As we approach November 2020, remember that Daylight Savings Time (DST) ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1. This means we set our clocks BACK one hour (and reclaim the hour of sleep lost when DST began!)
If you have not voted in the 2020 General Election, your last chance to do so will arrive on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on that day. (I read a pun recently of “I don’t approve of political jokes. Too many of them get elected.”)
After we were closed for eight weeks earlier in the year due to COVID-19, it took some time here at Rhoads Memorial Library to process newly released books. In case you missed them, following is a list of books that were released in July and August:
----”The Two Mrs. Carlyles” (a novel) by Suzanne Rindell. It is billed as a “suspenseful and page-turning descent into obsession, love, and murder in the wake of San Francisco’s most deadly earthquake.”
----”What You Wish For” (a novel) by Katherine Center. According to Kirkus Review, “this story’s message, that people should choose joy even (and especially) in diffcult and painful times, seems tailor-made for this moment. This is a timely, uplifting read filled with quirky characters and comforting warmth.”
----”Near Dark” (a Scot Harvath thriller) by Brad Thor. The world’s largest bounty has been announced against America’s top spy. His only hope for survival is to outwit, outrun, and outlast his enemies long enough to get to the truth.
----”The Wife Who Knew Too Much” (a novel) by Michele Campbell. The first Mrs. Connor Ford, a wealthy, beautiful and accomplished widow, married a man 20 years her junior. Two years later, she’s dead. The next Mrs. Ford, a waitress from a small town, reconnected with her first love and is now wealthy beyond imagination. Set among the lavish mansions of the Hamptons, this thriller focuses on the lives of those who will do anything for love and money.
----”The Woman in Red” (an historical novel) by Diana Giovinazzo. This story is touted as an “epic tale of one woman’s fight... to create the life of her dreams” as Anita Garibaldi, a 19th century Brazilian revolutionary, became one of the most revered historical figures of South America and Italy.
----”Tea and Treachery” (a mystery) by Vicki Delany. A Cape Cod tea shop owner must solve the murder of a much-despised local real estate developer or else his death may be pinned on her feisty grandmother.
----”The Weekend” (a novel) by Charlotte Wood. Three women in their seventies reunite for one last, life-changing weekend in the beach house of their late friend. “This book is a humorous, insightful novel about female friendship and female aging,” noted one reviewer.
----”The Queen of Paris: A Novel of Coco Chanel” by Pamela Binnings Ewen. The legendary fashion designer renowned for her perfume, Chanel No. 5, is featured during four years of Nazi occupation in Paris during World War II. Determined to survive at all costs, Chanel is secretly recruited by Germany to spy for the Reich while trying to wrestle control of her company from her Jewish business partner.
Until next week, Happy and Safe Reading!