New Arrivals February 2019
These fresh titles have JUST ARRIVED! We need to get them cataloged & processed…but, the time to call and get your name on the HOLD list is now! 715-798-3189…or, of course, HOLD them yourself via the catalog.
Birkie Carb Load
For those of you looking to carb load tomorrow evening…or just enjoy some yummy spaghetti…head on over to the Cable Community Centre between 4 & 8…for the Annual American Legion Birkie Spaghetti Feed hosted by the Northwoods Preschool. And, if you miss Friday, head out to the Stokes-Liebman American Legion Post 487 on Saturday from…
Kristine’s February 2019 Staff Pick
ALICE ISN’T DEAD by Joseph Fink “Keisha Taylor lived a quiet life with her wife, Alice, until the day that Alice disappeared. After months of searching, presuming she was dead, Keisha held a funeral, mourned, and gradually tried to get on with her life. But, that was before Keisha started to see her wife, again,…
Blind Date with a Book…or Movie
Looking for that special someone…or something…for your Valentine’s Day? DO come in and partake of our annnual Blind Date with a Book or Movie event! Choose a wrapped title…based on a brief description. You might end up with something you”d have never chosen…based on the cover. Complete with a “rate your date” sheet. It’s a…
A Candidate’s Forum – Town of Cable Chair/Primary
The Town of Cable has three individuals who have placed their names in contention for the Town Chairmanship, which necessitates a Primary Election. In an effort to give the prospective candidates an opportunity to talk about why they are running, and area voters a chance to hear from them, the Forest Lodge Library has scheduled…
Vikki’s Staff Pick – December 2018
THE GREAT ALONE by Kristin Hannah I had not read any of Kristin Hannah’s works before this, but it has been popular, and the location intrigued me: Alaska. It is a coming-of-age novel that is pretty intense. It’s 1974; Leni is 13 and lives in Seattle with her mom, Cora, and her POW father, Ernt.…
Sarah’s Staff Pick – December 2018
Transcription by Kate Atkinson I really enjoyed Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie series, and was looking forward to her newest stand alone novel. Juliet is an 18 year old woman in 1940s England and is recruited into MI5. She is charged with transcribing meetings between British Fascist sympathizers and an undercover British agent. She is soon asked…
Jennifer’s Pick-December 2018
Fox 8 is the shortest book that I read in 2018. At 28 pages it’s a little bitty thing. You know the old saying about good things coming in small packages? It is true. This slim volume packs a decisive wallop. Fox 8 is the strange one in the pack, known as a dreamer. This…
Progress Report January 2019
We are now two years into our “project” and, while it may look like not much has changed, progress has, in fact, been made. In our last installment we explained that we had interviewed a number of architects and that we had determined that it would be useful to visit properties that they had been…
Added Warmth & Comfort
We’re excited to share the news that the work on our fireplace is complete, the gas insert has been installed, it looks and works great and, for possibly the first time since there was a wood fire in the fireplace, that end of the building is warm and cozy. So…c’mon in and cozy up in…