This Week at the Library - January 24 - 29, 2022

Frigid Greetings from Byron G Merrill Library! We have quite the time even recognizing our patrons as everyone is masked and so bundled up in their winter gear when they come into the library. Just think… in another eight weeks the calendar will say “Spring”!

Family Fun Time continues each Monday morning from 10 until noon downstairs in Merrill Hall with several fun choices of activities including perhaps (if it warms up) a climb up our snow mountain. As always, enter by the rear door and leave your boots on the mat.

Our tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. display is still in place offering several books for all ages on Mr. King, civil rights, and other titles to interest you.

*Head to Kid's Page to see what's new for the younger set!

Fiction

Baldacci, David – Mercy  (2021) – Mystery readers, this is #4 in the Atlee Pine series (we have 1, 2, 3)… Atlee has no idea if her sister is alive, and, if so, how she has been surviving all this time. When the truth is finally revealed, Atlee Pine will face the greatest danger yet, and it may cost her everything.

Brooks, Kevin – Dogchild  (2018) – Jeet is a dogchild, a human child who was raised by a pack of wild dogs. This “fantasy” follows Jeet as he struggles to come to terms with his possibly all of humanity.

Campbell, Michele – The Wife Who Knew Too Much  (2020) – Meet the first Mrs. Ford…beautiful, accomplished, wealthy and dead. Meet the second Mrs. Ford… a waitress, small town girl and now she is wealthy beyond imagination. Who is Connor Ford???

Escamdon, Maria Amparo – L. A. Weather, a Novel (2021) – a fast-paced novel of a Mexican American family as they wrestle with impending evacuations, secrets, deception, and betrayal… fun, quirky, heart-wrenching, very human, and full of soul.

Evanovich, Janet – Game On, Tempting Twenty-Eight (2021) – Stephanie Plum returns to hunt down a new kind of master criminal and she will need to watch her back every step of the way…

Steel, Danielle – Flying Angels  (2021) – World War Two brings together six remarkable, young flight nurses, who face the challenges of war and its many heartbreaks and victories as unsung heroes. Danielle Steel presents a sweeping, stunning tribute to these incredibly courageous women, inspiring symbols of bravery and valor.

Nonfiction

 Magee, David – Dear William, A Father’s Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Love, and Loss (2021) – Addiction is a problem many families are faced with…. And here we have a loving documentation of a father’s love. (Filed under Body and Soul)

Donovan, Robin – The Baking Cookbook for Teens (2018) – 75 delicious recipes for sweet and savory treats and wait until you see the cover! Yummy! (Filed under Food)

Druett, Joan – Island of the Lost, an Extraordinary Story of Survival at the Edge of the World (2019) – It is 1864, and Captain Thomas Mussgrave’s schooner, the Grafton, has just wrecked on Auckland Island, one of the most inhospitable places on earth. Incredibly, another ship has wrecked on the opposite side of the island…. (Filed under Places/New Zealand)

Kershaw, Alex – The Few  (2006) – the story of the American “Knights of the Air” who risked everything to fight in the Battle of Britain (Filed under Times/WWII)

Hard, Walter – Rivers of America, The Connecticut (1947) – This book describes the exploration of the river by Adriaen Block in 1614, the Dutch settlers who followed, and the restless English souls from Plymouth Colony. Several of the chapters refer specifically to New Hampshire. (Filed under New Hampshire/Times)

Kick-Start Your Week…. Check out our website (rumneylibrary.org), make a visit to the library, and check out one of our new reads. This has certainly been the month to curl up with a good book. And, if you prefer not to come into the library, we will set out your requests in the book drop.

Wishing you all a good week…. Susan and the Library Ladies