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Library Notes for March 20, 2025

“The most important asset of any library goes home at night-the library staff.” ~ Timothy Healy
What’s happening at the library:
Check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest
E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies and much more can be checked out on Hoopla
Storytime every Wednesday at 10:30
Check out our website: www.jlslibrary.org
All our Cadiz Records and Trigg County High School Yearbooks are available on our website
Don’t forget the 2025 Reading Challenge for March: the challenge is to read a book that inspired a film or TV season
Tax season is upon us: We are now taking appointments for free tax service
Pam’s Pick this week is: “Famous Last Words” by Gillian McAllister, this is a thriller about a new mother whose world is turned upside down when her husband commits a terrifying crime. How well does she truly know him? What danger does she and her baby face now, if their entire lives have been built on a lie?
New Fiction: “Behind the Net” by Stephanie Archer, this is the first book in the Vancouver Storm series, “Order of Swans” by Jude Deveraux, this is the first book in the Blue Swan duology, “Nemesis” by Gregg Hurwitz, “Last Twilight in Paris” by Pam Jenoff, and “Guilty Until Innocent” by Robert Whitlow.
New Christian Fiction: “The Rise and Fall of Miss Fannie’s Biscuits” by Wanda Brunstetter, this book is also in large print.
New Non-Fiction: “The Lost and the Found: a True Story of Homelessness, Found Family, and Second Chances” by Kevin Fagan, “The Pregnancy Encyclopedia,” “One-Pan Recipes” by Better Homes & Gardens, and “Presidents at War: How World War II Shaped a Generation of Presidents, From Eisenhower and JFK Through Reagan and Bush” by Steven Gillon.
New Audio Book: “Tom Clancy’s Command and Control” by Marc Cameron.
New Movies: “September 5,” and “A Royal in Paradise.”
New TV Season: “Rawhide” season 3.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for March 13, 2025

“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.” ~William Styron, novelist
What’s happening at the library:
Check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest
E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies and much more can be checked out on Hoopla
Storytime every Wednesday at 10:30
Check out our website: www.jlslibrary.org
All our Cadiz Records and Trigg County High School Yearbooks are available on our website
Don’t forget the 2025 Reading Challenge for March: the challenge is to read a book that inspired a film or TV season
Tax season is upon us: We are now taking appointments for free tax service
Pam’s Pick this week is: “We All Live Here” by Jojo Moyes, this is the story of Lila who has a lot on her plate. She made a name for herself when she wrote a best-selling marriage book. Then her husband left her for another woman. Lila is now a single mom with two daughters and a health nut stepfather for a roommate. When her long absent father moves in things go from crowded to chaotic. She convinces her agent she has a new book about her new chaotic single life.
New Fiction: “Battle Mountain” by C.J. Box, “We are Watching” by Alison Gaylin, “Midnight Black” by Mark Greaney, “The Lodge” by Kayla Olson, “Three Days in June” by Anne Tyler, and “Newcomers” by Johnny Gunn, this book is only in large print.
New Christian Fiction: “The Indigo Heiress” by Laura Frantz.
New Mystery: “Irish Soda Bread Murder” by Carlene O’Connor.
New Biography: “Memorial Days” by Geraldine Brooks.
New Non-Fiction: “Propagating Plants: How to Create New Plants for Free” by Alan Toogood, “Three Wild Dogs (and the Truth)” by Markus Zusak, and “Fodor’s Essential Switzerland.”
New Audio Book: “Bonded in Death” by J.D. Robb.
New Movies: “Here” and “Venom: the Last Dance.”
New TV Season: “NCIS” season 13.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for February 27, 2025

