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NEW AND OF
INTEREST
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The Best of Connie
Willis: AwardWinning Stories
Just the tip of the iceberg
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Who Owns the
Future?
The future of technology and the
future of society
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Fancy Nancy:
Fanciest Doll in the
Universe
Sibling rascality
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The Giant and How He Humbugged America
By Jim Murphy
Scholastic Press, $19.99, 112 pages
Jim Murphy is coming to Tulsa Aug. 23 and 24. See Page 2 for details.
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When a farmer in New York dug a new
well on his farm in 1869, he unearthed more
than dirt. Minutes after his shovel struck a
supersized human gray stone foot, rumors
began spreading among the neighbors about
the discovery of a petrified giant! Experts,
scientists, hucksters, preachers and businessmen all made their way over the coming
days and weeks to marvel at the wonder and
try to explain it. Was it a giant who roamed
the earth in prehistoric times or an ancient
member of the Onondaga Indian tribe?
Jim Murphy, a Newbery Honor winner
and author of more than 35 books, tells the
true story of this bigger-than-life discovery
that swept the United States in the years
right after the Civil War. His suggestion that
people tend to see what they want to see no
matter what the evidence suggests may be
as true today as it was then.
Murphy skillfully lets the story unfold
in such a way that the reader shares the
questions of those who gazed upon the
10-foot-4-inch stone man found buried in
the ground. The story of how the Cardiff
See The Giant, cont’d on page 6
Make Your Own
Soda
This book pops!
Page 10
The Golem and The
Jinni
Free will vs. determinism
Page 13
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When Mermaids Sleep
By Ann Bonwill, Steve Johnson, Lou Fancher,
illustrators
Random House BFYR, $16.99, 32 pages
Check this out!
Little ones
love to dream
of
fanciful
places where
wondrous
creatures
abound.
They
also
love stories
with strong
rhythm and
rhyme. This
book will not
disappoint. Ann Bonwill leads readers on
a fantastical journey through a world of
mermaids and pirate ships with trunks of
treasures in their care which had been stolen from the land of genies. The sands of
those far-off lands were used to build castles
surrounded by moats filled with sleeping
serpents. High in the castle royal wizards
watch the stars, the same stars that hang
over woods where unicorns sleep on beds
of leaves. The leaves float up to high mountains where giants and goblins sleep under
blankets of snow. The snow also falls on
griffin nests which are above tunnels filled
with dozing dwarves. The tunnels lead to
the surface where flowers are beds to sleeping fairies under a shining moon. That same
moon shines on you, a sleepy child ready to
say good night.
This lovely rhyming picture book is like
a string of perfect pearls of poetry laid out
on lush, soft illustrations as fanciful as the
text. Children and parents will love this
beautiful book.
Reviewed by Rosi Hollinbeck
Lives of the Scientists: Experiments,
Explosions (and What the Neighbors
Thought)
By Kathleen Krull and Kathryn Hewitt
(illustrator)
Harcourt Children’s Books, $20.99, 96 pages
Check this out!
Through the history of mankind, there
have been so many great scientists that the
creators of this book must have had a very
hard time choosing only twenty to feature,
but they have chosen well. From Zhang
Heng, born
in
China
in the year
78, to Jane
Goodell, born
in England in
1934, these
brilliant and
f a s c i n at i n g
people are illustrated for
young readers with short, concise biographies focusing
on the unusual and humorous facts of their
lives. Edwin Hubble worked in an unheated
mountaintop bunker. When it was very cold,
his eyelashes froze to the telescope eyepiece.
When not staring through the telescope, he
would play solitaire and reconstruct cowboy
songs in his head. Some scientists became
so focused on their work that nothing else
mattered. Chien-Shiung Wu slept only four
hours each night and sent her husband on
their 20th-anniversary cruise by himself.
Einstein is one of the highest-earning dead
celebrities, as the Baby Einstein Company
pays so much to the estate in royalties. The
wonderful illustrations are icing on the cake
for this fun and fascinating book. Written
for youngsters from fourth grade and up,
everyone lucky enough to find it will enjoy
every page.
Eruption!: Volcanoes and the Science
of Saving Lives (Scientists in the Field
Series)
By Elizabeth Rusch
HMH Books for Children, $18.99, 80 pages
Check this out!
A volcanic eruption
can be one
of the most
terrifying
h appen i ngs
one
might
ever experience. The earth moves and roars, she spews
ash and heat and stones and boulders into
the air. The ash clouds can climb miles and
disrupt air traffic in huge regions. Lava and
hot mud can flow like rivers, covering everything they encounter. Over a billion people
worldwide live in danger zones for volcanic
See Eruption, cont’d on page 7
Tulsa Book Review • August 2013 • 2
Meet Author
Jim Murphy
WINNER OF THE TULSA LIBRARY TRUST’S 2013
ANNE V. ZARROW AWARD FOR
YOUNG READERS’ LITERATURE
Zarrow Award Presentation
Friday, Aug. 23 • 7 p.m.
Gilcrease Museum
1400 N. Gilcrease Museum Road
2013 Young People’s
Creative Writing Contest
Awards Presentation
Saturday, Aug. 24 • 10 a.m.
Hardesty Regional Library
Connor’s Cove • 8316 E. 93rd St.
Jim Murphy masterfully makes history come alive in his more
than 30 nonfiction books for children and young adults. During
his prestigious career, he has received many awards and honors,
including two Newbery Honor Book awards, a National Book Award
finalist medal, three Jefferson Cup awards, two Golden Kite awards,
a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, as well as the 2010 Margaret
A. Edwards Award, which is a lifetime achievement honor.
Murphy will speak about his life and works, and sign books at both
events. Copies of his books will be available for purchasing.
Jim Murphy’s “The Long
Road to Gettysburg”
comes alive!
The Civil War Sesquicentennial
Saturday, Aug. 3 • 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Central Library • Fourth Street and Denver Avenue
Relive history at this family-focused event commemorating the
150th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg.
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FROM
THE
PUBLISHER
The Tulsa City-County Library will wrap
up the Summer Reading Program on Aug. 3.
As of mid-July, more than 38,000 children
and teens have signed up for the program
and collectively have read 213,716 books.
Plus, we have held more than 400 events
with a combined attendance of about 17,500.
We have two exciting programs to go.
Library Summer Reading Night at the BOK
Center takes place Aug. 2; the Tulsa Shock
will take on the Los Angeles Sparks. The
Tulsa Drillers will play the Frisco Rough
Riders at ONEOK Field on Aug. 10. Both
games are free to children and teens who
complete the Summer Reading Program.
Because they participated in summer
reading, not only do students do better in
school when they return, but also they reap
great rewards! Speaking of doing better in
school, the library’s free online tutoring
program Homework Help Now is ready to
help your student do better this school year.
Tutors are standing by from 2 to 11 p.m.,
seven days a week, to help students get
unstuck with their homework.
Also this month, award-winning
author Jim Murphy will be in town Aug.
23 to receive the Tulsa Library Trust’s 2013
Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers’
Literature. He has written more than 30
books for children, including The Giant and
How He Humbugged America, reviewed in
this month’s Tulsa Book Review. We hope to
see you at Library Summer Reading Night
at the BOK Center and at ONEOK Field, as
well as at the Zarrow award presentation at
Gilcrease Museum.
Best regards,
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Romance....................................................... 14
Gary Shaffer
Tulsa City-County Library CEO
Free Digital Newspapers............................... 14
History & Current Events............................. 15
Chapters: A Literacy Fundraiser................... 16
Coming Up!
September is National Literacy Awareness
Month. You can help raise money and
awareness for the library’s Ruth G. Hardman
Adult Literacy Service by attending
“Chapters: An Evening of Books, Bards
and Bites” on Sept. 6 at Hardesty Regional
Library. See the back cover of the Tulsa Book
Review for details.
Book Reviews
Category
Fiction
book summaries.
The Woman Upstairs
By Claire Messud
Knopf, $25.95, 272 pages
Check this out!
Everyone knows a
“woman upstairs”: quiet,
unassuming,
never causes
a stir. Nora
Eldridge, the
narrator of
Claire Messud’s tense,
bitter
new
novel, is herself one of
these woman, a forty-two-year-old thirdgrade teacher in Cambridge who has nearly
reached middle age without achieving any
of her once-luminous goals. She wanted a
husband and children; she has none. She
wanted to be an artist; afraid of failure, she
pursued other paths. One thing is certain,
however: Nora is angry. And this intimate,
urgent rant is Nora’s attempt to explain why.
When Nora was thirty-seven, her life was
upended when the Shahid family - Skandar,
Sirena, and Reza - appeared in Cambridge
for a year. Nora fell in love with all three in
different ways, and soon her affection and
fascination crossed over into full-blown obsession. What the Shahids ultimately did
to Nora reshaped her life and changed the
very way she moves through the world. Of
course, Nora’s obsession has warped reality,
and to her the Shahids are both great loves
and scheming betrayers. Readers won’t feel
sympathy for Nora; but her final vow will
raise an uneasy chill.
Reviewed by Margo Orlando Littell
The Magic of Saida
By M.G. Vassanji
Check this out!
Kamal Punja is a half-caste physician living in Canada who returns to Africa to find
out more about himself and keep a promise
to a young childhood friend named Saida.
His whole life, Kamal felt as though he lived
between two worlds that could never quite
be bridged
together:
his
Indian
father abandoned him,
his African
mother eventually sent
him away to
“become an
Indian,” and
he appeared
African
to
the Indians,
and Indian to the Africans. When he questioned which ethnicity he should identify
with, his mother simply responded, “you
are an Indian who is more African than all
these Africans walking about. And a better
Indian than all those Banyani shopkeepers.”
This novel works to trace how Kamal identifies ethnically and the mystery of Saida’s
disappearance after Kamal was sent away.
I enjoyed how Kamal dealt with his multiculturalism as the novel touches on issues
that have become relevant in contemporary
society. Alternating between the past and
present, the point of view of the story shifts
throughout, sometimes without warning,
which made the plot confusing at times, but
The Magic of Saida was a captivating look
into the political history of Africa veiled by
an nontraditional love story that concluded
itself nicely.
Reviewed by Lenna Stites
The Interestings
By Meg Wolitzer
Riverhead, $27.95, 480 pages
Check this out!
A group of fifteen-year-olds at a summer arts camp gather one night in a teepee.
They are just getting to know each other,
and decide that they will all grow up to be
something special. This prompts an idea for
a group name. They call themselves The Interestings.
This highly readable novel follows the
group throughout the years, from 1974
until the present. At the forefront are best
friends Jules and Ash; homely but uber talented Ethan; Ash’s handsome but troubled
brother, Goodman; and Jonah, son of a well
known
Sixties folksinger.
Jules and Ash
long to be actresses
and
both pursue it
in New York
City. Ethan,
an enormously
talented
cartoonist,
chases
his
dream.
Jonah, although
talented as a guitarist, has a secret that
causes his musical career to be diverted.
Meanwhile, Goodman can’t seem to do anything right.
Wolitzer’s novel is bursting with realistic
and memorable characters.
It is easy to become engaged in the characters’ lives, the ups and downs of their expectations versus their reality. Because the
characters come of age in the Seventies and
Eighties, Baby Boomers especially will relate
to the story. This was a novel I couldn’t put
down, and it is now on my list of top ten
books. Its five star rating is well deserved.
Reviewed by Leslie Wolfson
The Enchanted Wanderer: And Other
Stories
By Nikolai Leskov
Check this out!
