September 2021 at the Library!

 

Celebrating Library Card Sign-Up Month is simple! Just stop in and get yourself a library card! If you have children, age 6 or older, who have yet to experience the wonders of the library then this is the perfect opportunity to bring them in and sign them up for their first library card. There is nothing like a library to help inspire the mind and prepare us for the world ahead.

A library card can be a rite of passage for your child, giving them a sense of obligation and responsibility. As a Byron G Merrill library patron, your child will learn the importance of caring for things that belong to others. Your child will become a conscientious member of the Rumney community.

Visiting our library will also encourage your child to read. Reading helps brain development and provides a solid foundation of language and literacy skills. Opening a book will encourage your children to travel to faraway places and let their imagination soar.

As a public library in a small town……

·         We provide a link to the outside world through our computers and by offering internet service around the building.

·         We are available 24/7 because of the downloadable books program. Once you register you can borrow books any time of day.

·         We also offer “real” books and have many fiction and nonfiction books for readers of all ages. Do you wonder what titles we have? Check out our website at www.rumneylibrary.org where everything is listed.

·         We are also able to borrow books from other libraries around the state of New Hampshire if you are looking for a title we do not have.

·         We have DVDs and books on cassettes as well.

·         We are staffed with readers with an interest in our patrons’ preferences which makes us able to suggest a next read.

·         We offer programs for our preschoolers and a summer reading program for our school age children.

·         We coordinate with the Rumney Historical Society in to better serve patrons looking for historical or genealogical information.

For these reasons, we invite you to stop in, register for borrowing privileges, apply for a downloadable books password and just enjoy all that we have to offer. Can’t get to the library? Not a problem… Just email us!  sturbyne@rumneylibrary.org or jkelso@rumneylibrary.org

Fiction

Blau, Jessica Anya – Mary Jane, A Novel (2021) – A particularly fun read for anyone who came of age in the 1970s… This is a tender novel about a 14 year old coming of age caught between her straitlaced family and the progressive one she nannies for – which happens to be secretly hiding a famous rock star for the summer!

Dee, Jonathan – The Locals (2017) and a Pulitzer Prize Finalist! The residents of a small town in western Massachusetts have their world overturned by a billionaire in their midst – a panorama of small town life and a study of democracy in miniature.

Gregory, Daryl – Spoonbenders, A Novel (2017) – a hilarious and tender novel about a lovable family of psychics and isn’t this a talent we wish we had??

Patterson, James – 21^st Birthday – (2021) - #21 in the Women’s Murder Club series – a mother pleads with Detective Lindsay Boxer to investigate the disappearance of her 26 year old daughter and her baby girl.

Penny, Louise – The Madness of Crowds, a Novel (2021) - #17 in the Three Pines series has arrived!!!

Phillips, Susan Elizabeth – When Stars Collide (2021) – Looking for a little romance? It’s Mozart meets Monday Night Football as a temperamental soprano and a stubborn jock embark on a nationwide tour.

Simsion, Graeme – Two Steps Forward, A Novel (2018) – Do you remember the “Rosie project”? Same author, very different story… smart and funny, insightful and romantic as two pilgrims take on the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain… a walk I would really like to do.

Steel, Danielle – Nine Lives, a Novel (2021) – Meet Mary Margaret Kelly who has spent a good part of her life avoiding danger. A good quick read with interesting characters, some fun travel, and a perfect ending!

Trigiani, Adriana – Tony’s Wife (2018) – a stand-alone novel by the author of the Big Stone Gap and Valentine series… Ms Trigiani takes us back to the 1940s where two working-class kids become a successful singing act during the big band era.

Wallace, Melanie – The Girl in the Garden (2018) – Ms Wallace explores the time-tested bonds of a small community, the healing power of friendship and love, and whether the wrongs of the past can ever be made right.

Non-Fiction

Current Events/Social Issues – Welcome to the New World (2020) by Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan – This graphic novel is the story of our time, immigration to America, seen through the eyes of one Syrian family who will make you understand the trials and delights, day by day, behind the headlines

Nature/Evolution – The Greatest Show on Earth (2009) by Richard Dawkins – This book is relevant today as opposition to the fact of evolution is now flourishing as never before especially in America. Richard Dawkins offers unequivocal evidence for evolution and shares his love of the natural world and the essential role that science plays in its interpretation.

Nature/Evolution – The Book That Changed America (2017) by Randall Fuller – Charles Darwin’s book, The Origin of the Species, burst upon the scene about the time of our Civil War. Fuller has combined these stories in this study of Darwin’s impace on the Transcendental intelligentsia of Concord MA – Thoreau, Emerson, Bronson Alcott and his daughter Louisa May.

Nature/Universe – About Time, Cosmology and Culture at the Twilight of the Big Bang (2011) by Adam Frank – Frank tells the fascinating story of how humans have struggled to make sense of time, especially in the context of the universe around us. From pre-history to the Enlightenment, through Einstein and on to the multiverse, this is a rich and inspiring tour through some of the biggest ideas that have ever been thought.

You are always welcome to email your book suggestions!

Here’s to September… cooler temperatures, colorful leaves, the sounds of happy children as they return to the classroom and in some cases, even happier parents! Keep an eye out as we update this post throughout the month… and just enjoy all that September has to offer. See you in the library!