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| The Librarian's Corner Published December 1, 2025 |
 
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Thursday, December 18 at 6:00 p.m., the Sandisfield Women's Book Group will meet to discuss Eruption by James Patterson and Michael Crichton. Eruption is based on an unfinished manuscript left by Crichton. The Chicago-born writer, who died of cancer in 2008 at the age of 66, was one of the most successful novelists of all time, among them titles that became blockbuster franchises, from Jurassic Park to Westworld and ER. The manuscript was discovered by his widow Sherri and has now been completed by the no-less-successful writer James Patterson, renowned for several thriller series of his own. The Sandisfield Library Food Pantry Low on budget? Need a little helping hand? Please stop by any time the library is open and browse our nonperishable shelves in the lower level. Donations of NON-perishable food items can be dropped at the Sandisfield Library during regular library hours as well. We want to thank everyone who has graciously donated to our little food pantry. You know who you are. We greatly appreciate all your help and kindness. A special thank you this month to the Sandisfield Snowmobile Club Inc. Their gracious donation will allow us to offer ham or turkey this month for the upcoming holidays. FYI, the Club offers over 54 miles of trails in the area and for more information on the winter sport contact George Munson at 413-258-4810 or 413-441-5943. Speaking of thank you's and community support, the library would like to thank SFDI and other volunteers who joined us on a Saturday afternoon to remove decades of grime from the library windows both upstairs and down. Everything shines much brighter now.
Paper Girl, a memoir by Beth Macy. "Beth Macy masterfully assesses a dysfunctional class system witnessed both as reporter and through lived experience. This essential book reveals that resolving our current sociopolitical crisis requires not just digging for facts but digging even deeper into our very souls." - Sarah Smarsh, NYT best-selling author of Heartland. Black AF History, non-fiction by Michael Harriot. "History as it should be told: straight, no chaser: unvarnished and unembossed. Michael Harriot, the Samuel L. Jackson of the written word, strikes again, waving fascinating facts, scathing humor, and pieces of his own life story to detail the stony road we trod." - Joy Reid, American political commentator. Shadow Ticket, fiction by Thomas Pynchon. Cut from the same cloth as Pynchon's previous novels, Bleeding Edge (2013) and Inherent Vice (2009). It is a zany detective story, the gumshoe is Hicks McTaggart. It is Milwaukee, 1932. Crime-wise, Milwaukee is presented as a backwater, yet the city's proximity to the gangland epicenter of Chicago gives it criminal cred, an underbelly further fed by prohibition. The novel's opening salvo, a bomb is rolled under a booze-smuggling truck, blowing it to 86-proof smithereens. Mask of the Deer Woman, fiction by Laurie L. Dove. "A creepy, atmospheric page-turner and a thoughtful exploration of identity and belonging... an ode to women's resilience and the powerful bonds between mothers and daughters." - K.T. Nguyen, author of You Know What You Did. 6:40 to Montreal, by Eva Jurczyk. "The book has everything you want in a can't-put-it-down story: clever characters, plot twists, nail-biting pace - but Eva Jurczyk doesn't stop there. She adds the claustrophobia of a broken-down train, a brutal snowstorm, a dead body, and no way out. A true master of simmering tension." Ashley Tate, international bestselling author of Twenty-Seven Minutes. In the Children's Section The Elephant Girl by James Patterson and Ellen Banda-Aaku. A beautiful, heart-pounding story of a girl, an elephant and their life-changing friendship. The Gift of the Great Buffalo by Carole Lindstrom. Long before there was a little house on the prairie there was a tipi on the prairie. A beautiful and dramatic story of an Indigenous community and a young girl's adventurous life on the prairie. Need a Notary? The Library can do that to! Give us a call for an appointment or stop by during regular hours. Museum Passes Don't forget the Library has passes to following:
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Published December 1, 2025