When we first started this blog a few years ago, the idea was to occasionally update it with current reading selections or recommendations by SKCTC faculty and staff. We have recently received some current reading selections by Robin Haggerty, Professor of English.
One book
Ms. Haggerty is currently reading is The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King. PS 3561 .I4813 B44 1996
This book concerns Mary Russell, a 15 year old schoolgirl, makes the acquaintance of the retired detective Sherlock Holmes near her aunt’s farm. Holmes has taken to keeping bees and eventually begins to train Mary in the art of detection. Eventually, they must work together to solve a mystery that endangers both their lives.
The other book on Ms. Haggerty’s nightstand is Spook: Science Tackl
es the Afterlife by Mary Roach BL535 .R63 2005 (at the Harlan Campus)
This wildly entertaining book attempts to find out if ghosts are real. In the search for life in the spirit world, the author travels to various countries and visits mediums, hospitals and ghost hunting groups. She also looks at the history of ghosts and debunks some frauds of the past.
Although the Middlesboro library doesn’t have the Spook book, we do have another fascinating book by Mary Roach called Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. R853.H8 R635 2003
