Longview Library Literally Speaking

We are getting off to an exciting start to the winter season. Just a reminder that the Crib Club takes place every Thursday afternoon from 2-4pm. Free coffee or tea is available. Our artist of the month is Stefanie Agar, who will be showing October 6th onward, so please stop by to see her work. On Wednesday, November 2nd. as part of the Law@Lunch Series, a video-conference on Information, Identity Theft and Law will be held from 12-1:30pm.
Starting October 6th, every Thursday am, from 10 to noon, Joan invites you to come and share a cup of coffee and some baking with her. This will give you a chance to meet your neighbours, listen to music, read our magazines, or do a puzzle or two. Joan is really eager for you to come, so don't let her down. Speaking of magazines - we have an unusually good selection for such a small library. Besides the 17 magazine subscriptions that we already have, we now have Zoomers, Good Times, Style at Home, Bugle-Elk Country and The Hunt, Canadian Cowboy Country, Horse Canada, Canadian Cowboy, Outdoor Canada and Cycle Canada. You can check these out just as you would a book, so you don't have to rush with them.
Joan invites you to come to speak to her if you would like to organize a group which could meet in our new conference room at no cost. It is comfortable, private and very tastefully decorated.
Now for the serious stuff. Every December 31st, the Marigold Library System automatically deletes all memberships that have expired 2 years prior. For example, December 2011, all expired memberships dated 2009 will be deleted from the library system. Please support your community library. Come in to see Joan and renew your membership. It is $10.00 for a single, $20.00 for a family and $3.00 for a Senior per annum. It is a great bargain. Keep in mind that you can't even buy a paperback for less than $10.00. Sometimes they are more. So watch your pennies and use your library. See you there!
Sea Escape by Lynne Griffin is a story of a mother and daughter, their loves, losses, insecurities and passions. One of the problems explored, arises when the daughter must make the decision to put her mother in a nursing home or to let her return to her home with a large support staff. Griffin writes with grace and compassion. She teaches family studies at the graduate level, so is at ease with her subject.
The Book Of Lies by Mary Horlock is about the German Occupation of the Island of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, during the Second World War. Unlike Mary Ann Schaffer's, THE GUERNNSEY LITERARY AND POTATOE PEEL SOCIETY, which was a gentle, lovely read, this book is a brutal portrayal of life on the Island at that time. It is foot-noted with historic dates and facts. Murder mystery is cleverly combined with wartime mystery and is a good read.

Happy Reading
Sylvia Binkley
sliv@telus.net