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Spend a literary long weekend in Hartford
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And if you're a Red Sox fan, don't miss out on tonight's Red Sox program! Sports journalist Mike Shalin discusses 40 years of Red Sox history—tonight at 6:30 pm.
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The days might be getting shorter, but there's still plenty of beach weather left—and plenty of beach reads left on on our shelves! All of these books have the word "summer" in the title to help you complete one more reading challenge.
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An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago by Alex Kotlowitz
The numbers are staggering: Over the past twenty years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and another roughly 60,000 wounded by gunfire. What does that do to the spirit of individuals and communities? Drawing on his decades of experience, Alex Kotlowitz set out to chronicle one summer in the city, writing of those who have emerged from the violence and whose stories reveal the capacity—and the breaking point—of the human heart and soul. |
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Aunt Dimity and the Summer King by Nancy Atherton
Overseeing her baby, a family wedding and her own approaching 40th birthday celebration amid rumors that a developer has unwanted plans for Finch village, Lori bonds with a warmhearted inventor only to discover his true intentions. |
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Deadly Summer by Denise Grover Swank
Ten years ago, Summer Butler was television's most popular teenage sleuth. Since then, she's hit what gossip sites just love to call the gutter. Nearly bankrupt, betrayed, estranged from her greedy mother, and just about unemployable, she's coaxed into that desperate haven for has-beens: reality TV. Winging it as a faux PI, she'll solve off-the-cuff mysteries in her hometown of Sweet Briar, Alabama. |
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Summer Hours at the Robbers Library by Susan Halpern
For head librarian Kit, the public library in Riverton, New Hampshire, offers what she craves most: peace. When fifteen-year-old, home-schooled Sunny gets arrested for shoplifting a dictionary she is assigned to community service at the library for the summer. Eager to connect with someone other than her off-the-grid hippie parents, Sunny coaxes Kit out of her self-imposed isolation. |
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The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams
Drawn into and then banished from exclusive Winthrop Island when a complex relationship between her stepsister and a working-class college youth ends in violence, a Shakespearean actress returns after 20 years to pursue justice. |
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Congrats to this week's winners!
Congratulations to this week's winners, Bobbi, Loriann, and Nancy! The Paint Party basket received 288 tickets from 62 participants, and the Knit Kit basket received 77 tickets from 18 crafty knitters. |
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Raffles: Liqueur & Leisure and Sox Snuggles
The lucky winner of the Liqueur & Leisure basket (and nine of their lucky friends) will enjoy a private tour and tasting from Hartford Flavor Company, as well as a gift card from Frank Pepe's Pizzeria. |
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The lucky Red Sox fan who wins the Sox Snuggles basket will take home two gorgeous hand-knitted Red Sox pillows, plus a knitted lap blanket, donated by the Berlin-Peck Sit & Knit group.
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Red Sox fans, don't miss out on tonight's Red Sox program! Sports journalist Mike Shalin discusses 40 years of Red Sox history—tonight at 6:30 pm!
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You could be the lucky winner, so get those tickets in before Thursday!
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What's going on in the literary world? Send us an interesting news article or story about a library, book, author, or other literary topic.
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Send your article to library@berlinpeck.org or simply reply to this email. You can send the article however is easiest for you, including a link (URL), the article's title and author, or even drop off a clipping at the Reference Desk.
This challenge is worth 1 ticket.
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Questions, comments, concerns?
Feel free to reply to this email, call 860-828-7126, or stop by the Reference Desk.
If you can't make it to the library and need special accommodations, please reply to this email or call 860-828-7126.
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