By Lisa Sherman, Director
The Stuart Public Library is open Monday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.
For more information, visit www.stuartlibrary.org or call 515-523-2152.
Programs & Events
Cribbage & Coffee meets Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to noon.
Chair Yoga is held Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m.
Toastmasters meets Tuesday, Feb. 24, from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m.
BINGO, a kids’ early-out activity, will be held Monday, Feb. 23, at 3:00 p.m.
PALS Meeting will also be held that evening at 5:30 p.m.
Sewing Days will be Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 25 and 26, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
New Books
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Thoughtful and reserved, Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances. That is, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA’s space shuttle program. Suddenly, Joan burns to be one of the few people to go to space.
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. The explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York Times-bestselling author of Friday Black, about two top women gladiators fighting for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America’s own. Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars of Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a highly-popular, highly-controversial, profit-raising program in America’s increasingly dominant private prison industry. It’s the return of the gladiators and prisoners are competing for the ultimate prize: their freedom.
The Devil in Oxford by Jess Armstrong. The Devil in Oxford is a dark & mysterious atmospheric period read. How interesting all the characters and their interactions with each other are. There’s lots of action, lots of intrigue and a fabulous unrequited love story amongst it all. The twists will surprise and the plot keeps you fully engaged throughout. This book is number 3 in the series but can be read as a standalone without issue.
Evensong by Stewart O’Nan. An intimate, moving novel that follows The Humpty Dumpty Club, a group of women of a certain age who band together to help one another and their circle of friends in Pittsburgh as they face the challenges of their golden years. Evensong reminds us that life is made up of moments both climactic and quotidian, and we weather those moments with the people we choose to keep close.
The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave. How far would you go for a second chance? “Action-packed and deeply felt, this sequel is every bit as incredible as The Last Thing He Told Me.” —Mary Kubica
Heat Lightning by William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. A cattle baron seeking to expand his empire targets a Texas town only to run across a pair of lawmen who can’t be bought—and prefer to deal in lead.
Running Deep by Tom Clavin. The true story of the deadliest submarine in World War II and the courageous captain who survived torture and imprisonment at the hands of the enemy.
We Don’t Talk about Carol by Kristen L. Berry. In the wake of her grandmother’s passing, Sydney Singleton finds a hidden photograph of a little girl who looks more like Sydney than her own sister or mother. She soon discovers the mystery girl in the photograph is her aunt, Carol, who was one of six North Carolina Black girls to go missing in the 1960s. For the last several decades, not a soul has talked about Carol or what really happened to her. But now, with her grandmother gone and Sydney looking to start a family of her own, she is determined to unravel the truth behind her long-lost aunt’s disappearance, and the sinister silence that surrounds her.