When you visit the SLCC library, be sure to check out our Best Sellers cabinet. Each month we update our Best Sellers cabinet, moving a few books to regular shelves and adding books to our Best Sellers cabinet. The following books are being added to the cabinet in April. Depending on each book’s popularity, we…
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April 2024, Generals
Maricopa County Library, Ed Robson Branch, Offers a Broad Range of Programs
Ed Robson Library offers free programs for people of all ages. For a complete list of offerings, visit www.mcldaz.org/edrobson. Ed Robson Library is located at 9330 E. Riggs Road, Sun Lakes, AZ 85248, and is open to the public Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April Events: Registration is required, and space…
February 2024, Generals
Best Sellers and More
Jan Bobbett The Bregdan Chronicles In the January Splash you were introduced to our first “series books”—those that share a storyline through each novel in the series. I won’t repeat what I said earlier, but I should add this: By the time you read this, we will have started making the historical Bregdan books available to our…
January 2024, Generals
A Special New Series for Our Readers
Jan Bobbett Your Sun Lakes Library is starting the new year with a series that historical fiction lovers are sure to like. Ginny Dye calls her series The Bregdan Chronicles. The action and relationships are sure to appeal to many of our readers. A main premise of the books is the horrible treatment of black…
December 2023, Generals
A Read for Every Taste
Jan Bobbett Next time you’re looking around our library for something interesting, take a look at our Best Sellers cabinet. The doors are open to anyone during established hours, so visit each weekday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. or whenever a librarian is available. That’s where we keep our most recent purchases. While you’re…
December 2023, Generals
November Author Event
A small but enthusiastic crowd joined the Sun Lakes Friends of the Library for their author event on Nov. 8. Six authors related their personal journeys, from plot conception to putting words to paper and eventually to publication. Sorry if you missed this event, but you can find some of their books in the Maricopa…
Features, April 2022
‘We Were the Lucky Ones,’ by Georgia Hunter
Violetta Armour As I write this month’s book review, I am, as I am sure you are also, deeply saddened by the events in Ukraine. As we see families of women and children tearfully boarding trains as the men stay to protect their homeland, I am reminded of the many books my book club of…
Features, March 2022
So Many Books, So Little Time
Violetta Armour If you’re looking for a new author with a continuing mystery series (17 to date), you might consider Louise Penny. She creates a fascinating world in the fictional setting of Three Pines, a rural Canadian village south of Montreal, just kilometers from the Vermont border. Named for the three stately pines in the…
Features, March 2021
So Many Books, So Little Time
Dear Reader, You may have noticed I tend to review books that are not recent publications or current best sellers, as I think you will hear about them from many other sources. I try to go back and find a few gems that may have slipped your attention. These Is My Words (1998), by Nancy Turner,…
Features, January 2021
The Rules of Civility by Armor Towels
Violetta Armour Happy New Year, Page-Turners! The Rules of Civility begins on New Year’s Eve, 1937, in New York City. Twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent and her boarding house roommate Eve begin their New Year’s celebration at a Greenwich Village jazz bar, trying to stretch $3 between them with one martini an hour, planning to wind up at…