Lisa Von Drasek of Early Word Reviews says new YA book Will Grayson, Will Grayson is a “great deep read that reflects the very real lives of teens. Got kids who are obsessed by Glee? This is for them.” It just arrived at our library this week.
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Excerpts from the first few pages of these books will be delivered to your email Monday through Friday so you can decide if you want to read the whole book. Just click on the “Online Book Club” icon to the left and sign up for the club(s) that appeal to you. Kokoro by Natsume Soseki, Classics The cheater by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg, Audio Book Club Once Upon a Cow by Dr. Camilo Cruz, Business Book Club The Bride Will Keep …
In May, our Fireside stories will be May 1 – Mother’s Day May 8 -Be kind to Animals May 15 -May Flowers May 22 – Fairy Tales May 29 – Gardening Programs are subject to change.
It is taking me longer than planned to put together the panels for the “lapghans.” As usual, there are too many other obligations… We will continue to provide a space for those who want to get together with their yarn projects, get a little help or some encouragement, or maybe just have a chat while you are working. Alice is working on another baby afghan, Peggy is making more chemo hats and I am still on the same granny afghan.
Barb Young will be teaching another session of computer classes for Senior Citizens (age 49 or over) at the Pember Library. Classes will run from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM Mondays and Fridays from May 10 through May 28. Classes will cover internet and email, word processing, and using the library card catalog with databases. You must pre-register for the series of classes. Class size is limited to eight people. Please call the library to register or for more information …
This week’s titles are: When Growth Stalls by Steve McKee, Business East of the Sun by Julia Gregson, Fiction The Bride Backfire by Kelly Eileen Hake, Good News The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry, Mystery Mr. Gatling’s Terrible Marvel by Julia Kelle, NonFiction Whisper of Warning by Laura Griffin, Romance Blood Ninja by Nick Lake, Teen If you use Dear Reader and have 5-minute reads delivered to your inbox, please let the Friends of the Library know that you …
Sometimes you learn new things just by accident. I have been using the computer or online card catalog for the Pember since about 1994. It has changed several times during those years. I tried to look up some books a couple of weeks ago for a library theme and got way too many hits to comfortably sift through so I looked at advanced settings (which is “Open Search Options” under the search boxes). I can narrow down my search by …
A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Pember Library and Museum will be held on the first Wednesday of each month at the Pember. This is a regular meeting and open to the public. This month the Friends of the Library will be guests of the Pember Board. After meeting together, each group will have a separate meeting.
I needed something to read when I went to the doctor’s office the other day so I grabbed the paperback “Poisoned Pins,” a Claire Malloy mystery by Joan Hess. I have read other mysteries by Joan Hess and enjoyed them. Claire has a teen-aged daughter and they both seem to have attitude. There is some humor, and a bit of a mystery. I’m about half way through this and I think I know whodunit. The teenage daughter is overly dramatic …
The Pember Book Club will be reading Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls. Join us for a discussion about a book listed as “true life novel.” The subject of the book is the author’s maternal grandmother. Walls set out to tell the story of this grandmother as a biography but found that she needed to fill in too many places for it to be really nonfiction.
Titles for the upcoming week: The Rose Labyrinth by Titania Hardie, Audio All Customers Are Irrational by William J. Cusick, Business The Good Mayor by Andrew Nicoll, Fiction Sisterchicks in Wooden Shoes! by Robin Jones Gunn, Good News Can’t Never Tell by Cathy Pickens, Mystery Lucky Girl by Mei-Ling Hopgood, NonFiction Black Horse by Veronica Blake, Romance The Dark Reaches by Kristen Landon, SF Angel in Vegas by Norma Howe, Teen The Venetian Judgment by David Stone, Thriller Please let …