JUNE 2024 CALENDAR
Cribbage Tuesdays and Fridays 10:00 a.m. – noon. Come when you can, stay as long as you are able.
Kwik Star Walk-in Interviews Thursday, June 13th 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. in the library meeting room.
Toddler Time Thursdays @ 10:00 a.m. This program is for our toddlers and little siblings. Grandparents are encouraged to join the fun.
Drop Everything and Read Fridays, starting June 7th from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Bring a pillow, check out a book, and find a quiet place in the library to spend an hour just reading! Shhhhhhhh!
Summer Library Program Kickoff Wednesday June 19th 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Get signed up for the Summer Library Programs and play 9 holes of golf for free. All registrations are in person this year.
Poetry Club Wednesday, June 19th 1:00 p.m. Public is welcome.
Historian David Connon presents: Josiah Bushnell Grinnell and the Iowa Underground Railroad Saturday, June 22nd @10:00 a.m.
NEW BOOKS
Act of Defiance by Tom Clancy. When U.S. intelligence reports there’s something going on in Russia, President Jack Ryan and his youngest daughter, Katie, determine the Russians are about to launch a super missile submarine, and the race is on to find its location and decide if it poses a threat to the continental U.S.
All the Glimmering Stars by Mark Sullivan. Anthony Opoka and Florence Okori are coming of age in Uganda in the 1990s. They are both outstanding students and good kids before they are kidnapped and forced into the fanatical Lord’s Resistance Army. They devote their lives to helping their fellow child soldiers escape bondage and return to their families — and redemption — by following the stars.
For the Love of Summer by Susan Mallery. As the owner of Twisted, Seattle’s best salon, Erica knows that the sharpest cuts come from the people we love.
The Goodbye Cat: Seven Cat Stories by Hiro Arikawa; Translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel. The Goodbye Cat exquisitely explores the cycle of life, from birth to death–as each of the seven stories explores how, in different ways, the steadiness and devotion of a well-loved cat never lets us down. A huge bestseller in Japan, this magical book is a joyous celebration of the wondrousness of cats and why we choose to share our lives with them.
You Like it Darker: Stories by Stephen King.Each of these stories holds its own thrills, joys, and mysteries; each feels iconic. You Like it Darker? You got it. —
Love on A Whim by Suzanne Woods Fisher. Brynn Haywood’s impulsive marriage to a man she’d known less than twenty-four hours leaves her with deep regret.
Mind Games by Nora Roberts. As they do each June, the Foxes have driven the winding roads of Appalachia to drop off their children for a two-week stay at their grandmother’s.
Smolder by Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington must act fast before whoever is out to get him finally closes in on him . . . for good.
The Summer We Started Over by Nancy Thayer. The Grant sisters are nothing if not resilient and capable, opening a used bookstore in their father’s abandoned barn to manage his hoarding, and navigating the discovery of a long-buried family secret that will change all of them forever.
Unforgiven by Shelley Shepard Gray. Ex-con Seth Zimmerman has spent the last three years making amends by helping the vulnerable in his former Amish community. Lately, this mission includes calling on Tabitha Yoder, whose divorce from her abusive husband has isolated her from the community.