Friday, 1.3.14 river city ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net RESS AKOTAN NEWSROOM: PAGE 2B P D [email protected] New At The Library The Bookworm Here’s what’s new at the Yankton Community Library this week: Book Celebrates Winter’s Peace ADULT BOOKS “The Quiet Season: Remembering white stuff piled up, his teacher in the • The Circle by Dave Eggers; Fiction Country Winters” by Jerry Apps; © one-room schoolhouse tapped one of the • Death of a Nightingale by Kaaberbol & Friis; Fiction 2013, Wisconsin Historical Society bigger children to shovel a path to the • The First of July by Elizabeth Speller; Fiction Press; 150 pages outhouses. • Good Kings Bad Kings by Susan Nussbaum; Fiction ——— Apps recalls playing in the snow, and • The Housemaid’s Daughter by Barbara Mutch; Fic- BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER wading through waist-high drifts. He re- tion members hunting in it, travelling by car • In Falling Snow by Mary-Rose MacColl; Fiction It snowed overnight. and on foot through it, and hoping that • The Last Winter of Dani Lancing by P. D. Viner; Fiction Santa could handle it. He recalls when • Lighthouse Bay by Kimberley Freeman; Fiction You saw it first thing this morning, and you grumbled. You know how much extra neighbors took care of neighbors and • Marching to Zion by Mary Glickman; Fiction dances were held in someone’s dining • The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch; Fiction work that stuff is: shoveling, brushing, scraping. Everything needs more time to room. And he remembers the perfection • The Sky Manifest by Brian Panhuyzen; Fiction of winter some 70 years ago, its loveliness • Teatime for the Firefly by Shona Patel; Fiction warm up and get going — including you. Sure, snow is pretty... for about ten and its magic. • Tempest’s Course by Lynette Sowell; Fiction I’m not sure where it came from, but • The Tulip Eaters by Antoinette van Heugten; Fiction minutes. Or, as you’ll see in “The Quiet Season” by Jerry Apps, it’s beautiful for a reading “The Quiet Season” gave me a def- • CeeLo; Nonfiction inite sense of pulse-slowing calmness. • Creative Photography by Steve Sonheim; Nonfiction lifetime. Born to a pair of farmers in the “midst Maybe that’s because author Jerry • Granny Is My Wingman by Kayli Stollak; Nonfiction Apps — who often mentions his love of a • The Investigator by Terry Lenzner; Fiction of the Great Depression,” Jerry Apps says that, save but for his time spent in the good story — is himself the teller of tales • A Man’s Guide to Healthy Aging by Thompson & that circle around community in a TV- Kaye; Nonfiction Army, he’s never missed a Wisconsin win- ter. For folks in snowy climes, winter re- less, packed-calendar-free, horse-drawn • Newton by Matthew Lysiak; Nonfiction but hard-working world that fewer and • One Bowl Baking by Yvonne Ruperti; Nonfiction minds us that “we are not in charge,” he says. fewer folks remember. They’re told with • Survival Lessons by Alice Hoffman; Nonfiction dead oak trees and hauling it closer to the awe, gratitude, grace, more than a little • Writing in the Wall by Tom Standage; Nonfiction The winters of 1939-1947 were particu- house. The family butchered a hog every larly memorable for Apps. Electricity had- knee-slapping — and lots of love for the fall because they “needed the meat if we way things were, the rotation of the sea- ADULT AUDIO BOOKS n’t yet come to his parents’ farm — it were going to survive the long winter.” didn’t arrive until the spring of ‘47 — sons, the bounty of the land, and the per- • Cross My Heart by James Patterson; Fiction Produce from garden and field was laid in severance of its people. • Lucia in Love by Heather Graham; Fiction which meant that milking cows and fetch- for the season. ing water was all done by hand. Dinner This is the kind of book that elders • Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz; Fiction Even when there was a snowstorm, will read and read again. It’s a book you’ll was made on a wood-burning stove that the three Apps boys had to walk to ADULT DVDS served both to prepare food and to heat want to give to a whiner. It’s one you’ll be school and they tried not to miss a day. glad to curl up with because, though it’s • The Conjuring the kitchen. Homework for the three Apps The season’s first snow was especially ex- boys was done by kerosene lamp. mostly about winter, “The Quiet Season” • Elysium citing; says Apps, he and his classmates will leave you warm. • The Intouchables Apps remembers how his father pre- were “running around like we were pos- • Pacific Rim pared for winter by “making wood” from sessed by first snowfall demons.” As • Robot & Frank • The Shunning Year In Review • Smashed YOUNG ADULT BOOKS • Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets by Evan Roskos; Fic- A Look At 2013’s Top Video Games tion • Full-Ride by Margaret Peterson Haddix; Fiction BY LOU KESTEN AND DERRIK J. LANG the creepy story all the more effective. aging historical stealth series still has • The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd; Fiction AP Entertainment Writers 8. “The Legend of Zelda: A Link Be- new tricks up its sleeves, besides just a • More Than This by Patrick Ness; Fiction tween Worlds” (Nintendo, for the Nin- pair of hidden blades. • Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis; Fiction The top 10 video games of 2013, ac- tendo 3DS): Nintendo opens up the 5. “Tomb Raider” (Crystal Dynam- • The Shadowhunter’s Codex by Clare & Lewis; Fiction cording to Lou Kesten: magical land of Hyrule — and its darker ics, for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, • Teardrop by Lauren Kate; Fiction 1. “BioShock Infinite” (Irrational twin, Lorule — with a looser storyline PC): Lara Croft, shipwrecked and JUNIOR BOOKS Games, for the PlayStation 3, Xbox that invites more exploration. It’s the stripped of everything, transcends her • Counting By 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan; Fiction 360, PC): The latest adventure from most challenging “Zelda” in years, and the status as merely a busty video-game vixen • The Doggone Dog by Diana G. Gallagher; Fiction provocateur Ken Levine asks tough ques- most rewarding. in this intense origin story. Her harrowing • Elvis and the Underdogs by Jenny Lee; Fiction tions about the bloody path of American 9. “Peggle 2” (PopCap Games, for expedition across the lethal Yamatai is- • Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman; Fiction history. And it doesn’t provide easy an- Xbox One): The killer app for Microsoft’s land is grueling, desperate and exactly • The Great Kitten Challenge by Diana G. Gallagher; swers — indeed, the more you learn new Xbox One turns out to be ... a juiced- what the character — and gamers — Fiction about its setting, the flying city of Colum- up pachinko game. But fans of the original needed. • Ivy + Bean Take the Case by Annie Barrows; Fiction bia, the loopier it gets. No other game this will get exactly what they were hoping 6. “The Legend of Zelda: A Link Be- • Mice Capades by Diana G. Gallagher; Fiction year bent my brain as much. for: a game so addictive that, even after tween Worlds” (Nintendo, for the Nin- • Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool; Fiction 2. “Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag” bouncing through 120 new levels, you tendo 3DS): A few daring innovations on • A No-Sneeze Pet by Diana G. Gallagher; Fiction (Ubisoft Montreal, for the PlayStation want more. the long-running “Legend of Zelda” for- • The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett by Tom 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, 10. “Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Re- mula resulted in one of the most captivat- Angleberger; Fiction Xbox One, PC): Stealth and swordplay born” (Square Enix, for PlayStation 3, ing adventures starring everyone’s • “When Did You See Her Last?” by Lemony Snicket; have always been at the core of this se- PC): This massively multiplayer online favorite elfy hero, Link. His ability to pop Fiction ries, but “Black Flag” adds a stirring new game was so poorly received in 2010 that on and off walls added a new depth to the • Dinosaurology: The Search for a Lost World by element: engrossing sea battles, as you its publisher pulled the plug and rebuilt it puzzles, and made a serious case for play- Raleigh Rimes; Nonfiction and the crew of your pirate ship romp from the ground up. The result is nearly a ing in 3D. • Walking on Earth & Touching the Sky; Nonfiction across the Caribbean of the 1730s. miracle: a lush online world so compelling 7. “Gone Home” (The Fullbright 3. “Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White that even anti-social gamers can enjoy it. Company, for PC): There just aren’t EASY BOOKS Witch” (Studio Ghibli and Level-5, for ——— enough games as emotionally gripping — • Crankee Doodle by Tom Angleberger; Fiction the PlayStation 3): The Japanese studios The top 10 video games of 2013, ac- or as beautifully ordinary — as this • Gabby, Drama Queen by Joyce Grant; Fiction behind movies like “Spirited Away” and cording to AP Entertainment Writer Der- voyeuristic coming-of-age story that casts • Hedgie Blasts Off! by Jan Brett; Fiction games like “Dragon Quest” collaborated rik J. Lang: players as a college student who’s re- • Do You Really Want a Cat? by Bridget Heos; Nonfic- on this sprawling epic about a kid trans- 1. “BioShock Infinite” (Irrational turned to her family’s empty house after tion ported to an alternate universe.