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Women's Book Club Gives Back
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The Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation would like to express our gratitude to the Women Who Care Book Club! These generous women have come together as a book club to give a collective gift to the future Library-on-the-Go-Van.
Special thanks to the Woman Who Care Book Club Members:
Danielle Alvarez, Mary Ellen Birkett, Nan Bedford, Susan Case, Gail Elnicky, Angela Foote, Barbara Hauter, Christine Holland, Barbara Kaplan, Sally Tannenbaum, Susie Thomason, Holiday Vaill, and Dale van Mill!
Do you have a book club and want to support the Library? Please contact director@sblibraryfoundation.org or make a gift online today!
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Join our monthly giving program and become a Page Turner! Your monthly gift is one of the most reliable and efficient ways to donate and Open Doors at the Santa Barbara Public Library.
As a Page Turner, you can start, change, or cancel your gift at any time. Your contribution is deducted directly from your credit or debit card. You can contribute an amount that works best for your budget.
Those who join at $25 a month will receive a limited edition Page Turner tote and will be featured on our website!
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We Open Doors to...
Best Fall New Releases to Put On Hold Now
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Every month we continue to bring you suggested books to inspire your next read! Recommendations are brought to you by librarian Molly Wetta.
One of the perks of being a librarian is the opportunity to read books before they are released to the public. These are the best new releases of this fall I can’t wait to talk about with fellow readers.
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Transcendent Kingdom
by Yaa Gyasi
The follow up to Gyasi’s fantastic debut, Homegoing, follows Gifty, a neuroscience student who is looking to hard science to help her understand her family’s challenges with mental health and addiction but also reckoning with the evangelical faith she was raised in that promised salvation. While Homegoing was a brilliant exploration of how slavery impacted the lives of one family in vastly different ways for generations, this contemporary exploration of a modern Ghanian family living in the American South is equally brilliant, showcasing Gyasi’s range as a writer.
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Leave the World Behind
by Rumaan Alam
Alam is hands down one of my favorite writers (even his Twitter feed delights me), so I was eagerly anticipating his third novel. It blew away my expectations. Leave the World Behind starts off with a simple premise -- following a wealthy NYC couple and their teenagers on a quiet vacation in a Long Island luxury rental home. Slowly building into a dark and unsettling and surprising tale, this book bridges the gap between literary and horror, and though written prior to the pandemic, captures the dread and isolation so many of us are feeling in this moment, and I couldn’t put it down.
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Luster
by Raven Leilani
Books that follow young characters making dubious decisions is a plot that never gets old to me, but this novel that follows a young, Black artist in New York City felt fresh and modern. Leilani’s voice and style of writing is very mature for a debut author, and the way she bridges the gap between reality and surrealism is bold, unique, and a little bit weird. If you’re interested in contemporary fiction with some thriller elements and stories that navigate racial politics without being about them, this is a startling debut from an author to watch.
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