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12 | DEC. 2021 | MANOR INK LMFL NEWS2021 TALLY How many books have you read thus far thisyear? There’s still time for a few more! Stacey Tromblee photoTry ‘shadowdabbling’ up to 20 pagesI’m concerned for your New Year’s Eve. In lieu of settingyourself up for failure by scrawling drunkenly ona napkin yet another resolution you already know youwon’t be able to commit to, here’s a simple suggestion foran achievable goal: read more.I know it’s cliché, but before you nod offreading my column, try to unearth somenew books or else revisit some old ones– don’t we all have bucket list books wenever did read when we were younger?Desert island books appropriate for theStacey long winter ahead? Moby Dick, The SoundTromblee and the Fury, Ulysses – these are classics fora reason, but let’s be real, we don’t have that much timeleft. Maybe read a biography about these great authorsinstead – guilt be gone.A particularly bookish friend of mine suggested readingLIBRARYNOTEStwenty pages a day, or twenty pages a night,depending on your work schedule. Whileeveryone else is busy scrolling through theirphones or watching TV, you’ll be so deep in abook you’ll forget how annoying the people you live withreally are.Reading can improve your focus, help you relax, andhelp you tune out unnecessary background noise. If nothingelse, you’ll improve your vocabulary and words like“shadowdabbled,” “moon-blanched” and “Augusttremulous”will be commonplace at the dinner table. (Thanks,Faulkner!)Time to tweak your list in 2022. If signing on for twentypages a day is too much, how about rereading a book youread in your twenties, and see if it still holds up? Grab adiscarded notebook from the bottom of your offspring’scloset and start a list of books to read in the new year. Weall know our only real competition is ourselves.Keeping track of what you’ve read will spur you to readeven more. Nothing like looking at a paltry list of booksyou read last year to make you wince. Start your new yearright – straighten your disheveled post-holiday self andget to the library posthaste!Snowing outside and can’t make it to the library? Checkout our website for just-added links to reading lists by TheNew York Times, Book Riot, Good Reads and (mostly) undisheveledcelebrity authors, at livingstonmanorlibrary.org.So please, oh please, we beg, we praygo throw your TV set awayand in its place, you can installa lovely bookshelf on the wall.Roald DahlStacey Tromblee is the director of the Livingston Manor FreeLibrary. Reach her at livcirc@rcls.org.LIBRARY BOOK REVIEWKlara and the SunBy Kazuo IshiguroREADING A NOVEL byKazuro Ishiguro is likepeeling a really bigonion. Layer after layeris revealed until you canperhaps see the wholeidea. His stories will possibly bring a tearto your eye; undoubtedly, they will makeyou think.Klara and the Sun is Ishiguro’s latestnovel and he touches on a few of thethemes covered in previous works. Theplot is set in the relatively near future,most likely in North America, possiblyafter a pandemic. This is a story of artificialintelligence, and involves an androidproduced to be a companion to a child.In a society where most school-agedchildren study alone, taking lessons athome on their devices or “oblongs,”Klara, an AF (artificial friend) is one ofmany androids waiting to be purchasedto become a companion. She is finallyselected by a highly protective motherfor Josie, a frail, sickly child. What is thesource of her illness? Will she go on tocollege or die of the affliction as her oldersister had? What other purpose has hermother in mind for Klara?Ishaguro examines many issues inthis latest work. Set in a time and placewhere technology has made even “elite”workers like Josie’s father obsolete,parents choose to have their children“lifted,” hoping to ensure their eventualsuccess. Artificial intelligence as wellas technology of all kinds and medicaladvances are examined, and even theconcept of God is plumbed. Klara, who ispowered by solar energy, pictures the sunas a god-like figure capable of respondingto her pleas.But the real issue Klara tries to understandis the meaning of love. What is it?Does it endure? Is it different betweenboy and girl, man and woman, parentand child, an individual and friends?Indeed, can it be felt by an artificial intelligence?Is that what she feels for Josie?Layer after layer is peeled away as weread through Klara and the Sun. A workby Ishaguro is never a simple read, butalways a worthwhile one.Marge FeuersteinIf you are interested in this book, it isavailable at the library. To reserve a copy,or any other book, please call 439-5440.The LMFL Book Club holds monthly meetingsat the library.
Library hostsa Halloweenpizza hauntBy Marge Feuerstein | Manor Ink MentorGHOSTLY GATHERING Festooned with spooky decorations, the patio of the Kaatskeller on MainStreet was the site of the LMFL’s Halloween party on Oct. 31. Allison Hemmer Photography photosLivingston Manor, NY – Despite athreat of rain, over one hundred childrenof all ages turned out for a costume partyheld by the Livingston Manor Free Libraryon Halloween.Cancelled last year because of the CO-VID pandemic, the festive get together wasonce again held at the Kaatskeller on MainStreet in the hamlet. The library’s Fundraisingand Outreach Committee organized theevent, with board members Michele Hemmerand Meagan Edwards coordinatingmuch of the planning.Jon Westergreen, owner of Kaatskeller,generously allowed any kid who wanted toassemble his or her own individual pizzato do so. Cookies, donuts, candy and ciderfilled out the holiday menu.Spooky music played as costumed childrentried their skill at biting a donut on aswinging string, throwing a ball througha hanging pumpkin or punching througha paper pumpkin to get a prize. They alsodecorated holiday cookies with chocolateand all kinds of colored icing. Library trusteesand student volunteers from LivingstonManor Central School had decoratedthe restaurant’s outdoor dining area withlights, balloons and pumpkins, making everythingvery seasonally festive.At around 2:45 p.m., in an effort to beatany possible rain, the costume judging tookplace. Kids from four groups competed fortop honors. Top spot in the one-to-threeyear-oldgroup went to a child who came asbaby Yoda from the “Star Wars” saga. Thefour-to-six winner was a contestant dressedas a purple-haired troll. Lots of great lookinglittle movie characters, ghouls, princessesand pirates were on display. Thecompetition was stiff, and all entrants receivedcandy as a reward.Luckily the rain held off, so everyonecould clean up and then head for home orfor a Halloween parade over at the hamlet’sfirehouse. A great time was had by kids andvolunteers alike, and the library will surelywant to do the party again next year.NEWSMANOR INK | DEC. 2021 | 13ALL HALLOWS EVEMANOR-FESTATIONSHere are just afew of the manycostumed characterswho attendedthe LivingstonManor FreeLibrary’s annualHalloween Party atthe Kaatskeller onMain Street.Livingston Manor’s hometown paper isnow also available online at NewsAtomic:info@newsatomic.com • 845-647-9190 • newsatomic.com
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