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” ~ Stephen King
What’s happening at the library:
Check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest
E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies and much more can be checked out on Hoopla
Storytime every Wednesday at 10:30
Check out our website: www.jlslibrary.org
All our Cadiz Records and Trigg County High School Yearbooks are available on our website
Don’t forget the 2025 Reading Challenge
Tax season is upon us: We are now taking appointments for free tax service
Pam’s Pick this week is: “Been Wrong so Long It Feels Like Right” by Walter Mosley, this is a P.I. King Oliver novel. King is on the investigation of his life: tracking down his long-lost father. A new case pits King’s professional responsibility against his own moral code.
New Fiction: “Dream Girl Drama” by Tessa Bailey, this is the third book in the Big Shots series, “The Oligarch’s Daughter” by Joseph Finder, “The Love Lyric” by Kristinia Forest,  “Deep End” by Ali Hazelwood, “Open Season” by Jonathan Kellerman, and “Abduction of a Slave” by Dana Stabenow.
New Christian Fiction: “A Year of Flowers” by Suzanne Woods Fisher.
New Biography: “I See Myself” by Joe Bonsall.
New Non-Fiction: “Blue Ribbon Winners” by Taste of Home, “Save Our Souls: the True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder” by Matthew Pearl, “Fodor’s Essential Italy.”
New Audio Book: “Never Say Never” by Danielle Steel.
New Movies: “Conclave,” and “Wicked.”
New TV Season: “The Flash” season 8.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for February 20, 2025

“Reality doesn’t always give us the life that we desire, but we can always find what we desire between the pages of books.” ~ Adelise M. Cullens
What’s happening at the library:
Check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest
E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies and much more can be checked out on Hoopla
Storytime every Wednesday at 10:30
Check out our website: www.jlslibrary.org
All our Cadiz Records and Trigg County High School Yearbooks are available on our website
Don’t forget the 2025 Reading Challenge
Tax season is upon us: We are now taking appointments for free tax service
Have you been on a Blind Date with a Book lately? Stop by and check one out.
Pam’s Pick this week is: “The Vanishing Point” by Paul Theroux, this is a collection of short stories. These deeply moving stories are about memories, longing, and passing of time.
New Fiction: “The Note” by Alafair Burke, “Hold Strong” by Robert Dugoni, “The Next Grave” by Kendra Elliot, this is the sixth book in the Columbia River series, and “Shattering Dawn” by Jayne Ann Krentz, this is the third book in the Lost Night Files, and also in large print.

New Christian Fiction: “With This Ring” by Amy Clipston, and “B is for Bonnet” by Shelley Shepard Gray, this is the second book in the Amish ABCs.

New Biographies: “Hope: the Autobiography” by Pope Francis, and “Growing up Urkel” by Jaleel White.
New Non-Fiction: “A Life in the Garden: Tales and Tips for Growing Food in Every Season” by Barbara Damrosch, and “All the President’s Money” by James Comer.
New Audio Book: “The JFK Conspiracy” by Brad Meltzer.
New Movies: “The Dead Don’t Hurt,” and “Love at the Lodge.”
New TV Season: “Coach” season 1.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for February 13, 2025

“Make books a part of your day, and they will make happiness a part of your life.” ~ unknown
 
What’s happening at the library:
Check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest
E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies and much more can be checked out on Hoopla
Storytime every Wednesday at 10:30
Check out our website: www.jlslibrary.org
All our Cadiz Records and Trigg County High School Yearbooks are available on our website
Don’t forget the 2025 Reading Challenge
Tax season is upon us: We are now taking appointments for free tax service
Have you been on a Blind Date with a Book lately? Stop by and check one out.
Pam’s Pick this week is: “Presumed Guilty” by Scott Turow, this is the story of Rusty who is about to marry Bea, the love of his life, when her adult son goes missing. Aaron eventually turns up with the story about going camping with his girlfriend Mae. They ended up getting into a fight and Aaron hitched back home. When Mae is discovered dead, Aaron is arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Bea begs Rusty to go back to work to defend her son and save their last hope for happiness.
New Fiction: “See How They Hide” by Allison Brennan, this is the sixth book in the Quinn & Costa series, “The Stolen Queen” by Fiona Davis, “Cold Storage” by Michael Grumley, “Witchcraft for Wayward Girls” by Grady Hendrix, “Accidentally Amy” by Lynn Painter, and “Good Dirt” by Charmaine Wilderson.
New Christian Fiction: “Tea with Elephants” by Robin Jones Gunn, this is the first book in the Suitcase Sisters series.
New Mystery: “Antiques Slay Belles” by Barbara Allan, this is a Trash ‘N’ Treasures mystery.
New Biography: “Brooke Shields is Not Allowed to Get Old” by Brooke Shields.
New Non-Fiction: “The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne” by Kate Winkler Dawson, “Grain Health for Dummies” by Sarah McKay, and “99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life” by Adam Chandler.
New Audio Book: “Beautiful Ugly” by Alice Feeney.
New Movies: “Joker: Folie a Deux” and “Thomas & Friends: The Sights of Sodor.”
New TV Season: “Heathland” season 10.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for February 6, 2025

