December News

 

December has arrived and we at the Byron G Merrill library hope to be a place of peace and joy for you this month and each one that follows.

The library has some beautiful vintage and favorite books for sale for your holidays needs this month. Please come by and take a peek!

• The library will be closed on Monday December 25 and Monday January 1.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Community holiday extravaganza

                                                            Saturday December 16

                                                                10:30am-12:30pm

Cookie decorating, cookie swap, card and ornament making, snacks and good cheer!

Holiday Open House

Wednesday December 20
5:00pm- 8:00pm
Storytelling, singing, tea and cookies, more good cheer! 

John Allen reads

A Child’s Christmas in Wales

by Dylan Thomas

at the Byron G Merrill Library

Wednesday December 20, 2023

5:00 p.m.

Downstairs in Merrill Hall

Marketplace Open Enrollment Assistance

Lisa Shute from Mid-State Health will come to the library to aid members of the community with insurance needs including Medicaid and Medicare. She'll be here the second Monday of each month from 10 to Noon, starting on November 13^th followed by 12/11 and 01/08.

Recurring events: 

• Family Time 

Join us on Monday mornings at 10:15 for story time, activities and crafts. Lots of fun in store for the month of November. This is a fun time for kids to play together, learn new skills and for parents to share.

• After School Group 

We are running an after-school group on Wednesdays from 3:00-5:00. This group is for 5th-8th graders and will take place downstairs in the Teen Room. We will have games and art, comfy chairs for reading and chatting, and a snack. Send those middle schoolers our way!

There is an ongoing book sale located at the two bookcases in the vestibule of the elevator entrance. There are some classic and beautiful vintage books for sale as well as some newer books, both fiction and nonfiction. The price is “what you feel is fair” and all proceeds go to support the library.

We’ll be happy to show you the display the next time you are in!

We also have a collection of free paperback books for you to grab for your next trip. These are located in the windowsill by the sale books and please feel free to pass them on when you are finished. 

Adult Fiction

Time's Mouth by Edan Lepucki

"Novels like Time's Mouth are rare: it's both delightful and emotional. Beyond the pleasures of time travel, all-female cults, and an ominous look at California's legacy of mysticism, the heart of Time's Mouth is a story of mothers and daughters."

Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister

From the author of New York's Times bestseller, Wrong Place Wrong Time comes a new heart-stopping thriller in which a missing-person case unravels deeper, darker secrets that lead a detective to an impossible moral choice. 

Fairy Tale and If It Bleeds by Stephen King

Fairy Tale- Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher- for that world or ours. 

If It Bleeds- In this book, King gives readers four brilliant new short stories sure to prove as iconic as their predecessors. Reader favorite Holly Gibney is back in the title story! 

The Only One Left by Riley Sager

Bestselling author Riely Sager returns with a deliciously twisty and addictive Gothic chiller about a young caregiver assigned to work for a woman accused of a Lizzie Borden-like massacre decades earlier. 

The Exchange by John Grisham

A stunning new legal thriller that marks the return of Mitch McDeere, the brilliant hero of The Firm. 

A reminder, our hours are: 

Mondays 10:00 am-1:00 pm and 3:00 pm-5:30 pm

Wednesdays 1:00 pm -5:30 pm

Saturdays 10:00 am-1:00 pm