The Long and Faraway Gone, by Lou Berney, is one of the best and most memorable crime novels I’ve read, and so well written that I hated to put it down. It tells the story of two traumatic events in Oklahoma City back in the summer of 1986, and the aftermath for two broken people. Ever […]
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Residents of the American West are no strangers to the idea of flash floods, but having one actually crash down on you while you’re camped in a canyon is different altogether. On August 28, 1939, cowhand Merle Winters was camped in the Utah Bookcliffs in a canyon of Diamond Creek. Winters was working for the […]
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Landers, Melissa. Starflight. “Beautiful descriptive language, fun story, realistic relationships and realistic character communication. Would recommend to sci-fi fans and teens.” Rating: 4 -Ky, Grade 11 Teen Reviews presents book reviews by teens in Mesa County. Don’t be surprised if you can’t find some of these books at the library or […]
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A huge THANK YOU goes out to everyone who attended Mesa County Libraries Comic Con Saturday at Two Rivers Convention Center! The official tally shows that about 5,200 people spent time at Comic Con meeting and making friends, visiting vendors, attending panel discussions, and listening to authors, entertainers, and artists discuss their crafts. The costumes […]
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Both of these reviews come from Kaya, Grade 11: Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief. When reading this book reality really gives you a slap in the face. It really opens your eyes to the world around you and takes you on a roller coaster of emotions. It gives you just a glimpse of what […]
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Speaking as the lamest and tamest of the lame and tame, most horror fiction is just too frightening for little me. But I do have a few core horror selections that I like to trot out to prove I’m hep. October is an ideal time for such displays of machisma, I think. The rest of […]
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According to an article written by Katie Nodjimbadem for Smithsonian.com, “Few images embody the spirit of the American West as well as the trailblazing, sharpshooting, horseback-riding cowboy of American lore. And though African-American cowboys don’t play a part in the popular narrative, historians estimate that one in four cowboys were black.” One such man was Charlie […]
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Local artists looking for a unique opportunity have one more week to submit their applications for 2019 Artist in Residence slots at the Mesa County Libraries 970West Studio. Artists 18 and older who live in Mesa County may apply, and residencies are available to artists at all stages in their careers. Artists in a wide […]
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A dramatic, engrossing historical novel, set primarily in post-WWII Germany, The Women in the Castle, by Jessica Shattuck, tells the intertwined stories of three widows whose husbands were involved in a failed conspiracy to assassinate Adolph Hitler. The aristocratic Marianne promised her husband that she would find and help the other wives of conspirators, so […]
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In addition to being a mayor of Grand Junction, Monroe (M.L.) Allison was an influential and connected person, at the very least he was well regarded by the town founder, George Crawford. Along with C.B. Rich, he was named an executor and trustee of Crawford’s will and estate. The Delta County Independent issue from February […]
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