Take Time for Paradise: Americans and Their Games

New to Louisburg Library - Take Time for Paradise: Americans and Their Games by A. Bartlett Giamatti .

"A philosophical musing on sports and play, this wholly inspiring and utterly charming reissue of Bart Giamatti's long-out-of-print final book, Take Time for Paradise, puts baseball in the context of American life and leisure. Giamatti begins with the conviction that our use of free time tells us something about who we are. He explores the concepts of leisure, American-style. And in baseball, the quintessential American game, he finds its ultimate expression. "Sports and leisure are our reiteration of the hunger for paradise for freedom untrammeled." Filled with pithy truths about such resonant subjects as ritual, self-betterment, faith, home, and community, Take Time for Paradise gives us much more than just baseball. These final, eloquent thoughts of "the philosopher king of baseball" (Seattle Weekly) are a joyful, reverent celebration of the sport Giamatti loved and the country that created it"-- Provided by publisher.

The Humming of Numbers by Joni Sensel

The Humming of Numbers by Joni Sensel is a Junior Library Guild Selection.

A would-be monk in a 10th century Celtic abbey teams up with an alluring young wood-witch to escape raiders and plumb the divinity of supernatural experiences, including love.

I enjoy historical fiction, and I was looking forward to reading this Young Adult book since it is set in Ireland. Unfortunately I was disappointed in this book. The concept is very good and exciting, but the story is too predictable and there are not enough twists and turns to keep you glued to the pages.

For middle school readers this book may be very appealing, especially if they don't like long books.

Cold Wind by CJ Box

CJ Box has written another great book for the Joe Pickett series.

When Earl Alden is found dead, dangling from a wind turbine, it's his wife, Missy, who is arrested. Unfortunately for Joe Pickett, Missy is his mother-in-law, a woman he dislikes heartily, and now he doesn't know what to do - especially when the early signs point to her being guilty as sin. But then things happen to make Joe wonder: Is Earl's death what it appears to be? Is Missy being set up? He has the county DA and sheriff on one side, his wife on the other, his estranged friend Nate on a lethal mission of his own, and some powerful interests breathing down his neck. Whichever way this goes...it's not going to be good. (source: www.cjbox.net/books/cold-wind)

This book didn't keep me up reading to all hours of the night like the previous book, but it was still as good as usual. I'm a Joe Pickett fan because he loves his family and tries to do the right thing.