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Library Notes for May 9, 2024

“Libraries always remind me that there are good things in this world.” ~ Lauren Ward

What’s Happening at the Library:

Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.

Hoopla is here! You can check out E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, movies & more online.

Storytime with Ms. Katie every Wednesday at 10:30

Book Club: May 16th at 6:00 “The Guest List” by Lucy Foley.

Craft Table coming soon.

We will be closed on Monday, May 27th for Memorial Day

Pam’s Pick this week is: “A Calamity of Souls” by David Baldacci, this is the story of two lawyers, one white and one black trying to save the life of a wrongly accused black man in a Virginia courtroom in the 1960’s. Jerome Washington is the hired help and accused of killing the two landowners. The police find him standing over the bodies and charge him with murder. Jack Lee and Desiree DuBose team up to save Jerome’s life maybe at the cost of their own lives.

New Fiction: “The Other Side of Disappearing” by Kate Clayborn, “The Sweet Blue Distance” by Sara Donati, “The Reaper Follows” by Heather Graham, “The Bucket List” by Rachel Hanna, “Funny Story” by Emily Henry, “Nothing But the Bones” by Brian Panowich, and “Powerless” by Elsie Silver, this is the third book in the Chestnut Springs series.

New Christian Fiction: “The Songbird of Hope Hill” by Kim Vogel Sawyer, this book is also in large print.

New Mystery: “Close to Death” by Anthony Horowitz

New Biography: “Rescue Story: Faith, Freedom, and Finding my Way Home” by Zach Williams.

New Non-Fiction: “The Backyard Bird Chronicles” by Amy Tan, “Fat, Stressed, and Sick: MSG, Processed Food, and America’s Health Crisis” by Katherine Reid, “Taste of Home Budget-Friendly Cookbook,” and “Fodor’s Puerto Rico” by Paulina Antonetti.

New Audio Books: “Daughter of Mine” by Megan Miranda.

New Movies: “Anyone But You,” and “Wish.”

New TV Season: “Chicago Fire” season 3.

Happy Reading!

Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for May 2, 2024

Librarian: “A person who creates “Book Joy” by pulling a book from a shelf, handing it to someone and saying, “You’ve got to read this. You’re going to love it.” ~ James Patterson

What’s Happening at the Library:  

Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.  

Hoopla is here! You can check out E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies & more online. 

Storytime with Ms. Katie every Wednesday at 10:30

Book Club: May 16th at 6:00

Pam’s Pick this week is: “Just for the Summer” by Abby Jimenez, this is the story of two people who think they are cursed. Every person they date finds their soul mate in the next person they date. So Emma and Justin decide to break their curses by dating each other. Will it work or will it bring the two of them together?

New Fiction: “The House on Biscayne Bay” by Chanel Cleeton, “A Killing on the Hill” by Robert Dugoni, “One by One” by Freida McFadden, “Daughter of Mine” by Megan Miranda, “Extinction” by Douglas Preston, and “Matterhorn” by Christopher Reich.

New Christian Fiction: “Sandcastle Inn” by Irene Hannon, this is a Hope Harper novel.

New Mystery: “Patchwork Quilt Murder” by Leslie Meier.

New Non-Fiction: “The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading” by James Patterson, “The Raised Bed Book: the Definitive Step-by-Step Guide to Elevated Growing” by David Hurrion, “10 Minute Decoration Ideas” by Dari Anne Wood, “The World War I Book,” and “An Unfinished Love Story: a Personal History of the 1960’s” by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

New Audio Books: “Being Henry” by Henry Winkler, and “Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?” by Nicci French.

New Movies: “Ferrari,” and “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.”

New TV Season: “Fear the Walking Dead” season 4.

Happy Reading!

Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for April 25, 2024

“A library is like a candy store where everything is free.” ~ Jamie Ford

What’s Happening at the Library:  

Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.  

Hoopla is here! You can check out E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies & more online. 

Storytime with Ms. Katie every Wednesday at 10:30

Spring Book Sale: April 22nd-27th

Book Club: April 25th, “The Hideaway” by Laura Denton

Murder Mystery Night: April 29th 

Pam’s Pick this week is: “Everyone is Watching” by Heather Gudenkauf, the story of five people competing on the new reality TV show, with the hopes of winning ten million dollars. It doesn’t take long for them to realize they’re all linked in some way, through some person. While the show’s host, Fern, attempts to keep the live-streamed show from becoming a disaster. She must make excuses for the contestants severely injuring themselves. Soon those competing begin to piece together the real reason they have been selected: someone wants revenge. The only question now is who is it and how do they escape?

