If you are looking for a thriller that’s a fast read and sounds like a TV movie, this is it. Author Mary Jane Clark is a former writer and producer for CBS News in New York. Her background helps to lend authenticity to this story of a morning TV news host who’s 7-year-old daughter and housekeeper are abducted.
Jan
Kerry Cottrell of Kerry Cottrell Interiors will be at the library on Thursday evening July 23 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. to present “Design $ense: How to Makeover a Room on a Budget.”
This program is part of our new adult summer reading program. July’s theme is Express Yourself at Home.
All programs are free and open to the public. The library is wheelchair accessible.
Jan
Our adult book discussion group will meet this Thursday evening, July 16 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. The book in discussion is “Girl with a Pearl Earring” by Tracy Chevalier.
Hope you can join us! Everyone is welcome. Bring a friend.
Jan
Here are the winners in our first adult summer reading program drawing which was held on July 9:
Two tickets to Cortland Repertory Theatre – Vicky Morgan
Gift card to Your Local Bookstore – Judy Van Coetsem
Discount certificate on framing at “The Picture House” – Fran Davis
“Master the Art of Reading” book bag and posters – Johanne Holcomb
You, too, can be a winner. Just fill out an entry form for each book that you have read (checked out through our library between June 18 and August 27) and deposit in the box at the adult circulation desk. The next drawing will be July 30th!
Jan
“The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon” is the story of 20th century British explorer Percy Fawcett and his many trips into the Amazon in search of a lost city. His last journey into the Amazon in 1925 with his son Jack, and his son’s best friend culminated in their disappearance. David Grann, a writer for the New Yorker, decides to conduct his own expedition in 2005 looking for the truth. What happened to the Fawcett expedition and does the Lost City of Z really exist?
This book is utterly captivating. It’s a riveting tale of an explorer who shows amazing courage. I can’t even imagine what these folks went through. If you love Indiana Jones adventures, you will love this book. I hear it is being made into a movie with Brad Pitt playing the part of Fawcett.
Highly recommended! – Jan
Our adult book discussion group will be meeting on Thursday evening July 16 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. to discuss “Girl with a Pearl Earring” by Tracy Chevalier.
Everyone is welcome! Bring a friend.
Jan
Kerry Cottrell of Kerry Cottrell Interiors will be at the library on Thursday evening July 23 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. to present “Design $ense: How to Makeover a Room on a Budget.”
This program is part of our new adult summer reading program. July’s theme is Express Yourself at Home.
All programs are free and open to the public. The library is wheelchair accessible.
Jan
Park ranger Anna Pigeon is back with another thrilling mystery set in Big Bend National Park in Texas. This time she is off-duty, on a raft trip down the Rio Grande river with her husband and several others, when the demons that she is struggling with internally take a back seat to the horrors that await her on this trip.
Author Nevada Barr knows how to keep you guessing right up to the end and has keen insights into human nature. I love the locales of her books. They are all set in various national parks. And Anna Pigeon is quite a complex character. Though hard to identify with, she is always interesting to follow.
Highly recommended!
Jan
