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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