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World War I & II, Irish pub cooking, Jesus and the feminists, college algebra, mythology, Southwestern arts and crafts, Pilates, woodworking, and American Indians are among the diverse topics that will be featured at our approaching annual book sale here at Rhoads Memorial Library. Slated to begin as we open at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 25, the event will continue through Saturday, Jan. 29, at noon.

Fiction and nonfiction books will be offered to children and adults, as will movies and a few audiobooks. Cookbooks and large print books for adults will be available for sale, as several items will be displayed in our meeting room. Other books will be shelved in our storage area, alphabetically by author, as will Bibles and Westerns, to name a few.

We are grateful for so many donations of books for our sale, and books continue to pour in. Thus far we have received a plethora of religious books, inspirational books, as well as instructional books for crocheting, knitting, and cross stitch. Cookbooks range from a 1947 version of "The American Woman's Cookbook" to "Southern Living's Big Book of Slow Cooking."

This may be one of the few places where inflation has not hit, meaning our prices for used books, CDs, and DVDs are the same as they have been for years. Hardbacks and large paperbacks are 50 cents each while smaller paperbacks cost 25 cents. Movies and Dimmitt yearbooks cost $2.00 while audiobooks are $1.00.

As for books available for checkout, two new releases have arrived. Fans of the Wild Cow Ranch series, written by Dimmitt native Natalie (Cline) Bright, will be glad to hear that we have the latest entries. "A Wild Cow Wedding" and "Wild Cow Christmas", number five and six, respectively. Both continue the saga of Carli and Lank and the small town of Dixon.

For those of you following the intrepid Maisie Dobbs' mystery series, we are thankful to a donor who brought us two more of the books. "Birds of a Feather" and "In This Grave Hour" are ready for checkout. Both are written by Jacquelyn Winspear and feature Dobbs in London, a former officer in the Great War and currently a psychologist and private investigator.

Food for Fines continues through Jan. 31, so if you have a late fee to pay, feel free to pay it in canned goods in lieu of cash. Or bring canned food to us and we will make sure it is delivered to the local food pantry.

Until next week, Happy Reading!