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Library Note for February 12, 2026

 
“The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.” ~ Carl T. Rowan
 
What’s happening at the library:
Check out our Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and our website: www.jlslibrary.org for all the upcoming programs
E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies and more can be checked out on Hoopla & Libby
All our Cadiz Records and Trigg County High School Yearbooks are available on our website
Story Time with Ms. Katie every Wednesday at 10:30
RSVP will not be doing taxes at the library this year due to federal grant cuts 
Valentine Craft Table February 9th-14th
Coloring Night for all ages: February 12th-6:30           
JLS Reads Book Club: February 19th at 6:00                                                            Presidential Trivia Night: February 23rd at 6:00
 
Pam’s Pick this week is: “The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe” by James Patterson, it’s hard to believe Marilyn would have been 100 years on this year on June 1. This is a look at the last days of her life, the woman who changed Hollywood history and whose image captures our imagination to this day.
 
New Fiction: “Between Good and Evil” by Rochelle Alers, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Ace Atkins, “Anatomy of an Alibi” by Ashley Elston, “The Opportunist” by Tarryn Fisher, “The Award” by Matthew Pearl, “A Box Full of Darkness” by Simone St. James, and “The Devil’s Daughter” by Danielle Steel.
 
New Large Print: “Remember That Day” by Mary Balogh, this is book five in the Ravenswood series.
 
New Christian Fiction: “The Amish Ballerina” by Richelle Brunstetter & Wanda Brunstetter.
 
New Biography: “Writing Creativity and Soul” by Sue Monk Kidd.
 
New Non-Fiction: “Managing Cholesterol for Dummies” by Simon Poole, “Lonely Planet Texas,” and “Queens at War” by Alison Weir.
 
New Audio Book: “Gone Before Goodbye” by Reese Witherspoon & Harlan Coben.
 
New Movies: “Black Phone 2,” and “Stitch Head.”
 
New TV Season: “Ray Donovan” season 6.
 
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for February 5, 2026

“A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.” ~unknown

What’s happening at the library:
Check out our Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and our website: www.jlslibrary.org for all the upcoming programs
E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies and more can be checked out on Hoopla & Libby
All our Cadiz Records and Trigg County High School Yearbooks are available on our website
Story Time with Ms. Katie every Wednesday at 10:30
RSVP will not be doing taxes at the library this year due to federal grant cuts
Valentine Craft Table February 9th-14th
Coloring Night for all ages: February 12th-6:30
JLS Reads Book Club: February 19th at 6:00
Presidential Trivia Night: February 23rd at 6:00

Pam’s Pick this week is: “My Husband’s Wife” by Alice Feeney, this is a psychological thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end. Eden Fox goes for a run just before getting ready for her first big art exhibition. When she returns home her key doesn’t fit and a woman answers the door. Her husband insists that the stranger is his wife. Something is very wrong but who and why are they lying.

New Fiction: “All the Little Houses” by May Cobb, “Reason to Be” by Melissa Davis, “The Right to Remain” by James Grippando, “NYPD Red 8” by Marshall Karp, “The Cyprian” by Mercedes Lackey, this is an Elemental Masters novel, and “The Viper” by Brad Meltzer.

New Christian Fiction: “At Morning’s Light” by Lauraine Snelling, this is book two in the Home to Green Creek series.

New Mystery: “No One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done” by Sophie Hannah.

New Non-Fiction: “Experience the Power of His Presence” by T.D. Jakes, “Made from Scratch: Home Cooking Made Easy” by Taste of Home, “Masters of the Game: a Conversational History of the NBA in 75 Legendary Players” by Sam Smith, and “The Traitors Circle: the True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany and the Spy Who Betrayed Them” by Jonathan Freedland.

New Audio Book: “Otherwise Engaged” by Susan Mallery.

New Movies: “Dead of Winter,” and “Wicked: for Good.”

New TV Season: “The Handmaid’s Tale” season 6.

Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for January 29, 2026

 
“Libraries: Here is where people, one frequently finds, lower their voices, and raise their minds.” By Richard Armour
What’s happening at the library:
Check out our Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and our website: www.jlslibrary.org for all the upcoming programs
E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies and more can be checked out on Hoopla & Libby
All our Cadiz Records and Trigg County High School Yearbooks are available on our website
Story Time with Ms. Katie every Wednesday at 10:30
RSVP will not be doing taxes at the library this year due to federal grant cuts               
Valentine Craft Table February 9th-14th     
Coloring Night for all ages: February 12th at 6:30                
 JLS Reads Book Club: February 19th at 6:00                                       
Presidential Trivia Night: February 23rd at 6:00
 
Pam’s Pick this week is: “Woman Down” by Colleen Hoover, this is the story of Petra Rose a struggling writer. After her best seller became a movie, she has struggled with writer’s block. Now, with her next suspense novel outlined and savings nearly gone, she retreats to a lakeside cabin, hoping to find inspiration. It’s Petra’s last-ditch attempt to save her career and herself.
 
New Fiction: “The Bodyguard Affair” by Amy Lea, “White Wolf” by Eric van Lustbader, “Clive Cussler Quantum Tempest” by Mike Maden, “Skylark” by Paula McLain, “W.E.B. Griffin Direct Action” by Jack Stewart and “Dead Broke, Colorado” by William W. Johnstone, this book is only in large print.
 
New Christian Fiction: “Still Waters” by Patricia Johns, this is the second book in the Amish of Shepherd’s Hill.
 
New Mystery: “Crafting an Alibi” by Barbara Emodi this is the fifth book in the Gasper’s Cove Mysteries.
 
New Biography: “Finding My Way: A Memoir” by Malala Yousafzai.
 
New Non-Fiction: “The Love Language That Matters Most” by Gary Chapman, “Big School of Drawing People” and “The Home Bird: Creating Joyful Interiors Where Old Meets New” by Elle Harvin.
 
New Audio Book: “Billion Dollar Ransom” by James Patterson.
 
New Movies: “Guns Up,” and “The Conjuring 4.”
 
New TV Season: “Chicago P.D.” season 3.
 
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director
 

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Library Notes for January 22, 2026

“Books have to be heavy because the whole world’s inside them.” – Cornelia Funke
 
What’s happening at the library:
Check out our Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and our website: www.jlslibrary.org for all the upcoming programs
E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies and more can be checked out on Hoopla & Libby
All our Cadiz Records and Trigg County High School Yearbooks are available on our website
Story Time with Ms. Katie every Wednesday at 10:30
RSVP will not be doing taxes at the library this year due to federal grant cuts
Valentine Craft Table February 9th-14th         
Coloring Night for all ages: February 12th 5:30-6:30
JLS Reads Book Club: February 19th at 6:00 
 
                                
Pam’s Pick this week is: “The Correspondent” by Virginia Evans, this is the story of Sybil who has throughout her life used letters to make sense of her world and her place in it. Most mornings Sybil sets down to write letters, to her brother, best friend and other friends, and to one person whom she wrote but never sent the letter. Sybil has lived a full life but when letters from someone in her past force her to examine one of the most painful periods she realizes that the letters she has written over the years need to be read. She can’t move forward until she finds in her heart to forgive.                                           
 
New Fiction: “In Your Dreams” by Sarah Adams, this is the fourth book in the When In Rome series, “Stuart Woods’ Blown Away” by Brett Battles, “Sharpe’s Storm” by Bernard Cornwell, “The First Time I Saw Him” by Laura Dave, “The Birdwatcher” by Jacquelyn Mitchard, and “Wild Instinct” by T. Jefferson Parker.
 
New Christian Fiction: “An Overdue Match” by Sarah Monzon, this is the first book in the Checking Out Love series, and “A Moment to Love” by Tracie Peterson, this is the third book in the Hope of Cheyenne series.
 
New Biography: “Dolly Parton, Star of the Show: My Life on Stage” by Dolly Parton.
 
New Non-fiction: “How to Make Money in Any Market” by Jim Cramer, “Everything is Tuberculosis” by John Green, and “Lions & Scavengers” by Ben Shapiro.
 
New Movies: “The Naked Gun” and “Freakier Friday.”
 
New TV Season: “Landman” season 1.
 
