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Read It and Reap: Pandemic spurs thirst for books
By Ann Connery Frantz
With a scarce supply of compliments for 2020, one can at least enjoy that book sales increased. People haven’t stopped reading, buying and borrowing books. Stores and libraries have kept up through online innovation and special services for readers. In Lancaster, for example, library borrowers agree to pick their selection up on the front porch at a certain time.
Read, a library-friendly website, recommends reserving these coming releases, so you can get to the top of the request list: George Saunders’ “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain,” about reading and writing of stories; “Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning” by Tom Vanderbilt; “The Children’s Blizzard,” by Melanie Benjamin (“The Aviator’s Wife”) is a historical novel that deals with courage during a devastating blizzard in the Great Plains during 1888; “The Charmed Wife” by Olga Grushin, is a creative da
Updated: 18/02/2021, 9:26 am
Granite Noir has unveiled a glittering line-up of world-class crime writers – including Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, Jo Nesbo and David Baldacci – when it returns next month.
While Aberdeen’s award-winning crime writing festival is moving online due to the coronavirus pandemic, organisers say its mix of live streaming and pre-recorded messages offers the best of Granite Noir and hope it can reach an even wider audience when it runs from February 19 to February 21.
Jane Spiers, chief executive of Aberdeen Performing Arts, which produces the event, said: “Obviously this year is a bit different, being online, but we are still bringing the best of Granite Noir, the essence of Granite Noir.
New books available at the Havre-Hill County Library
Havre-Hill County Library Staff While our stacks are currently closed to the public, you can still check out books. Here are some of our newest titles.
New Fiction Thrillers and suspense novels are a great way to liven up a long winter. Here are some of our newest: “White Ivy” by Susie Yang. Ivy Lin grows up learning to lie and steal from her grandmother, allowing her to accumulate the trappings of a suburban teen and, more importantly, attracting the attention of Gideon Speyer, the golden boy of a wealthy political family. Ivy’s mother discovers what her daughter has been up to, however, and Ivy is swiftly sent to China. Years later Ivy returns to Boston and is reunited with Gideon. What starts as a young woman’s crush on a privileged former classmate, becomes a story of love, lies, and dark obsession. This thriller offers stark insights into the immigrant experience, as it hurtles to its electrifying ending.
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Each year, I challenge SouthCoasters to read 100 books in a year to make my BookLovers Century Club. Reading 25-49 books would qualify you for the Quarter-Century Club, and 50-99 books, the Half-Century Club.
Each year, our Club grows. I am one lucky columnist.
Remember: this isn’t a competition. It’s not about the numbers.
This is about the act of reading every day. Of losing yourself in good books and expanding your mind.
If you’re reading every day, it doesn’t matter if you get 25 books or 300…Yes, we have Triple Century Club Members. No, I’m not one. Nowhere near. I read 70 books this year, and am a proud Half Century Club member.