Three books this time; two are excellent and inspire enjoyable reading and one?
John Grisham’s THE CONFESSION brings to light the inadequacies of our justice system, particularly as it was back in the early ‘90’s. The book details the story of a young man in Texas wrongly accused of murder and sentenced to death. Shortly before the execution date another man confesses to the crime. Despite a frantic trip to get the Court of Appeals Department of the State of Texas to rule on the confession, the defending attorneys fail to get a hearing as the department has closed at 5:00 p.m. Although by law there must be a member of that Appellate department on duty at all times to be available to hear and review any last minute pleadings, the defending attorneys were locked out. Additionally, the presence of this one “duty judge” had not been publicized to death penalty attorneys, which is really a crime in itself, and non-electronic filings were not available at this time. A plot beautifully written by Grisham, the resulting failure of a hearing takes your breath away as do the anticipated resulting problems in the small East Texas town where the young man lived.
NEW YORK by Edward Rutherford details the historical settlement of Manhattan by the Dutch and English and follows five families from the 1600’s to September 11, 2001. The book also tells of the rise of so many well known families: Vanderbilt, Pierpont Morgan, Rockefeller and other men deeply involved in the growth of Manhattan. It was fascinating reading of the development of Park and 5th Avenues with the building of the huge, almost palace-like, homes of the “rich folk” along that area. A beautifully plotted and written book, and I heartily recommend the reading of it.
The last book is named DARKNESS by Karen Robards which I found extremely disappointing with a weak plot as well as characters. Although some of the description about parts of Alaska were interesting, they could have been expounded on. However, this author seems to be more involved with sexual encounters and those constant thoughts of the characters than a deeper analysis of the characters’ employers or highlights of the area involved. I doubt I’ll ever read another of her books.
The last session of this Summer’s Reading Program will be Tuesday, the 19th of July and will mark the party ending this year’s program. Do hope all our young attendees really enjoyed the sessions and will look forward to next year’s program starting June.
We, in the Library, and our wonderful helpers are anticipating the writing and assembling of our SECOND Christmas and Holiday Recipe book. As you readers are the ones who make this possible with the sharing of a special traditional recipe and the explanation of why it is special, we look forward in the coming months (and November is not that far away) to receiving those recipes. And we thank you very much for help.
I know I’ve used the following quote for several years, but it really makes sense: Just think about it!
“When An Old Person Dies, A Library Burns Down!”
Karen Gillespie
And we certainly don’t want our Library to burn down! Bless all who support it in so many different ways; we welcome our visitors that enter here from time to time and also the many regular folks who are part of our every day joy.
