Toddler Time Thursdays at 10:00 am.
Cribbage Tuesdays and Fridays 10:00 a.m. – noon.
Holiday Movie & Snacks Monday, December 12th at 2:00 p.m.
Cookbook Club Wednesday, December 14th at noon.
Toastmasters Wednesday, December 14th at 5:00 p.m.
Books & Badges with Mrs. Claus Thursday, December 15th at 10:00 a.m.
Count Down to Christmas Make & Take Craft (available all day) Sat., December 17th.
Book Club Monday, December 19th at 5:00 p.m.
Library Trustee’s meeting Monday, December 19th at 5:30 p.m.
Poetry Club Wednesday, December 21st 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
B.I.N.G.O. FOR KIDS Thursday, December 22nd 2:30 – 3:30p.m.
Library CLOSED DECEMBER 23RD – 26th. Open again on Tuesday the 27th.
LEGO Building Time Tuesday, December 27th 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Toastmasters Wednesday, December 28th at noon.
Board Games @ the Library all day Wednesday December 28th.
Crafts & Cocoa for Kids Thursday, December 29th 11:00 a.m. – noon.
Library CLOSED DECEMBER 30th – January 2nd. Open again on Tuesday the 3rd.
NEW FICTION
The Case of the Stalking Moon by Ethan J. Wolfe. On the night of the full moon in Wyoming Territory, somebody dies a horrible and ghastly death by being scalped. For months, the territory is held by the grip of fear and Governor Hale turns to Charles Porter, founder of the Illinois Detective Agency, for help. Porters two top agents, James Duffy and Jack Cavill, are on holiday with their lady friends, so Porter assigns Joe Charles and Tom Adcock and scout/tracker Joseph Goodluck, a Mexican Comanche, to the assignment.
A Death Valley Christmas by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone. Ace and Chance Jensen usually spend Christmas at the Sugarloaf Ranch. But this year, the brothers are heading to Death Valley to claim Chance’s prize in a poker game: the deed to a silver mine. Sure, the mine is probably dried up and worthless, but what they don’t realize is that half the deed belongs to a ruthless outlaw named Foxx, a rich vein of silver hasn’t been tapped yet, and another wealthy mine owner is trying to crush the competition-by killing every miner in the valley…
How Snowball Stole Christmas by Kristen McKanagh. It’s Christmas time at the Weber Haus mountainside inn, where the official greeter, watcher, and matchmaker of the hotel’s resident humans is an adorably mischievous bundle of feline fluff named Snowball. Snowball takes her job very seriously -even if it means being a little more naughty than nice -and she’s ready to celebrate her third holiday season by making the purrrrfect match. Most cats have nine lives, but Snowball is one of the very few with two jobs.
The Last Chairlift by John Irving. Growing up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past, Adam goes to Aspen, where he was conceived, to learn the truth about his mother, a former slalom skier and ski instructor, and meets some ghosts, which are not the first or the last ones he sees.
Racing the Light by Robert Crais. Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner Joe Pike are back on the case in this brilliant new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author.
The Too-Late Trail: a Ralph Compton western by Matthew P. Mayo. After struggling for years to work a raw-patch ranch in the arid flatlands of Texas, young Mitchell Newland learns that his herd of scrubby range cattle will fetch ten times their local price if they’re driven to Montana. He strikes a one-sided deal with the devil, neighboring rancher Corliss Bilks, to back his play with cattle, men, and horses. The trail brims with hellish hardship: prairie fire, stampede, flooded rivers, hailstorms, rattlers, sickness, long, broiling days and frigid nights.
NEW NON-FICTION
And There was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham. A president who governed a divided country has much to teach us in a twenty-first-century moment of polarization and political crisis. Abraham Lincoln was president when implacable secessionists gave no quarter in a clash of visions inextricably bound up with money, power, race, identity, and faith. He was hated and hailed, excoriated and revered. In Lincoln we can see the possibilities of the presidency as well as its limitations.
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy. Jennette was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother’s dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So, she went along with what Mom called “calorie restriction,” eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, “Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn’t tint hers?” She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income. In I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail–just as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true.
In Defense of Witches: the legacy of the witch hunts and Why Women are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet. With fiery prose and arguments that range from the scholarly to the cultural, In Defense of Witches seeks to unite the mythic image of the witch with modern women who seek to live their lives on their own terms.
So Help Me God by Mike Pence. Focusing on his faith and his public service, the former Vice President recounts his journey to the White House, providing the inside story of the Trump Administration and how their relationship was severed when he kept his oath to the Constitution.
Unbreakable: How I Turned My depression and Anxiety into Motivation and You Can Too by Jay Glazer. Jay Glazer–a top NFL insider on Fox NFL Sunday, an MMA coach, actor, and a veteran advocate and founder of MVP (Merging Vets and Players)–offers honest, in your face advice and insights gleaned from his fight through depression and anxiety, his successful careers in NFL journalism and business, as well as his work with military vets struggling with PTSD; the result is a relentless, unapologetic, and no-nonsense approach to overcoming your self-doubts, fears, and excuses… with the goal of becoming Unbreakable.