The City’s Sesquicentennial events are over. All of the Columbus Days activities have come and gone. The Annual Quilt Show was attended by thousands. The Columbus Public Library’s Annual Book Sale took place during all of the amazing, inspiring, stupendous happenings listed above. Needless to say, with all the commotion our Book Sale was quite overshadowed. To rectify that situation, the Library has decided to have a second Sale.

Columbus Public Library’s Annual Book Sale II /2006 will be held Thursday August 24 through Sunday August 27, 2006. Traditionally, that has been our time slot. Personally, I feel our regular “customers” will get a chance to shop and any new potential buyers will have the opportunity to mark it on their calendar.

We have been receiving loads of donated books. It just amazes me the generosity of the Columbus people. There are all genres represented: business, psychology, cookbook, science, nature, biographies. I bet we have something for sale on just about any topic you care about.

Don’t forget our Fiction! Science fiction, mystery, suspense, thriller, horror, and romance---we’ve got it all! Of course I’m partial to that genre. But, I would be remiss if I didn’t point out some wonderful “finds” in my favorite area.

Ward Just, considered to be “one of the most astute writers of American fiction” by “New York Times Book Review” has written another masterpiece. “Echo House” is an epic chronicle of three generations of Washington power brokers and the womenfolk who loved them (except when they didn’t). The Washington Post describes it as “a fascinating if ultimately painful fairy tale, complete with a family curse. The decline of the Behls represents the decline of Washington from the bright dawn of the American century into the gathering shadows of an alien new millennium.”

“Echo House” was a National Book Award finalist and “it will be read in a century’s time by anyone seeking to understand how we lived.” –Detroit Free Press.

The author, Ward Just, lives on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Since his early years as a noted war correspondent, he has published eleven novels and several volumes of shorter fiction. You can purchase this wonderful read for just 50 cents.
Another discovery in the Book Sale Room is a book entitled “Sunburn: a Thriller”. Enter the wild and wonderful world of Laurence Shames’s Key West novels---and discover the hottest crime fiction to emerge from the Sunshine State. A wonderful mix of savory characters all work together to keep the plot running at full throttle, and make “Sunburn” Laurence Shames’s sharpest, funniest, most engaging novel yet.

Prue Leith is one of England’s top chefs, and her expertise shines through in her insider’s details of the restaurant business and the breathtaking food of India. In “Leaving Patrick”, Leith has created a well-written, poignant, and moving story with wry humor and intelligence about the real choices that adults have to make once they start taking stock of their lives. The protagonist is Jane, a high-powered London attorney, who doesn’t have time for her marriage. Patrick is a struggling restaurateur who wishes his wife, Jane, would stay home more often and enjoy the pleasures of domesticity with him. They drift apart, and one day Jane leaves Patrick. She wants more from her relationship than friendship, and so at age thirty-six, she sets off on a journey to find what it takes to complete her life.

However, she discovers that what she thought she wanted doesn’t make her happy. Bit by bit, she dismantles the life she has left Patrick for. As both their lives spiral toward disaster, Patrick and Jane come to reassess the decisions they’ve made. Has Jane thrown away true love with both hands??

Please come to Columbus Public Library Annual Book Sale II. Our selection is great, and you’re sure to walk away with some wonderful treasures.

Don’t forget the dates and times.
August 24, 2006 Thursday …………...6 pm to 9 pm
August 25, 2006 Friday………............10 am to 4:45 pm
August 26, 2006 Saturday……………1:30 pm to 4:45 pm
August 27, 2006 Sunday……………..1:30 pm to 4:45 p