No, sorry, John McCain and Sarah Palin aren't visiting this week.  But we will have information on them both at the library!

Heralded on Amazon as the best of June, creeping up the NYTimes bestseller list to number 6, this story of a boy and his dog by David Wroblewski was not what I expected.  After reading the author's comments about wanting something with "the uncynical Midwestern sense of heart," I am even more at sea.   

Summer travel?  Maybe you can only dream about it this year, but maybe you're still going…and these books might help!

       Prepare to step back in time. Back to the days when a privateer could sail the ocean blue without ever leaving the Hollywood studios. Back to the days when people enjoyed watching actors pretend the rapier went straight to their gut, when really they are hiding it under their arm. Back to the days when a pillager could become as upright and desirable as the town mayor. Ah, yes, those were the days. He grabs and kisses her, she bites him, he knocks her flat, but by the end of the movie she will defend him in the face of any danger or indignity.

Looking for great summer reads?  Try any or all of these: 

Looking for some tongue-in-cheek adventurous humor to share with the family?

          Over the week-end, I watched The Holiday, with Camron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jack Black, Jude Law and Eli Wallach.  It is a story about two young women with man problems (it is a romantic comedy after all) one in Los Angeles, the other in Surrey England, who swap houses for the Christmas Holiday.  According to Yahoo Movie reviews the critics gave it a C+, the viewers gave it a B.  I would give it

Anybody out there reading science fiction?  How about speculative fiction?  (In case you’re wondering, they’re the same thing.  Sort of.

Many of us make new years resolutions.  The idea is to change some things ourselves, or about their lives. Things like:

• Loose weight
• Get in shape
• Eat healthier
• Exercise more
• Learn how to use the computer

Many people break those resolutions by February.
Somewhere I heard that in order for something to become a habit you have to repeat it 21 times.  
So theoretically if we do some thing everyday for 3 weeks, it will be come a habit and become much easier to continue.

Did you know that each branch of Jackson District Library has a collection of music CDs?  They check out for one week--free of charge!!!  The following children's titles have been ordered for Summit Branch.  You may place a hold on any music CD in the