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May 5, 2020
Book some time at the Bandera Library
By Mauri Guillén Fagan
Bandera Library Director
As most of you are probably aware, Governor Abbott has issued a new executive order allowing businesses, museums and libraries to open. The library board has decided the library will continue to remain closed to the public until at least May 15. At that time, the board will decide if it is in the best interest of the staff and the public for the library to resume operations. We will still be curbside checkouts for all patrons. Since we are closed to the public we are asking the public not to leave donations of books.
On Thursday, May 7, at 10 a.m., the Monthly Book Club is meeting online using Zoom. They will discuss “The Eye of the Elephant: an Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness” by Mark and Delia Owens. If you are interested in joining the group, call the library to get more information.
This week’s new books include: “The Women with Silver Wings: the Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII.” Historian Katherine Sharp Landdeck tells the thrilling story of the more than 1,100 women aviators who served during WWII. The book includes stories of women like Cornelia Fort, a Nashville debutante turned flight instructor, who was in the air teaching a lesson when Japanese bombs began to fall on Pearl Harbor. Fort barely made it back to the ground that day, but she and many others went on to bravely serve her country and prove that women aviators were just as skilled as their male counterparts.
Master of horror Stephen King has released a new collection of short stories called “If it Bleeds.” The title story comes from the saying among news people: ‘If it bleeds, it leads.’ Holly Gibney is a detective at the Finders Keepers agency searching for a missing dog. A bomb at the local middle school rocks the town and on seeing the footage on the evening news, Gibney realizes something seems strange about the reporter first on the scene. Three other short stories accompany this work and all thrill the reader in a way only Stephen King knows how to do.
“A Thousand Moons” by Sebastian Barry is set in Tennessee just after the Civil War. Winona is an orphaned Lakota girl whose adopted family is a little unconventional. Her adopted father and two freed slaves, the Bougereau siblings, work hard to scrape a living off their small family farm. One night, Winona is brutally attacked by unknown persons. A short time later, one of the Bougereaus is too. Rather than wait for the town’s militia to act, Winona arms herself and seeks revenge. While searching for justice, she begins to uncover the truth about her past and her true identity.
The library is located at 515 Main Street across from the Courthouse our updated hours are Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you have any questions about this, please call the Library at 830-796-4213.
Happy tales, y’all.
On Thursday, May 7, at 10 a.m., the Monthly Book Club is meeting online using Zoom. They will discuss “The Eye of the Elephant: an Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness” by Mark and Delia Owens. If you are interested in joining the group, call the library to get more information.
This week’s new books include: “The Women with Silver Wings: the Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII.” Historian Katherine Sharp Landdeck tells the thrilling story of the more than 1,100 women aviators who served during WWII. The book includes stories of women like Cornelia Fort, a Nashville debutante turned flight instructor, who was in the air teaching a lesson when Japanese bombs began to fall on Pearl Harbor. Fort barely made it back to the ground that day, but she and many others went on to bravely serve her country and prove that women aviators were just as skilled as their male counterparts.
Master of horror Stephen King has released a new collection of short stories called “If it Bleeds.” The title story comes from the saying among news people: ‘If it bleeds, it leads.’ Holly Gibney is a detective at the Finders Keepers agency searching for a missing dog. A bomb at the local middle school rocks the town and on seeing the footage on the evening news, Gibney realizes something seems strange about the reporter first on the scene. Three other short stories accompany this work and all thrill the reader in a way only Stephen King knows how to do.
“A Thousand Moons” by Sebastian Barry is set in Tennessee just after the Civil War. Winona is an orphaned Lakota girl whose adopted family is a little unconventional. Her adopted father and two freed slaves, the Bougereau siblings, work hard to scrape a living off their small family farm. One night, Winona is brutally attacked by unknown persons. A short time later, one of the Bougereaus is too. Rather than wait for the town’s militia to act, Winona arms herself and seeks revenge. While searching for justice, she begins to uncover the truth about her past and her true identity.
The library is located at 515 Main Street across from the Courthouse our updated hours are Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you have any questions about this, please call the Library at 830-796-4213.
Happy tales, y’all.