Reference Librarian Buffy McDonald recommends The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey. If you have been thinking about your finances lately, you may want to read The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey. He has a seven-step system that has helped many people find their way out of the turmoil of financial instability. To begin with, he says, you will want to save $1,000 as quickly as you can to get a starter emergency fund in case unforeseen financial events occur. This is a way to give … [Read more...] about Finding Financial Security
Library Book Club Reviews
Book Review: The Book Thief
Communications Manager Kyla Merwin recommends The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. “When Death has a story to tell, you listen.” This is the publisher's first note in their description of The Book Thief. And well said. Every now and then, a book lands in my lap that knocks me right off the couch. A tome that might take me two weeks to read (at 550 pages), The Book Thief instead launched me on a much longer journey—a two-month immersion of exquisite wording and finely wrought … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Book Thief
Book Review: The Women of Brewster Place
Executive Director Jenny Emery Davidson recommends The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor. A young woman leaned at the windowsill of her sixth-floor apartment. She looked at the traffic and the crowds along the street just beyond the dead-end one where her apartment stood. A pigeon flew past her, and “[s]he placed her dreams on the back of the bird and fantasized that it would glide forever in transparent silver circles until it ascended to the center of the universe and was swallowed … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Women of Brewster Place
Book Review: The God of the Woods
Director of Library Operations Pam Parker recommends The God of the Woods by Liz Moore. In the 1970s, summer was synonymous with camp for some of us. My fondest memories of summer camp are full of firsts, like sleeping away from home on iron cots and learning traditional campfire songs from teen counselors. Yet, when the flames faded to coals, the bedside stories between campers often turned to dark tales that kept us awake late into the night! Could there be a more perfect setting for a … [Read more...] about Book Review: The God of the Woods
Book Review: The Mighty Red
Information Systems Manager Will Duke recommends The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich. One of the many things I enjoy about the Erdrich universe is the way she shifts between characters from book to book, each presenting unique and often opposing points of view. For the past few decades, she has bounced around the communities of Argus, Pluto, and Hoopdance, generally with the Turtle Mountain Reservation as a backdrop. Her novels explore these towns through the eyes of different … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Mighty Red
Book Review: The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
Director of programs and education Martha Williams recommends The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey. I have found this little memoir to be the perfect companion on days that keep me indoors. It’s a quiet book that invites us to observe what’s right around us, even as we dream about the wide world beyond our window. In her mid-thirties, Elisabeth Tova Bailey finds herself struck with a mysterious illness that damages her nervous system, sending her into years of … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