I
was
amazed
at
how delightful this book
is to read. The
characters are
so
artfully
drawn, the
situations so
normal and at
the same time
dramatic; it is
easy to drift
into the stories and be carried along with the beauty of
the prose; and the prose, whether by translation or by the writer is refreshingly literate.
The writer, the storyteller, is sometimes entirely trustworthy, but mostly he is not. Part
of the fun of the book is to determine when
he drifts into sketchy territory. He toys with
the reader, sometimes even drifting back to
truth or rational explanation just to keep us
on our guard. Leskov delights in this, smiling with me and laughing with me through
these stories of nineteenth century Russia.
Even the tragic ones have a bit of wry humor about them. Real people seen doing real
things with tragedy, comedy, wonder and
faith when faced with the happenings of
life. There are seventeen stories in this book;
each is a masterpiece of character and scene.
From a young wife murdering her old husband to a supposed demon in a wood and
everywhere in between, these are stories to
be savored as Great Literature.
Reviewed by Ralph Peterson
The Blind Man’s Garden
By Nadeem Aslam
Check this out!
Readers of
all ages and
interests have
to
appreciate Nadeem
A s l a m ’s
breathtaking
penmanship
in The Blind
Man’s Garden. The novel
is about two
foster brothers and best
friends, Jeo
and Mikal, in the Pakistan aftermath of
9/11. In an attempt to do something valiant
for their country, Jeo and Mikal decide to
go to Afghanistan and help those who were
wounded in the US invasion. Before they are
able to reach the Afghan hospital, the brothers get separated, and each is taken prisoner
in an American camp. Alone and without
any means of communication, the brothers
are forced to endure numerous hardships
before they can ever hope to find each other
and return home.
The novel, though beautifully and delicately crafted, requires careful reading.
Some of the story’s most important events
are too subtly written for quick readers, and
sometimes the vivid imagery and language
can distract from what is really happening.
What is most enchanting about The Blind
Man’s Garden is not the poignant language
or the piercing depictions of war, but rather
the fact that Aslam manages to show that
the fragility of human nature is present in
all people, no matter where they are from
or what they fight for. Though the plot itself
may not always be gripping, Aslam’s ability
to weave emotions into words is truly astonishing, which makes the novel well worth
the time it takes to read.
Reviewed by Bailey Tulloch
The Best of Connie Willis: AwardWinning Stories
By Connie Willis
Del Rey, $27.00, 496 pages
Check this out!
A young girl strives for independence after society has collapsed. Quantum theory
permeates a scientific conference. A guidebook about Egypt leads a group of travelers
on a strange journey. A medium might be
channeling H.L. Mencken. Upsetting smells
and thoughts follow a tourist through the
London Underground. In a world where
dogs are extinct, a reporter meets a couple
with one of the last remaining Winnebagos.
Connie Willis is a legend, and deservedly so. Her stories and novels are rich and
thoughtful, touching and hilarious, and
never ever what you expect at the outset.
The Best of Connie Willis is just a sampling
of her library of work, but it does a fine
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job of covering many of
the author’s
strengths.
Between
the surprise
laughs and
we l l- ea r ned
emotional
beats,
the
social commentary and
its seamless
incorporation
into the narrative, this is a masterclass in what science
fiction can accomplish. Tossing in a few hilarious, grateful, and heartfelt acceptance
speeches as icing on the cake, this collection
is a marvelous tribute and a terrific introduction to a tremendous talent. (I just wish
a few more of my favorites had appeared.)
Reviewed by Glenn Dallas
NOS4A2
By Joe Hill
William Morrow, $28.99, 704 pages
Check this out!
Joe
Hill
should have
a fairly good
idea what it
means to be
an
author,
with a couple
of books under his belt
-HeartShaped Box
and
Horns
-- as well as
a short story
collection -- 20th Century Ghosts -- plus
a successful ongoing graphic novel series
called Lock & Key; but his latest novel, NOS4A2 puts him on a stage of developed storytelling with his father, Stephen King. The
book has an epic complexity and depth in
both character and story, with a villain that
will haunt your nightmares for a long time
to come, akin to King’s It or The Talisman.
Our hero is Victoria McQueen, a young
girl with extraordinary dreams and one very
powerful ability. When she is given the Raleigh Tuff Burner bike as a birthday gift, she
knows it’s a little too big but very powerful,
and when she rides it as fast as she can towards that old bridge across the creek that
crashed and disintegrated years ago, she can
see the bridge rebuilt and she can cross it
to just about wherever she wants. Crossing
that bridge lets her find things, like a missing bracelet or photograph, or what happened to her cat, as well as answers to questions she might not want to know. She just
has to believe, and she is magically taken
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there, whether it’s Massachusetts or across
the country. She is a girl with a gift that only
few others have.
Our villain is one Charles Talent Manx
who has the same ability as Victoria, except
his mode of transportation is a 1938 RollsRoyce Wraith with the vanity license plate .
. . yep, you guessed it: NOS4A2; this black
demon car from hell is of course referred to
as “The Wraith.” It is with this aged car that
Manx takes children who he believes are
destined to have traumatic, horrible lives,
to his manufactured tinsel town known as
“Christmasland,” where every day is Christmas and the children get to go on the rides,
and eat candy canes, have snowball fights,
and meet Santa; but there is also a cost for
these children, something is being taken
from them. And they never come back.
But because she is our hero, Victoria will
have a meeting and battle with Manx and
get him put away for a long time, not for
all the missing children, but for something
else. But then, many years later, Manx will
return, because there’s one thing that’s certain: he’s not human. And this time he’ll be
taking Victoria’s child up to Christmasland,
and it’s up to her to get him back, before he
becomes lost forever.
NOS4A2 shows that Joe Hill has the talent, skill and ability to write a truly great
horror novel that puts him right at the top
with other greats. NOS4A2 is a novel about
many things: our wants and desires in life
and that we don’t always get them; how
sometimes our nightmares aren’t gone for
good; how the love of the child will always
supersede anything else, no matter the cost.
It is also a fantastic horror novel that will
make you simultaneously terrified of it and
in love with it, unable to put it down.
Reviewed by Alex Telander
Joyland
By Stephen King
Hard Case Crime, $12.95, 288 pages
Check this out!
D e v i n
Jones
has
signed up to
work at an
a mu sement
park called
Joyland, expecting long
hours and a
welcome distraction from
a
crushing
break-up. As
he learns the
ropes of playing the Joyland mascot and
selling fun to the rubes - sorry, conies - he
forges connections and evolves in ways he
never expected. Whether it’s befriending a
sick boy or hunting down rumors of a ghost
at the park, Devin’s Joyland summer changes his life forever.
Despite the Hard Case Crime label and
delightfully pulpy cover, Joyland is much
more in line with coming-of-age stories
like The Body or emotional journey pieces
like Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank
Redemption, rather than a crime book or a
horror tale. King deftly seasons thriller elements into the story, but they never derail
the book from its central premise: a formative year in Devin’s life.
As you’d expect from a master like King,
the pacing is immaculate and the supporting characters are engaging and three-dimensional without relying on simple onenote quirks to define them. The park itself
is simultaneously a world of wonder and the
behind-the-scenes workhouse that manufactures the magic.
In Joyland, King delivers a book with a
small-town scale, big stakes, and immense
charm.
Manuscript Found in Accra
By Paulo Coelho, Margaret Jull Costa
(translator)
Check this out!
On the eve
of an invasion in July
1099,
the
residents of
Jer usa lem
gathered at
the
same
square where
Jesus
was
handed over
to crucifixion, to listen
to the wise
words from the man called the Copt. He
opened a dialogue: a discourse between
himself and the people about knowledge,
love, elegance, and happiness, as well as
life’s counterparts: defeat, anxiety, and solitude. As the crowd asked their questions,
the Copt gave his most eloquent answers,
which would later be turned into a manuscript found by Sir Walter Wilkinson in
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1974. The records of that conversation were
then taken back to England. Manuscript
Found in Accra is the transcription of that
dialogue from the square in 1099.
An insightful look into the human condition, Manuscript Found in Accra offers a
dose of perspective and astute observation
to its readers. Paulo Coelho’s prose is easy
to understand and beautifully written such
that the advice and knowledge the Copt imparts to the residents of Jerusalem is sure
to resonate differently with each audience.
I enjoyed it as a novel that pays tribute to
an individual’s inner strength and explores
the importance of what can happen when
we accept love unto ourselves and continue
moving forward.
Long Lankin (Vintage International
Original)
By John Banville
Vintage, $12.95, 96 pages
Check this out!
L o n g
Lankin is a
collection of
9 gut-wrenching short stories written
by award winning British
author John
Banville during his early
career.
The
stories center
on the dark
side of life
such as insanity, death, and marital discord.
Banville is a superb writer with the ability
to portray in descriptive prose and succinct
terms the essence of deep human emotions.
As I read these stories, I found myself
thinking at the end of each, about life and
the meaning of it. Banville’s scenic descriptions are top notch as well. Due to the nature of the topics covered in these short
stories, I found the book depressing, but
appreciated the high quality of writing that
went into them. His work is unlike any I
have read before.
Reviewed by Diane Ledet
Jacob’s Folly
By Rebecca Miller
Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, $26.00, 384 pages
Check this out!
Jacob knows he died young, a onetime
lowly Jewish peddler in eighteenth-century
Paris. He has no idea what happened to him
in the intervening 300 years, but now he is
aware of himself alive again, floating and
flying. Is he an angel? Alas, no. He has returned as a fly. He ends up following two individuals, one a forty-something man who’s
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dedicated his
life to saving
other people,
and the other
a
twentyone-year-old
Orthodox
Jewish girl
who dreams
of being an
actress. As
readers learn
about Jacob’s
previous life,
including a
disastrous teen marriage and service to a
dissipated nobleman, we also learn about
his interest in Leslie and Masha. Jacob,
definitely no angel, finds he can project
thoughts into the minds of his targets, and
he finds new purpose in trying to get them
to become different people: he wants Leslie to stop being so annoyingly good, and
Masha to leave behind her beliefs and find
fame.
The fly-on-the-wall conceit of the novel
was too good for me to pass up, and while
some of it didn’t quite hold together and the
characters weren’t necessarily either likable,
in the case of Jacob, or deep enough, in the
case of Masha, the writing was undeniably
good. Miller is a talent to be reckoned with.
Reviewed by Cathy Carmode Lim
Big Girl Panties
By Stephanie Evanovich
William Morrow, $26.99, 336 pages
Check this out!
Not since
Jennifer
Cruise’s Bet
Me has such
a smart, witty, fun and
hot romance
slash ChickLit graced a
book sel ler’s
shelves. Holly
Brennan is
the novel’s
prerequisite
big girl. Recently widowed, Holly had turned to food
to manage the aching loss of her friend
and husband. But when a snafu on a plane
places her next to the nearly perfect fitness
guru to the stars, Logan Montgomery, Holly
decides to tackle the elephant in the room,
namely her size, and take advantage of his
offer of help. Soon the two aren’t just training together but dating as well.
No over the top cutesy sitcom of a novel,
the characters in Stephanie Evanovich’s
novel think, talk and act like your best
friends. Even as Logan is firmly enamored
with the newly slimmed down heroine, the
trainer in him can’t help but wonder, “How
can I help her get the last of the weight off?
