by Lisa Sherman, Director
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.
Our regular programs continue throughout the month. The Toast of Stuart Toastmasters Breakfast Club meets every Tuesday from 8 to 9 a.m., with community members welcome to attend, participate, or simply observe. Cribbage players gather Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to noon, and Chair Yoga is offered Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Wednesday the 29th and Thursday the 30th Sewing Club. Drop in hours 1 – 5 p.m.
New Books
Chapter One Again by Keelia Clarkson. Jane is a ghostwriter who lives in New York City, dreaming of the day when she’ll get to publish her own novel. In the midst of her ambitious life, she finds herself having to return to her hometown of Avila Falls. After a chance encounter with her high school crush, Jane begins to ask deeper questions about her life and where it’s headed.
In Pursuit of Civility by Jen Turano. With witty characters and humorous banter, Jen Turano takes readers on a lively tale of hijinks, humor, treasure hunting, and forced proximity in her latest historical rom-com set in Chicago at a finishing school during the Gilded Age.
Ghalen by Walter Mosley. The journey through Ghalen’s coming-of-age tale, as he ventures out into the world is marked with peaks and valleys and such a drive that you can’t help but strap in for it all, while not wanting it to end.
First Sign of Danger by Kelley Armstrong. New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong continues the atmospheric Haven’s Rock series as Casey Duncan investigates a threat to their off-the-grid Yukon town.
Most Ardently Yours by Freya Sampson. Zoe Knight, a struggling romance writer, has sworn off men for good. At least…the ones in real life. Once a believer in a happily ever after, she now curbs her loneliness with the help of the best book boyfriends in literature – and there is no better man than Jane Austen’s Mr. Darcy.
Rage of Eagles by William W Johnstone. Jamie Ian and Kate MacCallister are together now, buried side by side on a ridge overlooking the huge Colorado valley they had settled and the town they had founded. It’s up to their children now to carry on the MacCallister legacy.