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Welcome to Good Stewardship Week, which is designed to remind people to count their blessings all year long and to examine how they use all that they are given. This is also Buckle Up America! Week; International Reggae Music Week; International Salute to Public Relations Week; and National New Friends, Old Friends Week.
Thursday is National Missing Children’s Day and National Tap Dance Day. Friday is Morning Radio Wise Guy Day, which honors those morning radio disc jockeys who get your day started with humor, music, and information. Saturday is International Jazz Day, and Sunday is Ancestor Honor Day.
Monday is the Memorial Day Holiday, and the library will be closed.
WHAT'S HAPPENING?
At Wednesday's 10:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. dinosaur story times, participants will enjoy tons of fun and make several dinosaur crafts. Saturday morning’s 10:00 story time celebrates summer with hot stories and cool crafts, which include making a sun visor and a fan.
The library’s Summer Reading Program runs from May 18 to August 31, with fun for readers of all ages - children (ages birth-12 years), Teens (ages 13-18), and Adults (over 18). Activities, events, and prizes will abound throughout the summer, and every fourth Friday will be dedicated to fun activities for the adults. Pick up a brochure at the library and join the fun!
BOOK TALK
The library’s Bob Kerwick provides this week's book information. Many mystery readers seem to enjoy stories about serial killers and mass murderers. Although both types of "kooks" account for multiple victims, they are not the same. Mass murderers usually kill all of their victims in one horrific incident and often take their own lives as well. Stories about them can be found in the non-fiction area because they usually do not inspire good novels.
You can find books about serial killers, such as "Son of Sam" or "The Hillside Strangler" in the non-fiction area too, of course, but the really good stories about this type of maniac are to be found in the fiction or mystery sections. Some writers, like Patricia Cornwell and James Patterson, seem to specialize in this arena.
If you’re a fan of this type of mystery, you might also want to try some other good authors. Some of the best include Jonathan Kellerman. "Monster" may be the most hair-raising, gory thriller that he’s written to date. Rhyne Pearson’s "Top Ten" will keep you up all night. When a man already wanted for a series of bizarre murders finds himself ranked #10 on the FBI’s "Most Wanted" list, he really goes on a rampage, hunting down and killing all those above him in the ratings!
In John Katzenbach’s "The Traveler," we find a professional photojournalist traveling around the country covering stories of serial killings who is, himself, a serial killer. John Connolly’s "Every Dead Thing" finds a former New York City detective whose wife and daughter were slain in an as yet unsolved murder tracking down another killer known only as the Traveling Man.
Many readers are familiar with Thomas Harris’s work, having read "Silence of the Lambs" or "Hanibal." However, many readers and critics think his best work was "Red Dragon." "Kiss of the Bees," a departure from J. A. Jance’s two very successful series, takes us on a tour of the truly evil side of life.
DID YOU KNOW?
Here are a couple of pieces of useless trivia - just in case you’re ever on a game show! In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of real milk. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle, built in 1903, used a tomato can for a carburetor!
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: "Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again." (unknown)
JUDY ARMSTRONG, 624-7276
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