@ Your Library
It’s the middle of July. Have you and yours spent time in a book this summer? It doesn’t need to be much, but activities that engage the brain such as reading (or listening to books) are important for all. Reading and other such activities help prevent summer learning loss, help keep the brain healthy and build empathy.
There are so many amazing books available to read. Come visit and let us help you find something you’d enjoy. Here are titles that have been grabbing my attention lately. One of Us by Dan Chaon is a thrilling tale of horror about orphaned twins on the run from a murderous uncle who find refuge in a traveling carnival in 1915. The Harvey Girl by Dana Stabenow is set in 1890 New Mexico Territory and features a young Pinkerton detective traveling in disguise. The only things she can trust are her instincts and her derringer.
Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben teamed up to write Gone Before Goodbye. Suspense fiction set among the uber-elite with a former army combat surgeon trying to figure out what happened to her patient before she is the next one to vanish. Elizabeth George is back with another Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers and Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley mystery in A Slowly Dying Cause. Lust, greed, and family traditions collide with devastating consequences as Havers and Lynley search for justice. Frederick Forsyth has finally released the long awaited sequel to The Odessa Files in Revenge of Odessa. Fifty years have passed and the grandson of the legendary journalist who revealed the secrets of the Odessa is a journalist himself and finds himself the target of professional assassins after investigating a series of terrorist attacks in the heart of Germany. Can grandfather and grandson figure out the danger and plot before they are eliminated?
All the World Can Hold by Jung Yun is set in the days after 9/11 aboard a cruise ship bound for the Bahamas. Three unforgettable characters explore their regrets, needs and wants and how to balance life. Mary Ellen Taylor explores life after cancer in After Paris. Can Ruby move forward by embracing a new project about a French actress and her dressmaker who just vanished in Nazi-occupied Paris.
Finally, two fantastical romances for your reading pleasure. The Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne takes place aboard a luxurious submersible as Nix is forced to protect someone she swore to leave behind. Caitlyn Paxson’s A Widow’s Charm is a necromancer story of reviving husbands to save estates and status, but what happens if you fall in love with the necromancer?
There are two more weeks of summer programming. Libratory on Wednesdays at 11 am, storytime at 10:30 am on Thursdays and Big Play on Fridays from 10:30 – noon. We also have Nature Connect bringing Water Bugs of Minnesota to the library on Tuesday, July 28th at 3:30 pm.
Be sure and visit before the end of August and take a look at our new art display by Eric Kulig.