Or maybe just a little bit of liposuction is
in order.” While not an overly romantic
thought, one can appreciate the realness
of the dialogue and situations. Despite its
rushed ending, Big Girl Panties is a modern day fairy tale complete with over the top
Prince Charming, dowdy turned beautiful
princess and the perfect, happily ever after.
Reviewed by Lanine Bradley
Americanah
By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Check this out!
When Ifemelu decided
to go to America for university, Obinze
had initially
planned
to
follow; however, he was
unable
to
obtain a US
visa even after multiple
attempts,
and instead settled for following an opportunity in England. The two lost touch
over the years as Ifemelu struggled through
the trials of depression and adapting to an
American way of life as what she called a
“Non-American Black.” Years later, Ifemelu
is a Princeton Fellow and a popular lifestyle
blogger on race, and Obinze is married,
leading a wealthy lifestyle in a new Nigeria.
The novel opens with Ifemelu and her decision to return home.
Ifemelu is likable, yet her obstinacy often
caused her to get in her own way. And although I was more sympathetic to Obinze’s
struggle in London than to Ifemelu’s in
America, I appreciated Ifemelu’s wit and humorous observations concerning other people. The transitions between past and present were seamless, and it was easy to live
vicariously through Ifemelu’s experiences
during the re-telling of hers and Obinze’s
pasts. Americanah is both a love story and
an engaging commentary on race with a
variety of characters, which readers will be
happy to see from modern fiction about cultural adjustment.
Beauty
By Brian D’Amato
Mulholland Books, $14.99, 448 pages
Check this out!
D’Amato’s
post moder n
take on the
American obsession with
image
addresses the
imperfection
of perfection
in an original
and haunting
manner. The
protagonist,
Jamie
Angelo, is an unlicensed plastic surgeon whose
ingenuity in art allows him to reshape or
recreate any face imaginable. His sharp
eye for spotting flaws in women makes
him compulsive about image, so when he
is tempted by the prospect of transforming his girlfriend Jaishree into his version
of utmost beauty, Jamie is unable to resist.
After the procedure, though her beauty is
unparalleled, Jamie constantly obsesses
over Jaishree, whom he has claimed as his
“creation,” which causes his secret surgeries
to become public. As he fights scrutiny from
the nation for his unnatural procedures, Jamie uncovers a horrific realization about his
surgeries that will change the idea of perfection forever.
The Giant, cont’d from Cover
Beauty is perfectly creepy without being too disturbing, and D’Amato’s writing is
Giant Mystery spread and grew as the giant
simple and easy to follow. Most of the charbecame a lucrative sideshow attraction reacters are trivial, but Jamie is interesting
calls simpler times when people were more
and complex; he’s like a grown up Holden
gullible than we are today. Or were they?
Caulfield in that he is clearly battling some
Murphy describes other famous hoaxes that
psychological problems, yet he somehow
managed to separate unwitting folk from
still attracts an emotional appeal from the
their money, including present-day scams
readers. Though certain minor aspects of
such as Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. This
the novel, like Jamie’s random interjections
well-told account of a historical event that
about the Mayans, are a little drawn out and
humbugged thousands of people enterboring, the overall concept of secret plastic
tains the reader while planting the question
surgeries is interesting enough to keep read“Would I have fallen for this?”
ers engaged. Readers will call into question
Reviewed by Marianne Stambaugh
their own ideals about self-image after reading this chillingly descriptive and insightful
novel.
Reviewed by Bailey Tulloch
Book Reviews
Category
Popular
Culture
book summaries.
World Peace and Other 4th-Grade
Achievements
By John Hunter
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25.00,
272 pages
What did you
do in fourth
grade? Did
you master
long division,
or delve into
the history
of the Civil
War,
or
expand your
vocabular y
skills?
The
kids in John
Hunter’s
fourth-grade
class negotiated lucrative trade agreements,
solved global warming, and saved the world.
World Peace and Other 4th-Grade
Achievements chronicles the lessons Hunter has learned from developing and running the World Peace Game, a weeks-long
interactive experiment where students try
to solve real-world problems in a complex,
multitiered simulation. Poverty, war, environmental cataclysm, terrorism, ethical
dilemmas... the game tackles all of these
issues and more. It’s a fascinating look at
empty space learning, where instead of regimented, test-based education, students are
encouraged to learn and fail by doing, developing social skills, a deeper sense of the
world’s complexity, and an appreciation for
hard questions. Hunter offers dozens of examples of problems encountered -- and circumvented -- by young minds, each with a
core lesson and something to celebrate.
Just reading this book gave me hope for
the future. World Peace and Other 4thGrade Achievements is a warm, funny, utterly optimistic testament to what creativity
can accomplish.
Who Owns the Future?
By Jaron Lanier
Simon & Schuster, $28.00, 400 pages
Check this out!
Those who
have information - ordinary folks
- are being
edged out of
the economic
future
by
those who
run the servers and mine
that information in order
to sell it to
advertisers.
This is the cautionary argument in virtual
reality pioneer Lanier’s new book. It’s a detailed but engaging read, and requires no
particular technical expertise. Structured
as a set of musings about the past, present,
and future of information and its controls,
Who Owns the Future ranges over politics,
information policy, the worldwide economy,
and the technology-using behavior of ordinary people.
Lanier argues that we are building a
future where tiny numbers of people will
benefit from owning the networks, and the
rest of us, and the economy, will suffer as a
result. Most of us are participants, whether willing or unwilling, in the new digital
economy, and it behooves us to think about
what that means and whether our current
structures will serve us well in the future.
Lanier’s book is an important contribution
to that conversation.
Reviewed by Laura Tarwater Scharp
rock in their own words. This is the story of
to an oral hisDetroit, Rock City.
tory of more
Reviewed by Axie Barclay
than
two
hundred interviews with
the
people
who rocked
D e t r o i t , Eruption, cont’d from pg. 2
from
fans
activity. But what is it that actually happens
to
promotwhen a volcano erupts, and what, if anyers, as well
thing, can be done to reduce the loss of life
as the musiwhen such a surprising event occurs? With
cians themspectacular photographs and wonderfully
selves.
The
detailed drawings, readers will learn the anbook reads like sitting at a big round table
swers. This fascinating book follows a VDAP
discussion, chatting with the people who
(The Volcano Disaster Assistance Program)
shaped it, worked it, and partied through it,
team as they train and work at the site of
from Bob Segar, Ted Nugent, and Iggy Pop,
Mt. Merapi in Indonesia. Readers are able
through the top musical venues of the day,
to understand what leads to the decision to
to when Kid Rock still rapped. Detroit Rock
disrupt lives and evacuate thousands, what
City tries to capture thirty years of Detroit
kind of destruction is wrought, and how
rock n’ roll, its attitude, and how it defined
quickly residents return and plants begin
American music.
to grow back. Every page is interesting and
On the con side, without a working
informative. The back of the book has terknowledge of the Detroit music scene or
rific resources for further reading. The book
the people involved, it’s a difficult book to
is designed for young people, but everyone
follow. There are a lot of people talking and
will enjoy it.
without background knowledge, keeping evReviewed by Rosi Hollinbeck
eryone straight and following the flow of the
conversation is a challenge. On the pro side,
Steve Miller lets the story flow from the
proverbial horse’s mouth, laying out the dialogue into a coherent whole, but largely letting his interviewees tell the story of Detroit
Detroit Rock City
By Steve Miller
Da Capo Lifelong Books, $16.99, 336 pages
Check this out!
“So why hasn’t anyone ever written a
book about Detroit’s rock scene and the influence it’s had on rock and roll?”
That question spurred Steve Miller to
pen Detroit Rock City: The Uncensored
History of Rock ‘n’ Roll in America’s Loudest City. Warning: “uncensored” translates
,
CHILDREN S NONFICTION
Book Reviews
Category
Picture Books
book summaries.
Mister and Lady Day: Billie Holiday and
the Dog Who Loved Her
By Amy Novesky and Vanessa Brantley
Newton (illustrator)
Clarion Books, $16.99, 32 pages
Check this out!
Billie Holiday
always
wanted to be
a singer, even
when
she
was a very
little girl. Her
dream was to
become a star.
And that is
exactly what
she did become. Being a star can be difficult
and sometimes lonely, but Lady Day loved
dogs and she had several through the years.
She had a tiny poodle that fit into her coat
pocket. Her Chihuahuas, Pepe and Chiquita,
were spoiled. She fed them with a baby bottle. Through the years she also had a brownand-white beagle, a Great Dane named
Gypsy, a wire-haired terrier named Bessie
Mae Moocho, and even a little mutt she
called Rajah Ravoy. But Lady Day’s favorite
dog was Mister, a boxer. She cooked for him
and took him for long walks at night. She
knit little sweaters for Mister and even had
a mink coat made for him. When Lady Day
has to go away for a long time, she worries if
Mister will remember her.
The illustrations by Vanessa Brantley
Newton are the real strength of this picture book. The sad story of Billie Holiday
demands a different point of view for a children’s book, and this certainly has that.
Fancy Nancy: Fanciest Doll in the
Universe
By Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser
(illustrator)
HarperCollins, $17.99, 32 pages
Check this out!
Fancy Nancy has the fanciest doll in the
world. Marabelle is a perfect doll – perfect
until Nancy’s little sister, JoJo, decides to
try her hand at being a tattoo artist using
Marabelle’s tummy for her art work. Nancy
is devastated. That is fancy for really upset.
But Nancy’s mother assures her that no one
will see the tattoo when Marabelle is wearing a dress. Marabelle, Nancy, and her moth-
er go to a fancy dress gala
for girls and
their dolls at
the Ardsley
Park Hotel.
Even though
other dolls
are
wearing the same
ensembles,
Nancy is sure
Marabelle is the prettiest. Marabelle cannot
try on new dresses in the doll dress shop,
or someone might see her tummy tattoo. At
lunch, Nancy notices something odd about
Marabelle’s eye, then discovers some of her
hair is gone! When she checks, she finds it
isn’t Marabelle. There is no tummy tattoo.
How can they find the real Marabelle?
Jane O’Connor will not disappoint her
many fans with this extremely cute story,
and, of course, the artwork of Robin Preiss
Glasser is as charming as all the other books
in this terrific picture book series.
Don’t Eat the Baby
By Amy Young
Viking Juvenile, $16.99, 32 pages
Check this out!
Being
a
big brother
is a very important job.
When Tom’s
new brother
comes home,
Tom
finds
out just how
important his
job is. He has
to protect Nathaniel from almost everyone,
because everyone, it seems, wants to eat the
baby! All the trouble begins when the baby
comes home from the hospital, and Grandma says how she “could just take a big bite
out of him.” Super Brother Tom runs and
gets a cookie for Grandma which seems to
satisfy her hunger because she doesn’t eat
the baby. Auntie Lulu says she could just
eat him up. Tom quickly distracts her. They
have a party so everyone can see the baby.
Auntie Clarabelle says he’s yummy and
See Don’t Eat Baby, cont’d on page 12
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Weird-But-True Facts About Gross Things
by Lauren Coss
This book contains loads of quirky,
cool and astonishing facts about some
of the grossest stuff on Earth.
Weird But True! 5 by the National Geographic Society
This book presents 300 all-new,
brain-bending facts and eye-popping
illustrations on science, animals, food,
space, pop culture, geography and
everything else imaginable. Did you
know lemons can power lightbulbs, or
that some goats can climb trees?
