Thursday, March 19, 2009

April Book Club Selection


We'll be reading a piece of fiction entitled "Montana, 1948" by Larry Watson for our April book club meeting. Literary review magazine Kirkus Reviews writes "Watson (author) offers a lean, gaunt narrative rich with implication about a 12-year-old boy who witnesses the anguish of his sheriff father, who is forced to arrest his own brother for rape ... A literary page-turner, morally complex and satisfying in its careful accumulation of detail and in its use of landscape to reveal character." This is a quick read, a mere wisp of a book at 175 pages, but our next book club meeting will be on Wednesday, April the 8th(@ 6:30pm), so we have but a mere 3 weeks before our next gathering. Hopefully we'll see you there to talk literature together.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Brian Copeland at West Valley March 11th


Just a quick reminder, folks, that Brian Copeland, author of "Not a Genuine Black Man" will be here tomorrow, Wednesday March 11th, at 7pm. This year's featured author for Silicon Valley Reads, Mr. Copeland will come by the branch for an evening sure to satisfy anyone interested in his enjoyable book and personal narrative. It'll be time well spent ... come join us.