Library Notes for the week of November 5

What a lovely event Arts Alive! is each year. Here at the library we have bookmarks designed by the elementary school students. Come see the “Reading is Magical” winning designs. Also, remember the library will be closed Monday, November 12^th for Veteran’s Day.

While you are in the library, check out a new book. Here are a few you might be interested in.

The Elephanta Suite by Paul Theroux: These novellas of hunger -- physical and spiritual -- only make sense in a country such as India, where such extremes meet constantly. Though Theroux repeats himself just a bit in the middle of "The Gateway of India," the thought-provoking novellas of The Elephanta Suite are otherwise beautifully paced, by turns moving, sexy and disturbing. You could finish one in an evening, which means that at least three evenings this fall would be very well spent.

The Heir by Barbara Taylor Bradford: At the age of thirty-three, Edward Deravenel, having survived harrowing years of betrayal, threats from ruthless enemies, countless lovers, and a war that ravaged his country, is finally king of his company. It’s 1918 and an influenza pandemic is sweeping the country. Meanwhile, the wrath of his ever-jealous wife is reaching a boiling point with suspicions about Edward’s relationships with other women.

Now and Then by Robert Parker: When a client who suspects his wife is cheating on him is murdered, Spenser, the Boston PI takes it personally, not only because the case resonates with Spenser's past history with love interest Susan, but also because, like Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade, Spenser feels he can't let a client get murdered without doing something about it.