What I'm Reading - Karla Buckborough
Cavan Monaghan Libraries
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Composed as a novel, this book reads more like
a series of short stories. The story begins in
Ghana (British Gold Coast) and chronicles 8
generations of a family stemming from a
common matriarch.
Unknown to each other, half-sisters have very
different lives: one sister remains in Africa while
the other is captured and taken in the slavetrade to America.
The chapters in the novel alternate between the
families in Africa and those in America.
While the slave life in America was an awful
experience, this book also suggests that life in
Ghana was not easy either.
Because there are 16 main characters the book
could become very confusing. Luckily the author
has included a family tree chart. I referred to it
frequently while reading the book.
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One of my book club members suggested a map
of Africa would have also been useful. I did
google the locations and looked at images of the
"Cape Coast Castle" referred to in the book.
This book is very
different than "The Book
of Negroes" but the two
could be read as
interesting study.
Toonie Tuesday Movie @ the Millbrook Branch
A Visit Will Get You Thinking.
Saturday May 27th @
10:30am - 12:00pm
June 2017
It's time to get out your fanciest clothes
and come to the Millbrook Branch for our
annual Fancy Nancy & Nick Tea Party!
There will be crafts, treats and of course
tea in fancy cups!
Lion (2016)
Tuesday June 6th @ 6:30
Academy Award Nominated
PG-13, 118min
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many
challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
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This year the Library is
partnering with
Millbrook Valley Chocolates,
who will be on site for a special yummy
workshop (time to be determined)!
May 2017
Hidden Figures
Tuesday, May 2nd @ 6:30pm
Academy Award nominated
2016, 127 minutes PG
A team of African-American women
provide NASA with important
mathematical data needed to launch
the program's first successful space
missions.
Recycling
New
prescription?
Donate your
old glasses to
the Lions Club.
Drop-off boxes @
the CMLibraries
Battery Recycle Drop-off!
Both branches have drop-off boxes for
proper disposal of old batteries
Volunteer Fair @ the Millbrook Branch
May 16th from 5:00-7:30pm
Volunteering is a great way to get involved in the
community. If you've ever considered it, this is a great
opportunity to see which local organizations are looking
for help.
Homebound Service
Social Media
Bring your resume and see what opportunities are
waiting for you!
Volunteer @ the Library
Do you have an hour or two to spare?
We are looking for volunteers to:
• shelve books and DVDs
• sorting through donations
• updating the public computers
• assisting patrons who need some tech help
If you are interested in any of these volunteer
opportunities or if you have other ideas for a way you
could volunteer contact Karla or Erin at the Millbrook
Branch.
Can't get to the library?
Find us on Social Media:
Partnering with Community Care; the
CMLibraries are offering home delivery of
materials to local residents.
Contact Erin @ the Millbrook branch.
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While we can't purchase everything requested, we are trying to buy what you want to read.Let us know about
new authors, new titles or new series and we will investigate.
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Help us create the Library you want to use!
Scrabble @ the Millbrook Branch
A couple of ladies have been trying to start a scrabble group at the
Millbrook Branch. They meet at 2:00pm on the first Tuesday of each
month. You can bring your own board or use one of ours.
Puzzles @ the Library
Do you like to put all the edge pieces together first or jump right into
the middle? Do you like to sort and organize pieces by colour or just
pick pieces at random?
For a fun community project,
come into the library and
help us complete a puzzle.
(We may order older or very specialized books from other libraries in Ontario.)
Library Hours
Millbrook Branch
Tuesday:
11am to 8pm
Wednesday: 11am to 5pm
Thursday:
11am to 5pm
Friday:
10am to 5pm
Saturday:
10am to 3pm
Bruce Johnston Branch
Tuesday:
11am to 8pm
Wednesday: closed
Thursday:
10am to 5pm
Friday:
closed
Saturday:
10am to 3pm
Events: May 2017
Vengeance in death
by J. D. Robb
Crafts with Judi
Two brutal slayings accompanied by
vague puzzles leave police lieutenant
Eve Dallas mystified, until she finds a
connection between the two victims that
lead directly to her new husband, Roarke.
Reissue.
Canada Day Decor
Ideas & Photo Booth
Props
Origami Gift Boxes
Tuesday May 9th -- BJB @ 3:30
& 6:30
Saturday May 13th -- MB @
10:30 & 1:00
Date / Time: TBA
Activities are for all ages
Activities are for all ages
Friends forever : a novel
by Danielle Steel
Scrabble club at MB
Tuesday, May 2, 2:00 - 4:00pm
If you're interested in a friendly game, the club meets the first
Tuesday of every month at 2pm.
