The following books will be featured at next week’s Dear Reader: Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming, audio How to Castrate a Bull by Dave Hitz with Pat Walsh, business The Night Villa by Carol Goodman, fiction Until We Reach Home by Lynn Austin, good news The Stolen by Jason Pinter, mystery Gangleader for … Read more
There is still plenty to choose from! Don’t miss the $1.00-a-bag sale from 1-3 PM.
The annual Friends of the Pember Library Book Sale will take place at the Mary J Tanner School on Route 22 in Middle Granville. There will be thousands of books available. Most hardcover books will be $1.00 and paperbacks for $.25. Newer or special books will be individually priced. On Saturday from 1pm to 3 … Read more
The fourth installment of best selling books of the Twentieth Century as detailed in Publisher’s Weekly: * 1930 Cimarron, Edna Ferber *1931 The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck * 1932 The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck * 1933 Anthony Adverse, Hervey Allen *1934 Anthony Adverse, Hervey Allen * 1935 Green Light, Lloyd C. Douglas * … Read more
What do you think of DearReader so far? If you have a Pember Library card you can reply to this post or send me an email and be entered into a drawing for a copy of the new Dean Koontz book Relentless. This contest will remain open until July 9. The books that will be … Read more
The following new titles are available on the Salon website, our link to OverDrive audio books. Just click on the icon to the left of the blog that says “Download audiobooks OverDrive” for these and many more. If you’re reading by listening, let us know which title(s) you have enjoyed recently. Children’s eaudiobooks: Because of … Read more
To commemorate the New York State Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial, the New York State Library, in partnership with the New York Library Association’s Youth Services Section and School Library Media Section, has created four selected reading lists that celebrate the history, culture, and diversity of New York State. Each of the four lists covers one reader age … Read more
The book club will be discussing “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak. “Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel–a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.”
Newsweek has an interesting feature on What to Read Now. And Why. They say “The fact is, no one needs another best-of list telling you how great The Great Gatsby is.” These books “open a window on the times we live in, … help us see ourselves in new and surprising ways.” The list of … Read more
Linda will be taking the week off from the Summer Reading Program but we will still be having a Story Time.
What do you think of DearReader so far? If you have a Pember Library card you can reply to this post or send me an email and be entered into a drawing for a copy of the new Dean Koontz book Relentless. The books that will be featured next week are : Criminal Paradise by … Read more