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Last week the reading prompt was to read a book with a pun in the title. There are several mystery series with punny titles and Donna Andrews is definitely a master with one title being We’ll Always Have Parrots and the newest to be published in August is For Duck’s Sake. Meg Langslow is a small town detective for whom crime seems to be a magnet. Another mystery series, this time historical mystery is the Lady Sherlock mysteries by Sherry Thomas with the first book in the series called A Study in Scarlet Women.
Many authors have played with Pride and Prejudice, but two authors created different stories with the same title. Steven Hockensmith and Seth Grahame-Smith have both written a book called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
Two non-fiction titles to explore include Eats Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss about the importance of punctuation. While Humble Pi by Matt Parker is a comedy of math errors. Discover the wonders of non-fiction today, much of it is just amazing.
If you enjoyed the musical, or the movie Wicked, then read the book and sequels that inspired them. The first book is Wicked by Gregory Maguire. The second book is our punnily titled book Son of a Witch, with the third title being A Lion Among Men and the fourth Out of Oz.
Enjoy Christmas in July with punny Christmas titles with the newly published The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter topping my list. But don’t miss Donna Andrews holiday books including Rocking Round the Chickadee. Or wait until December and use this prompt to finish out your reading year.
I’m hoping someone will read this and go “that’s me. I wanted that book.” Several months ago, someone asked if we had the book Picket Line Blues: Prelude to a Riot by Nino Green, a fictional account of the riot and labor dispute. I had never heard of it, nor had any of the other libraries in the region. I wrote that person’s name down on the slip of paper with the book title, but somewhere along the way, the slip of paper has been misplaced, but we now have another fictional account (this one targeted at adults) of the riot and I’d love to be able to share it with the person who asked me to buy the book.
Check out the beautiful artwork by Nicole Leckner in our lobby and purchase a magnet to support the Friends of the Library. Her artwork will be on display until the end of July. The library is looking for artists who might be interested in displaying at the library in August and September. Come talk to us if you have artwork you’d be interested in sharing with the community.
The library will be closed next Friday, July 4th in celebration of Independence Day. The library will be open regular hours on Thursday, July 3rd, 10 am – 6 pm and then closed Saturday and Sunday.