LIBRARY CORNER | 06/03/22

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And here we go! Summer Reading begins Monday. Pick up your time cards and hit the books.

  • Monday—Check out books at Ignite 9 a.m.
    Sign up at AA’s—11 a.m.
  • Tuesday—Story Time 11 a.m.
  • Wednesday—Stuff Maker Summer Program 3-5 p.m.
  • Thursday—Program at Little Rascals 9 a.m.
    Tin Can Pocket Planter Adult Craft—6p.m.

Four authors made June’s Hall of Fame in the Library Reads list, including Elin Hilderbrand with The Hotel Nantucket. “The renovated Hotel Nantucket is haunted and Lizbet Keaton and staff must improve the hotel’s reputation. This book has everything: sumptuously-described food, a charming heroine, and a character-driven story. There is enough mystery to keep you guessing and the story moves at a pleasant pace.” (6-14) Jessica Olson

Next is Riley Sager with The House Across the Lake. “An alcoholic starlet’s husband dies at the family lake house. She returns and meets her new neighbors: a famous model, who almost drowned in the lake, and her rich techie husband. But do they have as great a marriage as it seems? To say any more would be giving too much of the fun away. This is a must-read thriller for those who liked Getaway and The Return.” (6-21) Blair Bartley

Elly Griffiths returns with a new Ruth Galloway mystery, The Locked Room. “A new neighbor moves in next door to Ruth Galloway, while Nelson and his team investigate a string of suicides that may be murders. However, England goes into COVID lockdown. This book integrates the pandemic in a way that is both familiar and terrible. There is less archaeology than in Griffith’s other books., but it doesn’t suffer for it. This one’s highly recommended for mystery lovers.” (6-1) Amy Gray

Katee Robert makes the list with Wicked Beauty. “In this spicy, triad-romance set in modern-day Olympus, warriors battle for the coveted role of Ares in a gladiator-style competition. Will Helen, Achilles, and Patroclus be able to put their feelings aside to defeat the competition and each other? This is for fans of Greek mythology retellings and enemies to lovers’ stories.” (6-7) Kari Bingham-Gutierrez

Just finished Where I Come From by Rick Bragg. I am such a fan! Pulitzer Prize winning Bragg writes the essay at the end of each installment of Southern Living. This book is a collection of some of those essays, ranging from his love of his mother, cars, Case knives and the South. I highly recommend this book along with every single thing he has written. If you run into him, please tell him I want his autograph.

Summer is back, but it’s cool in here. Drop by and see us.

Helen Thompson, Director – Mount Pleasant Public Library

P.S. We’ll also be at the Juneteenth Celebration, Friday, June 17, at Oaklawn Park. Plan to be there. It sounds like fun!