Patching at the Library: A Reading Temptation

The flowering trees are already blooming outside the Pikesville Branch Library as I sit inside, putting together the posts of the day.

Stop by for some of the hot nonfiction titles, including The Churchills: In Love and War, Seabiscuit, and My Friend Michael: An Ordinary Friendship with an Extraordinary Man by Frank Cascio.

Coming Soon

The following list is directly from a March 9 news release from the Baltimore County Public Library system. It's a list of new additions to the library system for March 25-31:

Cat’s Claw by Susan Wittig Albert—Albert returns to Pecan Springs, where a recently divorced computer whiz has been found shot dead. But is it a suicide? Police Chief Sheila Dawson once again enlists her friend, amateur sleuth China Bayles, to get to the bottom of the mystery.

Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics by Marion Nestle and Malden Nesheim—Calories: those pesky numbers that so many people count in order to lose weight. Food politics veteran Nestle teams with nutritionist Nesheim to dissect the reasons we count calories and the uses and abuses of calorie counting by the diet industry and politicians.

Voodoo Maggie’s Adorable Amigurumi: Cute and Quirky Crocheted Critters by Erin Clark—For the uninitiated, amigurumi are Japanese crocheted or knitted creatures that serve one purpose: to be cute! Voodoo Maggie sets out clear instructions for the novice crafter to create adorable little crocheted animals.

Frisky Brisky Hippity Hop based on a poem by Alexina B. White, with new verses by Susan Lurie; photographs by Murray Head—Even if you find their birdseed-stealing antics frustrating, squirrels’ cuteness and acrobatics are hard to deny. As these bushy-tails frolic around New York’s Central Park, their playfulness is captured in photographs matching verses of a favorite poem that celebrates the busy life of squirrels.