Pipestone County
Star - 06-05-14
Summer is almost here.
Even with the chillier temperatures of spring, we all know it’s coming
and some of us can hardly wait. I get to
this point in the year and the only thing I can think about are warm days
outside, reading a book and drinking iced tea.
Of course, by the end of summer, we’ll be wishing for cooler weather
again, but at this point, all we can think about is warmth and promise. And possibly those summer release books that
happen every year/
Here’s a few you might be waiting for:
Top-Secret Twenty-One, Janet Evanovich (June 17)
Stephanie Plum is at it again. This time, Trenton’s favorite used-car
salesman has skipped out on bail after using his dealership to sell more than
cars. And Stephanies is going to have to
protect someone she’d rather not protect, not to mention try and foil an
assassination plot against Ranger. And
if that’s not enough, Grandma Mazur has a bucket list that involves getting
revenge on Grandma Bella – what could possible go wrong? Did I mention the feral Chihuahuas?
The Beekeeper’s Ball, Susan Wiggs (June 24)
Transforming her childhood home into a destination
cooking school is a dream come true for Isabel Johansen. The layout, bountiful gardens, apple
orchards, and beehives make it a great place to learn to cook, not to mention a
getaway. And Isabel wants it to be just
that – a place she can forget the past, until a reporter named Cormac O’Neill
shows up and starts to stir the pot. A
good romance, an idyllic setting, and a lovely story make this a perfect summer
book.
Shots Fired, CJ Box (July 15)
This book is actually made up of ten stories, four of
them Joe Pickett stories and three never
before published, that prove once and again that CJ Box is an incomparable
story teller. I love short stories in
the summer – they can be read in an afternoon and are thoroughly satisfying
without taking up too much time. This
book promises to be a good one!
Fast Track, Julie Garwood (July 29)
Raised by her father after her mother died in an
accident, Cordelia Kane has always been a daddy’s girl. That is, until her father has a heart attack
and tells her a secret that leads her to Sydney, Australia, with her brother’s
best friend to search for some answers. Sparks may burn between them, but the
answers may cause Cordelia to get more than she bargained for and her search
becomes dangerous.
Cold Cold Heart, Tami Hoag (August 12)
Dana Nolen was kidnapped by a serial killer right at the
beginning of a promising career as a TV reporter and, though she defeated him,
her life is now marred by flashbacks and PTSD.
She thinks that moving back to her hometown will help, but it only draws
up more memories. As she starts to
uncover more details about the crime that made her become a reporter in the
first place, she begins to struggle with the images her brain is giving
her. Are they real? Or are they a
leftover of her ordeal?
Close to Home, Lisa Jackson (August 26)
Sarah McAdams has come home to renovate her childhood
house, an old Victorian mansion that her daughters are not impressed with. It holds a lot of memories for Sarah, some of
which she’d rather not examine again. Supposedly,
the house is haunted, and Sarah’s daughter Gracie begins to talk about a woman
in white she has seen running up the stairs.
But Sarah doesn’t have time to think about that in the midst of all the
renovations and a shocking new problem – teenage girls in town are
disappearing. As Sarah deals with the
terror of protecting her girls, will she realize that her memories might hold
the key to solving the crimes? An edge
of your seat kind of read!
Get ready to enjoy summer – eventually it will warm up
and a glass of tea on the porch, reading a book, will be the way to spend you
day!
Services Update:
Cypress Resume is now available at the library and at home with your library
card! Ask a librarian for more
information – if you are job hunting, then this is the service for you. Make great resumes with this web-based
software that will lay out everything for you.
SRP Update:
The Summer Reading Program sign-up starts on June 6th with weekly
activity days starting June 17th (Tuesday) at 2:00 PM. We have two special events happening along
with SRP this year for our middle and early readers: Swan the Magician at 2:00
PM June 24th and the Zinghoppers at 2:00 PM July 8th. Contact the library for more information
about these great events!
PAFL Update: Pipestone Area Friends of the Library is
looking for members – anyone who is a friend to Meinders Library is welcome to
join! The Friends group works hard to
promote the library, raise money for projects, and organize their yearly book
sale, in addition to the HUGE amount of support they provide throughout the
year. Call for the date of their next
meeting.
If you have questions or have a book you’d like to
reserve or renew, please don’t hesitate to give us a call at (507) 825-6714. The summer hours for Meinders Library
(starting Memorial Day weekend) are Monday through Thursday from 10 AM – 8 PM,
and Friday from 10 AM – 5 PM and Saturday from 10 AM - Noon. Meinders Community Library is located at 1401
7th Street SW, on the south side of the high school.
