Things are hopping at the library now that the “Catch the Reading Bug” summer reading program is underway. Eighty kids have registered for the reading program so far and many have already completed their first reading logs for prizes. We have lots of exciting programs coming up so I want to take this opportunity to let you know what they are. Bear in mind that these are open to everyone, from children to adults…
On Friday, July 11, at 7:00 p.m. we’ll have our next Family Movie Night. We’ll be featuring the Disney classic “101 Dalmatians” Rated G. Prize drawings and extra food and drinks mean extra fun on family night.
On Thursday, July 17, at 10:30 a.m. the Wildlife Center of Virginia will be presenting “Scales and Tales,” a look into the world of scaly critters. They’ll bring along live wild animals so that you can get a close look.
On Friday, July 18, at 10:00 a.m. we’ll be showing the movie “Nancy Drew” Rated PG. This is the 2007 version featuring Emma Roberts.
On Thursday, July 24, at 7:00 p.m. Joan and Mack Swift, known as Tales and Tandem, will telling stories from the Appalachians through Jack Tales, ancient tales from the Celtic Islands brought here by our early settlers.
This list should get you through till my next report, and then I’ll have a few more dates to share.
I was recently contacted by Peggy Sawyers, who leads the Second Tuesday Reading Group, which meets in the library. She wanted me to extend an invitation to everyone to join the reading group and writes, “I am leading our Second Tuesday Reading Group discussion on the book “Why Forgive?” by Johann Christoph Arnold. Because of that, I feel the need to explain that this is not a self-help book in the general sense of that genre. Though he writes from a Christian world-view, this is a book for anyone, because it reflects humanity as a whole. The true stories of people who have forgiven, and some who chose to withhold their forgiveness, are compelling and we may see ourselves in them. This is a small book of 150 pages and one to be read quickly, but not forgotten easily. I hope you will join us on July 8, at 1:30 p.m. in the library.”
The summer season means lots of great new book releases. Come check out James Patterson’s “Sail,” Billie Letts’ “Made in the U. S. A.,” Rita Mae Brown’s “The Sand Castle,” Salman Rushdie’s “Enchantress of Florence,” Lee Child’s “Nothing to Lose,” Patrick Robinson’s “To the Death,” Catherine Coulter’s “Tail Spin,” Danielle Steel’s “Rogue,” James Rollins’s “The Last Oracle,” Deborah Crombie’s “Where Memories Lie,” and Clive Cussler’s “Plague Ship.” In non-fiction we have Eckhart Tolle’s “The Power of Now,” James Webb’s “A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America,” and David Sedaris’s “When You are Engulfed in Flames.”
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