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Hopefully we have well and truly entered the season of mud. I don’t like it,but know that we have to get through this season to get to spring. It is very easy to stay indoors in this season and read in the evenings (or knit). Thus far this year I am working hard at alternating my reading between light, cozy titles and heavy reading of a variety of genres. I’ve read non-fiction social commentaries, histories, literary novels that explore social issues, and a classic or two that just took more energy to read as the language was dense. Keeping up, at least nominally with the news, means I have to keep reading light, cozy titles to stay healthy.
I am looking forward to reading the Sam Rivers mysteries by Cary Griffith. Cary also wrote Gunflint Burning and Gunflint Falling about natural disasters in the Boundary Water Canoe area. He spoke at our library in early December and I learned that he also has a four book (to date) series of mysteries set in northern Minnesota. We have added the titles to the collection and I have added them to my ‘to read’ pile. Check out Wolf Kill, Cougar Claw, Killing Monarchs and Dead Catch if you enjoy novels set in our corner of the world.
I am looking at re-reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain before I get to James by Percival Everett, a retelling of the story from the point of view of the African American man with Huck. I haven’t read any Mark Twain in probably thirty years and while I remember the general overview of the story, it would be fun to have it fresh in my mind before I tackle the retelling.
I’m also going looking for titles set in spring (titles will be included in next week’s column) as at least in my mind I want spring to happen now! In the meantime, stop by the library (physically or virtually) and borrow a magazine, check out some of the hot new young adult titles or find a wonderful junior room novel to wile away a couple of hours. There is no rule that says adults can’t read youth fiction. And you all know that I regularly read youth non-fiction.
My other reading lately has been cookbooks. I love looking at cookbooks and occasionally trying a new recipe. The library has a large cookbook collection and some new titles include On the Trail by Emily Vikre, Very Good Bread by Melissa Weller and Swing By! by Stephanie Nass.
Crafters’ Café will meet on Tuesday, March 25th from 11 – 1 pm. Bring whatever craft or art project you are working on and get dedicated time to make headway on projects. We provide hot beverages, space and you provide the project and conversation with others. Wednesday afternoons Elementary Fun happens from 3 – 4:30 each week with storytime each Thursday morning at 10:30 am. Check out our website or our social media page for more information about library programming.