FEBRUARY 2024 CALENDAR
Cribbage Tuesdays and Fridays 10:00 a.m. – noon.
Toddler Time Thursdays @ 10:00 a.m.
PALS are taking donations of new and used books. Please bring donations to the library during open hours.
Toastmasters Wednesday, February 28th @ 12:00 noon.
PALS BOOK SALE March 11th – 16th during library hours.
Stay Independent Series March 14, 21, 28 @ 2:00 p.m.
6-on-6 Girls’ Basketball in Iowa: Traditions, Transitions, and Legacies featuring Jennifer Sterling Saturday, March 16th @10:00 a.m. Humanities Iowa speaker.
NEW BOOKS
Always Remember by Mary Balogh. Lady Jennifer Arden and Ben Ellis know that a match between them is out of the question. Yet their hearts yearn for the impossible. Discover a new heartwarming story from New York Times bestselling author and beloved ‘queen of Regency romance’ Mary Balogh.
The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake. An explosive return to the library leaves the six Alexandrians vulnerable to the lethal terms of their recruitment…. And still the outside world mobilizes to destroy them, while the Caretaker himself, Atlas Blakely, may yet succeed with a plan foreseen to have world-ending stakes. It’s a race to survive as the six Society recruits are faced with the question of what they’re willing to betray for limitless power–and who will be destroyed along the way.
The Bad Weather Friend by Dean Koontz.Benny Catspaw’s perpetually sunny disposition is tested when he loses his job, his reputation, his fiancée, and his favorite chair. He’s not paranoid. Someone is out to get him. He just doesn’t know who or why. Then Benny receives an inheritance from an uncle he’s never heard of: a giant crate and a video message. Inside the crate is a seven-foot-tall self-described “bad weather friend” named Spike whose mission is to help people who are just too good for this world.
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good.Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention. Alone and without any skills, support or families, the teens find their way to the seedy and foreign world of Downtown Eastside Vancouver, where they cling together, striving to find a place of safety and belonging in a world that doesn’t want them.
The Friendship Club by Robyn Carr. Four women come together at a tumultuous time in their lives, forging an unbreakable bond that will leave them all forever changed.
Home from the Storm by Laurel Blount. In this stirring Amish romance about love and second chances, a shunned man returns to protect the wife he left behind – and falls in love with the family he never knew he had.
Me an’ Gus by James D. Crownover.When Comanches killed their fathers, young Sutter Lowery and August Bell became the primary supporters of their families until their mothers married again. One night, Gus’s mother is beaten again by her husband. Gus kills Ben and dumps the body in a sinkhole. That night, Sut an’ Gus hit out for tall cane. And thus, begins the odyssey of Sut and Gus into the world of cattle drives, rustlers, Indians, horses, and manhood.
Mine by J.R. Ward.In this finale, Lydia and Daniel are bracing themselves for his inevitable decline but first, they must go on a rescue mission that will put both their lives in danger.
The New Complete Dog Book by AKC. This 23rd edition contains new American Kennel Club initiatives and programs — especially virtual titling options — recently recognized dog breeds that have been added to the seven main groups, revised breed standards, and changes in breed classifications. Dog owners, breeders, and clubs will find the most current information here on AKC registration, competitive events, and programs.
Only if You’re Lucky by Stacy Willingham. ‘Utterly hypnotic … Reader beware—this will keep you breathless to the very end. ‘Lisa Gardner
The Waters by Bonnie Jo Campbell. Spending the days searching for truths on an island in the Great Massasauga Swamp, eleven-year-old Dorothy Zook, the granddaughter of an herbalist and eccentric healer, finds her childhood upended by family secrets, passionate love, and violent men where the only bridge across the water is her wayward mother.
Wings of Fire: Winter Turning by Tui T. Sutherland. Setting out after his sister, Icicle, who has run away from Jade Mountain Academy, Winter and his new claw mates must enter the Ice Kingdom after escaping Queen Scarlet’s vicious talons, where he’ll have to face the greatest threat of all: his own family.
The Women’s Small Business Start-Up Kit: A Step-By-Step Legal Guide by Peri Pakroo. This book is a guide for women interested in starting a small business. It includes information on how to: draft a business plan; raise start-up money, including through crowdfunding; choose a legal structure; hire employees; manage finances and taxes; qualify for special certification programs and contracts for women-owned businesses; and market and brand a business online and off.