On Saturday, May 7th at the Library the Children’s Librarian from Port Lavaca was here to show the movie, Gulliver’s Travels for the children of this community. And a good turnout of excited kids were here to watch the movie. The next movie will be shown on Saturday, June 18th beginning at 10:00 a.m. Please check with Ms. Shirley for further information.
As it’s currently “Inventory” time, I get more time to really inspect the books on the shelves; having just finished a portion of the “M” shelf, I marveled at the number of books by Larry McMurty. Known primarily for his westerns, Lonesome Dove possibly being the most famous, he also wrote Terms of Endearment, which is definitely not a western. And there are many other books there to read of various genres. Do come and check them out.
Wicked Craving by G.A. McKevett is one of her latest in the series concerning Detective Savannah Reid. Based in a Californian city, anchored on the Southern Coastline, Ms. Reid soon finds herself completely embroiled in searching for the killer of a “diet doctor’s” wife. I found the characterizations somewhat lightly portrayed and the plot, not really. However, the description of the town, San Carmelita, was skillfully drawn and made me yearn for a visit again to Santa Barbara. Ms. McKevett is really the nom de plume for the author, Sonja Massie, and I don’t really want to learn why she is using a pseudonym. If you have read some of these books and have enjoyed them, try Marcia Muller’s books concerning Sharon McCone, a detective in San Francisco. I found these books to be more carefully plotted and the characters a little more believable. But reading of the various settings in the city made me somewhat homesick.
Turning to other coastal waters, Bahamarama was a very fun book to read. Written by the author Bob Morris, who had been a columnist for several newspapers and writes now for many magazines, the setting is one of the small islands in the Bahama chain. The description of the main island, Harbour Island, and Eleuthera along with the delightful townspeople challenges the reader not to phone for an immediate plane reservation. Zack Chasteen, the main character, has just been released from a two year term in a Federal Prison in Florida and is on his way home in a pre-paid limousine hired by his girlfriend with reservations to meet her on Harbour Island. Suddenly the driver takes off following a necessary stop and leaves Chasteen standing, without his identification and other necessary papers to enter the Bahamas. How he gets there and his involvement with the kidnapping of his girlfriend and an elderly resident English Lord and aided by many townspeople makes for a very interesting tale. There is a short synopsis of Morris’s next book, which sounds even more fun. Do hope we keep his books on the shelf.
The estate of Sidney Sheldon has selected the author, Tilly Bagshawe to continue his work following his death earlier. Ms. Bagshawe seems to have the talent to write as proficiently as Ms. Sheldon as the latest of her books, After the Darkness shows. Proceeding in Sheldon’s style of a somewhat trusting heroine, the book details the ups and downs the heroine encounters and finally overcoming all odds, triumphs in the end. One bit of curiosity: Is Ms. Bagshawe developing the plot and characterizations herself, or is she just continuing with previous ideas of Sidney Sheldon.
“When an old person dies, a Library burns down”
Karin Gillespie