Start to Stitch by Nancy Nicholson
Containing full instructions on the materials
and methods for four classic textile
crafts – embroidery, appliqué, quilting
and patchwork – this book gives children
the techniques and confidence to make
fantastic decorative and practical pieces,
from cushions and bags to cellphone
cozies and book covers. Featuring bright,
colorful, kid-friendly designs and numerous
photographs so children clearly can grasp the techniques, Start
to Stitch is a perfect introduction for children who want to learn
textile crafts and begin making their own gifts and accessories.
How to Survive on a Desert Island by Jim Pipe
This book, which is part of the Tough
Guides series, details techniques
and strategies for staying alive while
marooned on a desert island, including
how to start a fire, find food and water,
and deal with mental anguish.
How Do You Burp in Space? And Other Tips
Every Space Tourist Needs
to Know by Susan E. Goodman
Space tourists suit up! This playful nonfiction
guide to space travel will prep you for your
next intergalactic vacation. Want to blast into
orbit? Walk on the moon? Snag a personal
photo of a shooting star? Well your time
is coming! And when it does, you’re going
to need How Do You Burp in Space?! This guide is filled with the
kind of information you’d need to plan any vacation including what
to pack (hint: no bubble bath or juggling balls), what to expect
from your accommodations (a sleeping bag attached to the wall)
and what to do for fun (leapfrog on the moon). Grounded in the
history of space travel and the planned future of space tourism,
this guide will leave young adventurers daydreaming about future
intergalactic space vacations. Get ready to rock your rocket ship!
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adult/teen
events
Bixby Library
A-Book-A-Month Discussion Group
Wednesday, Aug. 28 • 2-3 p.m.
Read Woody Guthrie's "House of
Earth" and then join us for this lively
discussion. For adults.
Central Library
Learn about the Civil War at this
fascinating living history event
featuring engaging presentations
and performances commemorating
the 150th anniversary of the battle
of Gettysburg. Discover the many
resources available at the library for
Civil War researchers, plus visit the
Children's Department for ongoing
activities and games. Scheduled
presentations include: Civil War
stories, 10:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.;
music of the Civil War, 11:30 a.m.; and
reading of the Gettysburg Address,
noon. Take a step back in time and
join us for this family friendly event.
This event complements author Jim
Murphy's visit to Tulsa to receive the
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Tulsa Library Trust's 2013 Anne V.
Zarrow Award for Young Readers'
Literature. Murphy will receive the
award on Aug. 23 at 7 p.m. at
Gilcrease Museum. For all ages.
Sponsored by the Tulsa Library Trust.
The Woody Guthrie Center
Red Dirt Roundup
Thursday, Aug. 8 • 7-8:30 p.m.
Location: Aaronson Auditorium
Cap your One Book, One Tulsa
experience of Woody Guthrie's
"House of Earth" with a concert
featuring the Red Dirt style of music
pioneered by Guthrie himself. Come
and enjoy the uniquely Oklahoma
sound of the Red Dirt Rangers and
Monica Taylor as they salute Guthrie's
musical talent. For all ages. Sponsored
by the Woody Guthrie Center and
Tulsa Library Trust.
Meet Author Jim Murphy: Winner
of the Anne V. Zarrow Award
for Young Readers' Literature
Location: Gilcrease Museum,
1400 N. Gilcrease Museum Road
Jim Murphy masterfully makes history
come alive in his more than 30
nonfiction books for children and
young adults. Murphy will receive the
2013 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young
Readers' Literature, speak about his
life and works, and sign books. Copies
of his books will be available for
purchasing. For all ages. Sponsored
by the Tulsa Library Trust with special
thanks to Gilcrease Museum.
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Collinsville Library
All Thumbs Knitting Group
Wednesdays, Aug. 7, 14 • 1-3 p.m.
All levels of knitting expertise are
welcome to join us for this fun and
instructional afternoon. For adults.
Comedy of Errors Book Group
Tuesday, Aug. 13 • noon-1 p.m.
Join this fun group of readers for a
lively discussion. Participants should
read the selected book prior the
meeting. Contact the library for book
title. For adults. Sponsored by the
Friends of the Collinsville Library.
Patchworkers
Tuesday, Aug. 13 • 7-8 p.m.
If you want to learn to quilt or are
an experienced quilter, join us for
an informative and fun evening. For
adults.
Hardesty Regional
Library
Planning Unequal Gifts
to Your Children
Wednesday, Aug. 14 • noon-1 p.m.
Join attorney Rita A. Foster as she
discusses wills, revocable trusts,
powers of attorney and other estateplanning documents. Plus, learn how
to avoid probate. For adults. Seating
is limited. For more information or
to reserve a seat, call 918-549-7363.
Sponsored by the Tulsa Library Trust.
Commemorate the Civil War
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2013 Young People's Creative Writing
Contest Awards Presentation
Location: Connor's Cove
Jim Murphy, winner of the Tulsa Library
Trust's 2013 Anne V. Zarrow Award
for Young Readers' Literature, will
present awards to contest winners,
speak about his life and works, and
sign books. Copies of his books will
be available for purchasing. For all
ages. Sponsored by the Tulsa Library
Trust, KWGS Public Radio 89.5, Tulsa
Performing Arts Center Trust and
Urban Tulsa Weekly.
Helmerich Library
eBook and Audiobook Clinic
Thursday, Aug. 22 • 5:30-7 p.m.
Bring your e-reader, tablet or
smartphone, and get assistance
checking out and downloading
eBooks and audiobooks from the
library's collection. Registration is
required. Call 918-549-7631 to register.
Seating is limited to 20 attendees. For
adults and teens.
PHAT: Teen Advisory Board Meeting
Tuesday, Aug. 27 • 3:45-5 p.m.
Join us for this first fall session of PHAT –
the Peggy Helmerich Advisory Teens!
We will share books, enjoy snacks and
discuss programming. For teens.
Hearing loop available.
Switch hearing aid to T-coil.
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Martin Regional
Library
Teen Time
Wednesdays, Aug. 7, 14, 21 • 3-4 p.m.
Join us for Wii and board games and
other fun activities and snacks. For
tweens and teens.
Vampire Tracker
Monday, Aug. 12 • 4-4:45 p.m.
Test your vampire knowledge and
earn your fangs! Join fellow Trackers
on the quest to find the history of the
Fallen Ones. For ages 10-15.
Literacy Tutor Training
(Registration Deadline: Friday, Aug. 16)
Saturdays, Aug. 17, 24
9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Tulsa City-County Library's Ruth G.
Hardman Adult Literacy Service
needs volunteer tutors to help adults
improve their reading and writing skills.
Tutors must be 18 years or older and
have graduated from high school.
Each trained volunteer is matched
e v e n t s
with an adult student to provide
one-to-one tutoring once or twice a
week. Volunteers are asked to make
a one-year commitment to tutor.
Tutors must complete both sessions of
this workshop. Registration is required.
The registration deadline is Friday,
Aug. 16. To register for the workshop
or for dates of additional workshops
scheduled throughout the year,
call 918-549-7400 or click on www.
tulsalibrary.org/literacy. Sponsored by
the Tulsa Library Trust and Friends of
the Tulsa City-County Libraries.
Manga Ai!
Saturday, Aug. 17 • 2-3 p.m.
Munch on Pocky and meet up
with other manga fans to discuss
your favorite books and movies,
characters and plot twists from this
popular Japanese publishing trend.
For sixth-graders and up.
Vampire Tracker (The Next Level)
Monday, Aug. 26 • 4-4:45 p.m.
Study the vampire hunters from history
and how they destroyed their prey.
For ages 10-15.
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Back-to-School Book Covers
Monday, Aug. 26 • 4-5 p.m.
Do your new school books look
plain, ratty or boring? Join us for this
workshop to make new book covers
for your school books. For ages 11-18.
SCHUSTERMAN-BENSON
Library
Mystery Readers Roundtable
Thursday, Aug. 1 • 2-3 p.m.
Come for coffee and talk about
the mysteries you've been reading.
For adults.
Rudisill Regional
Library
Suburban Acres
Library
Job Lab
Update your résumé, search for
jobs online or explore a new career
in this special computer lab just for
job seekers. You will have access to
Microsoft Office software and the
Internet. USB flash drives are available
for purchasing, or you can bring your
own to save your work. Standard
printing charges apply. Library staff
and resources will be in the lab to
provide assistance. Registration is
required. Call 918-549-7645 to register
For adults.
Sista' Chat Book Club
Saturday, Aug. 17 • noon-2 p.m.
Read "Danger at Every Turn" by
Devon Vaughn Archer and then join
us for this lively discussion. For adults.
Zarrow Regional
Library
Minecraft Night
Thursday, Aug. 29 • 6-8 p.m.
Put your imagination to the test
building your own world in the
popular computer game Minecraft.
For ages 10-18.
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c o m p u t e r
computer
classes
Hardesty Regional
Library
CLASSES ARE limited to 18 on a
first-come, first-served basis.
Really Basic PC Class
Tuesday, Aug. 6 • 9:30-11 a.m.
This class is designed for new PC users
who have little or no experience
using Windows, a mouse or the
Internet, and little knowledge of basic
computer terms.
MS Excel 1
This class shows how to use this
spreadsheet resource. You will
learn how to create formulas, use
automatic fill and change basic
formatting. You should take MS Word
2 and have some experience using a
mouse prior to taking this class.
MS Excel 2
This class shows how to create and
edit formulas, and apply functions
and advanced formatting to your
spreadsheets and workbooks. You
should take MS Excel 1 prior to taking
this class.
Internet @ the Library
Tuesday, Aug. 20 • 9:30-11 a.m.
Did you know that as a library
cardholder you can access many
specialized databases for free?
Legal forms, an auto repair center,
a national directory and magazine/
newspaper archives are just a few of
our "Deep Web" resources. In this class
we'll also share tips on how to search
the online catalog successfully.
MS Excel 3
This class teaches how to use Excel
to create visual representations of
spreadsheet and workbook data.
You'll learn how to create charts,
apply conditional formatting and
control the appearance of printed
spreadsheets. You should take MS
Excel 2 prior to taking this class.
c l a s s e s
word-processing program to create
various kinds of documents. You will
learn how to use toolbars and menus,
set margins, apply spell check, and
preview, save and print documents.
You should have some experience
using a computer keyboard and
MS Word 2
Saturday, Aug. 10 • 10 a.m.-noon
This class shows you how to create
and format tables, use bulleted and
numbered lists, and apply and format
columns in a document. You should
take MS Word 1 prior to attending.
formatting. You should take MS Word
2 and have some experience using a
MS Word 4
Take your MS Word skills to the next
level. Explore mail merge, use tables
to perform calculations and create
onscreen forms. You should take MS
Word 3 prior to taking this class.
Zarrow Regional
Library
for adults. Class SIZES ARE limited.
Tuesday, Aug. 13 • 1:30-3:30 p.m.
This class is designed for people
with little or no experience using the
Internet. You will learn to navigate the
World Wide Web and use the library's
catalog system and online resources.
Really Basic Computer Class
Wednesday, Aug. 21 • 1:30-2:30 p.m.
This class is designed for new
computer users who have little or no
previous experience using computers,
Windows, a mouse or the Internet,
and little or no knowledge of basic
computer terms.
Martin Regional
Library
MS Word 3
This class demonstrates additional
formatting functions in MS Word.
You will learn how to create and
use borders and shading, headers
and footers, page numbering and
drawing tools. You should take MS
Word 2 prior to taking this class.
Wednesday, Aug. 28 • 1:30-3:30 p.m.
This class is designed for people
with little or no experience using the
Internet. You will learn to navigate the
World Wide Web and use the library's
catalog system and online resources.
