Our newsletter helps keep you informed about new books that are available through Dane County Library Service. We also like to print book reviews from seniors living in Dane County. If you like to read and enjoy sharing your books with others, Dane County Senior Readers is your chance to play critic! If you would like to submit a review of a book that you have read, or have feedback about our newsletter, contact:

Mary Driscoll
Dane County Library Service
201 W. Mifflin St.
Madison, WI 53703
608-266-4419
dclout@scls.lib.wi.us

Shirley Kevil Reviews

Trees by Pamela Wright

Madison Community Foundation

Madison Community Foundation

Among the nearly 300 books purchased with grant funds provided by the Madison Community Foundation in 2009 were the following biographies. These are just a sampling! Grant funding will continue to provide enhancements to our outreach collection in 2010 and 2011. The Madison Community Foundation encourages, facilitates, and manages long-term philanthropy and has supported collection development at all public libraries in Dane County.

Armstrong, Lance. Every second counts. 2003. 796.62 ARMSTRONG
Borgnine, Ernest. Ernie: the autobiography. 2008. 792.028 BORGNINE
Brands, H. W. Andrew Jackson; his life and times. 2005. 973.56 JACKSON
Buchwald, Art. Too soon to say goodbye. 2007. 814.54 BUCHWALD
Chandler, Charlotte, Not the girl next door: Joan Crawford. 2008. 791.43 CRAWFORD
Child, Julia. My life in France. 2006. 641.5 CHILD
Reichl, Ruth. Garlic and sapphires ; the secret life of a critic in disguise. 2005. 641.5 REICHL
Rotolo, Suze. A freewheelin’ time; a memoir of Greenwich Village in the sixties. 2008 782.42 ROT
Russert, Tim. Big Russ and me; father and son. 2004. 070.92 RUSSERT
Shatner, William. Up until now. 2008. 792.028 SHATNER
Talese, Gay. A writer’s life. 2006. 808 TALESE
Thomas, Clarence. My grandfather’s son; a memoir. 2007. 347.732 THOMAS
Walls, Jeannette. The glass castle; a memoir. 2005. 362.82 WALLS


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Shirley Kevil of Sun Prairie Reviews:The Seance by Heather Graham



This paranormal romance takes place at Christina’s housewarming party. The talk turns to a recent murder that resembles the Intestate Killer from fifteen years before.

The guests drag out an old Ouija board for a little spooky fun. Instead of spooky fun the situation becomes terrifying.

Summoned by the Ouija board, the restless spirit of Beau Kidd, the lead detective and chief suspect on the original case of the “Interstate Killer”, seeks Christina’s help to clear his name. As a ghost, who was shot and killed, he needs Christina’s help.

To help and comfort her, Christina adopts a dog– a little Jack Russell named Killer.

The séance is a channel for the dead and a warning to the living that the Interstate Killer is still out there.

A spooky and fun read!



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Trees
by Pamela Wright of Sun Prairie


White, soft pink
and nearly red,
they lift
their floral arms

trees of spring
complacent bloom,
mindless
of their charms!

May 1991

by
Pamela Wright, Sun Prairie


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