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director
 

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Library Notes for January 15, 2026

 
“To ask why we need libraries at all, when there is so much information available elsewhere, is about as sensible as asking if roadmaps are necessary now that there are so very many roads.” ~Jon Bing 
What’s happening at the library:
Check out our Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and our website: www.jlslibrary.org for all the upcoming programs
E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies and more can be checked out on Hoopla & Libby
All our Cadiz Records and Trigg County High School Yearbooks are available on our website
Story Time with Ms. Katie every Wednesday at 10:30
JLS Reads Book Club: January 15th at 6:00 
The library will be closed January 19th for Martin Luther King Day
RSVP will not be doing taxes at the library this year due to federal grant cuts.
 
Pam’s Pick this week is: “Spasm” by Robin Cook, in this new medical thriller Laurie and Jack Montgomery are called to Essex Falls to solve rapidly progressive Alzheimer like cases and the sudden death of a young pest control worker. What they discover is a deadly bioweapon that could disrupt the world as we know it. Can they stop it in time?
 
New Fiction: “Revenge of Odessa” by Frederick Forsyth, “The Orchard” by Peter Heller, “False Witness” by Phillip Margolin, “My Fair Senor” by Alana Quintana Albertson, this is the third book in the Love & Tacos series, “The Color of Hope” by Danielle Steel, this book is also in large print, and “The Forget-Me-Not Library” by Heather Webber.
 
New Christian Fiction: “Prowl” by Colleen Coble this is the second book in the Sanctuary series.
 
New Biography: “100 Rules for Living to 100” by Dick Van Dyke.
 
New Non-Fiction: “Stop, In the Name of God” by Charlie Kirk, “The Bradshaw Family Cookbook” by Terry Bradshaw, and “Reminisce Everything Americana.”
 
New Audio Book: “The Tin Men” by Nelson DeMille
 
New DVDs: “Under Fire,” and “Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie.”
 
New TV Season: “Chicago Med” season 2.
 
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for January 8, 2026

 
“The journey of a lifetime starts with the turning of a page.” Rachel Anders
 
What’s happening at the library:
Check out our Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and our website: www.jlslibrary.org for all the upcoming programs
E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies and more can be checked out on Hoopla & Libby
All our Cadiz Records and Trigg County High School Yearbooks are available on our website
Story Time with Ms. Katie every Wednesday at 10:30
JLS Reads Book Club: January 15th at 6:00
 
Pam’s Pick this week is: “The Time Hop Coffee Shop” by Phaedra Patrick, this is the story of Greta who stumbles upon a mysterious coffee shop serving a magical brew, she wishes for the perfect life in those past Maple Gold Coffee commercials. Next thing she knows, she wakes up in the make-believe town of Mapleville, where the sun always shines and the aroma of freshly brewed coffee and second chances fill the air. But can life ever be like a coffee commercial? And what will happen when Greta must choose between perfection and real life, with no turning back?
 
New Fiction: “Tom Clancy Executive Power” by Andrews & Wilson, “Queen Esther” by John Irving, “Code Blue” by Fern Michaels this is a Sisterhood novel, “Evil Bones” by Kathy Reichs, and “The Hider” by Loren D. Estleman, this book is only in large print.
 
New Christian Fiction: “A Hidden Hope” by Suzanne Woods Fisher.
 
New Mystery: “Robert B. Parker’s Showdown” by Mike Lupica.
 
New Biography: “Joyride: A Memoir” by Susan Orlean.
New Non-Fiction: “Southern Living 2025 Annual Recipes,” “Family Handyman Guide to Skills, Tools & Techniques,” and “Mahjong for Dummies” by Ruoyi Jiang.
 
New Audio Book: “The Girl from Devil’s Lake” by J.A. Jance.
 
New Movies: “Wedding Cake Dreams,” and “Weapons.”
 
New TV Season: “Dark Winds” season 1.
 
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes December 24, 2025

 
“I don’t have to look far to find treasures. I discover them every time I visit a library.” ~ Michael Embry
 
What’s happening at the library:
Check out our Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and our website: www.jlslibrary.org for all the upcoming programs
E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies and more can be checked out on Hoopla & Libby
All our Cadiz Records and Trigg County High School Yearbooks are available on our website
Don’t forget the 2025 Reading Challenge for December: the challenge is to read a fiction book set during the winter season
Reading Challenges are due by Monday, December 29
Story Time with Ms. Katie every Wednesday at 10:30
The library will be closed December 24th, 25th, 31st, & January 1st for the Holiday season.
Pam’s Pick this week is: “Grace & Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon” by Matthew Norman, this is the story of two people who recently lost their spouses. Grace’s husband died from cancer, leaving her with two kids and a bar to run. Henry’s wife died in a plane crash, and he has been sleepwalking through life ever since. When their meddling mothers push the two of them together, they realize that maybe they could be partners in sadness. After Henry tells Grace that he and his wife always had a holiday movie marathon, Grace and Henry make their way through many of the classics, as they slowly rebuild their lives and face their grief. They must ask themselves if they’re ready for second chances.
 
