This Friday the library will host its second annual “Aisle of Lights” – a smaller indoor version of the display at Chautauqua Park. Come stroll through the bookshelves lighted with Christmas lights only, enjoy some cookies and hot cider, and even listen to a story in the children’s department. We’ll close the library early at 4 pm to set up, then the Aisles of Lights will be available from 6:00 – 9:00 pm.
For fans of historical fiction and dramas, this review is for you. Naked: A Novel of Lady Godiva by Eliza Redgold retells the famous story of Lady Godiva and her ride. The tale says that Lady Godiva was forced by her husband to ride through the English town of Coventry with nothing covering her but her hair. However, one person looked, which is where we get the term “peeping Tom.” Instead of making Lady Godiva’s husband a villain, Lord Leofric plays an important counterpoint to the lady. The story starts right before Godiva’s famous ride and then fills in the reader on the dramatic events leading up to it. Set in 1023 in the Middle Ages, this book immerses you with period descriptions and a few vocabulary words, but is easy to catch on to. The author has carefully researched the real story and fills the readers in with a short introduction. This story is a full novel with passion, adventure, battles, obsession, greed, and mercy. It’s not easy to put down once you start it – but a quick warning to readers of cozy mysteries and soft romances – this is more the book form of an HBO drama than a Hallmark channel movie.
You can get more great titles to watch, read, listen to, or play with at the Port Library at 1718 N. Hersey in Beloit.
For fans of historical fiction and dramas, this review is for you. Naked: A Novel of Lady Godiva by Eliza Redgold retells the famous story of Lady Godiva and her ride. The tale says that Lady Godiva was forced by her husband to ride through the English town of Coventry with nothing covering her but her hair. However, one person looked, which is where we get the term “peeping Tom.” Instead of making Lady Godiva’s husband a villain, Lord Leofric plays an important counterpoint to the lady. The story starts right before Godiva’s famous ride and then fills in the reader on the dramatic events leading up to it. Set in 1023 in the Middle Ages, this book immerses you with period descriptions and a few vocabulary words, but is easy to catch on to. The author has carefully researched the real story and fills the readers in with a short introduction. This story is a full novel with passion, adventure, battles, obsession, greed, and mercy. It’s not easy to put down once you start it – but a quick warning to readers of cozy mysteries and soft romances – this is more the book form of an HBO drama than a Hallmark channel movie.
You can get more great titles to watch, read, listen to, or play with at the Port Library at 1718 N. Hersey in Beloit.
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