2022 - 4 - 11 This Week

April 11th and we wish everyone a Happy Easter Week...and a busy week it will be! National Library Week is continuing and we do hope that you will make the Byron G Merrill Library a big part of your week... We look forward to sharing this week with you. Do take a look at our "Books About Books" display...so many books about our favorite subject... Books!

Our "Astronomy" display is still in place as well giving us a lot of interesting books to peruse... Can you name the planets? We are challenging our little ones to do just that. Which planets do not have orbiting "moons"? Did you know that our sun is 26,000 light years away from the center of the Milky Way and it takes 225 million years for the sun to make one orbit around the center of the Milky Way!

Thanks to some generous patrons, you can now check out puzzles at our library... They are all White Mountain puzzles which we think are the best and you can choose from Ogunquit, Maine to Cereal Boxes to Television History plus a lot more. 

And finally... What you have been waiting for... How can we celebrate National Library Week without a whole bunch of new books??! Well, thanks again to our patrons and my thrifty shopping, you have quite a few brand new adult fiction books to choose from... The sooner you visit, the better the choice!!

Brown, Sandra – Tailspin (2018) and Outfox (2019) …Two, new to us, reads with a mix of spine-tingling suspense and tantalizing romance…

Cronin, Marianne – The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot (2021) … In this debut novel, set in the Glasgow Princess Royal Hospital, Ms Cronin’s story is sprinkled with magic and star dust as it relates the intergenerational friendship and love that develop between the vibrant, full of life, Swedish born, 17 year old Lenni Pettersson and 83 year old Margot Macrae….. Love, friendship, humor and a joy, a blend that makes this an unforgettable read.

Dave, Laura – The Last Thing He Told Me (2021) … a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick about a woman searching for the truth about her husband’s disappearance… at any cost.

Davis, Fiona – The Magnolia Palace (2022) … Fiona Davis, author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue, returns with a tantalizing novel about the secrets, betrayal, and murder within one of New York City’s most impressive Gilded Age mansions.

Erdrich, Louise – Tales of Burning Love (1996) … New to us, this is a darkly humorous novel of wild romance and heartbreak asset against a raging North Dakota blizzard as five native American women bond over their shared connection to one man, each remembering how they came to love, marry, and move beyond Jack.

Gramont, Nina de – The Christie Affair (2022) … a beguiling novel of star-crossed lovers, heartbreak, revenge, and murder – and a brilliant re-imagination of one of the most talked-about unsolved mysteries of the 20^th century

Hendricks, Greer and Pekkanen, Sarah – The Golden Couple  (2022) …by the author of The Wife Between Us… With their marriage in jeopardy, Marissa and Matthew decide to see a controversial  suddenly this story is a thrilling and propulsive read.

Le Carre – Silverview (2021) …In his last novel, John le Carre turns his focus to the world that occupied his writing for the past sixty years – the secret world itself. Julian Lawndsley has renounced his high-flying job in the city for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small English seaside town and kbetween public duty and private morals.

Lippman, Laura – Lady in the Lake (2019) and Dream Girl (2021) … For fans of Ms Lippman, two mysteries with psychological insights, the first set in 1960s Baltimore and the second in a glamorous high-rise apartment.

Osman, Richard – The Thursday Murder Club (2020) – Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves, a female cop with her first big case, and a brutal murder… Welcome to The Thursday Murder Club!

Prose, Nita – The Maid (2022) … Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by. A Clue-like, locked room mystery, and a heart warming journey of the spirit.

Serle, Rebecca – One Italian Summer (2022) - … Get ready for a picturesque and magical trip to the Amalfi Coast of Italy, the setting for this moving exploration of the powerful bond between mother and daughter.

Tyler, Anne – French Braid (2022) … From the beloved Pulitzer Prize winning author, comes a story of a funny, joyful, brilliantly perceptive journey deep into one Baltimore family’s foibles, from a boyfriend with a red chevy inn the 1950s up to a longed-for reunion with a grandchild in our pandemic present.

...with a visit to the library! Family Time will take place Monday morning as usual from 10 until noon... a time to just hang out! Ms Jane will have a story and activity about eleven.

Big News! We are planning a Spring Fling on Saturday, June 11th from 9 until noon... Book sale, Plant sale, Baked Goods, You get the idea... more ideas are in the works. We would like you to save the date and let us know what you would like to do to help... It takes many hands to have fun!

That's all for the week! Have a good one! 

Susan and the Library Ladies