“Let your love of reading grow wild and free.” ~ unknown
 
What’s happening at the library:
Check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest
E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies and much more can be checked out on Hoopla
Storytime every Wednesday at 10:30
All our Cadiz Records and Trigg County High School Yearbooks are available on our website
Don’t forget the 2025 Reading Challenge
Tax season is upon us: We are now taking appointments for free Tax service
Adult Coloring Night: February 6th in the basement at 5:30-6:45
Family Game Night: February 10th in the basement 5:30-7:00
Have you been on a Blind Date with a Book lately? Stop by and check one out.
Pam’s Pick this week is: “The Big Empty” by Robert Crais, this is an Elvis Cole and Joe Pike novel. Traci Beller was a teenager when her father disappeared. Everyone said he ran off but Traci never believed it. Now years later she hires Elvis Cole and Joe Pike to find out what happened to him. Finding a lead on the missing man Cole and Pike are followed by a gang of valent criminals. The cold case is far more sinister than Cole expected. Can he save them all from this nightmare?
New Fiction: “Just Some Stupid Love Story” by Katelyn Doyle, “The Crash” by Freida Mc Fadden, “Holmes is Missing” by James Patterson, “Never Say Never” by Danielle Steel, this book is also in large print, and “Onyx Storm” by Rebecca Yarros, this is the third book in the Empyrean series.
New Christian Fiction: “Cloaked in Beauty” by Karen Witemeyer.
New Mystery: “Into Thin Air” by Sandra Orchard, this is the third book in the Mysteries of Cobble Hill Farm series.
New Non-Fiction: “iPhone for Dummies” by Guy Hart-Davis, “Buy What You Love Without Going Broke” by Jen Smith, “Wanda Brunstetter’s Amish Friends Comfort Foods Cookbook,” and “National Geographic 50 States, 5,000 Facts: Everything You Wanted to Know and More!”
New Audio Books: “Robert B. Parker’s Hot Property” by Mike Lupica.
New Movies: “Speak No Evil,” and “200% Wolf.”
New TV Seasons: “The Gilded Age” season 1, and “The Good Fight” season 2.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for January 30, 2025

“Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people-people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.” ~E.B. White
What’s happening at the library:
Check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest
E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies and much more can be checked out on Hoopla
Storytime every Wednesday at 10:30
Check out our website: www.jlslibrary.org
All our Cadiz Records and Trigg County High School Yearbooks are available on our website
2025 Reading Challenge starts February 1st with a Book Swap in the basement of the library
Adult Coloring Night: February 6, 5:30-6:45
Family Game Night: February 10, 5:30-7:00
Tax season is upon us: We are now taking appointments for free Tax service
Pam’s Pick this week is: “Where the Creek Bends” by Linda Lael Miller, the story of Madison who goes home to care for her grandmother. While at Creek Bends she discovers finding yourself begins with following your heart, no matter where it leads you.
New Fiction: “Beg, Borrow, or Steal” by Sarah Adams, this is the third book in the When in Rome series, “Beautiful Ugly” by Alice Feeney, “So Into You” by Kathleen Fuller, “Grave Danger” by James Grippando, and “Pro Bono” by Thomas Perry.
New Christian Fiction: “Matters of the Heart” by Kelly Irvin, this is the second book in the Amish Calling and only in large print.
New Mystery: “A Killer Clue” by Victoria Gilbert, this is the second book in the Hunter & Clewe mystery series.
New Biography: “The Original Louisville Slugger: The Life and Times of Forgotten Baseball Legend Pete Browning” by Tim Newby.
New Non-Fiction: “Good Energy: the Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health” by Casey Means, “The Beginner’s Guide to Self-Sufficiency Projects for the Home,” and “The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy and Why It Failed” by Brad Meltzer.
New Audio Book: “Lawbreaker” by Diana Palmer.
New Movies: “You Gotta Believe,” and “Godzilla Minus One.”
New TV Season: “The Flash” season 7.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for January 23, 2025