MS Word 1
Tuesday, Aug. 27 • 1:30-3:30 p.m.
MS Excel 1
Tuesday, Aug. 20 • 1:30-3:30 p.m.
spreadsheet resource. You will
learn how to create formulas, use
automatic fill and change basic
Introduction to MS PowerPoint
This class shows how to use
this resource to create group
presentations and slide shows. You
should take MS Word 2 prior to taking
this class.
CLASSES ARE LIMITED TO 12 ON A
FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS.
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c h i l d r e n ' s
children’s
events
Brookside Library
Preschool Storytime
Wednesdays, Aug. 7, 14, 21, 28
10:15-10:45 a.m.
For ages 2-5. An adult must
accompany 2-year-olds.
My First Storytime
11-11:20 a.m.
For newborns to 24-month-olds and
their caregivers.
Collinsville Library
Herman and Kate
Kaiser Library
kendall-whittier
Library
Sensory Storytime
Saturday, Aug. 17 • 10:30-noon
Sensory Storytime is an interactive
and educational program that can
be enjoyed by all children, but is
especially designed for children with
sensory integration challenges. It
combines books, songs, movement
and therapeutic activities to stimulate
all five senses and promote learning. If
your child has difficulty sitting through
one of the library's other storytimes,
this inclusive program of stories,
songs and activities may be just what
you are looking for! For ages 1-7
and their caregivers. Registration is
required. Class size is limited. Register
online at http://kids.tulsalibrary.org/
sensorystorytime or by calling
918-549-7542.
Bilingual Storytime at the Health
Department
Thursday, Aug. 1 • 9-9:30 a.m.
Location: Health Department,
315 S. Utica
Enjoy stories in English and Spanish.
For all ages.
Preschool Storytime
Wednesdays, Aug. 21, 28
10:30-10:55 a.m.
For ages 3-5.
Stories From the Rocking Chair
Tuesdays, Aug. 6, 13, 20, 27
10:30-11 a.m.
Join us for stories, songs, crafts and
more. For newborns to 4-year-olds
and their caregivers.
PAWS for Reading
Registered therapy dogs are excellent
listeners. Kids ages 5-12 are invited to
read their favorite books to a furry,
four-pawed friend. Each reader will
receive a free book provided by the
e v e n t s
Bilingual Storytime
Tuesdays, Aug. 6, 13 • 10-10:45 a.m.
Enjoy stories in English and Spanish.
For ages 3-5.
Martin Regional
Library
Bilingual Storytime
Thursdays, Aug. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
10-10:30 a.m.
6:30-7 p.m.
Enjoy stories, songs and activities in
English and Spanish. For ages 5 and
younger.
My First Storytime
Thursdays, Aug. 22, 29
10:30-10:55 a.m.
For newborns to 2-year-olds and
their caregivers.
Travels With Irina: Russian
Bilingual Storytime
Saturdays, Aug. 3, 10 • 10:30-11 a.m.
Come and discover Russian language
and culture through stories, rhymes,
music and more! For all ages.
Move to the Music
Thursday, Aug. 29 • 11-11:30 a.m.
Join the Midtown School of
Performing Arts and explore music
and movement together with songs,
dances, instruments and more. For
ages 2-5 and their caregivers. Class
size is limited.
Stay and Play Storytime
Tuesdays, Aug. 6, 13, 20 • 10-11 a.m.
Enjoy fun and imaginative stories
and then stay after for games and
activities that foster important early
literacy skills. For ages 5 and younger.
Vampire Tracker
Monday, Aug. 12 • 4-4:45 p.m.
Test your vampire knowledge and
earn your fangs! Join fellow Trackers
on the quest to find the history of the
Fallen Ones. For ages 10-15.
Travels With Irina: Spanish Bilingual
Storytime
Saturdays, Aug. 17, 24, 31
10:30-11 a.m. • Enjoy stories, songs,
and activities in English and Spanish!
For ages 5 and younger.
Vampire Tracker (The Next Level)
Monday, Aug. 26 • 4-4:45 p.m.
Study the vampire hunters from history
and how they destroyed their prey.
For ages 10-15.
Music and Me!
Tuesday, Aug. 27 • 10:30-11 a.m.
This fun high-energy program features
instruments, scarves, movement
and more. For ages 1-5 and their
caregivers.
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Storytime With Miss Nha
Thursdays, Aug. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
10:30-11 a.m.
Join us for stories, finger plays, Mother
Goose rhymes and dancing. For ages
4 and younger.
PAWS for Reading
Saturday, Aug. 24 • 2-3 p.m.
listeners. Kids ages 5-12 ae invited to
read their favorite books to a furry,
four-pawed friend. Each reader will
receive a free book provided by the
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Owasso Library
My First Storytime
Tuesdays, Aug. 6, 13, 20, 27
9:30-9:45 a.m. • For newborns to
2-year-olds and their caregivers.
Preschool Storytime
Tuesdays, Aug. 6, 13, 20, 27
10-10:30 a.m.
For ages 3-5.
Stay and Play
Tuesdays, Aug. 6, 13, 20, 27
10:30-11 a.m. • For babies and
toddlers, playing is learning! After our
regularly scheduled storytime, join
e v e n t s
c o n t i n u e d
us for games, toys and activities that
foster critical early literacy skills. For
ages 1-5 and their caregivers.
SchustermanBenson Library
Homeschool Storytime
Tuesdays, Aug. 6, 13, 20, 27
1:30-2:30 p.m. • Join us for stories and
a craft. For ages 5-12.
Preschool Storytime
Tuesdays, Aug. 6, 13, 20, 27
10:30 a.m. • For ages 3-5.
Rudisill Regional
Library
Open House for Students and Parents
Take a tour of the library and learn
what the library has to offer students
returning to school. For ages 5-12 and
their parents. Sponsored by the Tulsa
Library Trust.
My First Storytime
10-10:20 a.m. • 10:30-10:50 a.m.
For newborns to 2-year-olds and their
caregivers.
PAWS for Reading
Monday, Aug. 12 • 3:30-4:30 p.m.
listeners. Kids ages 5-12 are invited to read
their favorite books to a furry, four-pawed
friend. Each reader will receive a free
book provided by the Tulsa Library Trust.
tulsa city-county library locations
1 Bixby Library
20 E. Breckenridge, 74008 • 918-549-7514
M, 10-8; T-Th, 12-8; Fri., 12-6; Sat., 10-5
2 Broken Arrow Library
300 W. Broadway, 74012 • 918-549-7500
M-Th, 10-8; Fri., 10-6; Sat., 10-5
3 Broken Arrow Library/South
3600 S. Chestnut, 74011 • 918-549-7662
M-Th, 10-8; Fri.-Sat., 10-5
4 Brookside Library
1207 E. 45th Place, 74105 • 918-549-7507
M-Th, 10-8; Fri., 10-6; Sat., 10-5
5 Central Library
400 Civic Center, 74103 • 918-549-7323
*M-Th, 9-9; Fri.-Sat., 9-5
*Beginning Aug. 12, Central will close at 6 p.m.
6 Charles Page Library
551 E. Fourth St., Sand Springs, 74063
918-549-7521 • M-Th, 10-8; Fri.-Sat., 10-5
7 Collinsville Library
1223 Main, 74021 • 918-549-7528
M-Th, 12-8; Fri., 12-5; Sat., 10-5
8 Genealogy Center
2901 S. Harvard, 74114 • 918-549-7691
M-W, 10-5; Th, 1-8; Fri.-Sat., 10-5
9 Glenpool Library
730 E. 141st St., 74033 • 918-549-7535
M-Th, 12-8; Fri., 12-5; Sat., 10-5
10 Hardesty Regional Library and
Connor’s Cove
8316 E. 93rd St., 74133 • 918-549-7550
M-Th, 9-9; Fri., 9-6; Sat., 9-5; Sun., 1-5
11 Helmerich Library
5131 E. 91st St., 74137 • 918-549-7631
M-Th, 10-8; Fri.-Sat., 10-5
12 Herman and Kate Kaiser Library
5202 S. Hudson Ave., Suite B, 74135
918-549-7542 • M-Th, 10-8; Fri., 10-6; Sat., 10-5
13 Jenks Library
523 W. B St., 74037 • 918-549-7570
M-T, 12-8; W-Th, 10-6; Fri., 12-5; Sat., 10-5
14 Judy Z. Kishner Library
10150 N. Cincinnati Ave. E., Sperry
74073 • 918-549-7577
M-T, 12-7; W, 10-5; Th, 12-7; Fri., 12-5; Sat., 10-5
15 Kendall-Whittier Library
21 S. Lewis, 74104 • 918-549-7584
M-Th, 10-8; Fri.-Sat., 10-5
16 Martin Regional Library and
Hispanic Resource Center
2601 S. Garnett Road, 74129 • 918-549-7590
M-Th, 9-9; Fri., 9-6; Sat., 9-5; Sun., 1-5
17 Maxwell Park Library
1313 N. Canton, 74115 • 918-549-7610
M-F, 10-6; Sat., 10-5
18 Nathan Hale Library
6038 E. 23rd St., 74114 • 918-549-7617
M, 10-8; T-Th, 10-6; Fri.-Sat., 10-5
19 Owasso Library
103 W. Broadway, 74055 • 918-549-7624
M-Th, 10-8; Fri., 10-6; Sat., 10-5
20 Pratt Library
3219 S. 113th W. Ave., Sand Springs,
74063 • 918-549-7638
M-Th, 10-8; Fri.-Sat., 10-5
21 Rudisill Regional Library and
African-American Resource Center
1520 N. Hartford, 74106 • 918-549-7645
M-Th, 9-9; Fri.-Sat., 9-5; Sun., 1-5
22 Schusterman-Benson Library
3333 E. 32nd Place, 74135 • 918-549-7670
M-Th, 10-8; Fri.-Sat., 10-5
23 Skiatook Library
316 E. Rogers, 74070 • 918-549-7676
M, 12-8; T-Th, 10-6; Fri.-Sat., 11-5
24 Suburban Acres Library
4606 N. Garrison, 74126 • 918-549-7655
M-Th, 10-6; Fri.-Sat., 11-5
25 Zarrow Regional Library and
American Indian Resource Center
2224 W. 51st St., 74107 • 918-549-7683
M-Th, 9-9; Fri.-Sat., 9-5; Sun., 1-5
skiatook Library
Preschool Storytime
Thursdays • 11 a.m.-noon
Join us for stories, rhymes, songs and a
craft. For newborns to 6-year-olds and
their caregivers.
Aug. 1 • Bubbles, Bubbles, Bubbles!
Aug. 8 • Classic Tales
Aug. 15 • Dino Day
Aug. 22 • I've Got Rhythm
Aug. 29 • Author Day: Bill Martin
Have You Heard?
Tuesday, Aug. 13 • 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Join us as we explore an incredible
book through reading, discussion and
a fun activity. For ages 5-12.
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BIBLIOTECA REGIONAL MARTIN
Computación e Internet
para Principiantes
Viernes, 2 de agosto
10:15 a.m.-12 p.m.
Esta clase es para las personas
con poca o ninguna experiencia
usando computadoras y el Internet.
Los familiarizará con el uso y la
terminología de la computación.
Para todas las edades.
Computación para Principiantes
Miércoles, 7 de agosto
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Esta clase es para personas con
poca o ninguna experiencia
usando computadoras y el internet.
Los familiarizará con el uso y la
terminología de la computación.