New Fiction: “Sharpe’s Command” by Bernard Cornwell, “Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter” by Nicci French, “The Wild Side” by Fern Michaels, “Happily Never After” by Lynn Painter, and “Table for Two” by Amor Towles.

New Christian Fiction: “Love, Unscripted” by Denise Hunter.

New Large Print: “Half a Pig and Other Frontier Stories” by Matthew Mayo.

New Mystery: “Threading Trouble” by Kathryn Mykel, this is the fourth book in the Quilting Cozy Mystery.

New Biography: “Dear Mom and Dad: a Letter About Family, Memory, and the America We Once Knew” by Patti Davis.

New Non-Fiction: “The Autoimmune Cure” by Sara Gottfried, “Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts” by Crystal Wilkinson, “Best Road Trips Southwest USA” by Anthony Ham, and “Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History” by Philippa Gregory.

New Audio Books: “The Truth About the Devlins” by Lisa Scottine.

New Movies: “The Blessings Bracelet,” and “Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten-Weirdo World.”

New TV Season: “Heartland” season 8.

Happy Reading!

Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for April 18, 2024

“My two favourite things in life are libraries and bicycles. They both move people forward without wasting anything. The perfect day: riding a bike to the library.” —Peter Golkin

What’s Happening at the Library:  

Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.  

Hoopla is here! You can check out E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies & more online. 

Storytime with Ms. Katie every Wednesday at 10:30

Book Club: April 18th, “The Hideaway” by Laura Denton

Libby & Hoopla Workshop: April 22nd

Spring Book Sale: April 22nd-27th

Murder Mystery Night: April 29th 

Pam’s Pick this week is: “Every Single Secret” by Christina Dodd, this is an emotional thriller about a woman’s quest for revenge. Rowan Winterbourne lives a solitary life with only her secrets to keep her company. Her mission to avenge her mother’s death. Killed by Gregory Torval a powerful drug and arms dealer who vowed to eliminate everyone in her family. When the dark truth comes out she recognizes her last chance for revenge has come. But is it worth everything she must sacrifice to get out alive?

New Fiction: “Practice Makes Perfect” by Sarah Adams, this is the second book in the When in Rome series, “The Princess of Las Vegas” by Chris Bohjalian, “Double Lives” by Mary Monroe, “Toxic Prey” by John Sandford, “The Truth About the Devlins” by Lisa Scottoline, and “Expiration Dates” by Rebecca Serle.

New Christian Fiction: “Just for the Summer” by Melody Carlson, and “A Love Discovered” by Tracie Peterson this is the first book in the Heart of Cheyenne series and also in large print.

New Biography: “Phyllis George: Shattering the Ceiling” by Paul Volponi.

New Non-Fiction: “I Could be Wrong, But I Doubt It: Why Jesus is Your Greatest Hope on Earth and in Eternity” by Phil Robertson, “Blood Money” by Peter Schweizer, “Estate Planning Basics” by Denis Clifford, and “The Best of Birds & Blooms 2024.”

New Audio Books: “Never Too Late” by Danielle Steel.

New CDs: “Different Man” by Kane Brown, and “Country Again Side A” by Thomas Rhett.

New Movies: “The Independent,” and “Waitress: the Musical.”

New TV Season: “Peaky Blinders” season 2.

Happy Reading!

Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for April 11, 2024

“A library is the only single place you can go to learn something new, be comforted, terrified, thrilled, saddened, overjoyed, or excited all in one day. And for free.” ~Amy Neftzger

What’s Happening at the Library:  

Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.  

Hoopla is here! You can check out E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies & more online. 

Storytime with Ms. Katie every Wednesday at 10:30

Craft Night: April 11th

Game Night: April 15th

Book Club: April 18th, “The Hideaway” by Laura Denton

Libby & Hoopla Workshop: April 22nd

Spring Book Sale: April 22nd-27th

Murder Mystery Night: April 29th 

Pam’s Pick: “Good Half Gone” by Tarryn Fisher, this is the story of Iris Walsh who saw her twin sister, Piper get kidnapped as a child. Iris now an adult wants to find out what happened to her sister. She saw the kidnapper and knows he is in Shoal Island Hospital for the criminally insane. She decides to intern at the hospital to get her answers. Iris soon realizes that something sinister is going on and the patients aren’t the only ones being watched.  

