Read an old classic

There are less than 60 days to the beginning of fall. I am most certainly ready for what I hope will be cooler temperatures. In a few short weeks, students will be returning to school even though it seems as though their break has been very short. Perhaps it just seems short to me because I have not spent that time trying to entertain high energy children 24/seven.

We appreciate all the book donations we have received but we have reached our saturation point and we must ask that you not donate any more books until further notice. The one exception to that request is large print books. We will accept those. We also ask that those donations be brought to the library when we are open. Dropping them in the book return box is creating some problems. We certainly hope to be able to start accepting donations at some point in the near future.

Library hours

1 p.m. until 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday

10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays.

While I understand that many of you are looking for new releases, I want to let you know about some authors you may not have read. I have been a fan of J.A. Jance mysteries for a number of years. She has three series and I recommend all three. Any book by Nicholas Sparks is good. Nevada Barr has written more than a dozen mysteries about Anna Pigeon, a park ranger with the National Park Service. C.J. Box is another very popular author as are Brad Thor and Stuart Woods whose latest book, Naked Greed, is available for check-out.

Christian Fiction books are always popular. Wanda Brunstetter is a very popular author of Amish Christian fiction. Many Christian fiction authors write three or more books in a series and we are trying hard to make sure we have all books in a series.

If you have not read To Kill a Mockingbird, now might be a good time to do so while waiting for Harper Lee's second novel, Go Set a Watchman, which by the way has a growing waiting list. Of course, we have a large number of the classics that we all should have read in high school but didn't. We have a large and growing selection of large print hardback and paperback books.

Many good books are just waiting to be checked out. Come in and take a couple home.

See you at the library.

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Editor's note: Peggy Maddox is the librarian of the Pea Ridge Community Library. She can be reached at the library at 451-8442.

Editorial on 07/29/2015