Para todas las edades.
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Choose from nearly 40 languages and learn by listening
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Aula de práctica
10:15 a.m.-12 p.m.
Abrimos el salón de cómputo
para los que quieran aprovechar
el tiempo para practicar con el
teclado y con el ratón o para
practicar navegar el Internet,
llenar formularios o aplicaciones.
La maestra estará presente como
personal de apoyo. Para todas las
edades.
Correo Electrónico,
Facebook, Internet
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Les enseñaremos cómo crear una
cuenta de correo electrónico,
cómo usarla para enviar, recibir
correo y conectar la misma con
Facebook. Para todas las edades.
Correo Electrónico I
10:15 a.m.-12 p.m.
Les enseñaremos cómo crear una
cuenta de correo electrónico y
cómo usarla para enviar y recibir
correo. Para todas las edades.
Patrocinado por el Centro Hispano
y el Fideicomiso de las Bibliotecas
de Tulsa. Informes al 918-549-7597.
TulsaLibrary.org/hrc
Tarjetas y Volantes
Promocionales (Usos de
Microsoft Word y/o Publisher)
6:30-8:30 p.m.
En esta clase aprenderemos el uso
de los programas Microsoft Word y
Publisher y su aplicación en como
redactar cartas, currículo vitae,
tarjetas de cumpleaños, bodas,
volantes para promocionar eventos
familiares, negocios, etc. Para todas
las edades.
Correo Electrónico II
10:15 a.m.-12 p.m.
Les enseñaremos cómo usar
el correo electrónico más
eficientemente, creando carpetas,
abriendo archivos, guardando
fotos. Para todas las edades.
Aula de práctica
10:15 a.m.-12 p.m.
Abrimos el salón de cómputo
para los que quieran aprovechar
el tiempo para practicar con el
teclado y con el ratón o para
practicar navegar el Internet,
llenar formularios o aplicaciones.
La maestra estará presente como
personal de apoyo. Para todas las
edades.
programas
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BIBLIOTECA REGIONAL MARTIN
Cuentitos Bilingües
Jueves, 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 de agosto
10-10:30 a.m.
Miércoles, 7, 14, 21, 28 de agosto
6:30-7 p.m.
Disfruta cuentos, canciones, y
actividades en inglés y español.
Para niños de 0 a 5 años.
Viajes con Irina: Cuentos
Bilingües (Español)
Sábado, 17, 24, 31 de agosto
10:30-11 a.m.
Cuentos, canciones y actividades
en inglés y español. Para niños de 0
a 5 años.
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Jim Murphy’s “The Long Road to Gettysburg” Comes Alive!
Central Library
Fourth Street and Denver Avenue
918.549.7323
For all ages
Learn about the Civil War at this fascinating living
history event featuring engaging presentations and
performances commemorating the 150th anniversary
of the battle of Gettysburg. Discover the many resources
available at the library for Civil War researchers, plus
visit the Children’s Department for ongoing activities
and games.
Scheduled presentations include:
Civil War Stories • 10:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
Music of the Civil War • 11:30 a.m.
Reading of the Gettysburg Address • noon
•
•
•
This event complements the 2013 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers’
Literature honoring Jim Murphy.
Author Jim Murphy Coming to Tulsa Aug. 23 and 24!
Jim Murphy is the winner of the Tulsa Library Trust’s 2013 Anne V. Zarrow Award for
Young Readers’ Literature. Murphy masterfully makes history come alive in his more than 30
nonfiction books for children and young adults. Murphy will speak about his life and works,
and sign books at the following public presentations.
Zarrow Award Presentation
Gilcrease Museum • 1400 Gilcrease Museum Road
Young People’s Creative Writing Contest Awards Presentation
Hardesty Regional Library, Connor’s Cove • 8316 E. 93rd St.
Book Reviews
Category
Tween Reads
book summaries.
The Truth of Me
By Patricia MacLachlan
Katherine Tegen, $14.99, 120 pages
Check this out!
Robbie is
an only child,
but he has
a dog, Ellie,
who is his
best friend.
His parents
are musicians
and seem to
love
their
music more
than they love
Robbie. His
parents are
going
away
for the summer, traveling to Europe to
give concerts. Robbie doesn’t mind. He will
be staying with his grandmother, Maddy,
who is his other best friend. She is happy
to have Robbie stay with her and bring Ellie along. Robbie loves to stay with Maddy.
She’s fun and she loves Robbie as much as he
loves her. Maddy has a garden, but doesn’t
mind that the rabbits eat her lettuce. She
is friends with the animals. Her neighbor,
Henry, is the local doctor, and Robbie thinks
he’s a special friend. Henry cooks for them
most of the time because Maddy doesn’t like
to cook. When Robbie, Ellie, and Maddy go
camping in the woods, the animals come to
visit and it’s wonderful. But then something
terrible happens. Can Robbie save the day?
This charming book is beautifully written and has an authentic voice that will
speak to children seven to nine. The story is
compelling and the characters are engaging.
Season of Change (Sisters in All
Seasons)
By Lisa Williams Kline
Zonderkids, $10.99, 240 pages
Check this out!
Stephanie and Diana are back in this
final book of the Sisters in All Seasons series. While some things in their lives have
settled down, new and perhaps life-changing difficulties face them. The girls have not
only reached a certain peace in their lives,
but have truly become friends. When they
overhear their parents (Diana’s mother and
Stephanie’s father who are married) talk-
ing about going away for a
long weekend
of marriage
counseling ,
the girls are
rattled. Could
their family
come apart?
Their parents
don’t tell them
what is going
on, but say
they are just
going away,
and the girls are to stay with Diana’s grandparents. Stephanie hardly knows them, but
can’t stay with her mother because she is
also going away. Once the girls settle in at
the grandparents, Stephanie’s mother calls
and says she will take her after all. After a
day of shopping, Stephanie’s mother tells
her she is leaving, and Stephanie will be
left with her step-brother. Things get really complicated and the girls’ loyalty and
friendship is truly tested.
Fans of the series will be well satisfied
with Lisa Williams Kline’s final episode of
this very blended family.
Crush
By Gary Paulsen
Yearling, $6.99, 144 pages
Check this out!
Fourteenyear-old
Kevin Spencer is in love.
Tina is the
most perfect,
most beautiful,
bestsmelling girl
in the world,
but
Kevin
just doesn’t
know how to
approach her.
When a new kid, Cash Devine, is assigned
to have Tina be his guide, Kevin realizes he
had better make his move soon or he will
be out of luck. But Kevin doesn’t know how
to ask a girl out. He doesn’t know what roSee Crush, cont’d on page 15
YOUTH FICTION
COMING SOON
Stranger Things
by David Lubar
When ordinary third-grader Ed finds
a coin with the words “strange” and
“stranger” on both sides, weird things
start happening around him, but when
his friends start blaming him for all
the weirdness Ed wonders if this coin
is not too strange for comfort.
The Northern Frights
by Derek the Ghost;
scary pictures by Scott M. Fischer
Charles Nukid and his friends are
chosen to be exchange students at
Scary School’s terrifying counterpart,
Scream Academy, where they encounter
polter-bears, abominable snowmen,
trolls and the dreaded Ice Dragon.
Journey to Juno
by Ray O’Ryan
On the planet Nebulon in 2120, Zack
joins his school’s Explorer’s Club and
visits Juno, a planet made of crystals,
but he is less than thrilled when he
is partnered with the class bully.
Odessa Again
by Dana Reinhardt
When 9-year-old Odessa Green-Light
stomps out her frustration at being sent to
her room after shoving her annoying little
brother, one particularly big stomp sends
Odessa flying through the floorboards
and mysteriously 24 hours back in time.
Don’t Chicken Out
by Shawn K. Stout;
illustrated by Victoria Ying
Determined to prove that she is capable of
doing things on her own, Fiona promises to
watch over the chickens at the local county
fair and gets a lesson in being responsible.
Book Reviews
Category
Cookbooks
book summaries.
Ultimate Nachos: From Nachos and
Guacamole to Salsas and Cocktails
By Lee Frank, Rachel Anderson
St. Martin’s Griffin, $19.99, 144 pages
Check this out!
Nachos
are delicious,
but they don’t
usually offer a
lot of variety.
They involve
some combination of
chips, cheese,
meat, beans,
sour cream, guacamole, and peppers: delicious, but always the same. This book is out
to change that, offering nacho recipes that
range from the classic (Ball Park Nachos) to
the innovative (Autumnal Nachos, featuring
butternut squash and maple syrup). Some
are even a little kooky (Nacho Dumplings,
Tortilla Chip Torte), but all are exciting and
full of flavor. The authors cover everything
– salsas, guacamoles (with winning recipes
from their annual Guactacular), breakfasts,
appetizers, main courses, desserts, drinks,
and extras (jalapeño jelly, anyone?).
The directions are relatively easy to follow, and the ingredients are mostly easy
to come by. The pages are full of mouthwatering pictures that are sure to inspire
you. The book will not stay open, but this is
easily remedied with a bookmark and a lot
of flipping. The most important part of any
cookbook, however, is the food, and Ultimate Nachos does spectacularly well in this
category. The Black and Blue Burger Nachos
were a huge hit, and I am already planning
a dinner consisting solely of tortilla chips
and lots of salsas and guacamoles, mainly
because I cannot wait to try them all. If you
enjoy nachos at all, you will like this book.
Reviewed by Audrey Curtis
Make Your Own Soda
By Anton Nocito
Clarkson Potter Publishers, $14.99,
144 pages
Check this out!
Join the trend of homemade sodas, and
leave artificially-sweetened landfill-loading
sodas in the dust! You don’t need any fancy
tools to enjoy
the fresh flavor of syrups,
cocktails,
shrubs, floats
and more in
your
own
home.
You
can buy seltzer water to
add to your
homemade
flavorings, or use a carbonating machine if
you are serious about enjoying fizzy drinks
often - either way, this book can turn your
kitchen into a veritable old-fashioned soda
fountain! Getting Started outlines the basics of home soda making and the few tools
you’ll be using, as well as a variety of sweeteners you can choose from including honey,
sugar, and maple syrup. Then follows five
chapters of recipes: a chapter on farm-fresh
syrups covers fruity flavors including such
classics as a Cherry Lime Rickey, and new favorites like Huckleberry Syrup. The chapter
on pantry syrups introduces us to Chocolate
Syrup, Vanilla Syrup, and more. Yes, you
can replace Torani and Hershey’s Flavorless
with your own tasteful mixes! Read on for
Egg Creams, Egg Shakes, and Ice Cream Sodas - an especially delectable chapter filled
with such delights as Chocolate Malt Egg
Shake and Classic Black and White, including custard-based ice creams to top your
soda! Finish the book with classy cocktails
and a final chapter on hot drinks, and you
have an entire year of delightful, refreshing
beverages at your fingertips.
Reviewed by Andrea Huehnerhoff
Gluten-Free Girl Every Day
By Shauna James Ahern
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $29.99,
320 pages
Check this out!
