From the Read in Ned columns published in The Mountain-Ear and the Gilpin Weekly Register-Call newspapers
SMALL PACKAGES Enjoy these welterweight volumes: Make Your Bed by William McRaven, South and West by Joan Didion, and The Redemption of Galen Pike by Carys Davies. They pack a punch well above their weight class. ...by Tom Lambrecht
POST MORTEM Some of the best-selling authors in the US today have one thing in common: they are all dead. Sometimes it’s a manuscript that was “found” in a bottom desk drawer; other times, the author’s estate has hired someone to write in the departed’s name and style. ...by Susan Gerhart
MEDITATIONS ON LIFE, DEATH, AND GRIEF Written by French author Maylis de Kerangal and translated by Sam Taylor, The Heart is a study of death, grief and the fine-tuned process of organ donation and transplantation. The book was included on a short list of Bill Gates’s top five books for summer reading. Gates, not usually a fan of fiction, calls The Heart “poetry disguised as a novel,” a fitting description....by Roberta Brown-Jones
READING AND HEALING My advice to you (speaking from experience) is: don't break your hip … but if you do, be sure to have a Nederland Community Library card, and use it to the fullest....by Cathy Grace
SUMMER READING Summer’s approaching; time to make those vacation or staycation plans including choosing which books will accompany you on your travels. Here are several short books of note if you don’t want to tackle War and Peace this summer.......by Susan Gerhart
Serial Fiction Take a plunge into a new world with serial fiction--mystery, fantasy, crime or science fiction--we've got you covered......by Jay Mann
GardeningWhat can we do to make the world a better place? Luckily, there are many things we can do (and books we can read) to help us give back in a time of uncertainty and transition. One delicious and rewarding activity to undertake is planting a garden....by Celine Cooper
Israeli Literature Reading the works of Israeli authors provides a look into the lives of the people behind the stories we read in the news, how they got to where they are now, and where they would like the future to take them......by Susan Gerhart
Good Morning, Midnight by Lilly Brooks-Dalton Brooks-Dalton’s novel is an exploration of what the experience of being the last survivors of a devastated planet would be. She examines the idea of where to find meaning when one knows there is no society to share knowledge with and no foreseeable possibility of leaving a legacy for anyone.....by Roberta Brown-Jones
Summer Reading Program 2017 Stop the summer slide, stay active, explore different worlds through books...by Celine Cooper
