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Arlene's Letter

Spring has arrived. I feel confident in my professing this weather-wise, but there are so many other touch points to our seasons than just the weather. (Of course the temperature needed to take a 30 degree dip just to prove me wrong!)

If you know me at all, I love holidays. Spring has found many of us celebrating Easter, May Day, Mother’s Day, Graduations, Memorial Day and Father’s Day. Naturally, we at Read Between the Lynes can find great books to go with any of these events. Oh, I can hear you already questioning May Day; but I ask you, have you been in and looked at the book, “slow flowers”?

As I compose this letter, we are coming up on Memorial Day. This is a holiday that held great meaning in my childhood home. My father and both of my uncles all served during WWII. As a child in the 1960’s that seemed like another lifetime ago, but as I reminisce that my husband served during the Gulf War and that was close to 23 years ago, time seems a little different to me now. At Read Between the Lynes, we choose to honor our Veterans with a tribute window. I urge all of you in the area to stop by and take a close look at what Leslie Schubert does with her magical touch each year. We also honor the tradition of Memorial Day by closing the store so that our employees may take part in any traditions their families may honor.

It’s no secret that I’m a Jersey girl at heart and Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning season of “down the shore”. I’m feeling especially nostalgic this year, as my shore rebuilds itself out of the devastation of Hurricane Sandy.

So, this Memorial Day weekend you will find me mostly at work, but when I’m not here you can bet I will be home with family, eating and of course reading. I’ll be cooking from Mario Batali’s Italian Grill which just hit our shelves this Spring and making my way through my stack which includes, “The World’s Strongest Librarian”, “The Great Gatsby”, “The Fault Between Our Stars”, “Wonder” as well as a few that will be releasing later this year.

May we see you soon in the store, or you can visit our newly revamped website where you can shop 24/7 or even download eBooks! And, if you can’t get enough of us there, be sure to follow us on Facebook!

Here’s to summer,

Arlene

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Joelle Carboneau
The Testing

Author of The Testing
Friday, June 21 — 7 pm

The Testing is an actionpacked adventure that will keep you entertained this summer! It’s graduation day for sixteen-year-old Malencia Vale, and the entire Five Lakes Colony (the former Great Lakes) is celebrating. All Cia can think about — hope for — is whether she’ll be chosen for The Testing, a United Commonwealth program that selects the best and brightest new graduates to become possible leaders of the slowly revitalizing post-war civilization. When Cia is chosen, her father finally tells her about his own nightmarish half-memories of The Testing. Armed with his dire warnings (“Cia, trust no one”), she bravely heads off to Tosu City, far away from friends and family, perhaps forever. Danger, romance — and sheer terror — await.

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 25th — 7 pm

Calogero's, 135 Washington, Woodstock

Samantha Hoffman is the guest speaker for this month's Women & Words. We'll meet at Calogero's at 7pm for this exciting event.

What better way to kick off summer reading by meeting a humorous, entertaining author who is sure to delight with her new novel, What More Could You Wish For.

Libby Carson has a great life - a thriving business, a family she adores, and a steady guy who's sweet and reliable. Life is good - nice and tidy. Until, that is, on her fiftieth birthday when her boyfriend does the unthinkable: He proposes.

Libby's been down the marriage road before and it just didn't work. While she's trying to persuade her guy to keep things status quo, she reconnects online with her high-school boyfriend and begins an email correspondence...just for fun.

But fun soon turns to flirtation and Libby is startled to feel some stirrings of the passion she felt at seventeen. How is that possible? She thought she had things all figured out. Now she must take stock of her life and everyone in it, to answer for herself the question everyone has been asking: What more could you wish for?

 

The Testing

Saturday, June 29th — 10 am to 1 pm

We are honored to showcase a few of the musicians who will be taking part in this year's Mozart Festival. Stop in during the morning and early afternoon to meet these accomplished musicians and delight in their musical offerings

The Testing

featuring Chris Larsen, author of Losing Touch and Michael Major, author of One Man's Castle

June 30th — 11 am to 1 pm

Stop by to meet Chris Larsen, author of Losing Touch. Morgan Dunsmore is an out-of-work copywriter in Northport, Illinois, who has mounting bills, two kids, and a wife recovering from back surgery. With his life teetering and unable to sustain any more turmoil, he teaches himself its limitations as well as its infinite possibilities, leading to everything from wish fulfillment to Robin Hood thievery, but drifts inexorably away from his family - the one thing he wanted so badly to protect and keep.

Michael Major will also be in Woodstock to sign copies of One Man's Castle, his debut thriller that answers the questions: Is a man a serial killer if he only kills the burglars who break into his home? And what if one of them is the man who had murdered the homeowner's wife and was returning to kill him?