Neighbor-to-Neighbor 2 January 14, 2008
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Have you read a book you loved and wanted to share recently? Why not recommend it to our patrons? Write a brief review including the title, author, why you liked it, and maybe a brief summary. You can drop it off at the library, reply to this blog entry, or e-mail it to galway@sals.edu. If we own the book, you may find your recommendation sitting out on the circulation desk for everyone to enjoy!
For previous recommendations, see our first entry on this program here.
And while you’re in the library, don’t forget to sign up for one or more of our upcoming programs. Check them out here.
Title: What Once We Loved
Author: Jane Kirkpatrick
The author is a wonderful writer intertwining many “mini” stories together. The story helps understand the hardships in the West with Indians and Chinese, and also just what people endured and lived.
The Galway Library does not own this book - but if it sounds interesting to you, we’d be happy to order it through interlibrary loan!
Title: Water for Elephants
Author: Sara Gruen
The characters were well written & the story took me places I had never been. The elephant was wonderful!
Title: Modoc: The true story of the greatest elephant that ever lived.
Author: Ralph Helfer
Excellent true story about a boy and his close ties with an elephant named Modoc.
The Galway Library does not own this book - but if it sounds interesting to you, we’d be happy to order it through interlibrary loan!
Title: Fowl Weather
Author: Bob Tarte
Great read for anyone that has ever been owned by a pet.
The Galway Library does not own this book - but if it sounds interesting to you, we’d be happy to order it through interlibrary loan!
Title: The Joy of Knitting:Texture, Color, Design and the Global Knitting Circle
Author: Lisa R. Myers
“First of all . . . in case you have any doubts: knitting is wonderful. It is good for the soul . . . It can make you deeply happy.” If you are a beginner or an expert you’ll enjoy this book. There are patterns at the end of each chapter from simple to advanced. If you have any interest in knitting come to the library’s group - 2nd Friday of the monh at 7:00 PM.
The Galway Library does not own this book - but if it sounds interesting to you, we’d be happy to order it through interlibrary loan!
The Invention of Everything Else by Samantha Hunt is an intriguing book. Nikola Tesla, dreams, time travel, electricity, what might have been, facts and fiction - all woven together with Hunt’s very beautiful writing. It’s thought-provoking but easy and fun to read.