

Library Lovers Week
This week marks a special celebration - Library Lovers Week. Libraries are more than just buildings filled with books. They are vibrant spaces where minds are nurtured, imaginations are sparked, and knowledge is freely shared. Today, many public and school libraries are losing funding and closing...
Book Club Pick
Khaled Hosseini's, The Kite Runner, his debut novel, was the book of choice for the SAS Book Club's winter read. This book is beautifully written and an emotionally powerful novel and explores themes of friendship, betrayal, and redemption.
Hosseini's vivid storytelling immerses readers in the...
National Book Award Winner
Author Percival L. Everett is the 2024 winner of The National Book Award for Fiction for his novel James. James is a reimagining of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, focusing on the central character Jim. The novel delves deeply into Jim's perspective, with an emphasis on his...
Booker Prize Winner
Samantha Harvey's novel Orbital, earned the 2024 Booker Prize. The book portrays six astronauts grappling with life in the isolation of space over the course of one day. Harvey described the novel as "space pastoral - a kind of nature writing about the beauty of space." It is the first Booker Prize...