Hello from the Flatwoods Branch Library of the Greenup County Library System.
Here we are half way through September. We have the fickle weather, warm, hot, cool, wet, etc. It can’t make up its mind. We didn’t have to worry about the hurricanes too much, thank goodness. I knew a lot of people in Florida, but everyone made it through without a lot of storm damage. WE still need to keep the people in Florida and Texas in our thoughts and prayers. It is going to take a while for things to get back to normal. Now we look forward to the Fall of the year. The warm days, cool nights will be more than welcome. I love it when the leaves start changing colors. Then the trees will get ready to push the leaves off and take their rest for the winter to come.
This week’s Kentucky author is Gwenda Bond. Gwenda is a young adult writer. Her first two books were Blackwood and The Woken Gods from the late lamented Strange Chemistry. Girl on the Wire is her third book. This book stars a daredevil high-wire walker. It is a mystery with romance and possible magic set in motion by a modern circus.
Gwenda has also done some freelance work for Publishers Weekly. She as interviewed various authors and editors. She is with Locus Magazine’s YA reviewer for a couple of years.
Gwenda says that she is very lucky to know a lot of authors in different stages of their careers. she relies on her husband and friends to read and critique her works,
She tries to balance her writing career with her everyday life. Sometimes she finds it a little difficult, but she manages. She prioritizes her time. She cut back on reviewing regularly because it was taking too long.
Like most authors she had to rejection of her books, but she kept plugging along.
What keeps her going? She has had plenty of fan mail. She particularly liked one letter from a 16-year-old telling her that she was in love with her books and her characters. Things like this make it all worthwhile.
Her Books: Girl in the Shadows, Double Down, Lois Lane Fallout, The Broken Gods, Girl On A Wire, Triple Threat, Blackwood, Supernormal
New York Best Sellers
Glass House-Louise Penny, Y is for Yesterday-Sue Grafton, The Right Time-Danielle Steel, The Store-James Patterson, Camino Island-John Grisham, My Absolute Darling-Gabriel Tallent, Seeing Red-Sandra Rowan, The Late Show-Michael Connelly, Gentleman in Moscow-Amor Towles, Star Wars-Phasma- Delilah Dennison
Book Review for The Store by James Patterson.
Can you sit back and imagine the future with un-paralled conveniences. The Store can deliver anything you want and determine what you might need in the future. There may be things that you never even thought that you might need. Most people don’t care, but there are some who do. For instance, Jacob and Megan Brandeis, are New York writers whose livelihood is on the brink of extinction. Jacob and Megan are going undercover to discover what the secret of The Store is all about. How can this Store change the lives of everyone and destroy the lives of many more? After they discover some of the secrets of The Store. they find their own lives in danger for uncovering the secrets. Jacob feels the need to expose The Store.
This sounds like a typical Patterson story. He will keep you on the edge of your seat. Enjoy.
Events
September 19 Story Hour 11 and 1:30 The early story hour will be good for the younger kids but you can bring your kids to either one.
September 21 1 pm Calming Adult
September 23 After Hours at the library 5-7
September 26 Story Hours
September 28 1 pm Calming Adult
September 30 12L30 Dungeons and Dragons
Quotes
“I don’t see the point of testing cosmetics on rabbits. They are already cute,” Rich Hall
“I would like to leave a message before the beep.” Steven Wright. “success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” Albert Schweitzer.
“The road to success is always under construction.” Lilly Tomlin
“You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.” Warren Buffett
“”I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have proven that those 700 times will not work.” Thomas Edison
“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everybody.” Bill Cosby
“Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things.” T. S. Elliott
A cat tale
Lauren’s cat, Olive, is happy to have Lauren’s mother back for the hospital where she had knee surgery. Olive was missing her while she was gone. Lauren had the task of keeping Olive happy. Those of you who have cats know that sometimes they are not happy if anything is out of the ordinary.
Smokey and Stripe have been busy today. Smokey was acting like the kitten that he used to be. He gets worn out quickly. Today, my son dropped a piece of ice on the floor. The old Smokey would have had that ice in any room that he could bat it into with his paws. Stripe got into the act, so they played with the ice until it melted. Then a receipt from the grocery bag became a toy. For about five or ten minutes that receipt was all over the kitchen floor. Stripe still had some energy so he thought he would Smokey into a foot race through the house. One trip through and that was it for Smokey. He is now laying at my feet sound asleep.
Crazy cats.
Library Hours
Flatwoods Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 10-8 Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 10-5 Closed Sunday
McKell Monday 9-8, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 9-5 Saturday 9-2 Closed Sunday
Greenup Monday and Thursday 9-8 Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 9-5 Saturday 9-2 Closed Sunday
Phone #s Flatwoods 606-836-3771 Fax 606-836-8674
McKell 606-932-4478 Greenup 606-473-6514
More about all the library has to offer is available on our website @ www.youseemore.com/greenup, and for good reads & weekly events/ @ the library, make sure to pick up next week’s Greenup Beacon.
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