You say good-

bye, I say hello May marked some staff

changes at SWCPL. First, we say goodbye to Anita Sautter. Anita is retiring after 14 years behind the circula-tion desk. She also served as the coor-

dinator of the Page Turners book club and created many of the library’s book displays over the years.

We say hello to Lisa Gawthrop, who will join the circulation staff on a part-time basis. Lisa has been a regular at the li-brary since childhood, and is currently the secretary for the Friends of SWCPL group.

Also this month, Maddie Shultz graduated from Manchester University with a BA in English Literature. She is transitioning into a full-time role at the library.

Maddie, who joined the li-brary team in 2017, will have a dual role of administrative assis-tant and circulation clerk. She will also take over leadership of the Page Turners book club.

Welcome back! It’s been a challenging few weeks as we’ve navigated our way through the COVID-

19 pandemic and our gradual reopening. While we know the library may look and feel a

little different with the current guidelines in place, behind the masks our staff is still the

same friendly group, and we have missed you! Stop in for a visit soon. We want you to

know that we are taking every precaution to frequently clean and sanitize our materials,

computers, countertops and other areas. We have a few new books and movies on the

shelves and we expect our supplier to begin shipping more new materials very soon.

Once we receive those, you can rest assured our staff will get them ready for you as

quickly as possible. We will also resume Inter-Library Loan service on June 4. We look

forward to seeing you!

Computer

assistance

available

at library In order to maintain

social distance, many

groups and agencies are

accepting online applica-

tions only. Community

members who need help

filing for unemployment,

government assistance,

filling out the census form

or any other online appli-

cations can find it at the

library. Appointments or

walk-ins are welcome. A

private space for this as-

sistance has been set aside

and a staff member is

available to help.

Yes! Summer Reading

is happening this year After weeks of uncertainty, we’re excited to be able to

offer a summer reading program this year. The program will run from June 1 to July 31.

Like most things in the world today, this year’s summer reading program will operate differently.

Children will keep track of the number of days (not minutes or pages) they read through an app called Reader Zone. Patrons can download the app and get a program code from the library so they can include all the readers participating in their family.

If using this app isn’t possible, the library will have a paper version available for children to color in each cal-endar day that they read.

In lieu of in-person programming, activity kits will be provided, with a new kit available each Monday. In addi-tion to materials, the kit will contain book suggestions, instructions for the activity, and a QR code that links to a video of Logan and Cara demonstrating the activity. There will be three age groups for the kits: toddler-K, elementary, and teen. The kits will be available in the children’s room.

New on

the shelves

Adult Fiction

Death in Mud Lick by Er ic Ey r e

The Eighth Girl by Ma xine Chung

The Familiar Dark by Amy Eng el

How Murder Saved my Life by Da w n Merriman

A Silent Death by Peter Ma y

Adult Nonfiction

Food Fix: How to Save our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities and Our Planet, One Bite at a Time by Ma r k Hy ma n

The Grey Album Poems by Curtis Cr isler

The Sword and the Shield: the Revo-lutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King by Peniel Joseph

Upstream: The Quest to Solve Prob-lems Before They Happen by Da n Heath

You are Enough: Revealing the Soul to Discover your Power, Potential and Possibility by Desai Panache

Juvenile Nonfiction

Drones for Fun by Ja son Bra ina rd

Tae Kwon Do by Phil Corso

Juvenile Fiction

Arnold and Louise Lost & Found by Er ica S. Per l

Batman and the Ultimate Riddle by Micha el An-thony Steele

Could You Survive the Jurassic Period by Ma tt Doeden

Fins by Ra ndy W a y ne W hite

A Friend for Dragon by Da v Pilkey

How to Make Friends with the Sea by Ta ny a Gur-rero

What we’re reading

The Red Lotus by Chris Bohjalian — Vicki Builta I picked up Chris Bohjalian’s The Red Lotus because

I’ve read and enjoyed several of his previous books. Little did I realize then—in mid-March 2020—that I had chosen a timely (?) mystery/thriller with a pan-demic story line. Set in Vietnam and Manhattan, the plot is fast-paced, the characters are never quite who they seem to be. If you aren’t familiar with Bohjalian’s talents as an author, this book could convince you to add his name to your must-read list.

Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson — Logan Brown

The setup of this book is so intriguing and the ride to the end is lots of fun! The twists and turns kept it exciting and there are enough suspects in the cast of characters that I was more surprised at who the culprit wasn't than who it was. If you’re a fan of mysteries, this book is a love letter to the genre that I’m sure you’ll eat up.

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, translated by Sri Swami Satchidananda — Anna Richey

This is a very old book (first written down about 2000 years ago in the Sanskrit language), but this new-ish English translation is easy to read and under-stand. This sort of book isn’t usually in my wheelhouse, but it’s required reading for a course I’m taking to get my yoga teacher certification, which I hope to finish by the end of the summer!

Hearts on Fire by Julia Gabriel — Taira Simmons

Becca left home after high school and rarely came home. She always felt like she never belonged in her own family because she was adopted. Jack left town to attend college across the country. Everyone believes he became a hotshot lawyer. Both have secrets they must face as they return home. To build a future they must settle the past.

Solstice by Joyce Carol Oates — Maddie Shultz

It’s a fascinating, psychologically charged tale of two women, one a famous painter, the other an English pro-fessor at an all-boys’ school, who become neighbors in rural Pennsylvania.

Montauk by Nicola Harrison — Lisa Gawthrop

I love a good beach read! Three months on Long Island in 1938 with New York's finest, but there's always one who realizes that they just don't fit in and go search for the simple ways in which they do.

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