Elise S.'s blog

Now that tax season is over and we can all relax...

Submitted by Elise S. on Sat, 04/17/2010 - 12:17pm

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

We invite you to look at our May calendar and see the exciting activities we have planned for Asian Pacific Heritage Month at Baldwin Boettcher Branch Library. Click on the Branch Calendar link at the top of the page.

Baldwin Boettcher Branch -- Evening Book Club

Submitted by Elise S. on Tue, 04/13/2010 - 4:19pm

Nectar in a SieveTitle to be discussed: Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya. Date of meeting: Monday, May 10, at 6:30 PM. Summary: Named Notable Book of 1955 by the American Library Association, this is the very moving story of a peasant woman in a primitive village in India whose whole life was a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loved.

Baldwin Boettcher Branch -- Club de Literatura Hispana

Submitted by Elise S. on Mon, 03/22/2010 - 12:48pm

Title to be discussed: La Atrevida: el ultimo capitulo de la historia de Gloria Trevi y el escandalo que fascino al mundo by Christopher McDougall, translated by Ana del Corral. Date of meeting: Tuesday, April 20, at 6:00 PM.

Baldwin Boettcher Branch -- Evening Book Club

Submitted by Elise S. on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 2:47pm

A Fine Dark LineTitle to be discussed: A Fine Dark Line by Joe R. Lansdale. Date of meeting: Monday, April 12, at 6:30 PM. Summary: The time is the summer of 1958, the place is Dewmont, Texas. For blissfully ignorant thirteen-year-old Stanley Mitchell, the end of innocence comes with his discovery of an old trove of passionate yet troubled love letters that lead him to a long-ago house fire and the tragic deaths of two very different young women.

Baldwin Boettcher Branch -- Club de Literatura Hispana

Submitted by Elise S. on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 1:14pm

Title to be discussed:  Delirio by Laura Restrepo.  Date of meeting:  Tuesday, March 23, at 6 PM.  Summary:  Aguilar returns home after a short business trip only to find that his wife, Agustina, has gone crazy. Having no idea what could have happened during his absence, and hoping to help her overcome this crisis, he begins to investigate, what he discovers are deep and disturbing facts hidden in the past of the woman he loves. Delirio is a story of love and madness, mysteries and secrets in the midst of the breakdown of Colombian society. The author shows an uncommon narrative energy, in which the suspense is held until a hopeful end that closes a beautiful novel. Wonderfully constructed, magnificently narrated and brilliantly developed.

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