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See You at the Library BBQ for Books was a huge success. Thanks to everyone who purchased tickets or made donations and to all the volunteers who helped out. Thanks also go to businesses that sold tickets for us. The Library Foundation raised over $5,600 for the renovation/expansion project. * * * We're wireless. The library now offers wireless Internet access for your convenience. * * * Patrons can access their library account, place reserves and renew materials online. Visit www.cityoflampasas.com/library and navigate to the Online Catalog. To log in to your account, enter your library card number and your phone number. * * * All preschoolers are welcome to come to May storytimes. Kids will be making musical instruments on Wednesday at the "Let's make music!" storytime. There will be special guests at the May 14 storytime for "My friend, the policeman." Parents may bring cameras that day. Storytimes start at 10 a.m., and last 35-45 minutes. * * * Registration for the Summer Reading Club kicks off June 2 at 10 a.m. There will be a special treat that day to kick off the celebration of this year's theme: "Texas Reading Club Jubilee: 1958-2008." On June 3, special guest Todd McKinney will present his "Happy Birthday Books" program, which will include magic, humor, storytelling, music and lots of surprises. For more information about this summer's activities, stop by the library for a Summer Reading Club calendar of events. * * * Don't miss out on some great finds -- stop by to check out the book sale today. * * * May is Military Appreciation Month. Consider donating to the library's Support Our Troops effort. Flat-rate boxes are $8.95 each. Please consider helping out by donating money for postage. Items needed include Chapstick, deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss, batteries and ready-to-eat foods. A more extensive list of requested items is available at the library or on the city's website. * * * Thanks to everyone for the recent memorial donations to the Library. We appreciate you remembering us. Recent memorials have been given in memory of Betsy Oliver, Patsy Terry, A.P. Smith, Jim Stroman, Jack Lacy, George McCann and Christy Nuckles. * * * Author read-alikes! If you like Mary Higgins Clark, you might also like Lisa Gardner, Iris Johansen or Joy Fielding. If you like Fern Michaels, you might also like Debbie Macomber, Nora Roberts, Sandra Brown or Jude Devereaux. If you like Stuart Woods, you might also like Lawrence Sanders, Jeffrey Archer, Sidney Sheldon, Stephen J. Cannell, James Patterson, Jonathan Kellerman or John Sandford. If you like Louis L'Amour, you might also like Elmer Kelton, Max Brand, Tony Hillerman, Zane Grey, Dana Fuller Ross or Gilbert Morris. * * * New books at the library: "Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope," by Don & Susie Van Ryn. Meet Laura Van Ryn and Whitney Cerak: one buried under the wrong name, one in a coma and being cared for by the wrong family. This shocking case of mistaken identity stunned the country and made national news. Would it destroy a family? Shatter their faith? Push two families into bitterness, resentment and guilt? This is an unprecedented story of two traumatized families who describe their ordeal and explore the bond sustaining and uniting them as they deal with their bizarre reversal of life lost and life found. * * * "Hope's Boy: a Memoir," by Andrew Bridge. From the moment he was born, Andrew Bridge and his mother Hope shared a love so deep that it felt like nothing else mattered. But as her mental health steadily declined, and with no one else left to care for him, authorities arrived and tore Andrew from his screaming mother's arms. He was only 7 years old. Hope was institutionalized, and Andrew was placed in foster care. After surviving one of our country's most notorious children's facilities, Andrew was thrust into a savagely loveless foster family that refused to accept him as one of their own. Ultimately, Andrew earned a scholarship to Wesleyan, went on to Harvard Law School, and became a Fulbright Scholar who has dedicated his life's work to helping children living in poverty and in the foster care system. * * * "Early Texas Schools," by Mary S. Black. Schools in Texas experienced phenomenal development during the state's first century, beginning with informal open-air classrooms and one-room schools in the 1830s, and continuing up to modern schools built with oil money in the 1920s and 1930s. Many of these schools remain today, and to preserve this history, Mary Black and Bruce Jordan set out to find and photograph historically significant school buildings across the state. The buildings tell many remarkable stories. Accompanying the photographs is a concise history of education in Texas. * * * "Where Are You Now?" by Mary Higgins Clark. It has been 10 years since 21-year-old Charles MacKenzie Jr. ("Mack") went missing. A Columbia University senior, about to graduate and already accepted at Duke University Law School, he walked out of his apartment without a word to his college roommates and has never been seen again. Mack's sister, Carolyn, resolves to discover what happened to Mack and why he found it necessary to hide from them. Carolyn's pursuit of the truth about Mack's disappearance swiftly plunges her into a world of unexpected danger and unanswered questions. What do Mack's old roommates know about his disappearance? Can the police possibly believe that Mack is not only alive, but a serial killer, a shadowy predator of young women? * * * "Miss Julia Paints the Town," by Ann B. Ross. When developers threaten to bulldoze the old courthouse to make way for condominiums, Miss Julia is dismayed. She enlists the help of Etta Mae Wiggins in a plot to scare off the money by exposing the town's many eccentric characters. Abbotsville has plenty of local color of the kind not usually listed in brochures for upscale condos. Marriages, divorces, fraud charges and reconciliations all play out against a backdrop of Miss Julia's struggle to save Abbotsville's historic courthouse, her marriage and her sanity.
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