Just like everyone else in this day and time, we are having to operate on a tight budget. And despite the fact that our budget has been cut for the umpteenth time, our director has said we WILL have new books.
Our library belongs to the "Book of the Month Club" and every other month we receive 20 new books. Ten of those books go to the Bookmobile and the other ten to our main library (headquarters). These books come from Jean Karr & Company out of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. They are westerns, mysteries and fictions, and they are Avalon books.
For July and August we've received the following NEW books:
Westerns
*****The Treasure of St. Woody by I. J. Parnham
*****The Hidden Truth by Michael Senuta
Mysteries
*****Maelstrom by Ilsa Mayr
*****An Unmarked Grave by Kent Conwell (A Tony Boudreaux Mystery)
Fictions
*****Suddenly Lily by Deborah Nolan (romance)
*****To Hope by Carolyn Brown (romance)
*****For the Love of Murphy by CJ Love (historical romance)
*****Amethyst by Kathryn Quick (romance)
*****A Run for the Money by Gina Ardito (romance)
*****A Daring Return by Kathleen Fuller (historical romance)
And Monique said another new book just came in, but not from the Book of the Month Club...Storm Cycle by Iris Johansen, a mystery/fiction.
So, keep checking us out. And don't forget the BookNews section of our website.
There are plenty of good books yet for your lazy summer reading.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Do You Know What The 3rd Sunday In July Is?
Jackie Chan, the movie actor, has a favorite. It's chocolate.
If you want healthy, really healthy, benefits, your selection has to have green tea.
J. K. Rowling included "Knickerbocker Glory" in one of her Harry Potter stories.
Do those hints help any?
It's ice cream. And July is National Ice Cream Month in the USA as proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984.
In fact, the 3rd Sunday of July each year is celebrated as National Ice Cream Day.
In the USA more ice cream is consumed per head than any other country in the world, because that's just how much we love it.
Did you have an ice cream truck come through your neighborhood when you were growing up? I did. I remember it was like a big white box on wheels, with two freezer doors on each side. And the man driving the truck was dressed all in white and even wore a hat, like a sailor, on his bald head. There was a bell he rang and when we heard that bell, all of us kids, up and down the block, would ask our mamas for a twenty-five cents. Yep! A quarter! And out the doors we'd head, like a bunch of ants, toward the ice cream truck.
I remember we all stood around Mr. Taylor, that was the ice cream truck man's name, with our arms stretched out toward him, our quarter in our hot little hands, screaming "Ice cream!" at the top of our lungs. He was so patient with us. He'd ask the little kid closest to him what they wanted, take their nickle and put it in a silver metal coin changer he had strapped to his waist, and give them their cold treat. He never failed to pat the boys on their head and hug the girls. And we thought he was the summer Santa Claus.
We have a display near the reading area with books about ice cream. You can also go to the International Dairy Foods Association's website for more details about special ice cream, its production, dairy farming, etc.
I guess my favorite ice cream today is the Dairy Queen Blizzard. I usually have to try their flavor of the month.
But I think I'll wait until Sunday, July 19th, the 3rd Sunday of the month, to make my trip to Dairy Queen and celebrate National Ice Cream Day.
What are you going to do? Maybe make some homemade ice cream with one of those new electric churns from Walmart? Hard to beat, that homemade stuff.
Whatever you do, don't forget to eat your ice cream.
(Source: http://www.ice-cream-recipes.com/)
If you want healthy, really healthy, benefits, your selection has to have green tea.
J. K. Rowling included "Knickerbocker Glory" in one of her Harry Potter stories.
Do those hints help any?
It's ice cream. And July is National Ice Cream Month in the USA as proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984.
In fact, the 3rd Sunday of July each year is celebrated as National Ice Cream Day.
In the USA more ice cream is consumed per head than any other country in the world, because that's just how much we love it.
Did you have an ice cream truck come through your neighborhood when you were growing up? I did. I remember it was like a big white box on wheels, with two freezer doors on each side. And the man driving the truck was dressed all in white and even wore a hat, like a sailor, on his bald head. There was a bell he rang and when we heard that bell, all of us kids, up and down the block, would ask our mamas for a twenty-five cents. Yep! A quarter! And out the doors we'd head, like a bunch of ants, toward the ice cream truck.
