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The library will have special hours for the holidays. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve the library will be open from 10:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M. We will be closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Happy Holidays everyone!
There will be no children’s programs the last week of December. After School Story Hour will resume Wed., Jan. 2 for children ages 4 through grade 5. Lego Club will meet again Thurs., Jan. 3 from 4:30-5:30. Books and Babies will not meet in Turner in January but it will meet Tuesdays beginning Jan. 8, 10 A.M. in Harlem for infants, toddlers and preschoolers.
The Book Club will begin the new book “The Great Alone” by Kristin Hannah in January. Copies may be picked up Jan. 2-4 with the first discussion Jan. 7, 4 P.M. in the library meeting room.
Just a reminder used books are for sale in the reading room as part of the on-going used book sale.
The Book Challenge for December is to read a book with less than 150 pages. Let the library know when you have finished your book. If you have completed the 2018 Reading Challenge to read at least 52 books this year contact the library so your name will entered to win a wonderful gift basket which includes a $25 gift card!
Watch for news about the 2019 Reading Challenge and The Book Challenge for January.
Don’t miss the great selection of holiday books we have on display.
New books include “Trust Me” by Hank Phillippi Ryan. This psychological suspense novel finds an accused killer who insists she’s innocent and a grieving journalist in an unlikely alliance. This cat-and-mouse game will leave readers breathless.
The international bestseller “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” is by Heather Morris. Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is sent to the concentration camp at Auschwitz where he is tasked with tattooing his fellow prisoners. There he witnesses horrific atrocities and incredible acts of bravery. In July of 1942 Lale, prisoner 32407, comforts Gita waiting to have the number 34902 tattooed on her arm. Lale vows to somehow survive the camp and marry her.
Joanna Gaines has written “Homebody,” a guide to creating spaces you never want to leave. Room by room Gaines gives readers an in-depth look at how to create a home that reflects the personalities of the people who live there.
“The Little Shop of Found Things” is by Paula Brackston. Xanthe and her mother leave London to take over an antiques shop in the historic town of Marlborough. Xanthe finds she can touch something and sense the stories they hold. While examining a silver chatelaine she is transported back to 1605 where she becomes involved in saving the life of the daughter of the spirit that inhabits her new home.
Bestselling author Nicholas Sparks has written “Every Breath.” A new romance is “Not Quite Over You” by Susan Mallery. A new novella by Stephen King is “Elevation.”
Be sure to check out the library website at harlempubliclibrary.org, the library Pinterest page and our Facebook page to keep up with all that’s happening at the library.
