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IN THE SPOTLIGHT THIS MONTH

Our "Spotlight" materials are your 'one-spot' stop for books, music & videos personally selected by our Library Staff. Check back frequently for new listings.

Free copies of a monthly book review publication from BOOKPAGE® at BookPage.com are now also, free of charge, at the Payson Public Library.

BOOKS / Fiction

The Book of Dahlia, Elisa Albert

Illuminated, Matt Bronleewe

Belong to Me, Marisa De Los Santos

Bright Shiny Morning, James Frey

Searching for Paradise in Parker, PA, Kris Radis

BOOKS / Non-Fiction

Women of the West, Cathy Lucketti

Moyers on Democracy, Bill Moyers

April 4, 1968—Martin Luther’s Death

and How it Changed America, Michael Dyson

AUDIO BOOKS (CD)

Blood Brothers, Nora Roberts

The Chameleon’s Shadow, Minette Walters

A Golden Age, Tahmina Anam

The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch

VIDEOS

The Black Cauldron

McLintock

There's No Business Like Show Business

DVDS

The Dead Zone

Planet Earth

Romancing the Stone

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A WORD FROM THE LIBRARY

SHELF LIFE

By: Bessie J. Tucker ~ Payson Public Library

Need to get your hands on the latest copy of People Magazine like you need your morning coffee? Feeling the gas crunch now, more than ever? Park the car and take a walk to the Payson Public Library. You’ll find an air conditioned reading room with comfortable seating, vaulted ceilings and a 20’ by 40’ window on the world… well, at least a lively view of the Payson Off-Leash Dog Park. More important for some, you’ll find more than two hundred magazine subscriptions lining the shelves and tables in that room. Looking for that article on healthy fats that your gym partner mentioned last month? We keep back issues! Bring your library card and check out a few travel mags to take along on that long flight to Xanadu.

Ten periodicals I can’t wait to get my hands on each month:

1. Real Simple – Life Made Easier

2. Domino – The Guide to Living with Style (I once had a home featured

in this one!)

3. Gourmet – The Magazine of Good Living (This is not your mother’s

Gourmet… This one’s gotten a face-lift!)

4. The New Yorker

5. Outside (My favorite travel/adventure guide.)

6. Bird Talk – Dedicated to Better Care for Pet Birds

7. Phoenix Home & Garden – The Magazine of Southwest Living (Read it to

keep tabs on how the “other half” live.)

8. Women’s Health – It’s Good to be You

9. Teen Vogue (For the occasional blast from the past.)

10. Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel – Vacation for Real People

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BOOK REVIEW

Book Review by Emily Arnold

Title: "Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City"

Author: Kirsten Miller

Ananka Fishbein's monotonous life is abruptly interrupted by a mysterious, pale, white-haired girl by the name of Kiki Strike. The pixie-sized being seems to be able to disappear and reappear like smoke, so when Ananka tries to follow Kiki and uncover more about her, the tiny girl easily evades her.

But there is another mystery brewing right under Ananka's nose. From what she has researched in her personal library and from what she has seen accidentally, Ananka thinks she might have discovered a huge city underneath the crowded suburbs of New York City. But is it really a whole civilization? And does Kiki Strike have anything to do with it? If so, then why?

"Kiki Strike, Inside the Shadow City" is an amazing book which I was drawn into immediately. This story has so many twists and plots, you won't be able to take your hands off it! Go read it!

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