Two Books Same Name

Obsession by Jonathan Kellerman is another Alex Delaware book, he once again joined with his friend Milo Sturgis, an LAPD detective.

Obsession by Karen Robards adds psychological spice to a familiar lover-on-the run plot. Robards's 23rd novel again spins satisfaction out of appealing characters who fall in love and bad guys who get justice.

****05/03/07 I have read both books and liked the one by Karen Robards better. Kellerman's book had too many characters for me.

Last Spring Preschool Story Hour

We had our last Spring Preschool story hour today. We will start again for the summer session in mid to late June. We usually have over twenty kids.

Emmetsburg History Help

We have had a request for information about the photo studio: C.A. Deschenka, Cabinet Portrait here in Emmetsburg. What years were they in business, who may have the negatives of their pictures, the studio that took their place, etc.

Can anyone help? Contact Donna at the Library.

National Library Week

This is National Library Week did you know:

Iowa has 543 public libraries, 79 academic libraries, and over 1,400 school libraries.

There are 1.9 million registered borrowers in Iowa public libraries.

Nationally, Iowa public libraries rank 16th in library visits per capita.

Iowa ranks 3rd nationally in the number of public libraries per capita, and 15th in the number of books owned.

The average Iowa public library answers 3,469 reference questions a year.

The average number of public access Internet computers in Iowa public libraries is 5. (Emmetsburg has six)

Donations

The Martin-Mattice Funeral Home has donated over 45 new books to our library in memory of deceased Emmetsburg residents. Stop in the library to see the complete list.

SNOW

We are getting snow here in Emmetsburg, IN APRIL!!!

Westerns

Do you like Westerns? As a donation we received over twenty books by Ralph Compton and William W. Johnstone. All of these books are new to our collection.

Lots of Books

More Library Pictures

Library Pictures

New Book - Mary Higgins Clark

Kay Lansing recalls her first visit as a six-year-old to the Carrington estate in Englewood, N.J., where her father worked as a landscaper. Twenty-two years later, she returns to ask the present owner, Peter Carrington, if she can use the mansion for a fund-raiser. The two fall madly in love, and after a whirlwind courtship, they marry despite the shadow of suspicion that hangs over Peter regarding the death of a neighbor's daughter two decades earlier and the drowning of his first wife four years before. After an idyllic honeymoon, the couple return to New Jersey, where a magazine article has caused the police to reopen the cases. The subsequent discovery of two bodies buried on the estate causes even Kay to doubt her husband's innocence. Clark deftly keeps the finger of guilt pointed in many directions until the surprising conclusion.

A new adventure

This is going to be a new adventure for us. We hope to have bi-weekly updates of happenings in the library, new things to try, and of course book reviews.