Summer programs are winding down, but we have a special opportunity at our Peosta Branch. You can bring your children to "Read with Grandma Lynn." Stop by any Monday or Wednesday morning (10am-12pm) or Thursday afternoon ((2-4pm) in July to catch up on your reading. Grandma Lynn is a volunteer at Peosta Elementary School and so many of you already know her. She loves to listen to young readers. Get your students ready for school by reading with Grandma Lynn.
Last evening our library book discussion group met to discuss "A Thousand Acres" by Jane Smiley. I had read the book many years ago and it was interesting to re-read it. I liked it much better the first time around. The novel was a 1992 Pulitzer Prize winner but during our discussion we took it down a peg or two, or three. That's why I love talking about books!!!
Up next month is "State of Wonder" by Ann Patchett. The setting is even steamier than Iowa in July. Here's what Amazon says about the novel, ". . . pharmaceutical researcher Dr. Marina Singh sets off into the Amazon jungle to find the remains and effects of a colleague who recently died under somewhat mysterious circumstances. But first she must locate Dr. Anneck Swenson, a renowned gynecologist who has spent years looking at the reproductive habits of a local tribe where women can conceive well into their middle ages and beyond. Eccentric and notoriously tough, Swenson is paid to find the key to this longstanding childbearing ability by the same company for which Dr. Singh works. Yet that isn’t their only connection: both have an overlapping professional past that Dr. Singh has long tried to forget. In finding her former mentor, Dr. Singh must face her own disappointments and regrets, along with the jungle’s unforgiving humidity and insects, making State of Wonder a multi-layered atmospheric novel that is hard to put down."
My husband loved the book. He is a scientist and really appreciates novels where the science is as interesting as the story. Before, I had a chance to read it, my son-in-law who is also a life scientist, grabbed it. Now I get my chance. The discussion will be Thursday, August 15th at 6:00 p.m. at our NICC/Peosta Branch. Copies of the book are available at your local branch. Please join us. We would love new members.
In September, we will be talking about Elizabeth Gilbert's, "Eat, Pray, Love" that was made into a motion picture starring Julia Roberts. You won't want to miss this one.
The heat wave continues, so be sure you stock up on books and DVDs. We will be here waiting for you. Have a nice weekend. Dawn
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