The holiday season is here and Christmas is just around the corner. It’s a busy time of year, but we don’t want to give up our reading. The Library has a lot of Christmas stories that are quick reads and very enjoyable. Authors such as Janet Evanovich, Mary Higgins Clark, and others, include their standard characters in stories with a holiday theme or setting. John Grishams’ Skipping Christmas was a successful departure for the “legal suspense” novelist. A favorite story of mine is A Stranger for Christmas by Carol Pearson. In this story, Myrna, a resident in a California nursing home, hopes to restore a friend’s faith in mankind by proving that any one of her children would take in a stranger for the holidays. However, when she calls to ask, they all seem to have a reason why it would not be convenient and Myrna too becomes despondent until a miracle occurs.
Stop in and take a look at what the Library has to offer. Read and relax during this joyous and festive season.

Home to Big Stone Gap

Have you read Home to Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani? This novel is set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, but the story of Ave Maria MacChesney and her close knit circle of family and friends could have been set in any small town or big city. Faced with life's problems, such as her husband's declining health, his association with a mining company that threatens the beauty of the nearby mountains, her daughter marriage and move to Italy, etc. makes for a story of love, heartbreak and adjustments to the uncertainties of life. Click on this link to find the book at the library. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.