Family Literacy Day

November 17th Quote Installments
Being ‘down’ is part of the process, in my opinion, I’d be very leery of anybody who was ‘up’ all the time. Personally, i think a drug screening would be warranted. Mr Modem AKA Richard A Sherman Be brief, for it is with words as with sunbeams, the more they are condensed the deeper they burn. Robert Southey When the question is therefore asked, ‘Are writers made or born?’ one should first ask, ‘Do you mean writers with talent or writers with originality?’ Because anybody can write, but not everybody invents new forms for writing. Jack Kerouac

Crazy Eights: A Jake Hines Mystery by Elizabeth Gunn
My first glimpse of Elizabeth Gunn and Jack Hines and, although I’m not yet addicted, this was a novel I enjoyed as it was a quick read and had very good aspects of it. I found the beginning court room drama slow going but once the verdict was in things started heating up and became interesting. The relationship and struggles of Trudy and Jack remind everyone how things will work out in the end if they are meant to and give the reader hope of a better tomorrow. Gunn’s sixth Jake Hines mystery has me curious as how the tale of Jake began as well as how it will end.

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
An unusual novel for me to purchase but one I fell upon by chance and quite enjoyed. The Lovely Bones is written from the perspective of a murdered teenager, barely old enough to experience a school girl crush, and the characters view from heaven, or Sebold’s version of heaven. The reader follows the murder and the life and death afterwards through Suzie herself and her family. Dealing with such a shocking loss in a small town is something none of us want to consider, live through or ponder as each person has their own way of dealing or ignoring the tragedy. Read how Sebold winds the tale of deceit, acceptance, ignorance, etc with the way everyone treats the value of the fam

Gone by Lisa Gardner
What a fantastic read that has me addicted to Gardner’s work. As it followed the story of an alcoholic, a young foster child and their families I connected with each of this novels characters as they suffered their own terrible situations. Though seeming a short novel Gone packed a lot of punch and continued to do so through its entirety. Characters that you expect have gone wrong along the way will surprise you, just like those you think you can trust. I’ll definitely be adding her other books to my wish list. Thanks for reading, Sarah Butland

206 Bones by Kathy Reichs
She did it again! 206 Bones was brilliant and restored my faith in Temperance Brennan and Reichs. The novel starts with Tempe being trapped in a dank dark somewhere and continues to tell the tale of how she came to get there. We meet new characters we try to like but can’t seem to ignore the impression we receive through Tempe and her friends. Once I fall in love with a character I trust their instincts, whether I’d normally follow the same course of action or not. 206 Bones had surprises in store even after I thought I had it all figured out. I would and have recommended this book to fellow readers and s