Last week the “Library Lines” column noted that exercise and health videos abound here at Rhoads Memorial Library, ready to be checked out. If those best of intentions’ New Year’s resolutions pertaining to the improvement of your health have wavered, please note your kinship with some of the folks found in the “Things You Learn if You Live Long Enough” list: -I put our scale in the bathroom corner and that’s where the little liar will stay until it apologizes.
-I can’t believe I forgot to go to the gym today. That’s seven years in a row now.
-I love bacon. Sometimes I eat it twice a day. It takes my mind off the terrible chest pains I keep getting.
- I told my physical therapist that I broke my arm in two places. He told me to stop going to those places.
-I plan to ask my doctor if a drug with 32 pages of side-effects is bad for you. -I just burned 1,000 calories. I forgot the pizza in the oven.
We are burning calories here as we are moving books, movies, audiobooks, and other items around in time for our annual book sale. The event is set to begin Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, when we open at 9 a.m. that day.
If you would rather borrow a book instead of buying it, we do have some newly-released books ready for checkout. They include: -”The Other Mothers” (a novel) by Katherine Faulkner. Tash is a new mother who would like to become a freelance journalist as a way to pay endless bills. The mysterious death of a nanny seems like a good story to start with, so she interviews other mothers in the trendy London neighborhood and becomes friends with them.
The other mothers are part of a sleek, sophisticated group who live in posh townhouses much different from Tash’s cramped apartment. Tash admires them but uncovers disconcerting facts when another young woman is found dead. Are these other mothers really friends? Why did they accept Tash so readily into their exclusive group? Tash learns there is more to these other mothers than meets the eye...
- “A Different Kind of Gone” by Catherine Ryan Hyde. Norma Gallagher, a search-and-rescue volunteer, finds missing 19year-old Jill Moss near the Utah-Arizona border. The terrified young woman is hiding in a cave from her abusive boyfriend, so Norma quietly takes Jill to her parents in California.
Five years later, despite the fact there is nobody, Jake, the violent boyfriend, is arrested for Jill’s murder and is about to go to trial. Norma knows Jake did not kill Jill. But when Jill’s family refuses to come forward with the truth, Norma must decide: what are the consequences if she stays silent? What are the risks if she tells the truth?
Until next week, Happy Reading!