Gold Mine Processing Associate Brenda Cook recommends The Horse that God Built: The Untold Story of Secretariat, the World's Greatest Racehorse by Lawrence Scanlan. This book is a first hand account by author Lawrence Scanlan, as he journeys through areas of the racehorse industry, specifically regarding the great race horse Secretariat. He uncovers facts pertaining to the keepers of the famous horse, otherwise known as the backsiders. Many see the results after the race but what goes … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Horse God Built
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Book Review: The Killer Angels
Gold Mine Processing Associate, Peter Matschek, recommends The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara. The Killer Angels is about the Battle of Gettysburg. It recreates the battle as seen from a variety of viewpoints, from the generals who devised the strategy, down to the grunts who did the actual fighting. You also experience the battle from both sides, with Robert E. Lee and General James Longstreet for the South and Colonel Joshua Chamberlain and General Winfield Hancock of the North … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Killer Angels
Book Review: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
by James McBride, reviewed by Director of Library Operations Pamela Parker Another blockbuster success from author James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (2023) combines his passion for American musical traditions with his fascination with the hard times in our nation’s history. He tackles both race and creed in this work of historical fiction—the result is being touted as our next “Great American Novel.” Written in a style reminiscent of Deacon King Kong (2020) and … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
Winter Read: “The Great Gatsby”
Library Foyer ExhibitJanuary – June 2024 “Stocks reached record peaks, and Wall Street boomed a steady golden roar. The parties were bigger, the shows were broader, the buildings were higher, the morals were looser, and the ban on alcohol had backfired, making the liquor cheaper.” ~Nick Carraway, The Great Gatsby Every winter, we read a story together. Set in the Jazz Age a hundred years ago, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby explores themes of class and wealth, … [Read more...] about Winter Read: “The Great Gatsby”
Beyond the Party with Jay Gatsby and Clarissa Dalloway
Winter Read 2024 Discussion Group As part of the 2024 Winter Read, The Community Library’s executive director, Jenny Emery Davidson, will lead a four-week discussion series on The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, paired with Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. The group will meet over four Wednesdays in February, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Library’s Lecture Hall. Both The Great Gatsby and Mrs. Dalloway were published in 1925, in the wake of World War I and a global influenza pandemic. Both … [Read more...] about Beyond the Party with Jay Gatsby and Clarissa Dalloway
Mock Caldecott Award
Community School Students recommend Every Dreaming Creature by Brendan Wenzel and The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker. Students from Sun Valley Community School visited The Community Library for a Mock Caldecott Award selection. Students learned about the history of the Newbery and Caldecott Awards, the most prestigious awards for children’s literature. They then participated in a Mock Caldecott, exploring books that might win the award, which is given to “to the artist of the most … [Read more...] about Mock Caldecott Award