New Fiction: “American Spirits” by Russell Banks, “Watch Where They Hide” by Tamron Hall, this is the second book in the Jordan Manning series, The Perfect Passion Company” by Alexander McCall Smith, “Flawless” by Elsie Silver this is the first book in the Chestnut Springs series, and  “The New Couple in 5B” by Lisa Unger.

New Christian Fiction: “Letters of Wisdom” by Wanda Brunstetter, this is the third book in the Friendship Letters series, and “If the Boot Fits” by Karen Witemeyer, this is the second book in the Texas Ever After series.

New Biography: “It’s Hard for Me to Live with Me: a Memoir” by Rex Chapman.

New Non-Fiction: “American Black Widow: the Shocking True Story of a Preacher’s Wife Turned Killer” by Gregg Olsen, “Cute Knitted Animals Scarves, Socks, and More” by Fiona Goble, “Design Happy: Colorful Homes for the Modern Family, and “Sharing too Much: Musings From an Unlikely Life” by Richard Paul Evans.

New Audio Books: “The Ghost Orchid” by Jonathan Kellerman.

New Movies: “Hypnotic,” “Priscilla,” and “The Canterville Ghost.”

New TV Season: “Ray Donovan” season 2.

Happy Reading!

Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for April 4, 2024

“Libraries are a cornerstone of democracy—where information is free and equally available to everyone. People tend to take that for granted, and they don’t realize what is at stake when that is put at risk.” ~Carla Hayden

What’s Happening at the Library:  

Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.  

Hoopla is here! You can check out E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies & more online. 

Storytime with Ms. Katie every Wednesday at 10:30

We are still setting up appointments for RSVP Tax Services call 270-522-6301

Craft Night: April 11th

Game Night: April 15th

Book Club: April 18th, “The Hideaway” by Laura Denton

Libby & Hoopla Workshop: April 22nd

Spring Book Sale: April 22nd-27th

Murder Mystery Night: April 29th 

Pam’s Pick this week is: “Murder Road” by Simone St. James, this is the story of newlyweds Eddie and April Carter. Driving to a cottage on Lake Michigan for a short honeymoon they take a wrong turn off the interstate. The two-lane road is deserted. They see a light in the trees and then a girl staggering along the road, bleeding. They pick her up and follow signs to the hospital. Almost as soon as they get there, the girl dies, and Detective Quentin of the state police arrives. Quentin interrogates the couple and puts them up in a local B&B while he investigates them further. Eddie and April also investigate, learning that the first victim on that deserted stretch of Atticus Line, known as the Lost Girl, was never identified. In all there were six murders on Atticus Line, all unsolved, no pattern, rankling Quentin. But the locals believe the Lost Girl is real, and if you see a light, you’re her next victim.

New Fiction: “Maktub” by Paulo Coelho, “Becoming Madam Secretary” by Stephanie Dray, “The Partner Plot” by Kristina Forest, “Still See You Everywhere” by Lisa Gardner, “The #1 Lawyer” by James Patterson, “Never Too Late” by Danielle Steel, and “Bright Skies and Dark Horses” by John D. Nesbitt, this book is only in large print.

New Christian Fiction: “Chasing the Horizon” by Mary Connealy, this is the first book in the Western Light series.

New Non-Fiction: Arts & Crafts of the Native American Tribes” by Michael G. Johnson, “The Poetry Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained,” “The Black Box: Writing the Race” by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and “Budget Travel” by Geoffrey Morrison.

New Audio: “The Summer Book Club” by Susan Mallery.

New Movies: “On Fire,” and “PBS Kids-17 Puppy Adventures.”

New TV Season: “Gunsmoke” season 5.

Happy Reading!

Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for March 28, 2024

“A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.” ~ Andrew Carnegie

What’s Happening at the Library:  

Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.  

Hoopla is here! You can check out E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies & more online. 

