BOOKS DIGEST

Library to offer book discussion group

LEETONIA

Leetonia Community Public Library, 181 Walnut St., will host a three-part book discussion series.

The first will take place at 3 p.m. Aug. 22 featuring “Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible” by Peter Pomerantsev about today’s Russia.

Born in Kiev but living in Great Britain, the author is hired as a consultant to develop television programs, particularly reality shows.

At 6 p.m. Aug. 25 the group will consider the first 30 chapters of Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina.” The library recommends the Pevear/Volokhonsky translation.

The Morning Fiction Bookends group will meet at 10 a.m. Sept. 7 to discuss “Early Autumn” by Robert B. Parker. This volume is an early addition to the Spenser series, which is located mainly in Boston.

Parker has been favorably compared to Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett.

The Leetonia Library has extra copies of these books available.

Local author to appear at Expo

AKRON

Author Nancy Christie of Austintown will appear from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Barnes and Noble Fairlawn, 4015 Medina Road. She will be signing copies of her book, “Traveling Left of Center and Other Stories.” She has completed her second short fiction collection, “Peripheral Visions and Other Stories,” and is working on other book projects.

She will be doing an anniversary book tour in September and will be appearing at several locations in northeast and southern Ohio.

For information about Christie and her books, visit the books page of her website www.nancychristie.com/books.

Author’s 12th novel is published

EAST PALESTINE

Author Judy Lennington of East Palestine recently published her 12th novel, “The Innkeeper,” which became available recently at www.xlibris.com, www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com. To order by phone, call 888-795-4274, ext. 7592.

Paperback copies are $19.99 each and also are sold at the Spread Eagle Tavern and Inn in Hanoverton. Signed books may be purchased by calling 330-219-7793.

The story is about Craig, who had fallen on hard times. His position at the machine shop was the only thing he knew. When the shop had closed, he was unemployed for the first time in his life. He applied everywhere, but no one was hiring in the Columbiana County area. He had a wife and two daughters to support, so he took the only job he could find as manager at an inn. It wasn’t what he planned, but it would do until something better came along. Rumor was that the inn was haunted, and as he conducted his evening tours of the inn, it seemed the only thing the guests wanted to talk about were the ghosts. Craig didn’t believe in ghosts; at least, not in the beginning.