The Lampasas Public Library needs large-print books and magazines (Reader's Digest, etc.) for its senior outreach program. Western and historical fiction also are requested. Donations can be dropped off at the library.

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Storytimes: Wednesday, "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow: Fact or Fiction?" in honor of Fire Prevention Month; Oct. 21, "Orange as a Pumpkin" in honor of Halloween Safety Month. Storytimes are 10-10:30 a.m.

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Want to automatically be on the reserve list when a new book comes out? Library patrons can choose to be notified when a favorite author publishes a new book. Log into your account, scroll down to "Have some favorite authors?" and click on the link. Choose from over 35 of the most popular authors.

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A great way to honor or memorialize someone is through the amazon.com wish list. Log onto the Web site and click on "Gifts & Wish Lists" above the search box. In the "Find someone's wish list" search box on the right side of the screen, search for Lampasas Public Library.

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The library is no longer accepting used ink or toner cartridges for recycling.

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Recent donations have been given in memory of Guy Reding and Mary Brooks.

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Author read-alikes:

If you like Jacquelyn Mitchard, you might also like Jodi Picoult, Nicholas Sparks, LaVyrle Spencer, Anita Shreve, Elizabeth Berg, Nancy Thayer or Joyce Carol Oates.

If you like Brad Meltzer, you might also like David Baldacci, John Grisham, Vince Floyd, Robin Cook, James Patterson, Stuart Woods or Steve Martini.

If you like Philippa Gregory, you might also like Margaret George, Diana Gabaldon, Sara Donati, Lynn Austin, Jane Kirkpatrick or Rosalind Laker.

If you like Dan Brown, you might also like Daniel Silva, Michael Crichton, Barbara Wood, Frank Peretti or Randy Alcorn.

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New books at the library:

"My Journey with Farrah," by Alana Stewart. Alana Stewart and Farrah Fawcett went through it all together. Friends for 30 years, they were an essential part of each other's lives since first meeting at a dinner party in the 1970s. During that time, they supported each other through the trials of Hollywood life while also raising their families and keeping in close contact.

In the fall of 2006, their friendship was tested when Farrah was diagnosed with aggressive rectal cancer. She was determined to fight, and Alana was determined to help her. Together, they were relentless in their pursuit of a cure, traveling halfway around the world as they sought every mainstream, alternative and experimental therapy available.

They spent the better part of the next three years together -- Alana by her friend's side -- as they struggled together with the unknown.

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"The Eleventh Victim," by Nancy Grace. As a young psychology student, Hailey Dean's world explodes when Will, her fiance', is murdered just weeks before their wedding. She fights back the only way she knows how: in court, prosecuting violent crime. But dedicating her life to justice takes a toll after years of courtroom battles.

Just as she truly grows weary, a serial killer unlike any other she's encountered begins to stalk the city of Atlanta, targeting young prostitutes, each horrific murder bearing his own unique mark. This courtroom battle will be her last.

Hailey heads for Manhattan to pick up the pieces of the life she had before Will's murder, training as a therapist. She finally leaves her ghosts behind. But then her own clients are brutally murdered one by one by a copycat using the same M.O. as the Atlanta killer she hunted down years before.

Unless she returns to her former life and solves the case, still more innocent people will die at the hands of a killer who plans to get her before she can get him.

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"Labor Day," by Joyce Maynard. With the end of summer closing in and steamy Labor Day weekend looming in the town of Holton Mills, N.H., 13-yearold Henry -- lonely, friendless, not too good at sports -- spends most of his time watching television, reading and daydreaming about the soft skin and budding bodies of his female classmates.

For company, Henry has his long-divorced mother, Adele; his hamster, Joe; and awkward Saturday night outings to Friendly's with his estranged father and new step-family.

But the Thursday before Labor Day, a mysterious bleeding man named Frank approaches Henry and asks for a hand. Over the next five days, Henry will learn some of life's most valuable lessons, including the importance of putting others -- especially those we love -- above ourselves. And the knowledge that real love is worth waiting for.

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"Vanished," by Joseph Finder. Nick Heller is tough, smart and stubborn. And in his line of work, it's essential. Trained in the Special Forces, Nick is a high-powered intelligence investigator -- exposing secrets that powerful people would rather keep hidden. He's a guy you don't want to mess with. He's also the man you call when you need a problem fixed.

Desperate, with nowhere else to run, Nick's nephew, Gabe, makes that call one night. After being attacked in Georgetown, his mother, Lauren, lies in a coma, and his step-dad, Roger, Nick's brother, has vanished without a trace. Where Nick strayed from the path, Roger followed their father's footsteps into the corporate world.

Now, as Nick searches for his brother, he's on a collision course with one of the most powerful corporations in the world -- and they will stop at nothing to protect their secrets.

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"The Law of Nines," by Terry Goodkind. Turning 27 may be terrifying for some, but for Alex, a struggling artist living in the midwestern U.S., it's cataclysmic.

Inheriting a huge expanse of land should have made him a rich and happy man, but something about his birthday, his name, and the beautiful woman whose life he just saved, has suddenly made him -- and everyone else he loves -- into a target -- a target for extreme and uncompromising violence.

* * * Other new books at the library: "The Lost Symbol," by Dan Brown. "The Year of the Flood, by Margaret Atwood.

"The Last Song," by Nicholas Sparks. "No Time to Wave Goodbye," by Jacquelyn Mitchard.