25 for ’25 Renee Mazin Now that we are reaching the end of 2025, SaddleBrooke volunteers would like to recommend 25 books published in 2025 that we enjoyed this year. They are all available within the SaddleBrooke Community Libraries system. The Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries (FSL) provides the funding to purchase new materials like the…
Renee Mazin It’s been hot and dry. It has been so hot and dry that the best and safest place to view fireworks this year is on your television screen. Are you missing that red, white, and blue spirit? SaddleBrooke Libraries are coming to the rescue. These books are red, white, and blue! They may…
Janet Fabio, Director, SaddleBrooke Community Libraries This year we’re celebrating 35 years of library service in SaddleBrooke! Your SaddleBrooke Community Libraries are one system with three libraries, located in the DesertView building, the MountainView clubhouse, and the SaddleBrooke One clubhouse. Last year the libraries loaned out 47,152 items to SaddleBrooke residents. The library collections offer…
Cathy Schaber If you have been interested in learning more about the lovely corner of America we call home, try some Southwestern-themed novels. Start with author Anne Hillerman. The Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries has recently announced the appearance of this New York Times best-selling author at their Spring Author Luncheon. Anne Hillerman is the daughter…
Janet Fabio If you’re new to Arizona, you’ll quickly realize that gardening here is very different from what you knew in the Midwest or the East Coast. Learning to garden in the Desert Southwest is a fun challenge and can be delightful when armed with good information. Even if you have been gardening here for…
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg Ever since I was a little girl, I knew that the word “library” meant a place of discovery and learning. The word “library” comes from the Latin word “liber,” meaning book. Loosely translated, the word “library” would then be a place to find books. Have libraries always been around? When were…
Sharon Scanlan Shortly after SaddleBrooke opened, almost 35 years ago, several forward-thinking volunteers started our first library! Today there are three libraries, which have become one of SaddleBrooke’s highest-rated amenities—lending more than 50,000 books and DVDs a year! Most of our volunteers are “aspirational librarians” who love books and enjoy our patrons! Recently, at our…
Renee Mazin Was it Colonel Mustard in the library with a candlestick? We don’t have a “clue,” but we do know that the library has been a place of mystery, knowledge, refuge, and romance. Many authors have recognized the library’s allure and used it as a setting for their books. SaddleBrooke community libraries offers you…
Robert S. Simpson In the past three years, SaddleBrooke author Robert (Bob) Simpson has written three books on area history, all available in the DesertView and SaddleBrooke libraries. His original From the Cañada del Oro to the Tortolitas (2019) has long been sold out, and a print version of his recent The History of Oracle Junction,…
Janet Fabio What better way to beat the heat than to curl up with a good book set in a cold climate? Your SaddleBrooke Community Libraries offer a variety of fiction and nonfiction books to enjoy during the summer. Your first thought might be books set in Alaska, Iceland, or the Antarctic. And, indeed, we have…