In the next couple of weeks you will see some major changes in the library layout. We are trying to carve out some better space for our WiFi patrons and just better seating for those who come in to read the newspaper. We have received some new chairs and two small tables are on order. We already have some new electrical outlets under the windows and soon we will be replacing the public computers. We recently received some discarded shelving from
Host by Stephenie Meyer: Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.
The Great Man by Kate Christensen: This novel is less about the great man of its title than the women Oscar Feldman, fictional 20th-century figurative painter, left behind: Abigail, his wife of more than four decades; Teddy, his mistress of nearly as many years; and Maxine, his sister, an abstract artist who has achieved her own measure of fame. Five years after Feldman's death, as the women begin sketching their versions of him for a pair of admiring biographers, long-buried resentments set the stage for secrets to be spilled and bonds to be tested.
Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein: Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television extensively, and by listening very closely to the words of his master, Denny Swift, an up-and-coming race car driver. Through Denny, Enzo has gained tremendous insight into the human condition, and he sees that life, like racing, isn't simply about going fast.
