Once a month the Eddy –New Rockford Library hosts a book club. Each month, the members read a book and we come together to talk about the book. We learn together, laugh together, and just have an all-around good time. We want to know how we can share that experience with more members. Please take a few minutes to complete our book club survey so that was can better serve you.
Join us for book club we are reading; Thunderstruck by Erik Larson. Anyone is welcome to join us and we would love to see some new faces, copies of the book are available here at the library, hope you will join us!
In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men–Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication–whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time.
Set in Edwardian London and on the stormy coasts of Cornwall, Cape Cod, and Nova Scotia, Thunderstruck evokes the dynamism of those years when great shipping companies competed to build the biggest, fastest ocean liners, scientific advances dazzled the public with visions of a world transformed, and the rich outdid one another with ostentatious displays of wealth. Against this background, Marconi races against incredible odds and relentless skepticism to perfect his invention: the wireless, a prime catalyst for the emergence of the world we know today. Meanwhile, Crippen, “the kindest of men,” nearly commits the perfect crime.
With his superb narrative skills, Erik Larson guides these parallel narratives toward a relentlessly suspenseful meeting on the waters of the North Atlantic. Along the way, he tells of a sad and tragic love affair that was described on the front pages of newspapers around the world, a chief inspector who found himself strangely sympathetic to the killer and his lover, and a driven and compelling inventor who transformed the way we communicate. Thunderstruck presents a vibrant portrait of an era of séances, science, and fog, inhabited by inventors, magicians, and Scotland Yard detectives, all presided over by the amiable and fun-loving Edward VII as the world slid inevitably toward the first great war of the twentieth century. Gripping from the first page, and rich with fascinating detail about the time, the people, and the new inventions that connect and divide us, Thunderstruck is splendid narrative history from a master of the form.
Come join us for book club on Oct. 13 at 6 pm we will be discussing Left Neglected by, Lisa Genova. We have copies of the book to pick up here at the library hope you will join us!
Left Neglected by, Lisa Genova
Synopsis from Goodreads:
Sarah Nickerson is like any other career-driven supermom in Welmont, the affluent Boston suburb where she leads a hectic but charmed life with her husband Bob, faithful nanny, and three children—Lucy, Charlie, and nine-month-old Linus. Between recruiting the best and brightest minds as the vice president of human resources at Berkley Consulting; shuttling the kids to soccer, day care, and piano lessons; convincing her son’s teacher that he may not, in fact, have ADD; and making it home in time for dinner, it’s a wonder this over-scheduled, over-achieving Harvard graduate has time to breathe.
A self-confessed balloon about to burst, Sarah miraculously manages every minute of her life like an air traffic controller. Until one fateful day, while driving to work and trying to make a phone call, she looks away from the road for one second too long. In the blink of an eye, all the rapidly moving parts of her jam-packed life come to a screeching halt.
A traumatic brain injury completely erases the left side of her world, and for once, Sarah relinquishes control to those around her, including her formerly absent mother. Without the ability to even floss her own teeth, she struggles to find answers about her past and her uncertain future.
Now, as she wills herself to regain her independence and heal, Sarah must learn that her real destiny—her new, true life—may in fact lie far from the world of conference calls and spreadsheets. And that a happiness and peace greater than all the success in the world is close within reach, if only she slows down long enough to notice.
Our Book Club meets the second Tuesday at 6 pm our next meeting is Sept. 8th, if you would like to join us just stop in and pick up a book we are reading:
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan
The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since. Timothy Egan’s critically acclaimed account rescues this iconic chapter of American history from the shadows in a tour de force of historical reportage. Following a dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, Egan tells of their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black dust blizzards, crop failure, and the death of loved ones. Brilliantly capturing the terrifying drama of catastrophe, Egan does equal justice to the human characters who become his heroes, “the stoic, long-suffering men and women whose lives he opens up with urgency and respect” (New York Times).
In an era that promises ever-greater natural disasters, The Worst Hard Time is “arguably the best nonfiction book yet” (Austin Statesman Journal) on the greatest environmental disaster ever to be visited upon our land and a powerful cautionary tale about the dangers of trifling with nature.
Join the Eddy-New Rockford Library Book Club & Skype with authors
We are excited to announce some upcoming Author Skype visits happening at the Eddy-New Rockford Library Book Club.
On February 10th at 6 pm author Susan Crandall will be joining us to discuss “Whistling Past the Graveyard” there is still time to pick up a book because you won’t be able to put this one down.
On April 14th Author Kathryn Craft joins us to discuss “The Far End of Happy” thanks to the publisher, Sourcebooks, we are getting this book before it even comes out, I will announce on our Facebook Page when this book is ready for pick-up.
On May 12th Author John Searles joins us to discuss “Help for the Haunted” we were chosen as part of the authors 50 States 50 Book Clubs promotion, I will let you know on our Facebook page when these books will be available.
We supply the books and you can join anytime. Stop in or call (947-5540) if you have any questions and follow our Facebook page for any announcements.
Library Marketplace Fundraiser 2 Night Event
There is still time to stop in and tell us what you Geek, I will have my camera here for the next two weeks so stop in anytime and get your picture taken.
E-reader/Zinio/Overdrive Class offered at The Eddy-New Rockford Library
Did you know that you can access over 100 magazines for free with your library card? Did you know that with your library card you also have access to thousands of eBooks and Audiobooks? Have you been curious about the different e-readers and tablets out there but, are unsure which one you want? Come to the library Tuesday August 26th from 6-7:30 for answers to these questions and more.
A specialist from the ND State Library will be presenting a class to teach us all how to download the free magazines from Zinio, he will help get you all set up with Overdrive ( Please bring your device with you) , and he will have a Tech Toolkit with a few different e-readers and tablets for you to look at and play with to get a feel for which one would work best for you.
We hope you will join us. If you have any questions or would like to reserve a seat please call Susie @ 947-5540.
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