This week is National Library Week. In honor of this auspicious occasion you are invited to visit the library and express your heartfelt appreciation for the dedication and hard work your librarians provide. Large expensive gifts are not required. During your visit to the library you may also register for book bags and t-shirts. National Library Week is a good time to join Friends of the Library. You can be an individual Friend for $10; a family Friend for $15; and a business/organization Friend for $25. All donations and membership fees are tax deductible. And more important, the librarians will love you. It is absolutely, positively essential that we have fabulous new books on the shelf during National Library Week, and here they are: new books by three of your favorite authors. "Two-Dollar Bill" by Stuart Woods. As Stone Barrington is having a quiet dinner with his ex-partner, Dino, they are interrupted by Billy Bob, a filthy rich, smooth-talkin' Texan, who strolls in and parks himself at their table. He's in town "to make money" and he unwraps his wad of rare two-dollar bills. He’s in need of an attorney, though he won't say why or when such representation will be necessary. As they leave the restaurant, however, an unknown assailant shoots at Stone and his cohorts. Against his better judgment, Stone offers Billy Bob a safe haven for the night, but almost immediately begins to suspect that he's made several precipitous misjudgments — for the slippery out-of-towner has gone missing and someone has been found dead — in Stone's town house no less. Stone is now caught between a beautiful federal prosecutor and a love from his past, a con man with more aliases than hairs on his head, and a murder investigation that could ruin them all. "The Year of Pleasures" by Elizabeth Berg. Betta Nolan moves to a small town after the death of her husband to try to begin anew. Pursuing a dream of a different kind of life, she is determined to find pleasure in her simply daily routines. Among those who help her in both expected and unexpected ways are the 10-year-old boy next door, three wild women friends from her college days, a 20-year-old who is struggling to find his place in the world, and a handsome man who is ready for love.Elizabeth Berg's "The Year of Pleasures" is about acknowledging the solace found in ordinary things: a warm bath, good food, the beauty of nature, music, friends, and art. Berg writes with humor and a big heart about resilience, loneliness, love, and hope. "True Believer" by Nicholas Sparks. As a science journalist with a regular column in Scientific American, Jeremy Marsh specializes in debunking the supernatural. A born skeptic, he travels to the small town of Boone Creek, N.C., determined to find the real cause behind the ghostly apparitions that appear in the town cemetery. What he doesn't plan on, however, is meeting and falling in love with Lexie Darnell, granddaughter of the town psychic. Now, if the young lovers are to have any kind of future at all, Jeremy must make a difficult choice: return to the life he knows, or do something he's never done before — take a giant leap of faith.
