Cribbage Tuesdays and Fridays 10:00 a.m. – noon
Toddler Time Thursday at 10:00 a.m.
Board of Trustees meeting on August 15th at 5:30 p.m.
B.I.N.G.O. for kids August 22nd, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
PALS meeting on August 22nd, 6:00 p.m. Open to the public and all PALS members.
Book Club meets on August 29th at 5:00 p.m.
Are you familiar with our online catalog found at www.stuartlibrary.org? A new feature with the WHAT’S NEW tab is the books (on order). These are just what it sounds like, I have ordered them and they are ready to be reserved. All we must do is wait until the books are delivered and cataloged. If you don’t know your library card number, give us a call to help you out.
NEW FICTION BOOKS
The Apple Creek Announcement by Wanda Brunstetter. Welcome to Apple Creek, Ohio, where piano teacher and artist, Andrea Wagner, has a fascination with painting.
Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner. LARGE PRINT. Bloomsbury Books is an old-fashioned new and rare bookstore that has persisted and resisted change for a hundred years, run by men and guided by the general manager’s unbreakable fifty-one rules. But in 1950, the world is changing, especially the world of books and publishing, and at Bloomsbury Books, the girls in the shop have plans.
The Cartographer’s Secret by Tea Cooper. LARGE PRINT. A map into the past. A long-lost young woman. And a thirty-year family mystery.
Crimson Summer by Heather Graham. They are not going down without a fight. When FDLE special agent Amy Larson discovers a small horse figurine amid the bloody aftermath of a gang massacre in the Everglades, she recognizes it immediately.
Cold, Cold Bones by Kathy Reichs. LARGE PRINT. Freed from a heavy work schedule, Tempe Brennan is content to dote on her daughter Katy, who finally returned to civilian life from the army. But when mother and daughter meet at Tempe’s place one night, they find a box on the back porch. Inside: a very fresh human eyeball.
Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen. Ava Wong has always played it safe. “Reese’s Book Club”
A Dress of Violet Taffeta by Tessa Arlen. A sumptuous novel based on the fascinating true story of La Belle Époque icon Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon, who shattered the boundaries of fashion with her magnificently sensual and enchantingly unique designs.
Gone to Texas by Jason Manning. LARGE PRINT. A frontier hero fires the opening salvo of the Texas revolution…Drummed out of West Point, Christopher Groves goes home to Kentucky in disgrace, only to walk right into a feud with the murderous Vickers brothers.
Listen to Me by Tess Gerritsen. Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles are newly plagued by what seems like a completely senseless murder.
Rising Tiger by Brad Thor. America’s top spy, Scot Harvath, with democracy itself hanging in the balance, is thrust into a completely unfamiliar culture where he can trust no one as he fights to take down the country’s most powerful enemy–and for his life.
Shattered by James Patterson. When his partner and best, FBI abduction specialist Emily Parker, is murdered, NYPD master homicide investigator Michael Bennett takes on the most intensely personal investigation of his career.
Summer on Honeysuckle Ridge by Debbie Mason. Welcome to Highland Falls, a small town where love is always in the air. In just a few months Abby Everhart has gone from being a top LA media influencer to an unemployed divorcé living out of her car. So, inheriting her great-aunt’s homestead comes at the perfect time.
Suspects by Danielle Steel. A dedicated CIA agent becomes an unexpected ally to a woman haunted by the kidnapping of her family.
Westward to Home trilogy by Melody Carlson. This series is historical romantic Christian fiction.
NEW DVDS
The Bad Guys. RATED PG. Cast: Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina, Craig Robinson. a crackerjack criminal crew of animal outlaws is about to attempt their most challenging con yet: becoming model citizens. Never have there been five friends as infamous as these guys: dashing pickpocket Mr. Wolf, seen-it-all safecracker Mr. Snake, chill master of disguise Mr. Shark, short-fused ‘muscle’ Mr. Piranha, and sharp-tongued expert hacker Ms. Tarantula, aka ‘Webs.’ But when, after years of countless heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, the gang is finally caught, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal to save them all from prison: they will go good. So, when a new villain threatens the city, can Mr. Wolf persuade the rest of the gang to become the Good Guys?” —
Downton Abbey: A New Era. Rated PG. Cast: Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Maggie Smith. The follow-up to the 2019 feature film in which the Crawley family and Downton staff received a royal visit from the king and queen of Great Britain.
Firestarter. RATED R. Cast: Zac Efron, Ryan Kiera Armstrong. For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns eleven, the fire becomes harder and harder to control.
Green Lantern-Beware My Power. RATED PG-13. Cast: Josh Keaton, Kevin Michael Richardson. Recently discharged Marine sniper John Stewart is at a crossroads in his life, one which is only complicated by receiving an extraterrestrial Power Ring which grants him the powers of the Green Lantern of Earth! Unfortunately, the ring does not come with instructions. However, it does come with baggage, a horde of interplanetary killers bent on eliminating every Green Lantern in the universe. Memory. Rated R. Cast: Liam Neeson, Monica Bellucci. When Alex, an expert assassin, refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization, he becomes a target. FBI agents and Mexican intelligence are brought in to investigate the trail of bodies, leading them closer to Alex. With the crime syndicate and FBI in hot pursuit, Alex has the skills to stay ahead, except for one thing: he is struggling with severe memory loss, affecting his every move. Alex must question his every action and whom he can ultimately trust.