Labor Day

I’m old.  By the time I came onto the scene, Labor Day was well established in its place on the calendar.  Right there between summer and fall.  Labor Day had become the day that everyone took a big collective breath.  And using the day as a springboard, leapt from the lazy days of August into the busier, pre-holiday days of September.
 
Labor Day doesn’t hold any significant memories for me.  The Holiday was special because of what it represented.   From elementary school through high school, Labor Day was the day before school began.  The memories of preparing for school are the most vivid.  School was the best part of the year for me.  Only morning and evening chores were required once school began.  For nine wonderful hours each day, I escaped the farm.
 
Labor Day was my First-Day-of-School Eve.   I crave certain smells and textures this time of year.  I have an urgent need to open, sniff, and caress the bright waxy sticks in a new box of Crayola crayons.  My eyes search for the brick red color of a Big Chief tablet.  My fingers itch for the blue lined pages that invite block letters and Mickey Mouse doodles.  The taste of white paste curls on my tongue.  I want to check my closet for those new oxfords, or the new book bag that would hold books, pencils, a ruler, and a fresh pink eraser.
 
Nothing has changed in the rhythm of my life to eliminate the caesura between summer and fall that is Labor Day.

       
Beth King

The Writer’s Group is underway.  We are meeting weekly on Tuesday evenings.  DorthaKay Brown is our facilitator.  Writers are welcome to join us. 

Dates to Remember

September 18, (Tuesday Evenings) 7:00 P.M. Writer’s Group
September 12, (Wednesday) 10:00 A.M.  Morning Book Club
September 14,  (Friday) 9:30 A.M.  Story Lady
October 2, 16, and 30 (Tuesday Evenings) 7:00 P.M. Writer’s Group
October 10, (Wednesday) 10:00 A.M.  Morning Book Club
October 19, (Friday) 9:30 A.M. Story Lady

For Our Customers

We have collected a number of book titles and authors that our customers are looking for.  We do our best to notify them when the book they are interested in comes into the store on trade (all our inventory is from trade).  We are looking for these books:

Title-Author        

The Fields-Conrad Richter    
To Kill a Mockingbird-Harper Lee
Orion-Gail Giorgio Brewer  
Perfect-Marne D Kellogg
Secrets of Paris-Luanne Rice    
The Fountain-Darren Aronofsky
Bookseller of Kabul-Anne Seierstad & Ingrid Christophersen   
Gettysburg-Newt Gingrich & William Forstchen
The Indians  Won-Martin Cruz Smith  
B is for Burglar-Sue Grafton
Kentucky Heat-Fern Michaels
Magical Wind-Christine Feehan  
Bugs on the Farm (CD)-Carrie Blake-Brekke
Night Moves-Nora Roberts   
Secrets of Paris-Luanne Rice
Stone Heart-Luanne Rice   
Clash of Kings-George R. Martin
Storm of Swords-George R. Martin   
Left Behind (HB/DJ)Lahaye and Jenkins

Series Books - Author 
Red River ofThe North Series-Lauraine Snelling
The Mode Series-Piers Anthony
The Gor Series-John Norman
Diagnosis Murder Series-Lee Goldberg
The Hardy Boys-Franklyn W. Dixon
Harry Potter (HB with dust jacket)-J. K. Rowling
From Sue Grafton Mystery Series, A-H  (HB/DJ)
Any Titles by Pearl Wilcox
Any Titles by Emily Loring
Gardening Book on Clematis
Doily Patterns for Beginners
School Zone: Start to Read Books
Any Titles by e.e. cummings,  David Ray, and Ted Kooser

This Month’s Spotlight
By Mat King

I had not read THE GODFATHER by Mario Puzo, so while I was in the bookstore on my birthday, my ma got me this one.

I was expecting something wordy, and a little full of itself.  After all, the original movie was rather the best movie ever.  Personally, I could not stay awake, I kept falling asleep during the opening wedding. But whatever… So, I was expecting a difficult read at best.  I was pleasantly surprised.

The book is well written, the story moves along with just enough action to keep the reader engaged. Even the slower parts of the book were written in a way, as to almost let the reader take a breath. The killing was not gratuitous, not overly gory, and leaves a lot or just enough, in my opinion, to the  imagination.

Aside from the fantastic writing, and the action packed chapters… This book also motivates the reader to look a little more deeply into himself. I found myself thinking how I am similar to Sonny, and Michael, hell even Don Vito Corleone, in some ways.  I found myself thinking how I could acquire more of the positive traits of these characters and less of the negative ones.

The story is pretty well known. However, if you have any interest in organized crime or the mafia you will love this book. It is going down as one of the best books that I have ever read. The movies do not cover everything, and it is definitely worth your time to read it.