Ballston Reader
What's Happening at the Town of Ballston Community Library
Friday, April 6th, 2018
Baby Bookworms
Please note you are registering for the entire session, attendance each week is appreciated but not required.
Tuesdays or Fridays at 9:30am
Preschool Story Time
Waitlist
Table Top Game Night
Wednesday, April 4th at 1:00pm
Check Out These Books!
We Own the Sky by Luke Allnut
"Everything changes in a couple’s life when they go from being “just us” to “we three.” Rob meets Anna at Cambridge; love and marriage ensue; and then there’s Jack. Winsome, beautiful Jack loves tall buildings, taking pictures with his very own camera and eating special cheese on toast. He is adored by his parents, who are in awe of him—after all, it was so hard to conceive.
In We Own the Sky, first-time novelist Luke Allnutt creates an arresting intimacy between this family of three. The center around which Rob and Anna now spin is Jack. Work and friends and all the rest that used to define their lives fade to the background, especially after 5-year-old Jack’s stumbles and fainting spells lead to an upending, devastating diagnosis." - Excerpt from Book Page Book Review article.
Natural Causes by Barbara Ehrenreich
"We all know what it takes to be healthy—or at least we think we do. The advice comes at us from all directions: Crush your workout! Learn to meditate! Eat vegan!
In her latest investigation, Natural Causes, the sharp-tongued Barbara Ehrenreich, whose bestselling Nickel and Dimed scrutinized the inner workings of the American economy, approaches the proclamations of the health-and-wellness culture with a wary eye. Ehrenreich examines the cellular activity in the human body in order to discover if everything we do to control our health is really worth doing." - Excerpt from Book Page Book Review article
Varina by Charles Frazier
"The First Lady of the South, Varina Davis, made the best of her life one day at a time. Her only other option—to take her own life with the tiny revolver given to her by her husband, Confederate President Jefferson Davis—was one she chose not to embrace.
Told in a nonlinear fashion to one of her long-lost children, renowned author Charles Frazier’s new novel, Varina, recounts her life both before and after the nation’s bloody Civil War in mesmerizing fashion. Her journey begins as a teenager when she marries the already widowed “Jeff” Davis as a matter of convenience, believing that doing so will result in a secure lifestyle on his Mississippi plantation. Through periods of on-again, off-again romance, Varina and Davis have several children. She even rescues a black child, James Blake, from a beating and makes him part of the family." - Excerpt from Book Page Book Review article
Board of Trustees Monthly Board Meeting
Wednesday, April 25th at 7:00pm
Community Display Spaces
Calling all artists & collectors!
Tax Forms
It's That Time of Year Again...
The Library has received State tax forms, and will have State instruction books to CHECK OUT. Due to the limited number of booklets sent by the State, they will be available for check out with a library card. Federal 1040, 1040A, and 1040EZ forms and booklets are here. Below are links to both Federal and State tax websites where you can look up and print your own forms and booklets.
https://www.irs.gov/forms-instructions
https://www.tax.ny.gov/forms/
Town of Ballston Community Library
Email: web.toblibrary@gmail.com
Website: toblibrary.sals.edu
Location: 2 Lawmar Lane, Burnt Hills, NY, United States
Phone: 5183998174
Facebook: facebook.com/toblibrary