CCRLD News Blog

We'd just like to remind you all that we will be closed tomorrow (Thanksgiving) and on Friday (Nov. 26th). We hope you have a good holiday among friends and family.

Also, concerning the calendar of events:

• There will be no Preschool storytime Dec. 26^th and January 2^nd.
• There will be no Toddler storytime Dec. 27^th and January 3^rd.
• There will be no baby storytime Dec. 27 and January 3^rd.
• And, there will be no Computer class on Dec. 6^th.

Questions? Please give us a call (382-4131) or send us an email (library@daytonwa.net). Otherwise, have a great holiday season!

Playaways:

• The Kingdom (Cussler)
• Dick Francis' Gamble (Francis)
• Victory and Honor (Griffin)
• The Sookie Stackhouse Companion (Harris)
• Betrayal of Trust (Jance)
• Flash and Bones (Reichs)

"The Story of Beautiful Girl" by Rachel Simon. It is one of our new books.  I highly recommend it. It is well written and the story is very thought provoking.

by Sandy

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If you wish to reserve "The Story of Beautiful Girl " by Rachel Simon , please contact the library:

library@daytonwa.net

382-4131

Fiction:

• Inheritance (Paolini)

Non-Fiction:

• Digital Moviemaking
• Write Your Own Non-Fiction

Graphic Novels:

• Fairy Tail vol 16 (Mashima)

Fiction:

• A Dark and Lonely Place (Buchanan)
• Lonestar Sanctuary (Coble)
• The Highlander (Coffman)
• A Fighting Chance (Dietz)
• The Templar Magician (Doherty)
• The Prague Cemetery (Eco)
• The Battle of the Crater (Gingrich and Forstchen)
• Remembering You (Goyer)
• V is for Vengeance (Grafton)
• Kiss of Darkness (Graham)
• The House of Silk (Horowitz)
• The Guardian (Kenyon)
• 11/22/63 (King)
• A Blue and Gray Christmas (Medlicott)
• Golden Lasso (Michaels)
• As the Sparks Fly Upward (Morris)
• Fleet of Worlds (Niven and Lerner)
• A Heartbeat Away (Palmer)
• Kill Alex Cross (Patterson)

Non-Fiction:

• Diary of a Player
• Injustice
• Kris Jenner... and All Things Kardashian
• West of Green River

Large Print:

• 11/22/63 (King)
• The Next Always (Roberts)

Fiction:

• I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Bradley)
• In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (Burke)
• Bring Me Home for Christmas (Carr)
• Hunt the Moon (Chance)
• The Wedding Quilt (Chiaverini)
• Monster Hunter Alpha (Correia)
• Dead Six (Correia and Kupari)
• Blue Nights (Didion)
• The Marriage Plot (Eugenides)
• Lost December (Evans)
• Baby, It's Cold Outside (Fox)
• That Certain Spark (Hake)
• Savage Texas (Johnstone)
• Arizona Ambush (Johnstone)
• Massacre Mountain (Johnstone)
• Christmas Treasures (Kincade)
• Countdown M Day (Kratman)
• Carnifex (Kratman)
• A Desert Called Peace (Kratman)
• The Lotus Eaters (Kratman)
• 1225 Christmas Tree Lane (Macomber)
• Holiday in Stone Creek (Miller)
• Seizure (Reichs)
• The Next Always (Roberts)
• Inda (Smith)
• The Fox (Smith)
• Treason's Shore (Smith)
• Coronets and Steel (Smith)
• King's Shield (Smith)
• The Tender Texan (Thomas)

Non-Fiction:

• Best American History Book in the World
• Duct Tape Book
• Faraway Horses
• Horses Never Lie about Love

Columbia County Rural Library District Board of Trustees is holding a public hearing to discuss the County Library District’s 2012 budget at their regularly scheduled meeting Monday, November 21, 2011 in the Delany Room of the Dayton Memorial Library, 111 S. 3^rd Street, Dayton at 7 p.m.

I love the rough quality to Castillo's art, and how it it fits Fern's story of one stubborn woman with a kind heart who took in some orphan bison to save their lives. This story really gets at the heart of farm/rural life -- the love of animals and the kindness of strangers.

by Heather

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If you wish to reserve "Buffalo Music" by Tracey E. Fern, please contact the library:

library@daytonwa.net

382-4131

Fiction:

• Kicker (Bossley)
• Cobra Strike (Brouwer)
• Scarlet Thunder (Brouwer)
• Absolute Pressure (Brouwer)
• Two Foot Punch (Daher)
• Squeeze (Muller)
• Fly Away (Rock)
• Crossover (Rud)
• Paralyzed (Rud)
• Venom (Tate)
• Razor's Edge (Tate)

Non-Fiction:

• Astrology
• Dr. Mary Edwards Walker
• George S. Patton
• George Washington

I have read this book more often than I can count. It is my favorite of Anne McCaffrey's Harper Hall trilogy, and it remains as fantastic today as it was when I first read it. "Dragonsinger" is the continuation of Menolly's story -- she is a gifted female musician in a world where it is frowned upon for girls to do such a thing. At the opening of "Dragonsinger," Menolly finds herself at the doorstep of the Harper Hall (Pern's equivalent of an elite music school) after having been tapped by the Masterharper himself -- who is trying to change the 'old ways' for the better.
What remains the biggest draw to this book for me is how Menolly's story mirrors my own: growing up, I was always the odd one out. Like Menolly, I wanted to write songs and stories -- but faced obstacles in my pursuit. Watching Menolly grow into herself, watching her come to terms, and ultimately, find her very own niche gave me hope that someday, I would find my own as well.

Thank you, Menolly (and Ms. McCaffrey), for giving me the courage to follow my own dreams.

reviewed by Heather

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If you wish to reserve "Dragonsinger" by Anne McCaffrey, please contact the library:

library@daytonwa.net

382-4131