Violetta Armour If you’re wanting to place a good book under the Christmas tree for the readers in your family, I thought I’d share a few of the best books my book clubs read this past year. I belong to two clubs and often ask other clubs, “What was your favorite read?” The three titles…
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December 2025, Features
Age Is Just a Number: Sun Lakes Resident ‘Gramma Patti’ Publishes New Children’s Book at 90!
Heather Pickett Sun Lakes’ vibrant community is celebrating one of its own—Patti Ann Saxon, affectionately known as “Gramma Patti,” who has just released a new children’s book, Plaid Bear TM, at the remarkable age of 90. A resident of Oakwood Sun Lakes for 25 years, Patti proves that creativity and passion know no age limits.…
August 2025, Features
Local Author Publishes New Book: ‘At Long Last, Love’
Sandra Givens, Sun Lakes resident and author, has just released her latest book, At Long Last, Love, now available on Amazon in multiple formats. After years of trying, the Butterfields finally have the baby they’ve longed for, a little girl they name Lucy. Lucy grows into a beautiful young woman who travels the world and…
February 2025, Generals
Books, Books, Books—A Book Review
K.E., Librarian How do you keep track of the books you’ve read? Some of our library guests say they keep track in a notebook—quite an undertaking over the years. Maybe you, too, have a list in a notebook of all the books you’ve read, by date and author. Others put their initials inside the books…
September 2024, Generals
Best Sellers for September
Jan Bobbett For our September readers, we present four books, including multiple historical fiction novels. We keep these books in the Best Sellers cabinet when they are not checked out. And if they are, you can reserve your selection. Selection 1: In one sense, we could say that Michael Crichton and James Patterson joined forces…
August 2024, Front Page
Best Sellers This Summer
Jan Bobbett Each month your librarians in Sun Lakes Country Club add several books to our Best Sellers cabinet. In July we added these four books: The Perfect Shot, by Steve Urszenvi; Crosshairs, by James Patterson; The Wager, by David Grann; and Dead Man’s Hand, by Brad Taylor. For August we are adding four more…
July 2024, Front Page
The Cromwell Plantation Series
Our Sun Lakes Library has recently introduced a series of historical fiction books by Ginny Dye, who has written over 20 books in the series she calls The Bregdan Chronicles. Head Librarian Doreen Taylor invites you to enjoy and learn from the series, which is available to all Sun Lakes residents. Visit us in the…
June 2024, Generals
It’s June—Let’s Read
Jan Bobbett Happy traveling to our part-time Sun Lakers. If you’re heading back to (another) home before the heat gets uncomfortable for you, just know we will welcome you back when you return. We are adding four new books to our Best Sellers cabinet this month. Two are (no surprise) by James Patterson—usually a popular…
Generals, April 2024
April at the Library: Books for the Best Sellers Cabinet
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…
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…