Gather round. You are about to be entertained tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 2, at noon in the Cumberland Room at the Library by an outstanding vocalist: Terri Utsey. Don’t miss it!
Next Wednesday, Sept. 9, at noon in the Cumberland Room, Blind Date presents A Moosestock Showcase, the band’s annual end-of-summer music party.
Art Circle Public Library is at 3 East St., Crossville. Visit artcirclelibrary.info or call 931-484-6790 for information.
Great New Books
Kiss Play Replay by Rachel Harrison. Seven months after calling it off with her fiancé, Willa wakes up on the morning of her good friend Steph’s wedding filled with dread. Living among unpacked boxes in an unfamiliar studio apartment and an unfamiliar life, Willa is struggling, yet must compose herself enough to face her ex-fiancé at the wedding (and the date he is apparently bringing).
Classic horror tropes abound, from the setting at a wedding venue created out of a former summer camp in the woods to the masked figure Willa thinks she sees amid the trees.
When the masked figure appears again at the reception and wreaks bloody havoc, Willa finds herself face to face with a killer. And then she wakes up — on the morning of Steph’s wedding. Exquisite horror and poignant reckoning ensue as Willa, trapped in a grisly time loop, must face the reality that the only way out is through.
Paper Ghosts by Sarah Addison Allen. Over the generations, the reclusive Wester matriarchs are feared by their neighbors, as they seem to have second sight, knowing personal things about others and using this information to manipulate them.
In 1976, Alice Wester is raising her granddaughter Willamena “Wills” Wester and controlling her life, including the man she is supposed to marry, only allowing Wills to choose her friends. When Wills is betrayed by those friends and rebels against Alice by planning to leave, a tragedy occurs, tying Wills to Wester House.
Years later, Wills vows not to make the same mistakes with her own granddaughter Bailey, who, along with her father, Wills’s son, comes to live with her when Bailey’s mother dies. However, to protect Bailey, she repeats her grandmother’s mistake, sending Bailey away until Bailey returns and learns the truth about her grandmother’s past and her own life-changing night
Under Story by Chloe Benjamin. Laurel Salter, a biologist and fungi specialist in crisis, takes a chance on a life-changing opportunity: a job as a dishwasher at the McMurdo Station research base in Antarctica.
Ostensibly safe from all reminders of her previous life, she explores and adapts to the rhythms of her new, extremely isolated life with her coworkers. Laurel observes and inquires about the Arc, a mysterious, glowing dome over the ice.
Questions about the Arc start to draw scientists from all over the world; before long, Laurel’s physicist ex-husband arrives too. Negotiating their history and shared pain leads them to Laurel’s thoughts on the possibilities of the Arc, based on Eli’s theory of a duoverse. They decide to test the Arc, using it to travel back in time to try to rescue their child before he’s lost to them forever.
Library Laugh I
Why wouldn’t the shrimp share his treasure? He was a little shellfish.
Stingy Schobel Says
Double-check your electricity bill. Nearly 1 in 4 Americans have found a pricing error on their electricity bill, according to one study.
Reviewing your bill each month, even if you’ve opted to pay it automatically, will give you an opportunity to quickly spot and correct potentially costly mistakes.
Library Laugh II
What do you call phony spaghetti? An im-pasta.
Libraries=Information
When shopping for eggs, labels like “organic,” “free-range” and “pasture-raised” reflect different standards of how hens are raised and what they’re fed.
Pasture-raised eggs — laid by hens that spend significant time outdoors foraging — are often considered a higher-welfare option compared to conventional factory-farmed eggs.
A study by Mother Earth News says that pasture-raised eggs can contain more omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin A, along with lower levels of saturated fat.
However, the exact nutritional differences can vary widely depending on the hens’ diet and living conditions, so these benefits aren’t guaranteed across all brands.
Still, choosing pasture-raised eggs generally supports more natural living conditions for hens and may offer modest nutritional advantages.
Fall’s Coming Bonus
What kind of music do mummies listen to? Wrap.