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Crank up those swamp coolers and chug frosty pitchers of lemonade: it’s (still) extremely hot outside. If you’re feeling drained from the summer heat, it may appease you to sprawl out in front of a fan with a mentally cooling read! The following titles are about swimming in abnormally cold waters for competition, thrills, health […]
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Attica Locke’s new book, Bluebird, Bluebird, deals about race and justice, and the way they work in rural East Texas. When a black man from Chicago and a local white woman are found murdered in the tiny town of Lark, Texas, Darren Matthews wants to look into it. As a suspended Texas ranger, he has […]
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Mesa County Libraries are proud to announce that comic book writer Mike Baron, co-creator of the long-running superhero comic “Nexus,” will be a special guest at Mesa County Libraries Comic Con on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. At Comic Con, Baron is scheduled to participate in a question-and-answer session with a moderator, and he also will […]
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Andrew E. Riddle had a sharp memory, humorous wit, and a lengthy past living in and around Mesa County as one of the area’s early settlers. He was a man of many hats: in the early 1900’s he experienced life as a soldier with the National Guard, a cattle and sheep rancher, and a successful Uranium […]
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For most, this 1100 paged epic novel would intimidate people, but this book is all-around amazing. It is absolutely terrifying; it gave me nightmares for weeks. It took a while to finish, but even today, Pennywise the Dancing Clown still haunts my dreams. The only reason I didn’t give it five stars is because of […]
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Kids Read Picks presents book reviews and recommendations from kids in Mesa County. Don’t be surprised if you can’t find some of these books at the library or in stores: kids who attend Kids Read Book Club on Tuesdays at 4:00 at the Central Library have access to books before they are officially published. Rating […]
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What is noir? It’s fiction loaded with amoral, nihilistic creeps on the run from the consequences of their morally bankrupt actions. At its best and most noir-y, it’s pretty hard to take. Here are some examples: The thing about real noir fiction is, there are no happy endings, nobody […]
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Learn about the human body and how to take care of it by visiting the interactive, hands-on “Discover Health/Descubre la Salud” traveling exhibition on display at the Mesa County Libraries Central Library, 443 N. 6th St. in downtown Grand Junction, through Sept. 28. The display is set up throughout the Central Library and consists of […]
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In 1776 Atanasio Dominguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante set out on an expedition to find a route from Santa Fe, New Mexico to the coast of northern California. Dominguez and Escalante were Franciscan priests who were traveling along with 9 other companions. Part of their expedition took them from northward from New Mexico through […]
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What to do about stress? If you’re like me, you’ve tried junk food, negative thinking, staying up late to watch crap TV, excessive nap-taking, and criticizing strangers. None of it has worked. It got me thinking, “Could it be time for …gulp…self-help books?” After the screaming and hyperventilating subsided, it occurred to me that while I […]
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