I remember we all stood around Mr. Taylor, that was the ice cream truck man's name, with our arms stretched out toward him, our quarter in our hot little hands, screaming "Ice cream!" at the top of our lungs. He was so patient with us. He'd ask the little kid closest to him what they wanted, take their nickle and put it in a silver metal coin changer he had strapped to his waist, and give them their cold treat. He never failed to pat the boys on their head and hug the girls. And we thought he was the summer Santa Claus.
We have a display near the reading area with books about ice cream. You can also go to the International Dairy Foods Association's website for more details about special ice cream, its production, dairy farming, etc.
I guess my favorite ice cream today is the Dairy Queen Blizzard. I usually have to try their flavor of the month.
But I think I'll wait until Sunday, July 19th, the 3rd Sunday of the month, to make my trip to Dairy Queen and celebrate National Ice Cream Day.
What are you going to do? Maybe make some homemade ice cream with one of those new electric churns from Walmart? Hard to beat, that homemade stuff.
Whatever you do, don't forget to eat your ice cream.
(Source: http://www.ice-cream-recipes.com/)
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Have You Checked Out "BookNews"?
A while back our library introduced BookNews, a new online service for our readers. This new advisory service gives readers access to free electronic newsletters about a wide variety of books via the library system's Web site or delivered directly to their e-mail address.
Since people seem to be using the library more and more during this time of our economic stress, or should I say distress, it's a great way to find books to your liking without having to cut into your already tight budget.
You can access the service via the BookNews link from the home page of the library (the same one where you click onto the Blog) and select the newsletters you wish to read. You can also elect to receive the monthly newsletters via e-mail on the 15th of each month.
Of course, this month is nearly over, but you can still see what is available.
For instance, in New Fiction, there is Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult and Relentless by Dean Koontz, as well as two other selections.
In Audio Books, you can listen to Pursuit by Karen Robards and Dead Silence by Randy Wayne White, plus two others.
Christian Fiction has A Claim of Her Own by Stephanie Grace Whitson and Deep in the Heart of Trouble by Deeanne Gist, as well as a book by Tamera Alexander and one by Ginny Aiken. I seem to always look for my favorite authors before seeing the title.
The Mystery Books selections are Corsair by Clive Cussler, True Detectives by Jonathan Kellerman, Dead Silence by Randy Wayne White, and a book by Evelyn David.
And we haven't forgotten the children. In the Children's Books, the selections are Too Many Toys by David Shannon and Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love by Lauren Tarshis, plus two other books.
The great part about BookNews is that it gives pictures of the book jackets, reviews, descriptions and author commentaries. You can actually read a little something about the book to help you decide if you want to check it out. And there are links within the newsletters to take you directly to the PINES Library System online catalog, so you can easily see if a title is available here at our library or anywhere in the library system.
If you haven't taken the time to check out BookNews, you're missing a great opportunity and service provided by the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library. I think you'll be impressed by this service. In fact, it's even entertaining to read about each book.
Try it! You'll like it! And watch for the new selections that will come out on July 15th.
Since people seem to be using the library more and more during this time of our economic stress, or should I say distress, it's a great way to find books to your liking without having to cut into your already tight budget.
You can access the service via the BookNews link from the home page of the library (the same one where you click onto the Blog) and select the newsletters you wish to read. You can also elect to receive the monthly newsletters via e-mail on the 15th of each month.
Of course, this month is nearly over, but you can still see what is available.
For instance, in New Fiction, there is Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult and Relentless by Dean Koontz, as well as two other selections.
In Audio Books, you can listen to Pursuit by Karen Robards and Dead Silence by Randy Wayne White, plus two others.
Christian Fiction has A Claim of Her Own by Stephanie Grace Whitson and Deep in the Heart of Trouble by Deeanne Gist, as well as a book by Tamera Alexander and one by Ginny Aiken. I seem to always look for my favorite authors before seeing the title.
