Library News

Digital Camera Needed
We would love to document the activities that take place at the library and would welcome the donation of a digital camera. Currently we have the most basic Kodak and find it lacking in all respects. If you have a camera to donate, please call us.

DVDs Needed
Please think of us when cleaning out your DVD collection. We are eliminating the VHS collection and have room to add DVDs.

Recently Added DVDs
Appaloosa
Australia
Batman Begins
Changeling
The Dark Knight
Gotta Tango
Mayo Clinic Wellness Solutions for High Blood Pressure
Mayo Clinic Wellness Solutions for Type 2 Diabetes
Mayo Clinic Wellness Solutions for Menopause
Mayo Clinic Wellness Solutions for Weight Loss
Quantum of Solace
Robin Hood – Season 2
The Secret Life of Bees
Twilight

Recently Added Nonfiction Books
The Acupressure Atlas
Bobbi Brown Complete Makeup Manual: For Everyone from Beginner to Pro
The Complete Asian Cookbook
EatingWell Healthy in a Hurry Cookbook: 150 Delicious Recipes for Simple,
Everyday Suppers in 45 Minutes or Less
Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes
Great Hair: Secrets to Looking Fabulous and Feeling Beautiful Every Day
The King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking: Delicious Recipes Using
Nutritious Whole Grains
The Professional Bartender’s Handbook: A Recipe for Every Drink Known –
Including Tricks and Games to Impress Your Guests
Quick and Easy Thai: 70 Everyday Recipes
The Reflexology Atlas
Rick Stein’s Complete Seafood: A Step-by-Step Reference
Weber’s Big Book of Grilling
A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen: Easy Seasonal Dishes for Family and
Friends

Book Review by Georgia Edwards, Circulation Librarian

Very Valentine, Adriana Trigiani

Readers of Adriana Trigiani’s “Big Stone Gap” series will find Very Valentine a warm, contemporary and delightful addition to her previous work. It is the first novel in a planned trilogy about the family-owned Angelini Shoe Company. Matriarch Teodora and her 330-year-old spinstress granddaughter, Valentine, are responsible for bringing the 115-year-old company out of pending financial ruin.
The first chapter pulls the reader in with its depiction of younger sister Jaclyn’s Italian wedding. The scenes at Leonardo’s La Dolce Vita “wedding factory” are pretty hilarious and written with a joy, wit and irreverence. This “big, fat Italian wedding” could be a book in itself. It is a perfect introduction to a colorful and eccentric family.
Within this cast of characters evolves the story of Teodora and Valentine’s struggle to save a dying art in 21st century New York. Their company, a Greenwich Village business since 1903, makes exquisite custom wedding shoes. Aside from the plot, the reader learns about the intricacies of making a shoe by hand.
Underlying Valentine’s story is her romance with master chef, Roman Falconi. Her struggles between personal and family commitments will keep the reader guessing about the course of their relationship and the story’s outcome.
Very Valentine, is an entertaining read. It is light and humorous, but appropriately tones down for the more serious moments. It places the reader in the story. I would recommend it as a sweet treat for these last dreary days of winter.