The average gluten-free cookbook expends so much energy focusing on glutenfreeness that, ungratefully, you spend so
much time recreating once-glutenized comestibles of rice flour and potato starch that
you miss out on the extravagance of foods
that are come from the earth already glutenfree. Thankfully, this book is far from aver-
gluten-free to enjoy gluten-free recipes any
age. Skillful
more, just like you don’t need to be a vegrecipes cometarian to enjoy vegetables.
bine beautiful
What if you are 100% gluten-free? This
i n g re d ie nt s
book will realize your dreams of longwith simple
missed indulgences like creamy buttermilk
methodology
waffles and fluffy, airy biscuits. Not ignothat result in
rant of the less palatable facts of life, the rea succulence
viewer of this book is well aware of the fact
and
exquithat frequently, longtime gluten-free eaters
site complexhave lost the fine distinction between what
ity you never
constitutes a really good piece of bread and
thought could emerge from such simple
a piece of cardboard, and claim the heralded
ingredients. Focusing on clean, fresh, and
quinoa muffin tastes exactly like a decadesas often as possible local ingredients, the
old memory of a Twinkie. Aware of this, we
gluten-free girl teaches how little it takes to
prepared an exhaustive list of recipes from
amaze when you choose the right compothe book and passed them off to sworn glunents.
ten-loving carbaholics without their knowlWhy is gluten-free becoming so trendy?
edge of what they really were. The only comNot everybody has a gluten intolerance per
ments these foods received were along the
se, although we are becoming more cognilines of “more,” and, “are there any left?” We
zant of its prevalence in our collective bodconsidered them approved.
ies; but it is becoming common knowledge
Decadently dotted with sumptuous food
that modern generations of hybridized
photography of extortionate proportions,
grains, so far-removed from our ancestral
recipes are divided into eleven chapters
grains, are exceedingly difficult for the body
ranging from Breakfast for Dinner to Oneto digest. Diets that exclude these grains
Pot Wonders, to a pasta chapter and all the
tend to result in better metabolism, leaner
way down to a toothsome chapter on sweet
bodies, and less fat-packing blood-sugar
desserts. Recipes include a variety of meat
spikes. Including a gluten-free book on a
dishes and non-meat dishes, and dairy is a
shelf next to artisan bread books and wholeprimary element. This is, in part, the magic
grain cookery is not unheard of any more,
of gluten-free girl’s recipes: so many glutenas the gluten-free weekend joins ranks with
Meatless Mondays and other health-conSee Gluten Free Girl, cont’d on page 15
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Book Reviews
Category
Home, Garden
& DIY
book summaries.
Yards: Turn Any
Outdoor Space Into the Garden of Your
Dreams
By Billy Goodnick
St. Lynn’s
Press, $17.95,
160 pages
Look at
your
yard.
Do you love
it? Or does it
only represent
a longer todo list? Yards
wants the outside of your house be as
relaxing, functional, fun, and beautiful as
the inside, an extension of your living space.
Start by deciding what you want your yard
to be used for: Children’s play area? Shady,
relaxing reading nook? Breakfast room?
Patio grill or party center? Cutting garden,
vegetable garden? The author encourages
you to dream big. Then look at what you
have that cannot be changed (mainly the
layout of the house and the property line)
and allow yourself to change whatever you
have to get to the yard of your dreams.
Excellent tips and steps, and an easy-tofollow format, lead the homeowner through
the process of re-landscaping, going through
Design, Aesthetics (trying to involve and appeal to all senses), Hardscape (infrastructure like plumbing and electricity), and Picking Plants. (The author cautions that while
the greenhouse is most people’s first stop in
landscaping, it should really be last.) With a
good plan and a good design, a little creativity and some thought, everyone can make
their yard the place of beauty they desire.
Reviewed by Gretchen Wagner
The Butler Speaks: A Guide to Stylish
Entertaining, Etiquette and the Art of
Good Housekeeping
By Charles MacPherson
Appetite by Random House, $27.95,
247 pages
Check this out!
Good manners are always relevant, and
this entertaining and enlightening book
will help you feel comfortable and secure in
your knowledge of them. The author, founder of the only North American butler school,
conversationally guides the reader through
sticky situations like how to make proper introductions or the correct way to seat people
at a dinner
party.
But
even if you
never expect
to host foreign dignitaries or serve
your employer a breakfast
tray, you will
find useful
gems of etiquette.
The book begins with a brief but informative overview of the history of the service
professions, particularly in English manor
estates -- the responsibilities of the various positions and their hierarchy, and then
some guidance on what a butler does, and
how to do it well (including the correct way
to offer a business card and how to shake
hands). The next sections cover Entertaining, Table Manners, and Good Housekeeping. The overarching rule is politeness – to
truly recognize and be considerate of others’ needs. Avoiding snobbery and pretension, instead the book offers common sense
and logical tips for a classy, calm, well-run
home that allows both you and your guests
to be at ease, whatever your personal style.
Crochet: One-Skein Wonders
By Judith Durant, Edie Eckman, editors
Storey
Publishing,
$18.95, 288
pages
Crocheters
can rejoice as
finally, a OneSkein
book
filled
with
all
crochet
projects arrives! Wonderful and
beautiful patterns, each of which can be
completed in one skein or less, will inspire
the hook-wielding artist to new heights.
Sorted conveniently by weight, rather
than project type, you can start to work
your way through all those partially-used
or mismatched skeins in your basket.
Such crafts as various shawlettes, hats
and fingerless gloves, neckwarmers and
See Crochet, cont’d on page 15
MYSTERIES/THRILLERS
COMING SOON
Drift
by Jon McGoran
When
Philadelphia
narcotics
Detective Doyle
Carrick loses
his mother and
stepfather within
weeks of each
other, he gains a
20-day suspension for unprofessional
behavior and instructions to lay low
at the unfamiliar house he’s inherited
in rural Pennsylvania. Feeling restless
and out of place, Doyle is surprised
to find himself falling for his new
neighbor, Nola Watkins, who’s under
pressure to sell her organic farm to
a large and mysterious development
company. He’s more surprised to see
high-powered drug dealers driving
the small-town roads – dealers his
bosses don’t want to hear about.
But when the drug bust Doyle’s
been pushing for goes bad and the
threats against Nola turn violent,
Doyle begins to discover that what’s
growing in the farmland around
Philadelphia is much deadlier than
anything he could have imagined.
After Her: A Novel
by Joyce
Maynard
Thirty years after
he destroyed
her detective
father’s career
and altered the
lives of everyone
she loves,
Rachel, who has
never given up hope of vindicating
her father, finally finds The Sunset
Strangler, a killer who, in the summer
of 1979, preyed on young women in
northern California.
It Happens in the Dark
by Carol
O’Connell
The reviews
called it “A Play
to Die For” after
the woman was
found dead in
the front row.
It didn’t seem
so funny the
next night, when another body was
found – this time the playwright’s,
his throat slashed. Detective Kathy
Mallory takes over, but no matter
what she asks, no one seems to be
giving her a straight answer. The
only person – if “person” is the
right word – who seems to be clear
is the ghostwriter. Every night, an
unseen backstage hand chalks up
line changes and messages on a
blackboard. And the ghostwriter
is now writing Mallory into the
play itself, a play about a long-ago
massacre that may not be at all
fictional. “MALLORY,” the blackboard
reads. “TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT.
NOTHING PERSONAL.” If Mallory
can’t find out who’s responsible,
heads will roll. Unfortunately, one of
them may be her own.
Let It Burn: An Alex
McKnight Novel
by Steve
Hamilton
Even though Alex
McKnight swore
to serve and
protect Detroit
as a police
officer, a trip to
Motown these
days is a trip to
a past he’d just as soon forget. The
city will forever remind him of his
partner’s death and of the bullet
still lodged in his own chest. So
he’s more than happy to stay in the
little town of Paradise, 300 miles
and half a lifetime away. Then he
gets a call from his old sergeant.
It turns out that a young man Alex
helped put away will be getting
out of prison. That one big case
marked the highlight of his career,
before his partner was killed, before
his marriage fell apart, before he
left Detroit, forever. Now that man
is about to walk free. When the
sergeant invites Alex downstate to
have a drink for old times’ sake, it’s
an offer he would normally refuse.
However, there’s a certain female FBI
agent he can’t stop thinking about,
so he gets in his truck and he goes
back to Detroit. While there, he’s
reminded of something about that
last case, a seemingly small piece of
the puzzle that he never got to share.
It’s not something anyone wants to
hear, but Alex can’t let go of this gut
feeling that they arrested the wrong
man. And that the real killer not only
got away, but went on to kill again.
And again. And again.
Book Reviews
Category
Biography
& Memoir
book summaries.
– with every word I read, my ears automatically turn on my inner radio and it brings
forth the wonderfully non-sensical opinions
and insights of Bob and Ray. If you’ve never
heard them – what on earth are you waiting for? They are the perfect tonic for a hard
day at the office, or if you need something
to clear out your sinuses – or whatever. Your
head can’t very well stay all plugged up if
you’re hysterically laughing.
Beginning in the mid-40s until 2004,
the pair created unreal—yet everyday--situations and unbelievable characters that we
all came to know and love – and believe in.
They were masters of satire and parody, not
to mention impressions of famous voices,
so real they were indistinguishable from
the owners of said voices. The team excelled
in radio, in TV, and on records. Yet underneath, they were just two ordinary guys
from Boston who collided one day in a radio
station. And a small miracle happened.
Bob and Ray were indeed the Golden Age
of Radio. In their own way they were The
Voice of America. Now that you know about
them, you should listen to them as well!!!
Reviewed by Kelly Ferjutz
Category
The Spark: A Mother’s Story of
Nurturing Genius
By Kristine Barnett
Random House, $25.00, 272 pages
Check this out!
After Jacob Barnett’s
diagnosis of
autism as a
presc hooler,
swarms
of
therapists
came in and
out of his
home in Indiana, trying to
pull him out
of his selfcontained
world. After a
couple of years seeing little progress (including a few months in the school system), his
mother made the daring move to pull him
out of traditional school and therapy. She
decided to focus on what he could do rather
than try to fix all the things he couldn’t do.
Kristine Barnett followed Jake’s interests,
buying textbooks he loved at bookstores
and taking him to the planetarium. And he
blossomed. It slowly became evident that
her son was a prodigy, though his parents
didn’t appreciate the extent of his genius for
a long time.
Barnett captures readers’ attention with
her grief over Jake’s diagnosis, with her
dogged determination to figure out what
would be best for her son, and with her astonishing story of freely sharing all she had
learned with other parents. The Spark is a
story of a boy with autism; it is a story of a
child who is a rare genius; but it is most of all
the story of the power of a mother’s love. It
is utterly inspiring.
Reviewed by Cathy Carmode Lim
Crapalachia: A Biography of Place
By Scott McClanahan
Two Dollar Radio, $16.00, 192 pages
Check this out!
This book has my favorite perfect-bound
cover and is perfectly paired with the nostalgic torn edge pages, perfect for this simply divine story of one man;s life of grow-
ing up in rural
West Virginia.
The question
that begs to
be asked is,
are these stories his actual
memoirs, or
are they a
mixed array of
heart gripping
facts and fiction all beautifully wrapped
within this tangent orange cover just urging
to be peeled open?
Right out the door I could tell this was
going to be a book I couldn’t put down. The
chapters are set up oddly; however, this
gives the book a uniqueness. From the stories of family who pry on people’s sympathy
with faux health issues and running their
mouths about one thing or another, I can
relate as I too come from such a gene pool.
Sometimes it is comical, other times it is
embarrassing, but at the end of the day they
are still family and oh the stories we derive
from them.
If you appreciate a good story, some
laughs, some cries, and something different, this is the book for you. You won’t be
able to put this book down, I promise.
Reviewed by Kim Heimbuch
Bob And Ray, Keener Than Most Persons
By David Pollock
Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, $27.99,
320 pages
Check this out!