The Mystery Books selections are Corsair by Clive Cussler, True Detectives by Jonathan Kellerman, Dead Silence by Randy Wayne White, and a book by Evelyn David.
And we haven't forgotten the children. In the Children's Books, the selections are Too Many Toys by David Shannon and Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love by Lauren Tarshis, plus two other books.
The great part about BookNews is that it gives pictures of the book jackets, reviews, descriptions and author commentaries. You can actually read a little something about the book to help you decide if you want to check it out. And there are links within the newsletters to take you directly to the PINES Library System online catalog, so you can easily see if a title is available here at our library or anywhere in the library system.
If you haven't taken the time to check out BookNews, you're missing a great opportunity and service provided by the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library. I think you'll be impressed by this service. In fact, it's even entertaining to read about each book.
Try it! You'll like it! And watch for the new selections that will come out on July 15th.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
It's Always Movie-Watching Time When The Weather Is Too Hot Or Rainy
When the weather was so terribly hot in June (all those 100's, you know), we stayed inside and watched movies during the day and into the evening. Then the weather cooled off and now we have rain, which isn't a bad thing; just makes us stay inside a lot.
So, what better time to have a stack of movies to watch.
I remember my kids always liked to watch the "animal" movies. I found a great bunch in our collection of DVD's and videos. How about...
The Great Longneck Migration,
The African Lion,
Care Bears Movie,
Amazing Panda Adventure,
Jungle King,
Shark Tale, and
Justice Ducks Unite.
Don't those sound like fun?
The adult movies I saw were...
Driving Miss Daisy,
Heaven Can Wait,
Camelot,
The Avengers, Vol. 1-3,
You've Got Mail,
Rich and Strange (a Hitchcock movie),
Father of the Bride, and
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.
Of course, I'd like to watch movies with my favorite actors also, such as...
Syriana with George Clooney,
Seabiscuit with Toby Maguire,
Along Came Polly with Ben Stiller,
Something's Gotta Give with Diane Keaton,
Don't Say A Word with Michael Douglas, and
The Ladykillers with Tom Hanks.
Our Video & DVD Checkout Policy allows you to check out three video or DVD titles at a time and keep them for 7 nights/8 days. You can pick up the policy brochure at the circulation counter to read about the procedure for movies. And be sure to bring your library card.
Now, if that doesn't keep you busy when the weather is too hot or rainy, I don't know what will. Unless, of course, you resort to just plain reading. And you know that we have bunches of great books to read, so you can't go wrong there either.
We have plenty here at the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library to keep you busy, cool and dry. Just grab your soda pop and popcorn, put your favorite movie in the TV, prop up your feet, and enjoy!!!
So, what better time to have a stack of movies to watch.
I remember my kids always liked to watch the "animal" movies. I found a great bunch in our collection of DVD's and videos. How about...
The Great Longneck Migration,
The African Lion,
Care Bears Movie,
Amazing Panda Adventure,
Jungle King,
Shark Tale, and
Justice Ducks Unite.
Don't those sound like fun?
The adult movies I saw were...
Driving Miss Daisy,
Heaven Can Wait,
Camelot,
The Avengers, Vol. 1-3,
You've Got Mail,
Rich and Strange (a Hitchcock movie),
Father of the Bride, and
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.
Of course, I'd like to watch movies with my favorite actors also, such as...
Syriana with George Clooney,
Seabiscuit with Toby Maguire,
Along Came Polly with Ben Stiller,
Something's Gotta Give with Diane Keaton,
Don't Say A Word with Michael Douglas, and
The Ladykillers with Tom Hanks.
Our Video & DVD Checkout Policy allows you to check out three video or DVD titles at a time and keep them for 7 nights/8 days. You can pick up the policy brochure at the circulation counter to read about the procedure for movies. And be sure to bring your library card.
Now, if that doesn't keep you busy when the weather is too hot or rainy, I don't know what will. Unless, of course, you resort to just plain reading. And you know that we have bunches of great books to read, so you can't go wrong there either.
We have plenty here at the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library to keep you busy, cool and dry. Just grab your soda pop and popcorn, put your favorite movie in the TV, prop up your feet, and enjoy!!!
