Often (every week?) I tell you that the very best part of my job is the opportunity to buy almost any book I’d like to read. Even better than that, I can also buy ones that I want to page through. Books that I won’t read, don’t need, but am curious about. We have a whole bunch of those on the shelves right now.
75 Chinese, Celtic & Ornamental Knots by Laura Williams and Elise Mann. I’ve never needed to know how to tie fancy knots, but this book is beautiful to behold. Even if I didn’t work here, I’d have taken this one home to page through in admiration of the folks who were patient enough to invent these knots and in awe of the ladies who compiled the pages of this book. The knots in this book are designed to be used as jewelry.
Gudrun’s Kitchen: Recipes from a Norwegian Family by Ingeborg Baugh, Irene Sandvold, Edward Sandvold and Quinn Sandvold. I am decidedly not of Norwegian heritage. I never even met anyone who was until I moved to Humboldt. This book made me wish I had a Gudrun of my own. This one didn’t hesitate to take shortcuts…pancake mix for fried chicken batter, canned tomato soup in her chili. One recipe that intrigues me is an orange jello salad with shredded carrots and onions. Carrots with onions?
The Concussion Crisis: Anatomy of a Silent Epidemic by Linda Carroll and David Rosner. With all the evidence in today’s news about the danger of sports-related concussions, it’s a wonder any of us (or our kids) can ever have a cogent thought or a coherent conversation. Nowadays, new parents can’t leave the hospital with their offspring unless he or she is buckled safely into a car seat. Will football helmets be the next requirement?
Can’t: No Such Word by Mervin D. Chantland. This, of course, is a local author. Sweet book full of vignettes from his life.
How To Sell Your Crafts Online by Derrick Sutton. Have you heard about Etsy? It is a gift and craft store operated online. 40,000 sellers use Etsy to peddle their wares. You can find almost anything you can imagine at www. etsy.com. This is the perfect book to make your Etsy “shop” stand out and attract customers.
Beach House Style is also new on our shelves. Pale colors, simple styles and casual, easy living are all part of a new trend in home décor. Page through this one now, and again next winter when we are knee-deep in snow. The rooms are as cozy and relaxed as beach living should be.
Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff by Calvin Trillin. He’s a columnist for The New Yorker and just about the funniest guy in print today. This is a collection of his columns. You can read just one or two, or read it cover to cover. It brings a smile to my face just thinking about it sitting out there on the “new non-fiction” shelf.
And, just in time to put you in an appropriate Halloween mood, The Best Horror of the Year edited by Ellen Datlow. This one is a collection of twenty, or so, of the spookiest, most scary horror stories of the year.
The Guardians by Andrew Pyper. This is fiction. It’s one of those trade paperbacks that I’m always encouraging you to try. Usually I have no patience for ghost stories but it lured me in with a plausible story for one hundred pages or so before the spooks crept in. I had a very busy week, so it took me an unreasonably long time to read such a short, well written book. It would go down great on a chilly, fall evening when you’re home alone.
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