"Librarians just want to have fun" is a statement not to be taken lightly. It is truly a rare occasion when a librarian can cast off the burdens of reference transactions, literature selection, and computer maintenance to become her real fun-loving self. This extraordinary event is scheduled to occur on June 13. Librarians will be seen biking out to the State Park with 30 of their favorite library kids. Or, if you're lucky you might catch them in their bikinis frolicking in the pool with more library kids. (I made that up about the bikinis.) But if you come to the library this summer, you will find happy librarians, magic tricks, a puppet show, a dance party and much more. Pick up a schedule of events and find out "What’s Buzzin’ at the Library." Kids can sign up this week for the Summer Reading Club and earn tickets to buy prizes from the summer library store. It’s going to be a good time. While you’re at the library, check out some of the new summer fiction. "Heartbreak Hotel" by Jill Landis. A supportive wife and mother, Tracy Potter always played by the rules and maintained a perfect home. After her husband’s sudden death, she learns that everything she believed in was a lie. Forced to start over, Tracy puts everything into resurrecting the Heartbreak Hotel, an abandoned turn-of-the-century inn overlooking the Pacific Ocean. She’s determined to never again believe in anyone but herself—until the night a mysterious loner, Wade McAllister, checks in. The Heartbreak Hotel is a perfect place for Wade to hide from his notoriety as an author and the shocking events in his past. Drawn to Tracy and her struggle to succeed, he is quickly compelled to risk the anonymity on which his survival depends. By the time Tracy discovers the handsome stranger’s true identity, there’s more than ever at stake. She is not only forced to risk another broken heart and learn to trust again, but she must fight to make Wade believe in their love. "Appaloosa" by Robert Parker. When Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch arrive in Appaloosa, they find a small, dusty town suffering at the hands of renegade rancher Randall Bragg. Bragg and his crew assault the women, steal from the merchants, and shoot anyone who gets in the way. Cole and Hitch, itinerant lawmen, are used to cleaning up after opportunistic thieves. They are hired guns, but doggedly revere the law. Cole and Hitch back Bragg down with a minimum of bloodshed. Bragg is arrested, tried and sentenced to be hung. But Cole's weakness for the piano-playing beauty, Allie, makes possible his escape. Bragg’s hired hands bust him out, leading to a long chase through Indian territory and a shootout between Cole's men and Bragg's. When he eventually returns with a presidential pardon and a veneer of civility, Cole is trapped: if he kills Bragg, he'll have violated his own code, but if he doesn't, he'll lose Allie to his rival. Special Notice: Barb is celebrating a significant birthday on June 13. Be sure to congratulate her on turning 40. Wait a minute; she has a daughter who's 28 years old. Perhaps it’s not her 40th. Perhaps it’s the big 5-0!! Still, let’s pretend it’s her 40th and make her really happy on her special day.