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Library at SLCC

Jan Bobbett Best Sellers As always, you can find recent popular books in our Best Sellers cabinet. Here are two of the books we recently added, and more will be added: 12 Months to Live, by James Patterson (with Mike Lupica). Possibly the best legal thriller by this writing team. The Edge, by David Baldacci.…

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. March Events: Registration is required and space…

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…

The Library Corner at SLCC

More Ways to Enjoy Your Book Jan Bobbett One sizable area of our library is dedicated to large-print books (LPs), which many of our customers appreciate. Newer LPs are in the locked Best Sellers cabinet, along with other best sellers. A librarian can help you borrow these best sellers (Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m.…

Selecting Your Next Book

Jan Bobbett We all have our own ways of selecting our fiction reads. Maybe the easiest way is to make selections based on our favorite authors. If an author treated us well once or twice, maybe we’ll have good luck with another book by the same writer. That’s one obvious selection method, and it often…

Library Corner at SLCC

Bette Hargrave September is here, and we’ll soon be cooler. In August, the library purchased the following novels for your enjoyment. Please stop in to see us. 1. The 6:20 Man, by David Baldacci. Since I’m a fan of his work, I quickly took advantage of our library. A cryptic murder pulls a former soldier…

The Library Corner at SLCC

Bette Hargrave Favorite books and/or classics read and promoted for your reading pleasure: The Oxbow Incident, by Walter Van Tilbury Clark (1909-1971). From The New Yorker magazine: “A masterpiece. The Oxbow Incident bears about the same relation to an ordinary western that The Maltese Falcon does to a hack detective story.” My husband found this novel on his reading…

The Library Corner at SLCC

Bette Hargrave Hello from your beautiful library. On May 1, 1886, more than 300,000 workers in 13,000 businesses across the United States of America walked off their jobs in the first May Day celebration in our history (information picked off the Google app). Another bit of knowledge as I’ve read regarding May Day calls it…

The Library Corner at SLCC

Bette Hargrave Welcome to our SLCC Library and reading room! April really brings the showers in other parts of the country—the blooms of spring follow. You may wish to travel to see the changes, but you may also see through your reading! Our library is a popular place to unwind and get comfortable reading a…

The Library Corner at SLCC: Happy New Year

Bette Hargrave Happy New Year to our fabulous reading patrons, and thank you for your continuing patronage and donations. You are the reason for the many volunteers who enjoy working for this beautiful library. Pat Weitzel, our assistant head librarian, is also in charge of Best Seller purchases. We thankfully welcome her back to purchase…