KEENE VALLEY LIBRARY NEWS

  1. Sunday, April 1, 2 PM – 4 PM No Foolin’!
    Lego Day at the Library!
    We will have legos available, all ages welcome.
(If anyone wishes to donate legos to the library, we would love to accept them because we hope to set up a lego project for the summer.
                      2 Saturday, March 31 10-4 and Sunday, April 1, 12 PM – 4 PM
                                                Book Sale
featuring Gardening books and Trade paperbacks
                      3. For Give away: 8 Chilton Car repair books. Reference style.

also this week

10 AM on Thursday, Feb 16.

Chris Lawrence from Internet Express will be presenting a class on Internet use.

Laptops provided.

soul collage again this week. Join us.

Thursday, February  16   Creating Soul Collage Cards with Marci Wenn

Looking for a way to express your creativity?   SoulCollage(r) is a simple, fun, creative adventure that anyone can do.  Soul Collage(r) is a process of self exploration through images, journaling and being in a community of like minded people.  Join us for an introduction to this beautiful process.  Marci Wenn is a trained SoulCollage(r) facilitator and is very excited to share her knowledge and experiences with SoulCollage.  Materials provided, donations accepted.   7 PM

Review: The Sense of an Ending

The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A good read. At first I was distracted by the “English” nature of the story, but then I was hooked. Tony Webster recalls his days at a boarding school and his first romantic encounter with a girl. But his memory contains flaws he is unaware of. The ending set me to thinking for days. Haunting!

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consider an evening art project,,,,,

February  9 and 16   Creating Soul Collage Cards with Marci Wenn

Looking for a way to express your creativity?   SoulCollage(r) is a simple, fun, creative adventure that anyone can do.  Soul Collage(r) is a process of self exploration through images, journaling and being in a community of like minded people.  Join us for an introduction to this beautiful process.  Marci Wenn is a trained SoulCollage(r) facilitator and is very excited to share her knowledge and experiences with SoulCollage.  Materials provided, donations accepted.   7 PM

Check out our February and March event schedule!

 

computer classes, a movie date, meditation, knitting classes, discussions and talks.   Lots of happenings at the library  check it out   here

 

 

Review: The Lock Artist

The Lock Artist
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Interesting look at a life of crime from the inside. Michael is an artist at opening safes. He is sought after and used by master criminals. He also cannot speak after being traumatized as a child. He tells his story from inside prison after serving 10 years. He remembers his first love and the way they communicate and he remembers the twists and turns that set him on his life of crime. Good book.

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Review: The Night Strangers

The Night Strangers
The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

It is a very compelling book! Knowing Bojahlian, I  expected some twists and surprises. In the end, I am not sure what happened.  If you read it, let’s talk about the ending.

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Floating down the Amazon

State of Wonder  Reading State of wonder by Ann Patchett is like floating down the amazon; lush and interesting,  with surprising twists and turns that do not jolt you because you are floating down the amazon.  Marina Singh gave up a career as a doctor after botching an emergency delivery as an intern, opting instead for the more orderly world of research for a pharmaceutical company. When office colleague Anders Eckman, sent to the Amazon to check on the work of a field team, is reported dead, Marina is asked by her company’s CEO to complete Anders’ task and to locate his body. What Marina finds in the sweltering, insect-infested jungles of the Amazon shakes her to her core. For the team is headed by esteemed scientist Annick Swenson, the woman who oversaw Marina’s residency and who is now intent on keeping the team’s progress on a miracle drug completely under wraps. The story is so imbued with a feeling of the Amazon that I thought I was surrounded by mosquitoes and trees and muddy brown water.  And yet there is a sense of magic about the world.  A good read.

mystery in the ADKs

A Fountain Filled With Blood (Rev. Clare Fergusson, #2)A Fountain Filled with Blood by Julia Spencer-Fleming.    Another light but interesting mystery sent in the Adirondacks.  Hate crimes, murder and environmental issues combined with the developing characters of Rev. Claire Fergussen and Police Chief Russ Van Alstyne.