Storytime with Ms. Katie every Wednesday at 10:30

We are now setting up appointments for RSVP Tax Services call 270-522-6301

Puzzle & Book Swap: March 30th 10:30-11:30

Craft Night: April 11th

Game Night: April 15th

Book Club: April 18th, “The Hideaway” by Laura Denton

Libby & Hoopla Workshop: April 22nd

Murder Mystery Night: April 29th  

Pam’s Pick this week is: “The Underground Library” by Jennifer Ryan, this is the story of three very different women: Sofie, a Jewish refugee from Germany; Juliet, an empathetic and motivated new deputy librarian; and Katie, a young woman about to start university. Each woman faces a unique hardship, but their stories converge at the Bethnal Green Library, where they find solace in books. As the Blitz forces their community to take shelter in the underground station, the written word brings people together, and Juliet begins lending books from the station. But a string of tragedies threatens to break the fragile hope that the underground library has forged. This is not only a testament to the strength of women during WWII; it is also a love letter to libraries and the boundless knowledge and pleasure they provide. 

New Fiction: “The Hunter” by Tana French, “Built to Last” by Erin Hahn, “The Great Divide” by Cristina Henriquez, “Wandering Stars” by Tommy Orange, “The Clinic” by Cate Quinn, and “Nowhere Like Home” by Sara Shepard.

New Christian Fiction: “The Heart’s Shelter” by Amy Clipston, this is the fourth book in the Amish Legacy series, and “The Chosen: and I will Give You Rest” by Jerry Jenkins.

New Mystery: “Pressing Matters” by Kathryn Mykel, this is the third book in the Quilting Cozy.

New Biography: “They Call Me Goose: My Life in Kentucky Basketball and Beyond” by Jack Givens.

New Non-Fiction: “Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere” by Savannah Guthrie, “Mayo Clinic on Healthy Aging: An Easy and Comprehensive Guide to Keeping Your Body Young, Your Mind Sharp and Your Spirit Fulfilled,” “Better Homes & Gardens: Annual Recipes 2023,” and “Farmhouse Style: Warm and Welcoming Rustic Homes” by Caroline McKenzie.

New Audio Book: “The Friendship Club” by Robyn Carr.

New Movies: “The Dirty South,” “Five Nights at Freddy’s” and “Migration.”

New TV Season: “Blue Bloods” season 10.

Happy Spring Reading!

Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes March 21, 2024

“Walking the stacks in a library, dragging your fingers across the spines — it’s hard not to feel the presence of sleeping spirits.” ~Robin Sloan

What’s Happening at the Library:  

Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.  

Hoopla is here! You can check out E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies & more online. 

Storytime with Ms. Katie every Wednesday at 10:30

JLSL Reads Book Club: March 21st, 6:00-7:00 “The Butterfly Sisters” by Amy Hanson

We are now setting up appointments for RSVP Tax Services call 270-522-6301

Hoopla Book Club March 25th “One of Us is Dead” by Jeneva Rose

Puzzle & Book Swap: March 30th 10:30-11:30

Seed Library is here. Stop by for your bag of seeds today: herbs, flowers and veggies.

Pam’s Pick this week is: “Easter Basket Murder” by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis and Barbara Ross. This is a collection of three short stories. “Easter Basket Murder” by Leslie Meier, “Death by Easter Egg” by Lee Hollis, and “Hopper Along” by Barbara Ross. Hunting Easter eggs in these Maine towns is to dye for!

New Fiction: “Chasing Endless Summer” by V.C. Andrews, “The Chaos Agent” by Mark Greaney, “The Summer Book Club” by Susan Mallery, this book is also in large print, “After Annie” by Anna Quindlen, “One Wrong Word” by Hank Phillippi Ryan, “To Woo and to Wed” by Martha Waters, this is book five in the Regency Vows series, and “On the Way to Us” by Carolyn Brown, this book is only in large print.

New Christian Fiction: “One Wrong Move” by Dani Pettrey, this is the first book in the Jeopardy Falls series.

New Non-Fiction: “Why We Read: on Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights out” by Shannon Reed, “The Cut Flower Handbook” by Lisa Ziegler, “Feed the Baby: an Inclusive Guide to Nursing, Bottle-Feeding & Everything In Between” by Victoria Facelli, “Fodor’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park,” and “Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams, and the Brawling Birth of American Politics” by H.W. Brands.

New Audio Book: “The Bad Weather Friend” by Dean Koontz.

New Movies: “The Color Purple,” “Love Unleashed,” and “Barbie Mermaid Power.”

New TV Season: “ER” season 8.

Happy Reading!

Pam Metts, Director

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​Library Notes for March 14, 2024

“Libraries really are wonderful. They’re better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just sit there lending you books quietly out of the goodness of their hearts.” ~ Jo Walton

What’s Happening at the Library:  

Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.  

