September is Library Card Sign-up Month. Each person who gets a library card this month will get to choose a free book from the book sale inventory.

Also, preschoolers can win prizes by participating in the children’s book character contest this month. Older children (ages 5-12), teens and adults also can win prizes in our book-based trivia contests this month. Contact the library for details.

And don’t miss the library bake sale Sept 13-18!

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Meeting space is available. The semi-private space will accommodate approximately 25 people. For a small fee, a group may hold a meeting at the library. After-hours access is available. Please call or stop by the library to see if our space would meet your needs.

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Donate eyeglasses at the library! The library is collecting used glasses for the Lions Club. Your donation could help a child read, or an adult succeed in his job, or a senior maintain her independence.

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Preschool story times are Sept. 8 and Sept. 22 at 10 a.m. the library. Story times last approximately 30 minutes. All preschoolers welcome!

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Want to automatically be on the reserve list when one of your favorite authors publishes a new book? Just log in to your account, scroll down to “Have some favorite authors?” and click on the link. Then you can choose from over 40 of the most popular authors.

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Have you checked out the library’s “wish list” at amazon. com? Go to amazon.com and click on “Gifts & Wish Lists” right above the search box. Then, in the “Find someone’s wish list” search box on the right side of the screen, search for “Lampasas Public Library.” Thanks to those who have given in this way! We really appreciate your generosity.

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The sale shelves are fully stocked! Check out the great selection of children’s and adult books for sale! Hardcovers are $1, softcovers are $.50, and children’s books are $.25 each. Some “like new” hardcovers are available for $2. And we have a great selection of romance novels, just $.10 each!

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Recent donations have been received in memory of Viva Mae Wright, Lois Casbeer, Nella Casbeer, Bill Browder, IraDell Storm and Edell Wade.

*** New books at the library:

“Crashers" by Dana Haynes-- Whenever a plane goes down in the U.S., a “Go Team” made up of experts is assembled by the NTSB to investigate. Those people — each of them a leading expert in a specific area — are known as “Crashers.” When a passenger plane slams into the ground outside Portland, Ore., a team is assembled to investigate the cause. Under the leadership of Investigator Leonard “Tommy” Tomzak, a pathologist who recently quit the NTSB and just happened to be in the area when the plane went down, the team gets to work. Usually the team has months to determine the cause of a crash. But this time it’s different. The plane was brought down deliberately, without leaving a trace, and this was only a trial run. In Los Angeles, Daria Gibron — a former Shin Bet agent, now under the protection of the FBI — spots a group of suspicious-looking men. Missing her former life of action, she attaches herself to them only to learn that, somehow, they were responsible for the plane crash and are preparing for another action. While her FBI handler tries to find her and save her, Daria risks her life to try to get close enough to learn what’s going on and thwart the coming terrorist action. But time is running out, and her cover story is running thin.

“Plain Paradise” by Beth Wiseman -- Josie was just a frightened teenager when she left her baby in the care of an Amish couple in Lancaster County. Since then, 17 years have passed and Josie longs to reconnect with her daughter Linda. But Linda is unaware of Josie — and living an idyllic life within the Amish community. The bishop’s grandson, Stephen, is courting her, and she hopes he will propose soon. When her birth mother comes to Paradise, Linda finds herself unexpectedly drawn to Josie’s world. Meanwhile, her adoptive parents and her Amish beau are trying to understand how this interruption in Linda’s life could possibly be God’s will. As new relationships begin and old ones are tested, no one’s life will remain the same. In the process of losing and letting go, Linda realizes whose daughter she really is. And as only God can do, something more powerful and far more beautiful is forged within the Daughters of the Promise community: hope.

Other new books at the library: “Packing for Mars” by Mary Roach

“Sliding into Home” by Kendra Wilkinson “Star Island” by Carl Hiaasen “The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree” by Susan Wittig Albert

“I’d Know You Anywhere” by Laura Lippman “Crossfire” by Dick Francis