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12 | Four Seasons Hemet Herald | DECEMBER 2017 | It's hard to believe that we are wishing everyone at Four Seasons a joyous holiday season already! So much is offered at Four Seasons in December and we become so busy. Remember, you will need quiet time to fully enjoy this season so step into this beautiful room, exhale, and grab a book or magazine. Our "rules," are simply guidelines for us to display as many books and magazines as possible. The committee determined the year 2007 as the cut-off date for our hardbound books to be displayed on the shelves. Prolific authors like Patterson, Cussler and Nora Roberts seem to write a book a month! A cut-off date allows us room to display new authors for your enjoyment. You can donate your older hardbound books directly to the Hemet library or we will take them downtown. If possible, don't miss the opportunity to peruse that beautiful building, it's fantastic. Our paperback selection displays the years 2014 - 2017. Three years is working out perfectly. There are so many paperback books to display. Our magazines are now kept at four months and the rack is full most of the time. We want to thank a resident for donating National Geographic magazines for all to read. They are timeless. We would welcome magazines from residents after they read them. I've heard several ladies say they just toss them when they are done reading. We have a great place for them in a beautiful magazine rack. Don't forget to put your Four Seasons library on your Christmas list. Buy that new book, read it and run it to the Lodge! Holidays are family times. Come check out a movie at the front desk. Think about grabbing an audio book for those hours of prepping food. And, always, take time to read. Thought of the day from Blair: What's the difference between a boring person and a boring book? You can shut the book up. Committee member Anita Decker read The Unexpected Inheritance Of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan. From the open sewers, roving cattle, sprawling slums, to the skyscrapers in the teeming city of Mumbai, is a shining jewel of a mystery full of pathos and intrigue. We follow Inspector Chopra during and after his last days before retirement. He uncovers clues to the accidental death of a drowned youth and passionately pursues the case believing it to be murder. This is just the first mystery Chopra must overcome. The second is how to care for a baby elephant, a gift from his Uncle, which his apartment neighbors must step around in the dusty compound. Tethered to a post by the guard hut, Ganesha, becomes a great ally as Chopra pursues the twists and turns of the case. The author's first encounter with an elephant was in 1997 when it was sauntering down the road in India shortly after he arrived. A welcome new series resplendent with tradition, customs and color – the next installment, The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown is available for the exotic locale seeker. Note from Cookie: this book is on my 10 best reads of the year! You will find it in the paperback section. Library Committee