Hoopla is here! You can check out E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies & more online. 

Storytime with Ms. Katie every Wednesday at 10:30

Game Night: March 18th

JLSL Reads Book Club: March 21st, 6:00-7:00 “The Butterfly Sisters” by Amy Hanson

We are now setting up appointments for RSVP Tax Services call 270-522-6301

Hoopla Book Club March 25th “One of Us is Dead” by Jeneva Rose

Puzzle & Book Swap: March 30th 10:30-11:30

Seed Library is here. Stop by for your bag of seeds today: herbs, flowers and veggies.

Pam’s Pick this week: “The Guest” by B.A. Paris, this is a psychological thriller. Iris and Gabriel Pelley take in their friend Laure. Laure left her husband Pierre after finding out about his fathering a child by another woman. When Laure vanishes and the murdered body of Pierre is discovered, Iris and Gabriel fear they have been giving refuge to a killer.

New Fiction: “The Cheat Sheet” by Sarah Adams, “The Atlas Maneuver” by Steve Berry, “Meet Me in the Margins” by Melissa Ferguson, “Love and Hot Chicken” by Mary Liza Hartong, “Lone Wolf” by Gregg Hurwitz, and “The Lonesome Gun” by William W. Johnstone, this book is only in large print.

New Christian Fiction: “A Season of Harvest” by Lauraine Snelling, this is the fourth book in the Leah’s Garden series.

New Mystery: “The House of Love and Death” by Andrew Klavan, this is the third book in the Cameron Winter series.

New Biography: “What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life” by Billy Dee Williams.

New Non-Fiction: “Across the Kentucky Color Line” by Lee Durham Stone, “Nolo’s Essential Guide to Divorce” by Emily Doskow, “Amish Friends Life Hacks” by Wanda Brunstetter, and “Retro Curved Pieced Quilts: 15 Throwback Designs for Today’s Quilters” by Erin Grogan.

New Audio Books: “Three-Inch Teeth” by C.J. Box.

New Movies: “Wonka,” and “Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie.”

New TV Season: “Magnum P.I.” season 3.

Happy Reading!

Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for March 7, 2024

Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people – people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.” ~E.B. White

What’s Happening at the Library:  

Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.  

Hoopla is here! You can check out E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies & more online. 

Storytime with Ms. Katie every Wednesday at 10:30

Game Night: March 18th

JLSL Reads Book Club: March 21st, 6:00-7:00 “The Butterfly Sisters” by Amy Hanson

We are now setting up appointments for RSVP Tax Services call 270-522-6301

Hoopla Book Club March 25th “One of Us is Dead” by Jeneva Rose

Puzzle & Book Swap: March 30th 10:30-11:30

Seed Library is here. Stop by for your bag of seeds today: herbs, flowers and veggies.

Pam’s Pick this week is: “End of Story” by A.J. Finn, this is the story of Sebastian Trapp, a reclusive mystery writer, with a short time to live. He hires Nicky Hunter to write his life’s story. Nicky finds herself caught up in a real-life mystery. Did the perfect crime writer commit the perfect crime? Nicky becomes obsessed with discovering the truth.

New Fiction: “At the River” by Kendra Elliot, the is the fifth book in the Columbia River series, “Icebreaker” by Hannah Grace, this is the first book in the Maple Hills series, “The Summer of Songbirds” by Kristy Woodson Harvey, “Bride” by Ali Hazelwood, “The Ghost Orchid” by Jonathan Kellerman, “Crosshairs” by James Patterson, and “The Phoenix Crown” by Kate Quinn.

New Christian Fiction: “Every Good Gift” by Kelly Irvin, this is the third book in the Amish Blessings series and only in large print.

New Mystery: “Death of a Spy” by M.C. Beaton.

New Biography: “Finding Baby Holly: Lost to a Cult, Surviving My Parents’ Murders, and Saved by Prayer” by Holly Marie.

New Non-Fiction: “Supercommunicators” by Charles Duhigg, “Autism and Difficult Moments” by Brenda Myles, and “Ultimate Guide to Walks, Patios & Walls.”

New Audio Books: “The Women” by Kristin Hannah, and “Dead Man’s Hand” by Brad Taylor.

New Movies: “The Marvels,” and “PBS Kids: Book Buddies.”

New TV Season: “The Blacklist” season 5.

Happy Reading!

Pam Metts, Director

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