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10 | Four Seasons Hemet Herald | JANUARY 2019 | Welcome to the year 2019! In just one more year it will be 2020! We need to read as many books as possible while we still have them. Bookstores are mostly out of business and hand held books may become a thing of the past. Those of us on the committee really like the feel of a book in our hands adding to that "personal" connection with the author. May books always be with us. I must take a minute to thank the writer of the Facilities Committee for their humorous report in December. It was a crazy month and before writing the Library article I read the Herald. How refreshing to laugh out loud and relate to the "different" ways we humans think. We thank the volunteers for a job well done. The library looked beautiful during Christmas and we thank everyone involved in creating a magical feel. We were pleased to be of help by adding the large table to our library room. This allowed room for the piano and Christmas tree in the lobby. Hopefully, we received current books as gifts during our holiday season. Take time to enjoy them and then share them with your Four Seasons residents by bringing them to our beautiful library. Last night I was excited to stamp seven 2017 and 2018 hardbound books for display. Thank you to the Four Seasons resident who donated them. Vernita Black will be speaking Jan. 17 about her books on addiction and stress. Her new book on stress debuted in December, a perfect month to address that. We hope you will attend to gather knowledge on the signs of addiction. Please donate your November, December and January magazines to our library at this time. Notice how often you see residents sitting in the library thumbing through a magazine. It's a great way to catch your breath with our busy schedules. Our paperback books are accepted from 2014 through 2018. As we receive new ones we may need to adjust the year but at this time we have the room. Our hardbound books are displayed from the year 2009 and up. We want to display as many books as possible making a "cut-off " date necessary. The committee determines the rules to best serve Four Seasons and they do a great job. I was asked last night at dinner where a Nora Roberts series was that she donated. They were below the "cut-off " date. If you treasure a "series," please keep the set if they are below 2009. I want to thank our hard working committee for keeping the library in order. It's not that easy! Thank you Char Weakley for being my co-chair and on call. Sue Corum is fantastic as the secretary with all the new rules in place. Betty Crase has become my spokesperson for the HOA meetings and does a fantastic job when I'm not there. Volunteers that make those many trips donating older books and constantly shelving books are Betty Barr, Blair Becker, Anita Decker, Bernadette Koretke, Julie Kreun, Rosemary Luscombe, Kay Masonbrink and Lis Woelke. We appreciate Jim Hatcher as our Board liaison who is ready with ideas when we need them. Thanks poohatch! Mildred Benson aka Carolyn Keene, writer of the Nancy Drew mysteries, was declared legally blind and still working. An interviewer asked, "Why don't you quit?" Her reply, "There is no advantage to quitting." Sounds like a Four Season motto! The library committee wishes you a New Year filled with peace, love and health. And, time to read more! Committee member Bernadette Koretke read The Pyramid by Henning Mankell, The First Wallander Cases. Revealing a side of Swedish detective Kurt Wallander that we have never seen, in The Pyramid, bestselling author Henning Mankell, presents us with an artfully crafted series of stories of Wallander's first cases. The first Wallander story starts the collection with him as a 21 year-old patrolman on a homicide case and the last story ends with him as a veteran detective who has masterfully discovered how to solve personal and professional difficulties. In these five riveting tales, we watch Kurt Wallander come into his own not only as a detective but as a human being. "The Wallander series is essential reading for all crime fiction fans, and this collection adds an indispensable chapter to the saga." Library Committee