Between the Stacks: Week of May 6th

You may have noticed the beautiful blue irises in front of the Whitehall Community Library. The flowers are coming up all over town, and spring is definitely on the way. In the library world, that means that summer reading is almost ready to start, and orders of new books, prizes, and craft supplies are pouring in. We will be reading and feeding again this summer, so plan on having lunch on us starting in June.

I actually had a few minutes to order $2,500 in new books. Summer is my second favorite season for best-selling authors to launch their new novels (Christmas is the first). Soon, the ne...