SaturdayMay4thwehad our Baked Potato Bar Lunch Friends of the Library Fundraiser and our drawing. The winners of the drawing were: 4th place, Cindy Taylor, who won the toaster courtesy of the Texas Spur; 3rd place, Darla Thomason, winner of the $50 gift certificate to Lawrence Brothers Grocery courtesy of C.C. Noland; 2nd place, Lesa Arnold, winner of the $100 Visa gift card courtesy of the Friends of the Library, and in 1st place, Dola Garrett, who won the $500 gift certificate to Salt Fork Outfitters courtesy of Salt Fork Outfitters.
Thank you to everyone who supported the library by purchasing meals and raffle tickets. A very special thank you to Salt Fork Outfitters, Lawrence Brothers Grocery, Galaxy, Cap Rock Telephone Cooperative, South Plains Electric Coop, and the Texas Spur. Another special thank you to the library board of trustees. These special people volunteer their time and money to make Dickens County Spur Public Library a vital part of the community.
We have new books on our shelves thanks in part to the Friends of the Library and also some donated books from individuals. From international bestselling author Matt Haig, we have the fantasy time travel novel “How to Stop Time.” The Washington Post calls it “A quirky romcom dusted with philosophical observations…. A delightfully witty…poignant novel.”
From USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Taylor Adams we have the psychological thriller “The Last Word.” Emma Carpenter lives in isolation with her golden retriever Laika, house-sitting an old beachfront home on the rainy Washington coast. Her only human contact is her enigmatic old neighbor, Deek, and (via text) the house’s owner, Jules. One day, she reads a poorly written but gruesome horror novel by the author H. G. Kane, and posts a one-star review that drags her into an online argument with none other than the author himself. Soon after, disturbing incidents start to occur at night. To Emma, this can’t just be a coincidence. It was strange enough for this author to bicker with her online about a lousy review; could he be stalking her, too? As Emma digs into Kane’s life and work, she learns he has published sixteen other novels, all similarly sadistic tales of stalking and murder. But who is he? How did he find her? And what else is he capable of?
From bestselling author James Patterson and James O.
Born we have the Michael Bennet thriller “Crosshairs.” A killer uses fearsome precision to take out impossible targets. Detective Michael Bennett teams with a shooting expert a former Army Ranger and sniper with NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit. But Officer Rob Trilling seems more comfortable with rifles than he is with people. When his new partner begins to log unexplained absences from duty, only Bennett can prove whether the decorated officer is a lonely hunter or a hardened assassin We have “The #1 Lawyer” also written by James Patterson but this time with author Nancy Allen. Stafford Lee Penney is a small-town lawyer with a big-time reputation for winning every case he tries. In his sharp suits and polished Oxford shoes, Penney is Biloxi, Mississippi’s #1 Lawyer and top local celebrity.
Just as Penney notches his latest courtroom victory, his wife is scandalously killed. He spirals into a legal and personal losing streak, damaging his reputation and ruining his career. That’s when Penney makes a bold decision. He stops trading on his power-lawyer identity and creates a new one: lawyer lifeguard. Moonlighting at the beach, showing up to court in flip-flops, mentoring a law student, the new Penney is at first unrecognizable. It’s said that a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. But when Penney is accused of murder, the #1 Lawyer will find a way to triumph.
Check it out at the library.