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
The Day The World Celebrated Michael Jackson's Life
This is the day almost everyone on this planet will at one time or another think of Michael Jackson.
Today is the day of his funeral, a small private service in a place where many famous people have been laid to rest. Today is the day when the Staples Center in Los Angeles will be filled with friends and family and ticket-holders to an event that will celebrate Michael Jackson's life. "It will be one of the most-watched sendoffs in American entertainment history," so said USA Today.
It is a time when so much of the news coverage of his death focused on the negative and the family wants to shift the focus. And they want his children to remember him in a positive and loving way.
In our library we have the following three books: Michael Jackson by Stewart Regan (B Jackson), The Michael Jackson Story by Nelson George (YB Jackson), and Michael! by Mark Bego (YB Jackson).
In our reading area, the newspapers - Albany Herald, Moultrie Observer, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal - all carry stories about him.
We've seen the video on television of his last rehearsal. We've seen Dateline and 20/20 and Good Morning America show hundreds of clips of his childhood, his music-making , and his family.
There are grieving fans not only in America, the land of his birth, but in Kuala Lumpur, Moscow, and Japan. In fact, all over the world.
And yet today as his funeral is held and people celebrate his life, we all realize this person, who was considered "electric," will no longer dazzle us with his presence. There will be many heartbroken fans, huge losses for promoters, and many missed opportunities to remind the world of Michael Jackson's talent.
Even if you weren't a big fan of his, you will remember his music forever and forever. The King of Pop, who died at 50, will live on through his music, just like Elvis and all the other greats of the music world.
Today is the day of his funeral, a small private service in a place where many famous people have been laid to rest. Today is the day when the Staples Center in Los Angeles will be filled with friends and family and ticket-holders to an event that will celebrate Michael Jackson's life. "It will be one of the most-watched sendoffs in American entertainment history," so said USA Today.
It is a time when so much of the news coverage of his death focused on the negative and the family wants to shift the focus. And they want his children to remember him in a positive and loving way.
In our library we have the following three books: Michael Jackson by Stewart Regan (B Jackson), The Michael Jackson Story by Nelson George (YB Jackson), and Michael! by Mark Bego (YB Jackson).
In our reading area, the newspapers - Albany Herald, Moultrie Observer, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal - all carry stories about him.
We've seen the video on television of his last rehearsal. We've seen Dateline and 20/20 and Good Morning America show hundreds of clips of his childhood, his music-making , and his family.
There are grieving fans not only in America, the land of his birth, but in Kuala Lumpur, Moscow, and Japan. In fact, all over the world.
And yet today as his funeral is held and people celebrate his life, we all realize this person, who was considered "electric," will no longer dazzle us with his presence. There will be many heartbroken fans, huge losses for promoters, and many missed opportunities to remind the world of Michael Jackson's talent.
Even if you weren't a big fan of his, you will remember his music forever and forever. The King of Pop, who died at 50, will live on through his music, just like Elvis and all the other greats of the music world.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
July 4th Is A Wonderful Time To Think About Our Freedoms
Have you ever wanted to say "thank you," but didn't?
Then wished you had?
Next time, say it...it's easier than you think.
Our webmaster, Aileen, sent me an email yesterday. It showed a movie about The Gratitude Campaign. The movie began with those words.
Take the time and watch the full length version. It's at http://www.thegratitudecampaign.org/.
So many times while I'm at work or at home, I forget about how many people are fighting for our freedoms. And we have many freedoms. So many that sometimes we can't count them all.
Then the evening news comes on and reports come in from across the world, showing us pictures of our loved ones, loved ones of friends and strangers, as they fight the battles to protect us and our freedoms.
I'm sure I'll be one of those many people who watch special July 4th programs on television, listen to patriotic music, see the multitudes of fireworks displayed across our nation, and see some of our wounded veterans as they attend those July 4th programs.
Somewhere during the evening's programs my feelings will be touched and along with others I will cry. And I will wonder what I can really do, here in my little hometown, my little world, to show more appreciation to those who serve in our armed forces.
How can I thank them when I see them?
