PATRON PICKS -- Stolen

Sally's pick is Stolen, by Susan Lewis

Synopsis:  Lucy Winters discovers a shocking truth, one that forces her to question everything she has ever known.  And it becomes frighteningly possible that the very people who should have protected her are the ones who have betrayed her in the most devastating of ways.  Can she ever forgive them?  Can they ever forgive themselves?

Sally says:  A good summer read!

2012 SUMMER READING PROGRAM!

Sign up now for these fun summer children's events:   (* requires registration)

Three Silly Billies -- act out this funny story! *

Two Sessions

Monday, July 9th

6:00-7:00pm (ages 4-6)

7:15-8:30pm (ages 7-10)

 

 Critter Caravan *

Tuesday, July 17th

10:30am

Ages 3 & up

Durham Olympics *

Saturday, July 21st

10:30am

Ages 8-12

Llama Program *

Monday, July 23rd

6:30pm

Ages 3 & up

Lunch Bunch Book Discussion *

Mondays, July 2nd, 9th, and 16th

12:30-1:30pm

Grades 4-6

Drop-In Programs

Little Dreamers

18 months to 36 months

Mondays, July 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd

10:30-11:00am

Daydreamers

Ages 3-6

Thursdays, July 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th

1:00-1:45pm

Night Adventures

Ages 7-10

Thursdays, July 12th, 19th, and 26th

7:00-8:00pm

Summer Reading Celebration

Magic Show with Danny Magic

Dessert on the library lawn (weather permitting)

Families Welcome

Monday, July 30th

6:30pm

Kids Only Tag Sale *

Need to clean out your room?  Want to earn some extra money?  Bring a table, set up on the library lawn, and sell your stuff!

Ages 6-18 (12 and under need to bring a parent)

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Saturday, August 11th (Rain date August 18th)

9:00-10:00 Set-Up

10:00-1:00pm Tag Sale

PATRON PICKS--The Feast Nearby

Julie's pick is The Feast Nearby, by Robin Mather.

Wonderful story, told in essay and recipe form, of a woman starting her life over after divorce and losing her job.  Author Robin Mather takes readers through one year of her life, sharing seasonal events, foods, weather, and rediscovering what really matters in life.

A very enjoyable and educational read.  Great recipes, too!

STAFF PICKS--The Fault in Our Stars

Cyndi's staff pick is The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green

Synopsis:  Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 13, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs... for now.

Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumours tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault.

Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to her, interested in Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind.

Cyndi says:  A young adult book that adults will enjoy.  Two 16-year-old cancer patients fall in love.  Funny, sad, heartbreaking and well worth reading.

PATRON PICKS--Objects of My Affection

Kristan's pick is Objects of My Affection, by Jill Smolinski

Synopsis:  Lucy Bloom is broke, freshly dumped by her boyfriend, and forced to sell her house to send her nineteen-year-old son to drug rehab. Although she’s lost it all, she’s determined to start over. So when she’s offered a high-paying gig helping clear the clutter from the home of reclusive and eccentric painter Marva Meier Rios, Lucy grabs it. Armed with the organizing expertise she gained while writing her book, Things Are Not People, and fueled by a burning desire to get her life back on track, Lucy rolls up her sleeves to take on the mess that fills every room of Marva’s huge home.

Lucy soon learns that the real challenge may be taking on Marva, who seems to love the objects in her home too much to let go of any of them. While trying to stay on course toward a strict deadline—and with an ex-boyfriend back in the picture, a new romance on the scene, and her son’s rehab not going as planned—Lucy discovers that Marva isn’t just hoarding, she is also hiding a big secret. The two form an unlikely bond, as each learns from the other that there are those things in life we keep, those we need to let go—but it’s not always easy to know the difference.

Kristan says:  Interesting premise--funny and engaging.

PATRON PICKS--Hamish Macbeth Series

Bonnie's pick is the Hamish Macbeth series, by M.C. Beaton

About the series...
This series of novels is set in the Scottish Highlands, in the fictional village of Lochdubh, in the real county of Sutherland.  Although Lochdubh and the neighboring town of Strathbane are fictional places, the series refers to real Scottish towns such as Dornoch, Dingwall and Inverness.

Hamish Macbeth is Lochdubh's village policeman.  http://www.goodreads.com/series/51878-hamish-macbeth

Bonnie says:  A mystery series loaded with great characters, humor, and an enjoyable storyline.  Each book grows on the reader and begs for more.

PATRON PICKS--Train Dreams

Bonnie's pick is Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson

Synopsis:  Robert Grainer is a day laborer in the American West at the start of the twentieth century—an ordinary man in extraordinary times. Buffeted by the loss of his family, Grainer struggles to make sense of this strange new world. As his story unfolds, we witness both his shocking personal defeats and the radical changes that transform America in his lifetime.

Suffused with the history and landscapes of the American West—its otherworldly flora and fauna, its rugged loggers and bridge builders—the new novella by the National Book Award-winning author of Tree of Smoke captures the disappearance of a distinctly American way of life.

Bonnie says:  An incredible book--an epic in novella form.  Reads like poetry immersed in history.  The reader feels like part of the story.  Unforgettable.