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The library is getting ready for our next holiday, Valentine's
Day, with a nice display of "valentine" books in the
front lobby. Also, a little Valentine "work station",
complete with supplies, has been set up for children to come
in and make their own valentines whenever they visit the library
between now and February 14th.
There are three things to mark on your calendar right now (that
is, if you don't automatically remember things too well anymore!).
Don't forget that at noon on Saturday, February 10th, John Taibi,
author of A Hill, a Branch, and the Pecksport Loop, will be in
the program room to discuss and show slides of the O & W
Railway in Madison and Oneida counties. Remember that Pre-school
Story Hour with Grandma B continues every Tuesday morning at
10:30 a.m. through February 27th. Finally, remind yourself to
come in for the Science Fiction Mini Book Sale; the sale shelves
in the front lobby are packed with science fiction books, unbelievably
priced at forty cents each or three for a dollar!
The library is currently taking a survey of patrons' opinions
of a proposed change in the hours the library will be open. One
of the major changes would provide open hours on Thursdays from
10-1. In order to do this, a few evening hours would be cut as
well as an hour on Tuesday and Saturday afternoons. The proposed
changes are based on library statistics, dropping hours of lowest
patronage, and adding service during people's lunch hours. Please
stop in to take a look at the proposal and express your opinion
on a survey form available at the circulation desk.
Motherkind by Jayne Anne Phillips heads the list of new arrivals
this week. It is a touching novel of a woman expecting a new
baby and caring for her dying mother at the same time. The maternal
strength of the two women makes this a touching story emphasizing
the continuity of life. John LeCarre's The Constant Gardener
is an international thriller in which British diplomat, Justin
Quayle, goes on a global chase to avenge the death of his wife,
Tessa, and solve her murder. Jonathan Kellerman's Dr. Death will
be a "must read" for all the fans of his psychological
thrillers. In this one, someone has murdered euthanasia champion
Dr. Eldon Mate--a self-styled Dr. Death responsible for scores
of assisted suicides. Milo Sturgis, a Los Angeles homicide detective,
and his good friend, child psychologist and LAPD consultant Dr.
Alex Delaware, team up to solve the case with many twists and
turns. Dean Koontz's
From the Corner of His Eye is a suspenseful thriller in which
Junior Cain throws his wife off a fire tower. However, a series
of tragedies occurs that convince Junior that someone or something
named Bartholomew is out to exact vengeance for that crime and
the series of other murders that follow. White-Out by James Vance
Marshall is a fictional psychological study of an ordinary man's
struggle for survival through an Antarctic winter in 1942.
On the non-fiction side, you might want to take a look at The
Criminal Law Handbook by Paul Bergman and Sarah Berman-Barrett.
It gives a straightforward look at arraignments and voir dire,
habeas corpus, and the bail process, at police questioning and
the law of search and seizure, criminal defense options and common
defense strategies, acceptable courtroom behavior, basic criminal
trial rules, and a walk through the trial process to parole.
Landscaping Indoors, edited by Scott Appel, explains how to create
indoor gardens and includes basic information on growing, such
as how to use artificial lighting, water, mix soil, fertilize,
and control pests. Santanoni by Engle/Kirschenbaum/Malo tells
the interesting architectural and social history of an Adirondack
Great Camp, as well as treats readers with more than 160 illustrations.
For our older teenage readers, The Rose and the Beast by Francesca
Block creates some very different imaginings of Snow White, Thumbelina,
Cinderella, Rose Red and Rose White, and other tales told as
very original poetic allegories of adolescence. For our 9-12
year old readers, Richard Peck's A Year Down Yonder relates the
adventures of 15-year-old Mary Alice who has to go stay with
Grandma Dowdell alone--for a whole year, and finds herself being
an accomplice in Grandma's outrageous schemes to run the town
her own way--and do good while nobody's looking. Laura Dower's
The Powderpuff Girls Save Valentine's Day should entertain the
4-6 year olds as the Powerpuff Girls, excited about exchanging
valentines with all their friends, try to stop a jealous Princess
Morebucks from ruining Valentine's Day for everyone.
Love is in the air, with Valentine's Day coming up. Come on into
the library and find a book to "love" this week.
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