Lots of new books on our shelves this month…with some great new local Plant and Wildflower books, suggested by our own knowledgeable Mary Miles.

We will set up a special section which will contain “Pacific States Wildflowers” (Peterson Field Guide) and “Plants of Coastal British Columbia.” Mary and the Lions Bay Native Plant Group are trying to encourage our residents to become more familiar with the plants native to our area.

Louis Peterson has donated “The Climate Challenge” by Guy Dauncey, and along with other books regarding the environment we will make a permanent display, easily accessible to all.

Lots of new mysteries have been purchased as well.  We found some new
authors and some of our regular thrillers. James Patterson’s “I, Cross” and “Cross Country” are good simple reads.   Sue Grafton is almost finished her “ABC’s” with her book “U for Undertow”…what will happen to keep her private eye “Kinsey Millhone” alive in books X,Y and Z?

Also lots of new bestseller’s including:  
“The Lacuna” by Barbara Kingsolver, which takes us through the 40’s and 50’s and the infamous McCarthy period and how history can be changed through accusation, lies and innuendo.

“The Bishops Man” involves Priest Duncan MacAskill who has provided his Bishop with information to stifle any controversial criticisms of the Church. It is imperative the scandals of priests being out of control had to be denied to congregations everywhere…that is MacAskill’s job.

A great read by author Linden Macintyre.’ Philosopher Aristotle is appointed to tutor “Philip of Macedonia young son Alexander. Describing the young man as a “violent, snotty boy” who indeed goes on to become Alexander the Great.
 “The Golden Mean” is a Giller Prize and GG finalist by Annabel Lyon of New Westminster, B.C.

We also have “Stones Into Schools”: the sequel of Greg Mortensons’ “Three Cups of Tea”. 

“Trauma Farm” by Brian Brett tells of an organic farmer on Salt Spring Island, not always a pleasant read but the non-fiction book has excellent reviews. “A Little Distillery in Nowgong” covers three generations of the Khargat family of India, as told by an unborn child.

I finally obtained the new Dan Brown bestseller…”The Lost Symbol”. I am still trying to decide how much I really liked this book. I found Robert Langdon’s character almost wooden in this epic and there was really only one surprise at the end. It was a most disappointing book to me… and especially boring in some of the scientific explanations and advanced theories. While Brown gives lots of history of the Masons, and the beautiful history of Washington D.C., I felt it certainly lacked the fun and surprises in “The da Vinci Code” and “Angels & Demons”. This was just another formula best seller in this readers view.

I would be delighted to hear from other readers and discuss and see if I am entirely wrong or only partly wrong!

So as you can see we have some wonderful new books to choose from and hope indeed to promote more readers to visit our Library.  P.S.: We obtained a new book “Marching Powder” by R. Young and T. McFadden.

These great books await you at the Library.  Hope to see you there.