“My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn’t have any excuse to be stupid.” ~ Joan Bauer
What’s happening at the library:
Check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest
E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies and much more can be checked out on Hoopla
Storytime every Wednesday at 10:30
Check out our website: www.jlslibrary.org
All our Cadiz Records and Trigg County High School Yearbooks are available on our website
2025 Reading Challenge starts February 1st with a Book Swap in the basement of the library
Tax season is upon us: We are now taking appointments for free Tax service
Pam’s Pick this week is: “The Texas Murders” by James Patterson, this is the story of a Texas Ranger Rory Yates who goes on a no holds barred pursuit of the most dangerous killer ever to terrorize Texas. When a woman disappears with clues that point to a cold case, Yates must find the killer before he kills again.
New Fiction: “Home and Away” by Rochelle Alers, “Miss Amelia’s List” by Mercedes Lackey, this is the 17th book in the Elemental Masters series, and “Lawbreaker” by Diana Palmer.
New Christian Fiction: “A Hope Unburied” by Kimberley Woodhouse, this is the third book in the Treasurers of the Earth series.
New Large Print: “A Tangled Web of Frontier Life” by Johnny Gunn, this is the first book in the Brookside, Oregon Territory series.
New Mysteries: “Crafting Deception” by Barbara Emodi, this the second book in the Gasper’s Cove mysteries, and “Against the Grain” by Peter Lovesey.
New Biography: “What I Ate in One Year (and Related Thoughts)” by Stanley Tucci.
New Non-Fiction: “The Serviceberry” by Robin Wall Kimmerer, “Reminisce Mealtime Memories,” and “Profiles of Kentucky’s United States Senators” by Paul Whalen.
New Audio Book: “Stuart Wood’s Golden Hour” by Brett Battles.
New Movies: “Horizon: An American Saga-Chapter 1,” and “The Wild Robot.”
New TV Season: “Bones” season 10.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for January 16, 2024

“The library is a meeting place for all who love books. They discuss matters of the world and matters of the spirit.” ~Jeanette Winter.
What’s happening at the library:
Check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest
E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies and much more can be checked out on Hoopla
Storytime every Wednesday at 10:30
Check out our website: www.jlslibrary.org
All our Cadiz Records and Trigg County High School Yearbooks are available on our website
2025 Reading Challenge starts February 1st with a Book Swap in the basement of the library
Pam’s Pick this week is: “Bellevue” by Robin Cook, this suspense horror is about Michael Fuller, a first-year resident at Bellevue Hospital. His life spirals out of control when his patients begin to die from mysterious causes. His search reveal the truth behind some of the greatest medical advances in the history of medicine.
New Fiction: “The Greatest Lie of All” by Jillian Cantor, “April Storm” by Leila Meacham, “The Mirror” by Nora Roberts, this is the second book in the Lost Bride trilogy, and “The Perfect Marriage” by Jeneva Rose.
New Large Print: “A Lamb to the Slaughter” by William W. Johnstone.
New Christian Fiction: “The Seaside Homecoming” by Julie Klassen, this is the third book in the On Devonshire Shores series.
New Mystery: “The Great Hippopotamus Hotel” by Alexander McCall Smith, this is a No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency mystery.
New Biography: “Connie: A Memoir” by Connie Chung.
New Non-Fiction: “Computers for Seniors for Dummies” by Faithe Wempen, “Beauty in the Backyard” by Birds & Blooms, and “DK Eyewitness Iceland.”
New Audio Books: “The Author’s Guide to Murder” by Lauren Willig.
New Movies: “Blink Twice” and “Piece by Piece.”
New TV Season: “Magnum P.I.” season 4.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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