When you watch this movie of The Gratitude Campaign, you'll find out.
July 4th is a wonderful time to think about our freedoms. With the help of The Gratitude Campaign we can carry those thoughts throughout the year.
Then wished you had?
Next time, say it...it's easier than you think.
Our webmaster, Aileen, sent me an email yesterday. It showed a movie about The Gratitude Campaign. The movie began with those words.
Take the time and watch the full length version. It's at http://www.thegratitudecampaign.org/.
So many times while I'm at work or at home, I forget about how many people are fighting for our freedoms. And we have many freedoms. So many that sometimes we can't count them all.
Then the evening news comes on and reports come in from across the world, showing us pictures of our loved ones, loved ones of friends and strangers, as they fight the battles to protect us and our freedoms.
I'm sure I'll be one of those many people who watch special July 4th programs on television, listen to patriotic music, see the multitudes of fireworks displayed across our nation, and see some of our wounded veterans as they attend those July 4th programs.
Somewhere during the evening's programs my feelings will be touched and along with others I will cry. And I will wonder what I can really do, here in my little hometown, my little world, to show more appreciation to those who serve in our armed forces.
How can I thank them when I see them?
When you watch this movie of The Gratitude Campaign, you'll find out.
July 4th is a wonderful time to think about our freedoms. With the help of The Gratitude Campaign we can carry those thoughts throughout the year.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Celebrate July With Freedom Books
Sometimes you must think all I write about are books, and sometimes I feel that way, too. But lately we've been putting up some summer reading displays and we have lots of books to tell you about. Well...audio books and videos and DVDs and....
Anyway, we hope you'll take a look at our "Let Freedom Ring" book display when you come to the library. It's in the foyer at the main entrance. You can't miss it: a big round table with red, white and blue decorations, and lots of books about freedom, patriots, and liberty. Such as:
Anyway, we hope you'll take a look at our "Let Freedom Ring" book display when you come to the library. It's in the foyer at the main entrance. You can't miss it: a big round table with red, white and blue decorations, and lots of books about freedom, patriots, and liberty. Such as:
- Drums Along the Mohawk by Walter D. Edmonds - The classic story of forgotten pioneers during the Revolutionary War, Gilbert Martin and his young wife, as they stuck to their land and fought a war without ever quite understanding it.
- A Dead Liberty by Catherine Aird - Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan finds out exactly how deadly a dish of chili con carne can be. I'll have to read this to find out about liberty.
- Let Freedom Ring! by Dale Evans Rogers -A reflection on the rich heritage of the American past and discovery that God had a special hand in the formation of our national ideals and goals.
- Patriots Act: Voices of Dissent and the Risk of Speaking Out by Bill Katovsky - Interviews with federal whistle-blowers, peace activists, military veterans, etc., who share a common commitment to speaking the truth, regardless of the consequences.
- Liberating Paris by Linda Bloodworth Thomason - From the creator of the TV series Designing Women comes a novel set in small-town Paris, Arkansas. It's the story of six friends who have just passed their 40th birthdays and must come to terms with the past in order to move forward in their lives.
- Patriots by Steve Sohmer - A great adventure, a miracle of suspense, a mined labyrinth of electrifying politics, terror and philosophy.
- Battle Cry of Freedom, The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson - An authoritative volume that makes sense of the vast and confusing "Second American Revolution" we called the Civil War...and...
- From Slavery to Freedom, a History of Negro Americans by Professors John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss, Jr.
- Nelson's Patriotic Scrapbook by Clinton T. Howell, Compiler and Editor.
- Freedom, Reproductions of 26 Significant Documents by Wilma Pitchford Hays.
- America, A Patriotic Primer by Lynne Cheney - a children's book.
- The Power of Patriotism, Featuring the Story of Francis Scott Key by Delynn Decker - a children's book.
- Anakin's Race for Freedom, a Star Wars Episode by Alice Alfonsi - a children's book.
- American Soldier by Tommy Franks - a CD audio book, and
- The Walk-in by Gary Berntsen and Ralph Pezzullo - a CD audio book.
Come celebrate July with us as we read about freedom and liberty and patriotism.
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