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Fuse Bead Valentines for your Sweetie

Angie — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:47:34 +0000

Saturday, February 4th, come to the Eola Road Library at 2pm to create a beautiful, personal valentine for the object of your affection!

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!

Angie — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:53:29 +0000

Here’s a quote from the late Reverend that I think has been overshadowed by his dream speech. But, he’s said a lot more than this, too.

“Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies – or else? The chain reaction of evil – hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars – must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.

Abe Lincoln Award Voting

Pat Schwartz — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:40:06 +0000

Let your voice and choice be heard. voting for the Abraham Lincoln Book Award has begun. To be eligible to vote you need to be in grades 9 to 12 and read at least 4 of the titles. Ballots are available at all library locations.

Hunger Games Movie

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:23:06 +0000

Click for library tour information

Debra Stombres — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:27:44 +0000

Teachers wanting to schedule a tour of the library, please use this!

Reading: Merchant’s Daughter

Angie — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:31:54 +0000

If you like historical, christian, and romance all rolled into one book, this one is for you.
Annabel becomes an indentured servant when her family cannot pay their annual debt to the lord of the land, and her mother refuses to have her children do work like the rest of the villagers for three years. The ferocious Lord le Wyse has a reputation for his cruelty and his malformations, gotten from a wolf attack. Annabel finds a true companion in him when he asks her to read his Latin bible to him each evening. Their bond grows through trials and happy times, until it should be clear to be both of them–and everyone else–that they are in love.
the emotional saccharinity (is that a word?!) is a bit much, as are the dysfunctional assumptions by each that they are at fault, or not loved by the other, or responsible for making the other person happy. THe religious readings are okay, but the somewhat didactic flavor of the book is a bit off-putting.
Im about 93% of the way through, Annabel has returned from her aborted journey to the abbey because of a village uprising instigated by the smarmy character Bailiff Tom against her beloved lord. She is presently putting herself in the path of arrows to save him. How noble and self-sacrificing she is!
I’m sure we can all feel confident in the ending: close call on wether or not either would survive the rebellion, admission of love on both sides, and a church wedding before they both move into his new manor house. How can I have such confidence in the ending of a book I haven’t finished? The story is far too formulaic to be original, as the reader will see throughout. But, hey! Sometimes familiarity is appreciated. For me, it’s just a bit too familiar. I’d prefer a little more mystery.

Book Review: Wolf Mark by Joseph Bruchac

Angie — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:00:31 +0000

High school senior Luke has a dead mother, a drunken, doped-out father, and a serious crush on a good Pakistani girl. He and his dad now live in a tin can of a beatup trailer in a town that’s on it’s way down the economic slide. He’s trying to stay under the radar at his latest school and just graduate. But, when the Sunglass Mafia shows up and starts ruling the school, he knows something’s happening out of the usual. And, boy, does it. His dad gets kidnapped, and after he gets his dad’s coded message to him, he discovers more about himself than he ever thought to learn. He gets just enough information to know he’s got to rescue his dad, which means breaking into a huge research and development facility, where experiments beyond his worst nightmare are being done.

Greedy corporations, martial arts, secret agents, and some seriously twisted scientific explorations into developing deadly man-beasts are part of the larger plot of this book, which has a whole lot of meat to it, but little flavor for me. I’ve only heard good things about Bruchac’s other books so I can only hope that this one is an exception, because the gaps in this story made it feel like an spider’s web–weak and filled with some ragged holes. The background information I could almost taste was just about the only ingredient, other than a story that needed more work on it. Something crucial and living was missing from it.

Book Review: Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin 1) by Robin LaFevers

Angie — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:20:37 +0000

Ismae, A low-born young girl in medieval Brittany is given a chance at a life different from the misery and drudgery of being wife to the cruel man who gave her father a few silver coins–as an assasin in service to the Saint Mortain. After training in all sorts of methods of efficiently dispatching a person chosen by her god for death, she is sent into fieldwork and given an assignment she’s not sure she can accomplish. At the court of the young duchess Anne, with her land in peril of a French invasion, Ismae works closely with Duval, the duchess’s brother, while growing ever more fond of him. Ismae discovers her strength, a deeper sense of faith in her calling and its complexities and the possibility of a love she never thought to find.

A lovely story of court intrigue, nefarious plots, assassination attempts, and love across the boundaries of class rests between the covers of this book. This is a sweet beginning to a story of young womanhood and strength, as well as a deeper look at vengeance, mercy, and the more noble motives behind some of the worst treachery in the land.

The End of Inheritance Is Coming

admin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:19:38 +0000

The Last book in the Inheritance Cycle series is being released on November 8th.

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Angie — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:01:34 +0000

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