LIBRARY CORNER | 03/18/22

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This week at the library:

  • Tuesday—Preschool Story Time 11 a.m./Painters 1:30 p.m.
  • Thursday—Pushing the Limits 6 p.m. (The Social Dilemma)

We’re so excited about Art@the Library, Saturday, April 2, from 6-8 p.m. Come enjoy local art, dulcimer music, and chocolates from the Sweet Shop. Our own Author/Illustrator, Jared Chapman will be on hand to sign books and draw with the kids. (Books will be available for purchase.) Local Silversmith Extraordinaire, Joseph Parks, will be here with his one-of-a-kind silver jewelry. New to the art show is Sugar Hill Mudworks, showcasing their beautiful, handcrafted pottery. This is going to be such a fun evening! Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children and are available now at the library or that night at the door. We look forward to seeing you!

April’s Library Reads list just arrived and their top pick is Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. I’m a child of the 60s and while I disagree with the reviewer’s picture of women from the 50s and 60s, this book sounds like a good one. “In the 50s and early 60s when women were viewed as little more than chattel for men’s convenience, Elizabeth Zott had the temerity to become a chemist. With complex and wonderful characters, her story is funny, sad, enraging, hopeful and will have readers cheering for every character and all women everywhere. This is for fans of Where’d You Go, Bernadette?, The Rosie Project, and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.” (4-5) Bonnie Garmus

Portrait of a Thief is by Grace D. Li. “Li’s debut novel is a fun heist book focusing on five Chinese American college students recruited to steal artwork from Western museums and return them to China. The book looks at issues of diaspora, colonization, and the character’s different relationships with culture and identity. Give this to readers who liked The Verifiers and Skin Deep.” (4-5) Allie Williams

Jane Green’s latest is Sister Stardust. “Teen Claire leaves England for Marrakech and falls in with charismatic socialite Talitha Getty and her coterie of rock stars, fashion icons, and millionaires amid a buffet of sex, drugs, and alcohol. Fans of Daisy Jones and the Six will find much to love in this book, beautifully told in a manic pace that takes you down the rabbit hole of the swinging 60s.” (4-5) Kimberly McGee

Insomnia is by Sarah Pinborough. “Emma has the perfect career, husband, and family. She also has a secret that is about to catch up with her. She is turning 40 and slowly spiraling out of control as the past creeps closer. Is her insomnia touching her with insanity, or is she about to relive what she has been trying to hide all these years? This is for fans of The End of Her and Mrs. March.” (4-12) Selena Swink

Spring is supposed to appear this week. Let’s hope it remembers Texas. See you at the library!

Helen Thompson, Director – Mount Pleasant Public Library