformed both it and America.
New Fiction
“Enlightenment” by Sarah Perry. Two unlikely best friends in Aldleigh, England investigate the mystery of a vanished nineteenth century explorer uncovering a devastating tale of love and scientific pursuit in the new novel from the author of “The Essex Serpent”.
“Mirrored Heaven, No. 3 (Between Earth and Sky Trilogy)” by Rebecca Roanhorse. The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in a conclusion to the New York Times best-selling author’s Between Earth and Sky trilogy.
“Moonbound” by Robin Sloan. Expands the Penumbraverse to new reaches of time and space in a rollicking far-future adventure.
“15 Summers Later: A Feel Good Beach Read” by RaeAnne Thayne. With the truth laid bare, and the past that Ava and Madison Howell have worked so hard to leave behind threatening everything they have built for themselves, the Howell sisters’ reunion is bittersweet, and, as they attempt to remedy the rifts in their lives and reconcile their futures, they must face the demons of their past together.
“A Is for Amish” by Shelley Shepard Gray. With the truth laid bare, and the past that Ava and Madison Howell have worked so hard to leave behind threatening everything they have built for themselves, the Howell sisters’ reunion is bittersweet, and, as they attempt to remedy the rifts in their lives and reconcile their futures, they must face the demons of their past together.
“All the Summers In Between” by Brooke Lea Foster. Two estranged friends have an unexpected reconnection in the Hamptons, which forces them to finally confront the terrible event that drove them apart.
“For the Love of Summer” by Susan Mallery. Fearing she's losing her teen daughter to her "other family" a Seattle salon owner is shocked when her ex-husband is arrested and her daughter convinces her to take in her stepmother, desperate for a friend.
“How the Light Gets in” by Joyce Maynard. A complex story of three generations of a family focuses especially on its remarkable, resilient, indomitable matriarch, Eleanor.
“Swan Song” by Elin Hilderbrand. When a 22-million-dollar summer home is purchased by the mysterious and overly extravagant Richardsons, social mayhem ensues in the tight-knit Nantucket community, but when their house burns to the ground and their most essential employee goes missing, the entire island must save the day—and their way of life.
“Eruption” by Micahel Crihton & James Patterson. Two of the world's most popular and prolific modern authors team up for a thriller about a history-making eruption in Hawaii that threatens to reveal a huge secret the US military has been hiding for decades.