WPL gets best of 2013 
If there's been a book out there you've been dying to read but haven't seen on Wallkill's shelves, you may soon have a chance to get your hands on it!
Our end-of-the year order includes some wildly popular bestsellers we missed the first time around. We order months in advance of new releases, and while we always try to accurately predict what our readers will love the most throughout the year, sometimes we miss the mark (by a lot). This is our way of making it up to you.
And whenever there's a book you're jonesing for, or one that you've read that you think would appeal to the masses, don't hesitate to make use of the Suggest a Book feature on our website. We depend on your feedback!
In the meantime, stay tuned for more of the best of 2013, including:

The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt - Tells the tale of 13-year-old Theo Decker and the accident that killed his beloved mother and set his fate. Despite its intimidating 700-plus page length, this one is said to keep readers riveted to the very end.

The Painted Girls, by Cathy Marie Buchanan - The back story of Edgar Degas' Little Dancer Aged Fourteen and her poverty-stricken family is imagined in this novel that takes place in 1878 not-so-gay Paree.

Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson - What if we could live over and over again until we get it right? Atkinson creates a character that does just that in this richly imagined blockbuster.

Fever, by Mary Beth Keane - The fictionalized account of the tragic life of Typhoid Mary. Keane paints a detailed and sympathetic portrait of the infamous woman and does a great job of capturing the hardscrabble lives of early twentieth-century New Yorkers.

Lean In, by Sheryl Sandberg - The controversial book examines why women's progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and offers compelling, commonsense solutions that can empower women to achieve their full potential.

I Am Malala, by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb - On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, punishment by the Taliban for her fight for education. Few expected her to survive.
But she did, and her miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Keep an eye out in the children's room, as well, where you'll soon be able to find more of the popular Who Was series, including:

Who Was Ernest Shackleton?
Who Is Michelle Obama?
Who Is Steven Spielberg?
Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder?
Who Was Nelson Mandela?
 Coming up at the Wallkill Public Library   
Monday: The Library Board of Trustees meets at 7 p.m.
Tuesday: Textile Tuesdays take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the community room of Town Hall. Book Buddies resumes at 10:30 a.m. Read to Sadie the therapy dog will be offered at 4:30 p.m. Books Alive! rehearsals kick off at 3:30 p.m. in the Wallkill Reformed Church's fellowship hall.
Wednesday: Mommy and Me meets at 10 a.m., followed by Toddler Story Time at 11 a.m. The Kinder Art Club meets at 2:15 p.m. Homework Lab is open from 2:30-5:30 p.m. downstairs in the children's room. Books Alive! rehearsal takes place at 3:30 p.m. in fellowship hall at Wallkill Reformed Church. A Card-Makers Club will get together at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday: The Knit and Crochet Club meets at 6:30 p.m. Local author A.J.Schenkman will sign copies of his book Murder and Mayhem in Ulster County at 6:30 p.m. and hold a discussion at 7 p.m.
Friday: The 2PartArt Club meets at 4 p.m. to begin another project.
Saturday: A special Story Time will be offered at 11:30 a.m., featuring stories, a craft, and a running o-gauge train that will be set up downstairs!
 
 Local author gives book-signing/talk
Local author A.J. Schenkman will discuss his recent release, Murder and Mayhem in Ulster County, Thursday at the Wallkill Public Library. 
Schenkman will sign copies of his book, which he co-authored with Elizabeth Werlau, at 6:30 p.m. He'll then host a 7 p.m. presentation on the details of the lawlessness and crime that led the
New York Herald in 1870 to call the area New York's "Ulcer County." 
Schenkman, a social studies teacher at John G. Borden Middle School, is also the author of Wicked Ulster County and A History of the Wallkill Central Schools. 
Story Time resumes next week   
Story Time returns for the new year starting Tuesday, with a 10:30 a.m. session of Book Buddies!
Mommy and Me and Toddler Story Time will take place Wednesdays at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., respectively.
To celebrate the new season, a special Story Time will be offered at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 11. Join Miss Carolyn for some reading and a craft, and then check out the day's special treat - an o-gauge train set that will be set up around the children's room!
Questions? Call the library at 895-3707.
 Will 2014 see the demise of the Nook?    
Those who got a Nook for the holidays may want to think about re-gifting.
Fast.
Word on the financial street has it that the Barnes & Noble e-reader may not be long for this world. It's Amazon's Kindle that's the market leader, and a recent study shows that nearly 40 percent of adults who use e-readers own one, beating out not only the Nook (which came to the market two years after the Kindle's debut), but even Apple's iPad.
Experts say Amazon's heavier traffic and sales (when compared to B&N's) has a lot to do with the Kindle's popularity, and some predict that by next year the Nook will be no more.
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