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February is “Love Your Library” month. Stop by and we will set you up on a Blind Date with a Book!
The library will be closed February 18 in observance of Presidents’ Day.
The library will host “An Evening with Author Jack G. Young” February 18, 6:30 P.M. Jack will share readings from his two books “Down Range” and “The Wolf.” There will be a question and answer session as well as book signings. A soup supper will be provided. Tickets are on sale at the library and may be purchased at the door. Books may be ordered at the event. Call the library for more information.
The next Learn at the Library program will be February 26, 7 P.M when Julie Snedigar from the Blaine County Extension Service will present the “Do’s and Don’ts of Tree Care.” Refreshments will be served.
Did you know Carly has started an online book club? You may check it out on Facebook by searching Harlem Public Library Online Book Club.
New books are always arriving at the library. Here are some titles for you to enjoy.
“Remind Me Again What Happened” is by Joanna Luloff. Claire is suffering from severe memory loss caused by a rare disease she caught while in India. She depends on her husband, Charlie, and her best friend, Rachel, to help her piece together the fragments of her life. But as the pieces come together so do the secrets - not just hers, but Charlie’s and Rachel’s as well.
A new Dave Robicheaux novel from James Lee Burke is “The New Iberia Blues.” The ritual murder of a young woman drives detective Robicheaux into an investigation that has him in the crosshairs of the Mob, following escaped convict Hugo Tillinger, and haunted by Robicheaux’s own ghosts.
“Fly Girls” by Keith O’Brien is the true story of five women who defied all odds and made aviation history.
Eugenia Kim has written “The Kinship of Secrets.” In 1948 Najin and Calvin Cho leave Korea with their young daughter, Miran, and travel to America seeking a better life. With the unknown facing them they leave their youngest daughter, Inja, behind with family. But when the Korean War breaks out, there is no opportunity for the family to be reunited.
Miran grows up in prosperous suburbia while Inja struggles in her war-torn land. Are the bonds of love strong enough to reconnect their family?
“Once Upon a River” is by author Diane Setterfield. On a dark winter’s night the door on an ancient inn bursts open. A seriously wounded stranger enters carrying the body of small child. But hours later the girl takes a breath and comes back to life, although she is mute. The residents try to solve the puzzle of who she is, where she comes from, and to whom does she belong?
Other new titles include “Moondust Lake” by Davis Bunn, “Under the Midnight Sun,” the third in The Heart of Alaska series by Tracie Peterson, and “The Story of Arthur Truly” by Elizabeth Berg.
There is a great selection of used books for sale in the Reading Room. Tech Time is on Wednesdays from 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. when Carly will help with your technology questions. Call or stop by.
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” ~ Frederick Douglass
