My LINKcat AccountThe Summer Reading Program continues on apace. This year there is a slightly extended run with the end date happening the second week of August. As of today, we are only five days and counting until our biggest bash of summer. Yes. The Harry Potter Birthday party will take place on Tuesday, July 31st at 1 p.m. in the basement of the library. This is the 15th year that the library has been celebrating Harry’s birthday, so why not plan on attending? It’s loads of fun and there is birthday cake. Yours Truly will be mixing up butterbeer (a old family recipe). There are games of skill and knowledge and hunts for treasure. And did I mention, there is cake? If you care to make Tuesday and all library day for yourself and family after the birthday party, at 6:30 p.m. the Concerts in the Park will be featuring the Soggy Prairie Boys. They are always a lot of fun. While Tuesday, July 31st is an extremely fun-filled day at the the library, there is always something happening everyday. Having all those books, magazines, dvds, cds, toys, cake pans, etc. to browse through is also jolly good fun. Below you will find some of those jolly good books which have recently arrived at the library. Enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
“The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast” by Michael Scott Moore. A journalist and the author of Sweetness and Blood chronicles his three years of captivity by Somali pirates, offering an exploration of foreign policy, religious extremism and the costs of survival in the process.
“Jell-O Girls: A Family History” by Allie Rowbottom. A descendant of the Jell-O dynasty traces the privilege, addiction and illness that has impacted generations of her family, tracing her late mother's obsessive research into a link between their family's lifestyle and poor health..
“The Future of Terrorism: ISIS, al-Qaeda, and the Alt-Right” by Walter Laqueur. Two terrorism experts trace the post-bin Laden rise of terrorism throughout the world as well as the surge in right-wing extremism in the United States, identifying specific environments and political decisions that contributed to present-day threats.
“The Briefing” by Sean Spicer. The former White House Press Secretary for Donald Trump presents a behind-the-scenes account of his turbulent seven-month tenure, offering new insights into the headline-grabbing controversies of the administration's first year.
“The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy” by Anna Clark. Documents the 2014 poisoning of the residents of Flint, Michigan, by contaminated water, and the ensuing 18-month activism case that only got the state to admit its complicity after 12 people died and many others suffered permanent injuries.
New Fiction
“Metamorphica” by Zachary Mason. The author of the best-selling The Lost Books of the Odyssey presents a reimagining of Ovid's Metamorphoses that artfully reconstructs and astrologically connects the stories of such classic figures as Narcissus, Pygmalion and Midas.
“Clock Dance” by Anne Tyler. A lifetime of painful milestones and fading grandchild prospects compel a woman to help her son's ex, whose 9-year-old daughter needs protection from violent local dynamics. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “A Spool of Blue Thread”.
“The Amazing Adventures of Aaron Broom” by A.E. Hotchner. A boy who is not believed after witnessing a robbery gone wrong teams up with an unlikely band of friends and helpful adults to clear suspicion from his father's name. By the best-selling author of “Papa Hemingway”.
“Eagle & Crane” by Suzanne Rindell. Two young daredevil flyers confront ugly truths and family secrets during the U.S. internment of Japanese citizens during World War II. By the author of “The Other Typist”.
“The King’s Witch, No.1 (Frances Gorges Historical Trilogy)” by Tracy Borman. Attending the death of Elizabeth I and forced to navigate the decadence of James I's witch-hunting court, a talented herbalist becomes a pawn in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. By the author of “The Private Lives of the Tudors”.
“Aunt Dimity and the King’s Ransom< No. 23( Aunt Dimity)” by Nancy Atherton. Stranded in a rural inn on England's southeast coast, Lori discovers the location's past as a smuggler hangout before investigating suspicious activities among the living and the dead that may be responsible for ghostly nighttime noises.
“The Quiet Side of Passion, No. 12 (Isabel Dalhousie)” by Alexander McCall Smith. Isabel navigates a complex family situation when she learns that a single mom has been associating with a con artist and making questionable claims about her son's paternity. By the author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.