A tall plastic coin-collecting container sports a sign of “Change for Perryton and Matador!” here at Rhoads Memorial Library, offering visitors the chance to put their excess coins toward helping tornado victims. We will have the jar available through the end of July and will give them the money in August.
Juana Garcia, director of the Hemphill County Library in Canadian, came up with the idea and we thought it was a good one. I know I am always pitching change into the nether regions of my purse, so giving to this cause will help me lighten my load!
Australia was the topic of a recent Terrific Tuesday, led by Felice Acker, local agent with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. Youngsters made boomerangs, listened to a story, and sampled that country’s favorite birthday party snack, fairy bread, which is made of white bread slathered with butter and topped with multicolored sprinkles.
As for newly released books that have arrived and are ready for checkout, they include: -”Bad Summer People” the debut novel by Emma Rosenblum, named one of the Best Books of Summer 2023 by such publications as Vogue, Cosmopolitan, and Bloomberg. Set against an exclusive summer haven on Fire Island, this story reveals “what is lurking under the surface of picture-perfect lives in a place where everyone has something to hide.”
-”Not So Perfect Strangers” is a thriller written by L.S. Stratton that follows two women who meet by chance as they are fleeing their abusive husbands. According to the book’s blurb, they are “on a collision course that will end in the case files of the D.C. MPD homicide unit. Unravelling the truth of what really happened may be impossible-- and futile. After all, what has the truth ever done for them?”
-”The Island Villa”, a novel written by Sarah Morgan, features celebrated romance author Catherine Swift approaching her fourth marriage. The estranged eldest daughter Adeline dreads witnessing the wedding set at her mother’s luxury villa in Corfu, fearing it will be a train wreck of epic proportions. But can Catherine pull it off and make them a family again?
-”Good Night, Irene” is a historical novel focusing on Red Cross women during WWII. Author Luis Alverto Urrea, inspired by his mother’s own Red Cross service, covers friendship and valor of the women through the most harrowing of circumstances. The elite group of women, nicknamed Donut Dollies, commanded military vehicles at the front line.
-”Queen Charlotte” by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes, is a prequel novel to Quinn’s acclaimed series, “Bridgerton.” Charlotte, born a German princess, met young King George III in September 1761, for the first time; hours later they were married. Queen Charlotte learns to navigate the politics of the court while sparking a societal shift.
Remember we will be closed Tuesday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. We will re-open at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, July 5.
May you have a happy and safe Fourth of July and then come check us out!