On the Shelf

Library@Nite

It’s that time of the month again when the Downieville Library is open for evening hours.Next Monday, May 12, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, the library will be open for any and all.Everything this is available during our regular daytime hours (Tuesday, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, and Thursday, noon to 4:00 PM) will be available that evening.So, if you are someone who works during our regular hours, and can’t normally get to the library, this is your chance.Or, perhaps, you would like a time when your whole family can come to the library together — this is that time.We hope to see you next Monday evening.And, for future reference, Library@Nite happens on the second Monday of each month — so:June 9; July 14; August 11; September 8; October 13; November 10; and, December 8.Put the dates on your calendar now.

What’s New on the Shelf

Over the past few weeks, the library has added several items to its collection.Here’s what you’ll find:

Fiction books

Shiner, by Amy Jo Burns

In the Woods, by Tana French

The Great Alone, by Kristin Hannah

Starry River in the Sky, by Grace Lin (juvenile)

When the Sea Turned to Silver, by Grace Lin (juvenile)

The Girls in the Stilt House, by Kelly Mustian

Kermit the Hermit, by Bill Peet (easy reader)

O, Baby, the Places You’ll Go!, by Tis Rabe (easy reader)

Book of Colors, by Dr. Seuss (easy reader)

Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?, by Dr. Seuss (easy reader)

Seuss-isms!, by Dr. Seuss (juvenile)

Ten Apples on Top!, by Dr. Seuss (easy reader)

Wacky Wednesday, by Dr. Seuss (easy reader)

The Lost Bookshop, by Evie Woods

Non-fiction books

Claude Monet: 1840-1926, by Christoph Heinrich

Gardening with a Wild Heart, by Judith Larner Lowry

Conamara Blues, by John O’Donohue (poetry)

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, by Timothy Snyder

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, by Timothy Snyder (graphic edition)

My Adventures with Your Money: George Graham Rice and the Golden Age of the Con Artist, by T.D. Thornton

Audio-books

The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, by Kim Edwards

“Q” is for Quarry, by Sue Grafton (mystery)

Just After Sunset, by Stephen King (short stories)

I, Michael Bennett, by James Patterson (mystery)

Manhunt, by James Patterson (mystery)

Dark of the Moon, by John Sandford (thriller)