We're trying out a new service

If you're like me, you just hate to walk into your favorite store, no matter whether it's Winn-Dixie, Big Lots or Belk, and find everything changed around. You feel lost and sometimes a little upset, because whatever you are looking for was right there in that spot the last time you were in and now it's not there.
Well, we're trying out a new service and we want it to stay in the same spot all the time. It's a shelf in the area of the new books and 7-day-loan section. It's a shelf in the area located to the left of the front desk. You know where I mean?
Ask one of the staff at the front desk; they'll show
you.
The service is a book review shelf provided by our Friends of MCCLS. It's titled "Friends of MCCLS Recommenda-
tions." Right now there are four books on the shelf...well, there were. They seem to be going fast.
Since this year is the 50th anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird, our Friends are recommending the book in celebration of great writing. It is a nostalgic story of a young girl growing up in a small Southern town with the help of her father and a loving community that's growing up also during the 1930s. It has become a classic.
Our Friends are also recommending Heaven by Randy Alcorn. This book encourages the reader to consider the destination of Heaven. It may challenge your imagination and answer some of your questions. It's a good book for small groups or individual study, with a study guide included.
One book that went off the shelf fast is Spoken From the Heart by Laura Welch Bush. This is a revealing account of the life of a First Lady. It's amazing the amount of influence internationally that her position commanded. Readers might be surprised to know what the First Family had to say for themselves.
The last book recommended by the MCCLS Friends is The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. When I started reading this book, I was surprised that a book comprised of only letters could have such appeal (that was almost a joke!). This book's style is as intriguing as reading someone else's mail, which tempts everyone. The fiction is based on historical fact in a little known part of Great Britain during WWII. It stretches geographical knowledge and encourages reverence in memory of The Greatest Generation.
If you're interested in any of these books and they're checked out, you may reserve the book of your choice at the front desk.
We're hoping this new service is one you'll look forward to. And we promise you, it will stay in the same spot every time.