In the last post, I said Alison would divulge the new book purchases for the Hampden Library.
Well, various impediments arose.
One of her goats has developed what seems to be an incurable ulcer on its hoof and alot of her time is being spent looking after her (the goat).
The books were boxed up and sent to Oamaru for catalogueing, but the staff there are working flat out and have not yet been able to start this task.
On Tuesday this week, the Waitaki District Council Libraries Division put on a morning tea for all the volunteers that help to keep the District's libraries running efficiently. There are 60 volunteers help the salaried staff at the Oamaru Library alone, - then there are the libraries at Omarama, Otematata, Kurow and Plamerston, as well as Hampden. But while at this morning tea, the Hampden reps asked for at least some of the books, cataloged or not, to be returned to Hampden for putting on the shelves for Christmas reading. They can be returned at a later date to Oamaru for registering in the catalogue.
So Yippee!!
We have some of the new editions - additional on our shelves for your summer reading.
They are:-
The Summer Garden, by Paulina Simons.
A Wanted Man, Lee Childs.
The Casual Vacancy, JK Rowling.
The Black Box, M Connelly.
Dominion, CJ Sansom
Daughter-in-Law, Joanna Trollope.
Post Mortem, Patricia Cornwell.
The Family Frying Pan, Bryce Courtenay.

Be in quick. This list is about half of our new purchases, the others will be put on the shelves and notified on this blog as they come to hand.