It's Time for the Spring Booksale

Preview Sale for Friends Members

Thursday, March 29, 2007

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Memberships will be available

Open to the Public

Friday, March 30, 2007

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Saturday, March 31, 2007

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy

I have a love/hate relationship with Maeve Binchy. She can create the best characters, and I love them all - the good, the bad and the ugly. But, her novels are more collections of short stories. I hate that I don't get to follow any of her amazing character for a whole book. The unifying theme in her newest book, Whitethorn Woods, is a pagan wishing well called St. Ann's Well in the Irish town of Rossmore, that is being threatened by a new road. Each of the wonderful characters in the book has some tie to St. Ann's Well. And the last section of the book is an unsatisfying tie up to some of the stories. I would love to hear from other readers of Maeve Binchy to hear your ideas of her books.

Reader's Circle Book Club

This morning I was frantically finishing up the book for book club when I realized that book club is NEXT Tuesday - March 20th. So now I'm ready to discuss The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards. I hope everyone else has read it, or is working on finishing up. I can't wait to hear what everyone thinks of this book. It got lots of good reviews last year and was an unexpected paperback bestseller.

So I'll see you all next Tuesday, March 20th at 11:00 in the Albemarle Library meeting room!

Adult Winter Reading Program - Winner!

Our Adult Winter Reading Program has ended for the year and we have a winner for the $25.00 Barnes & Noble gift card. In fact, we have FIVE winners. There were enough prizes this year for each library location to have a final drawing winner. Thanks so much to the Friends of the Library who provide all the prizes for our reading programs. The Albemarle winning entry was for Love in the Present Tense by Catherine Ryan Hyde. Our winner said that this book about a bachelor who takes in a five-year old and finds the love of his life is a GREAT book. Why don't you check it out and see what you think. Watch for our Adult Winter Reading program next winter for your chance to read books and win prizes.