Ballston Reader
What's Happening at the Town of Ballston Community Library
Friday, October 23rd, 2020
Spooky Reads for October
The Year of the witching by Henderson, Alexis, author.
Immanuelle Moore’s mother was promised to the Prophet, but she went against his word and conceived a child with an outsider of a different race. Once her illicit romance was discovered, she escaped into the forbidden forest, where witches, darkness and evil flourish.
The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante
Giovanna is the beloved only child of two intellectuals. When she overhears her father likening Giovanna to his detested younger sister Vittoria, she becomes obsessed with getting to know this larger-than-life aunt. Once Giovanna meets her, her world rapidly expands and the early total devotion she has for her parents unravels.
What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez
In What Are You Going Through, we travel with the narrator through the daily mundanities and human interactions of her life - with the friend going through an experimental cancer treatment, the ex-who’s made a career out of global pessimism, the rescue cat who survived a house fire.
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor
Fernanda Melchor's English debut is haunting, incendiary, and the kind of book that leaves you with more questions than answers. Set in Mexico, it is a dark blend of superstition, violence, and small-town life that unequivocally critiques and suffocates with a relentless force.
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
A white middle-class family from Brooklyn set off on an idyllic summer vacation with their two preteens in a house upstate. When an elderly Black couple shows up unannounced at their door one dark night, the white couple is forced to contend with their own buried prejudices, as it becomes increasingly clear that all is not right with the world.
The Turn of the Screw by James, Henry
A very young woman's first job: governess for two weirdly beautiful, strangely distant, oddly silent children, Miles and Flora, at a forlorn estate...An estate haunted by a beckoning evil.
[electronic resource]
The Guest List: A Novel by Lucy Foley
On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It’s a wedding for a magazine, or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey.
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word.
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
Twenty-five years ago, Maggie Holt and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods.
They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of night..
Fall Programs
Story Time in the Park
Please join us for Story Time in Jenkins Park! We will gather under the pavilion on Thursdays at 10:30 AM (weather permitting) for stories, rhymes and songs. We will follow all CDC and NYS health guidelines. Please bring chairs or blankets to sit on and we will socially distance. Masks will be required when social distancing cannot be maintained.
This is a drop-in program intended for kids ages 2-5 accompanied by a caregiver, siblings are always welcome.
Kids Cooking via Zoom
Join Jodie Fitz online to practice your cooking skills and make a yummy treat. Ingredient lists and Zoom link will be emailed to participants prior to the event. To get in the Halloween spirit kids will be making Worm Infested Brownie Bites and Beetle Juice.
For Grades K - 2nd. Registration required.
http://tbcl.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=5936&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2020/10/01
3-5 Grade
http://tbcl.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=5937&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2020/10/01
Kids Cooking Fall Treat
Join Jodie Fitz online to practice your cooking skills and make a yummy treat. Ingredient lists and Zoom link will be emailed to participants prior to the event. We're making Cinnamon Apples and Dip Turned into a Turkey along with a Fall Smoothie.
For Grades K-5. Registration required.
http://tbcl.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=5935&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2020/11/01
Zoom Time with Ms. Jane
Mama's Movin'
This class is a 45 minute yoga class on Zoom for you and your 1-5 year old. No yoga experience is necessary, we will warm up the body and move through a vinyasa flow style class. Child participation is at their own interest level.
Song and story bring yoga postures to life to engage your child to move their body and stimulate the imagination.
~ This a friendly and open mommy/baby environment. Changing and nursing welcome at anytime.
~Siblings welcome.
~Please bring your yoga mat.
~Wear comfortable clothing,
*Registration required.
http://tbcl.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=5738&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2020/10/14
Funnies
Hoopla
Hoopla offers movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows
Town of Ballston Community Library
Email: web.toblibrary@gmail.com
Website: toblibrary.sals.edu
Location: 2 Lawmar Lane, Burnt Hills, NY, United States
Phone: 518-399-8174
Facebook: facebook.com/toblibrary