Newsletter January 2026
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January Book Review
This month’s review is by Renee KahlWho is Government? The Untold Story of Public ServiceEdited by Michael Lewis Eight separate stories, written in 2024, about civil servants who have made extraordinary contributions to the nation ‐‐ and to society and knowledge in general ‐‐ because they had the freedom and funding to apply their expertise
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Best Used Book Sale
The Friend’s Bookstore We are so excited to be moving into our own brand-new bookstore in the refurbished library building. We hope to be open to shoppers 5 days a week and will need cashiers to make this possible. If you can spare 2 ½ hours per week to join our merry band of readers
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September Book Review
This month’s review is by Richard BellikoffThe Trees By Percival Everett After decades of critical acclaim for his writing, Percival Everett finally hit the jackpot, winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel James. Since I never judge a book by its cover or a writer’s work by just one book, I decided to
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Best Used Book Sale for August
The Friends are making plans for the August Best Used Book Sale. It will be held on the Library parking lot at 350 West Sierra Madre Blvd. on Friday, August 1 (3:00-7:00 p.m.) and Saturday, August 2 (10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.). This will be our Book-to-School Sale! Featured are books, reference materials and supplies for the new school year. We also have a number of resources for teachers including such titles as “Graphic Organizers for the Elementary Grades” and “Using Computers in the Classroom.”
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July Book Review
This month’s review is by Catherine Addé Books for Cooks: Several Reviews for Your Reading and Cooking Pleasure It’s summer and my mind turns to two things: recipes for summer and the delights of vacation travel and/or recipes from abroad. First up is this one: Blue Eggs and Yellow Tomatoes By Jeanne Kelley Recipes from
June Book Review
READER’S REVIEW This month’s review is by Renee Kahl The Mighty Red By Louise Erdrich Louise Erdrich, author of twenty-nine novels and countless short stories, has been a major indigenous literary voice since 1984. She is known for her strong Ojibwa consciousness, weaving magical realism from tribal sacred stories throughout her fiction, and for strong