Toonie Tuesday Movie at MB
Hidden Figures
Tuesday, May 2, 6:30pm
Story Time with Lindsay at BJB
Forging inseparable bonds in childhood
that reinforce them throughout their teen
years, two girls and three boys go their
separate ways as adults and encounter
respective tragedies and transformations.
By the best-selling author of Happy
Birthday. 400,000 first printing.
I hear the sirens in the street
: a Detective Sean Duffy
novel
by Adrian McKinty
Detective Sean McDuffy investigates the
death of an American military veteran in
1982 Ireland. Original.
Thursday, May 4, 11, 18 & 25 - 10am
Stories, songs and S.T.E.A.M.
Story Time with Lindsay at MB
Friday, May 5, 12,19 & 26 - 10am
Stories, songs and S.T.E.A.M.
Crafts with Judi at BJB
Tuesday, May 9th, 3:30pm and 6:30pm
Make an assortment of oragami gift boxes. Just the thing to
hold a little Mother's Day gift.
Crafts with Judi at MB
Saturday May 13, 10:30am & 1:00pm
A follow-up to the award-winning The
Blackhouse follows Fin Macleod's return
to the outer Hebridean island of his youth
to make amends and restore his parents'
cottage before investigating a death
involving family secrets and a sinister
adversary.
Killing trail : a Timber Creek
K-9 mystery
by Margaret Mizushima
The fix
by David Baldacci
For Community Events visit:
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Free tech help at the Library: Call or drop by the CMLibraries to request assistance with iPads, iPhones, computers...
E-Books @ your library: Download ebooks or audio books onto your devices and have your books to go. Contact Karla @ the CMLibraries if
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We have added Novelist to the library catalogue. It is a work in progress as we get it configured but
it is a great addition for links to books in a series or to help find read-alikes based on similar
authors and genres. Ask Library Staff for help.
by Peter May
Care to volunteer? Come see which local organizations you
might like to help out.
Get fancied up and join us for crafts, treats, tea & Millbrook
Valley Chocolate!
Visit our website, click on a magazine cover to choose a magazine; when prompted – type in your 14 digit
Library Card number and the magazine content should appear on your screen. Using a device? Download
the Flipster App from iTunes or Google Play Store. Once the magazine is downloaded it can be read without
using data. Back issues are available for most of the magazines.
New Library Catalogue Feature
Volunteer Fair at MB
Tuesday, May 16, 5 - 7:30pm
Fancy Nancy & Nick Tea Party @ MB
Saturday, May 27, 10:30 to 12:00
Flipster Now Available
The Lewis man
When a young girl is found dead in the
mountains outside Timber Creek, Officer
Mattie Cobb and her partner, K-9 police
dog Robo, investigate, uncovering
secrets about her hometown that may put
her own life at risk
Make an assortment of oragami gift boxes. Just the thing to
hold a little Mother's Day gift.
Tech Stuff @ your library
A latest thriller featuring football playerturned-detective Amos Decker finds him
using his eidetic memory to solve a highstakes case. By the best-selling author of
Memory Man and The Last Mile. 500,000
first printing.
New Materials
New Adult Fiction
In the morning I'll be gone
Midnight at Marble Arch
The chessmen
Gun street girl
Inspector of the dead
The forgetting time
The library at the edge of the world
IQ
Rain dogs
Stalking ground
The last bookaneer
The last Neanderthal
Mitzi Bytes
The dry
Mississippi blood
The little old lady behaving badly
Himself
Earthly remains
New Adult Non-Fiction
On the farm
A train in winter
Learn to play ukulele
The Qur'an
Everything that remains
Nevertheless
Vimy
The stranger in the woods
The inheritance
One day we'll all be dead and none of
this will matter
Beauty of discomfort
Strong is the new pretty
Unplug
New Juvenile Material
At the marsh in the meadow
When I grow up :
Memoirs of a parrot
Team Rocket to the rescue!
The Lotterys plus one
The Nuts :
Blackflies
I love goldfish
I notice animals in fall
New DVDs
Justified 1
Ray Donovan 1
The face of an angel
20th Century Women
East side sushi
The last ship 2
Meet the Patels
Rogue One
Hidden figures
Home fires 2
Lion.
A monster calls
Monster trucks
The Program