Did you know… the library has a Volunteer Writing Advisor available? This person is available for the individual writer and in small groups. If you need help with your writing skills, we have this resource available.
Cribbage Tuesdays and Fridays 10:00 a.m. – noon
Toddler Time Thursdays at 10:00 am. Songs, sign language, storytelling, and a craft or activity for toddlers can be expected. Stop by and check us out.
WCV non-school day on Monday, October 10th will bring our SPOOKTACULAR rock painting for kids. 2-3 pm.
Toastmasters will meet Wednesday, October 12th at 5:00pm. It is open to the public.
National Friends of the Library Week begins Sunday the 16th and runs through Saturday the 22nd. More details to follow of how we plan to honor our volunteers.
Toilet Paper Pumpkin Crafting for Adults will be Monday, October 17th at 11:00 am. Please call the library to reserve a spot and to make sure we have enough materials.
Homeschoolers Intro to Sewing at 10:00am on Tuesday, October 18th is open to the public. Learn the basics to sewing and more.
Poetry Group meets Wednesday, October 19th and is open to anyone who wants to read, discuss, write poetry, and have a good time with others. Call the library for more information.
NEW FICTION BOOKS
Alice’s Trading Post: A Novel of the West by Kerry Dean Feldman. LARGE PRINT. Treat her with respect, you walk away safe. If not, there will be consequences. She’s raised like a boy by her Canadian trapper stepfather and lovely, feisty, Indian mother alongside the Columbia River. She can shoot a beaver’s eye at a hundred paces, doesn’t know how to cook or sew, can fight blade up with knives, hunt bear on her own, and never wears a dress…
The Good Old Boys by Elmer Kelton. Hewey Calloway dreams of freedom. He wants to be a footloose horseback cowboy, endless wandering the open range. But the open range of his childhood is slowly disappearing. As if that weren’t enough, cars and other machines are invading Hewey’s simple cowboy life, stinking up the area and threatening to replace horse travel. As Hewey struggles against the relentless stream of “progress”, he comes to realize that the simple life of his childhood is gone, that a man can’t live a life whose time has passed, and that every choice he makes- even those that lead to happiness – requires a sacrifice.
Something Wilder by Christina Lauren. Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father, Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession . . . or much money in the bank. But Lily is nothing if not resourceful, and now uses Duke’s coveted hand-drawn maps to guide tourists on fake treasure hunts through the treacherous and storied red rock canyons of Utah. It pays the bills but doesn’t leave enough to fulfill her dream of buying back the beloved ranch her father sold years ago.
The Suite Spot by Trish Doller. LARGE PRINT. The Suite Spot is about taking a chance on a new life and a new love.
The Twelve Days of Snowball by Kristen McKanagh. Snowball takes her job as the “official kitty” at the Victorian B&B Inn, Weber Haus, very seriously. Greeting guests and keeping tabs on them is a full-time feline job, after all. However, being nice to Daniel Aarons is not on her to-do list. The handsome construction manager almost messed up her forever family, and she isn’t about to forgive him anytime soon…
NON-FICTION/BIOGRAPHY
Live Beyond Your Potential by David C. Stone and Sheila Stone. If you want happiness in your life today, begin living the life of your dreams, and achieve personal success! ‘Live Beyond Your Potential’ provides the framework for ultimately changing your life. Years ago, David and Sheila found themselves in despair. Money troubles and working long hours at a job caused a strain on their relationship. They knew life wasn’t meant to be lived that way. They eventually created a lifestyle which brought them more happiness and allowed them to live life to the fullest. Their secret is shared in this edition of ‘LIVE BEYOND YOUR POTENTIAL.’
Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II by Buzz Bissinger. Buzz Bissinger takes us from the playing fields of America’s campuses where boys played at being Marines, to the final time they were allowed to still be boys on that field of dirt and coral, to the darkest and deadliest days that followed at Okinawa.
AUDIO BOOKS
Fairy Tale by Stephen King. Read by Seth Numrich with Stephen King. Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself, and his dad. Then, when Charlie is seventeen, he meets a dog named Radar and his aging master, Howard Bowditch, a recluse in a big house at the top of a big hill, with a locked shed in the backyard. Sometimes strange sounds emerge from it. Charlie starts doing jobs for Mr. Bowditch and loses his heart to Radar. Then, when Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie a cassette tape telling a story no one would believe. What Bowditch knows, and has kept secret all his long life, is that inside the shed is a portal to another world.