Library Corner: How you can play a part in what's being offered at the Ritzville Public Library

Imagine getting to hold the future in your hands. As the main purchaser for the library, that’s the way I feel every month as I look through catalogs and reviews of upcoming books that won’t be released for months.

Should we try a new author like husband and wife team Ambrose Parry? Do we branch into a new genre field (Escapist Fiction maybe?). Or do we stick with a tried and true author (ahem, Patterson) or finish up a series (who else is sad that the alphabet now ends at Y? RIP Sue Grafton). Or does the book just jump out at me like “Highfire” by Eoin Colfer. Or maybe it’s something that’s g...