Sometimes
it’s a good
thing to be
older than the
average bear.
Older, in my
case, equals a
good bit of radio listening
ex per ience.
So this book
is especially
wonderful in
that respect
Historical
Fiction
book summaries.
The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells
thus avoiding AIDS? Each of the eras is fulBy Andrew Sean Greer
ly, sensuously developed. It begins to seem
Ecco, $26.99, 304 pages
as though Greta will travel through time
Check this out!
and alternate life scripts forever.
Greta Wells lives three lives while endurAnd then the twenty-five treatments are
ing twenty-five electroconvulsive therapy at an end. Greta vibrates like a new leaf in a
t re at me nt s. stiff April breeze. If time travel was a guarShe
wakes anteed side effect, it could make you a fan of
from
each shock therapy.
treatment in
Reviewed by Elizabeth Benford
an alternate
time and life
scenario: first, Don’t Eat Baby, cont’d from pg. 8
as the wife of
Auntie Mimi says he looks good enough
an army doc- to eat. Tom hides the baby in his room,
tor on active but Dad comes in and says, “Hand over the
duty in 1918, baby…It’s time for dinner!”
second as a
Amy Young has written a book that will
young mother have little ones (and the people reading to
in 1941, third them) giggling and laughing all the way
mourning the loss of both her twin brother through. Her charming illustrations just
and her lover in 1985.
add to all the fun. This is a must have book
She consents to the shock therapy to try for everyone with youngsters.
to reset her sad brain and bring herself back
to involvement with life. Over the course of
the treatments, she engages with each of her
lives and tries--unsuccessfully--to alter the
course of the future.
Each parallel life is compelling. Each contains Greta’s twin, Felix, their Aunt Ruth (a
kind of spirit guide) and Felix’s lover, Alan.
The lives’ dramas, played out against the
various backgrounds (always Greta’s Greenwich Village apartment, differently accessorized) are fascinating. They are mysterious: who is pulling the strings? Will Greta
succeed in urging Felix to leave his closet?
Will the twins opt to remain in the 40’s,
Book Reviews
Category
The hopeful news is that there will no
doubt be new editions, some in cheaper formats. If all else fails, buy a copy of Songs
of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack
Vance edited by George R R Martin and
Gardner Dozois. It’s a magnificent anthology and just happens to contain this story.
Reviewed by David Marshall
Fantasy
book summaries.
The Guiding Nose of Ulfant Banderoz
By Dan Simmons, Tom Kidd, Illustrator
Subterranean, $35.00, 120 pages
To
demonstrate
the immense
power of the
reviewer
I
shall now lift
your spirits,
then
dash
them
to
the ground
in
endless
f r u st r at ion ,
and
finally
give you hope
The Golem and the Jinni
By Helene Wecker
Harper, $26.99, 496 pages
Check this out!
for the future. In such a modest way do
magicians of the reviewing world play with
the destinies of readers.
The Guiding Nose of Ulfant Banderoz by
Dan Simmons is the first standalone publication of this completely entrancing novella
by one of the best fantasy writers still working in the field. As a story, it’s a parable examining what makes people pursue knowledge. Some might do it for the power it can
bring. Today’s top credentials are tomorrow’s top jobs. Others have more abstract
and less materialist interests. For them, just
knowing a few things is enriching enough.
The bad news is that the hardback first
edition of this book from Subterranean
Press is already out of print.
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Chava is a
golem, a being
of clay, fashioned by an
unscrupulous
wizard and
purchased by
an ignorant
shopkeeper.
But an unforeseen tragedy
leaves
her adrift on
American
shores with
neither master nor home – a deadly situation for one of her kind. Ahmad is a jinni, a
being of fire who calls the vast wastelands of
the Syrian deserts home. Bound to human
form and trapped in a flask by an evil Bedouin sorcerer over 1,000 years ago, he is accidentally released by a local tinsmith who
offers him shelter. Outcasts, constantly
living under a cloak of lies, these two otherworldly creatures struggle to find answers
to their unexpected dilemmas and to learn
how to live among the unsuspecting humans who surround them.
The great part about Wecker’s novel is
that it dares to be more than just an entertaining story. Without ever coming across
as preachy, the author invites the reader to
reconsider their views on the concepts of
free-will, the meaning of community and
whether religious conventions support or
alienate those who adhere to them. The
characters are sometimes pitiful, sometimes courageous and sometimes unlikeable, yet they are never dull. Once you’re in
you’ll stay until the end!
Reviewed by Heather Clawson
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showdown between Kate, Anthony, Colin,
Daphne, Simon and Edwina at Pall Mall.
See who gets the black mallet of death and
who triumphs at the end of the day. There
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Category
Romance
book summaries.
The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After
By Julia Quinn
Avon, $12.99, 384 pages
Check this out!
Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series is a wonderfully funny and romantic series that has
carried readers through each of the Bridgerton family member’s journey to find love.
Many readers were sad to see the series end
and will be happy to see this booked filled
with second epilogues for each Bridgerton
story. A warning that previously published
materials are included in this book but there
are some new additions as well. A bonus
epilogue
is
included in
which readers
finally get to
meet Violet’s
beloved Edmund.
Q u i n n’s
humorous
style of writing is certainly evident
in the return
to the annual
His to Command
By Opal Carew
St. Martin’s Griffin, $14.99, 275 pages
Check this out!
“It’s
not
you, it’s me.”
Countless people have heard
this sentiment
through the
eons of time.
However,
in the case
of Matt and
Kate, it really
is Kate. This
is not a story
where the female character is being forced to become
a submissive because of the male charac-
ter having issues with the need to control
and dominate her. Matt is a dominant so
it would seem they would have the perfect
relationship since Kate is a submissive. The
problem is that Kate just can’t seem to come
to grips with the fact that she is a strong, independent woman who naturally becomes
submissive in the bedroom.
If there was ever a story of incorrect assumptions and misunderstandings this is it.
If the two main characters had had a conversation two years ago there would not have
been a book. Kate, not accepting the person
she is, jumps at the opportunity to see Matt
as a monster and flees. Matt, assuming Kate
wants to end the relationship, takes her disappearance and lack of response to his attempts to communicate with her as her way
of ending the relationship. They each felt
betrayed by the other one.
Both of the characters are very likable
and it’s easy to see how they end up in their
predicament. Let this book be a lesson in
the folly of making assumptions and not
communicating. This is a quick, enjoyable
read from Opal Crew.
Reviewed by Jennifer Moss
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Category
History &
Current Events
book summaries.
The Shadow King
By Jo Marchant
Da Capo Lifelong Books, $26.99, 320 pages
Check this out!
This is science journalism at its best
– elucidating,
thorough,
and just plain
fun. Author
Jo Marchant,
intrigued by
a few scathing
letters
rebutting a
new scientific
find, sets off
on a winding scavenger hunt leading from
London to the Nile to untangle the various
controversies surrounding Tutankhamum,
the world’s most famous mummy.
King Tut’s mummy, discovered in 1923,
has been subjected to numerous insults,
from looting and grave-robbing to several
autopsies, X-rays, and CT scans. Each wave
of interest has been followed by new ‘discoveries’ claiming ‘the definitive answers.’ As
Marchant found, contrary to popular documentaries on the subject, the scientific community is divided over most questions concerning King Tut – his family, his reign, his
demise. Egyptian politics and recent uprisings, as well as nationalism and a mistrust
of Westerners’ ‘stealing the Egyptian heritage,’ prevent independent corroboration
of many released ‘findings,’ which are often
heavily influenced by monetary donors and
showmanship. The story of Tutankhamun is
twisted up with that of the other Egyptian
pharaohs, or, more accurately, with their
mummies, so their history is interwoven
as well. Intense and exciting, The Shadow
King is written like a fast-paced detective
novel, with cliff-hanger chapter endings
and breathtaking impetus. In the hands of a
good writer, even the driest subject becomes
fascinating. The Egyptian mummies are
about as dry as they get, but in Marchant’s
extremely competent hands, they are resurrected into a vivid afterlife, albeit one they
may not have imagined.
Blackett’s War: The Men Who Defeated
the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to
the Art of Warfare
By Stephen Budiansky
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The
unchecked
menace
of
G e r m a n
U-boats
cont r ibuted
to
the
tenuous
peace after
WWI
that
n e i t h e r
side
could
tolerate. As
Budiansky
puts it, “The growing propensity in Britain
to view its victory in the war as a tragedy was
matched by Germany’s willingness to regard
its defeat as a crime.” Using his considerable
journalistic talent as a military historian,
Budiansky captures the madness of Hitler’s
obsession with “wolf pack” submarine
attacks on Atlantic merchant ships. Long
before America entered the Second World
War, the losses of innocent lives aboard
ocean liners and cargo ships rankled even
the most anti-war liberals, including a small
but vital population of scientists.
Employed for the first time in warfare,
scientists such as Patrick Blackett, E.J. Williams, Cecil Gordon, and a host of others
spilled from university research labs to find
ways to break the enemy communication
code, and invent ways to spot enemy planes
and U-boats. These men turned the tide of
the war with sonar, radar, encryption codes,
and applied physics to military strategy. Yet,
they waged the toughest battles with the
entrenched traditions of Old Guard military
commanders who refused to acknowledge
the advantages of science until no other alternative existed.
Reviewed by C.D. Quyn
inspires with a flavorsome Mediterranean
theme, directions for buffet spring rolls,
and other creative concepts for group feasts.
A recipe for an all-purpose flour mix is included, as well as an unusual, non-starchy
whole-grain flour mix that will delight Paleo
fans and those avoiding high-starch foods.
This glorious book will thrill you to your
buckwheat marrow, and is assured to satisfy
and surprise your discerning dinner audience.
Reviewed by Andrea Huehnerhoff
mance is all about. Instead of jumping in
and taking a chance on driving Tina away,
Kevin decides to do some scientific research
into romance to prepare himself for his big
moment. First he sets up a romantic dinner for his parents, but when the cat goes
to sleep in the spaghetti and the candles set
the dining room on fire and his father has
an allergic reaction to the strawberries and
the rose petals stain the carpet – well, you
get the idea. He sets up several other pairings to study, and Kevin’s scientific research
projects all seem to have similar problems.
Crochet, cont’d from pg. 11
Gary Paulsen’s middle-grade series is
a switchback scarf will inspire you to
funny and smart. This is another great addeck your own wardrobe out; bitty shoes,
dition that will have readers laughing and
doll outfits, children’s attire and other
turning the pages at a rapid rate.
miniatures will help you create for wideReviewed by Rosi Hollinbeck
eyed little ones. A variety of other crafts will
serve useful purposes elsewhere - a yoga
mat bag, different stuffed animals, pillows,
Gluten-Free Girl, cont’d from pg. 10
baskets and jewelry all make use of creative
and fanciful yarns in new and interesting
free recipes are also dairy-free, but here is a
ways. The appendix will help beginners get
delightful escape from soy milk and flaxseed
on their way, listing techniques needed in
eggs. The rich tang of buttermilk and the
the glossary, abbreviations, and a symbol
creamy texture of cheese add the final elekey. A thorough index will come in handy if
ment of goodness to this ambrosial display
you want to search for a specific project or
of food, although plenty of dairyless recipes
element, such as “cowls” or “infant projects”.
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sage gravy, preserved lemons, chana masala,
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and grilled ratatouille are just a few of the
techniques, this book can be appreciated by
feature recipes in this book; a quaint and
both veterans and novices.
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