Rosetown Library: Wheatland Winter Reading Challenge final reminder
By Brittany Booth
Rosetown Librarian
For patrons participating in the Wheatland Winter Reading Challenge, February 28 is the final day of the contest. Please make sure that all tickets earned have been submitted toward the prize of your choice and that all reading minutes have been entered. If you missed entering some minutes or recorded your minutes and activities on a paper sheet, a librarian can enter them for you before March 5. Good luck to everyone as the challenge comes to a close.
Don’t forget to attend the Dr. Seuss Storytime happening tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. at the library.
Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood (romance) follows Viola Bowen as she lands the opportunity of a lifetime: designing a video game based on her favorite book series. The complication is that her co-lead is Jesse Andrews, her longtime archnemesis. When their bosses send them on a wintry retreat for team building, Viola expects the worst. As the snow piles up, however, she begins to realize there may be more to Jesse than she first believed.
Trust No One by James Rollins (thriller) begins with the ritualistic murder of a British professor at the University of Exeter, with evidence pointing to his American student, Sharyn Karr. Before his death, the professor entrusts her with a centuries-old occult book and a final warning: trust no one. Sharyn teams up with fellow postgraduate student Duncan Maxwell, a member of the royal family, to uncover the dangerous secret hidden within the text.
The Crossroads by C.J. Box (mystery) centers on Marybeth Pickett, who receives the news she has always feared—her husband Joe is in critical condition with a gunshot wound. Suspicion falls on one of three rival ranching families, but no one knows which is responsible. With Joe unconscious, his daughters Sheridan, April, and Lucy begin investigating each family in search of the truth.
The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan (fantasy) is set in 1785, when Professor Sebastian Grave learns that the notorious Beast of Gévaudan has returned. A monster-slayer with centuries of experience, Sebastian knows the Beast well, but the countryside—and his own past—are not as he remembers. As France stands on the brink of revolution, the Beast threatens to plunge the continent into chaos.
White River Crossing by Ian McGuire (historical fiction) takes place in the winter of 1766, when a fur peddler arrives at a remote Hudson Bay Company outpost claiming to have found gold. The chief factor, Magnus, launches a secret expedition to locate the treasure. Guided by a family of native guides, the party ventures into the Arctic wilderness as winter descends, and violence, desperation, and betrayal begin to unravel their plans.