There's an interesting medical twist you would probably also like.
I like medical twists!!
There's an interesting medical twist you would probably also like.
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm looking it up now.I'm reading "The Dante Connection" by Estelle Ryan (no.2) and enjoying it. I'm behind on this series, I always get sidetracked by other books!
To those who are reading "The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek...loved it! Try "The Giver of Stars" by Jojo Moyes, its similar, and good too.
Just my humble opinion...
I love libraries, especially the digital collections, but libraries have changed much from when I was growing up. I had a master gardener training a few years ago in a new library one town over. They had gaming teams - not just playing video games, but creating them. They had lots of other free programs available, too. It's not just a place to borrow books and movies anymore.Our local TV station interviewed Librarians recently. They were explaining how many people were lost without being able to visit the Libraries and check out books. The purpose of the interview was to explain the Digital Libraries that exist where anyone with a Library Card (and PIN number) can download ebooks and audio books during the quarantine. They mentioned that if a patron didn't have a PIN number they could call the library and get one assigned to their card.
One of the reasons cited for using the Digital Public Libraries is that the local Library buildings can only house so many books. By using these digital resources there is an exponentially larger collection available.
These digital books "return themselves", so when the loan time is up there is never an overdue fine.
Here in Ohio I use an ap called "Overdrive" and access the "OPLIN" (Ohio Public Library Information Network) and a lot of Library systems are affiliated with DPLA (Digital Public Libraries of America) But there are so many other Digital sources too. Linkedin's "Lynda", "Hoopla", "KnowledgeCity", and.....
"A to Z Food America".
Since I have a media tablet I can download to my laptop and then move the file to the tablet such that I can listen to an audio book thru the sound system of my car as I drive. Even listen to it as I mow the lawn or paint around the house.
These Digital Libraries offer so much more than the old sticks & bricks Libraries ever offered. Although it is nice to have a Library book to hold and read (provided you can get it) our present circumstances makes the Digital realm
quite a comfort.
Just finished "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens. Awesome book. Was sorry when I finished it.
I'm reading "The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek" by Kim Michelle Richardson for my next book club meeting, which we will hold via Zoom teleconferencing. It's about a traveling librarian in Kentucky during the Depression - part of Roosevelt's Pack Horse Library Project. She traveled by mule to deliver and retrieve books and other reading materials for people who lived in the mountains of rural eastern Kentucky. Very interesting story.
I'm glad you liked it. I found it fascinating. I had never heard of the blue people before, so that was very interesting for me.It took from April to now for my library to deliver this book to my Kindle.. Well worth the wait.. [emoji2]
I, truly enjoyed this book.. I had heard of the “blue people of Troublesome Creek” and this book, though fiction, brought them to life for me..
Ross