LIBRARY CORNER | 07/14/23

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Summer is flying by and so are our activities. Join us this week for the following:

  • Monday—Limited number of Take and Make weekly project (pick up)
    Ignite 9:30 a.m.
    Genealogy help 1-3 p.m. (Call for an appointment)
  • Tuesday—Medicare class at 2 p.m.
    Genealogy help 1-3 p.m. (Call for an appointment)
  • Thursday—AA’s Treehouse 9:30 a.m.
    Pleasant Living Crafts 2 p.m.
    Family Night Nerf Battle 5:30 p.m.
  • Saturday—Local author, Lisa Tyler, book signing 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Several more authors made the Hall of Fame from Library Reads, including Samantha Downing with A Twisted Love Story. In it, Wes and Ivy are living this “twisted” story. When their relationship is good, it is very, very good. When it’s bad, it’s horrid. When a detective begins to look into their relationship, she finds that at its worst, someone dies. (7-18)

In Prom Mom by Laura Lipman, Amber Glass decides to move back to her childhood home that’s filled with a few good memories and one terrible one. She realizes that her life can take a turn for the better if she stays away from her high school sweetheart, Joe Simpson. She can’t stay away and that turns into a nightmare. (7-25)

Bestselling author Silvia Moreno-Garcia is well known for The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic. Her latest, Silver Nitrate, blends Nazi occultism and Mexican horror films. This dark thriller revolves around a curse that haunts a legendary lost film. Unleashing that curse also awakens powers that one woman didn’t know she possessed. (7-18)

Rachel Lynn Solomon brings us a romantic comedy in Business or Pleasure. Chandler is a ghostwriter who feels good about her writing until she goes to a book signing and the “author” doesn’t even recognize her. She has a disastrous date that night and hopes to never see the guy again. Unfortunately, her next assignment is to ghost a book for an actor and, you guessed it, it’s the one person she has vowed to avoid. (7-4)

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author, Colson Whitehead, continues his Harlem saga in Crook Manifesto. Set in the 1970s, this is a darkly funny tale of a city in trouble. It’s also a portrait of the meaning of family. Whitehead surely has another bestseller in this latest installment. (7-18)

It’s so great to see the number of folks who are coming back to the library. Our building has been filled with old friends and many, many new ones. Circulation is up, attendance at programs is up, and our outreach programs have reached well over 200 kids. It’s been a good, good summer at the library.

Helen Thompson, Director – Mount Pleasant Public Library.