Rainy reads and colourful crafts brighten April at Rosetown Library
By Brittany Booth, Rosetown Librarian and Archivist
New Take & Make craft kits are available at the library. Crafters can make their own rainbow and raincloud hanging decorations with colourful streamers. These kits are suitable for ages 5+. There are a limited number available, so be sure to pick one up while you can.
Our book displays this month centre around Earth Day and the rain all farmers hope for. Kids can explore environmental themes in both fiction and non-fiction, while adults can choose from a selection of books from multiple genres, all with the word “rain” in the title.
The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke (mystery)
When six struggling authors are invited to spend the weekend on novelist Arthur Fletch’s private Scottish island, they arrive to discover a shocking secret: Arthur is dead, and his last book is unfinished. Fletch’s agent and editor promise a bestselling career to whoever can write an ending worthy of his final book, but they only have 72 hours. Starting is the hardest part, but getting to the end could be murder.
The Girls Trip by Ally Condie (thriller)
Hope, Ash and Caro met in an online book club. When each of their lives reaches a crossroads, they decide to meet in real life at the Sonnet Resort. Hope, an actress, needs to get away from her fame. Ash, a successful online entrepreneur, isn’t sure what happened to her marriage. Caro, a doctor, doesn’t know if she wants to carry on or start all over. And none of them are telling each other the full story.
The Auction by Sadie Kincaid (romance)
When Imogen Demotta is sold at auction to Lincoln Knight, she fears she’s escaping one prison for another. Twice her age, Lincoln is an eccentric and reclusive billionaire, a genius or a monster depending on who you ask. When Imogen arrives at his mansion, she soon realizes both she and Lincoln are haunted by their past, fighting demons that threaten to consume them.
American Fantasy by Emma Straub (adult fiction)
When the American Fantasy cruise ship sets sail, all five members of a famous nineties-era boy band are aboard, along with three thousand screaming women who have worshipped them since childhood. Feeling slightly out of place is Annie, newly divorced and turning fifty with an empty nest, here on a lark to appease her sister. She meets a member of the band who is not just a celebrity but someone in need of a friend, and she gains a new sense of possibility.
Honey in the Wound by Jiyoung Han (historical fiction)
Young-Ja revels in her gift for cooking, nourishing the people she loves with her cheerfulness. But her sunny childhood comes to an end in 1931 when Japanese soldiers crush her family’s defiance against the Empire. She is whisked off to Manchuria to join a secretive sisterhood of teahouse spies. There, Young-Ja finds a new sense of belonging and begins using her abilities for the resistance. But the Imperial Army is not yet finished with her.