New Fiction: “The Perfect Hosts” by Heather Gudenkauf, “Coyote Hills” by Jonathan & Jesse Kellerman, “The Last Love Song” by Lucinda Riley, “The Lady of Esplanade” by Karen White, and “Desolation Creek” by William W. Johnstone, this book is only in large print.
 
New Christian Fiction: “C is for Courting” by Shelley Shepard Gray, this is the third book in the Amish ABCs series.
 
New Mystery: “After That, the Dark” by Andrew Klavan, this is the fifth book in the Cameron Winter series.
 
New Biography: “Heart, Life, Music” by Kenny Chesney.
 
New Non-Fiction: “Invisible ADHD: Proven Mood and Life Management for Smart Yet Scattered Women” by Shanna Pearson, “Fodor’s Essential Great Britain,” and “Winston and the Windsors: How Churchill Shaped a Royal Dynasty” by Andrew Morton.
 
New Audio Book: “The King’s Ransom” by Janet Evanovich.
 
New Movies: “Downton Abbey: the Grand Finale” and “Elio.”
 
Seasons Reading!
Pam Metts, Director
 

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Library Notes for December 18, 2025

“Books are not my whole life, but they make my life whole.” ~ unknown
What’s happening at the library:
Check out our Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and our website: www.jlslibrary.org for all the upcoming programs
E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies and more can be checked out on Hoopla & Libby
All our Cadiz Records and Trigg County High School Yearbooks are available on our website
Don’t forget the 2025 Reading Challenge for December: the challenge is to read a fiction book set during the winter season
Reading Challenges are due by Monday, December 29
Story Time with Ms. Katie every Wednesday at 10:30
The library will be closed December 24th, 25th, 31st, & January 1st for the Holiday season.
Pam’s Pick this week is: “While It Was Snowing” by Julia London, the story of two strangers renting the same lake house for the holidays. Amy just wants to paint and Harrison rehabbing the injury that has put his career on the line. Making the best of it when a winter storm comes. The two cozy up to the fireplace and sparks fly in more ways than one. As their vacation comes to an end they wonder if this was a holiday fling or if they have found a Christmas miracle.
New Fiction: “Nash Falls” by David Baldacci, “The Gingerbread Bakery” by Laurie Gilmore, this is the fifth book in the Dream Harbor series, “Christmas on Waverly Lane” by Rachel Hanna, “Return of the Spider” by James Patterson, and “The Seven Rings” by Nora Roberts, this is the last book in the Lost Bride trilogy.
New Christian Fiction: “A Sea Glass Christmas” by Davis Bunn, this is the second book in the Outer Banks series, and “Christmas by the Sea” & “An Amish Christmas” by Beth Wiseman, this book is only in large print.
New Biography: “I’ve Lived Country Music” by Bobby Tomberlin.
New Non-Fiction: “The Anthropology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained,” “Christmas Cooking From the Heart” by Better Homes & Gardens, and “The Greatest Sentence Ever Written” by Walter Isaacson.
New Audio Book: “The Christmas Ring” by Karen Kingsbury.
New Movies: “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” and “The Fantastic 4: First Steps.”
New TV Season: “Little House on the Prairie” season 6.
Seasons Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for December 12, 2025

“Librarians are tour-guides for all of knowledge.” ~ Patrick Ness

What’s happening at the library: Check us out on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and our website: www.jlslibrary.org for all the upcoming programs

E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies and more can be checked out on Hoopla & Libby

All our Cadiz Records and Trigg County High School Yearbooks are available on our website

Don’t forget the 2025 Reading Challenge for December: Fiction book set during the winter season

Storytime with Ms. Katie every Wednesday at 10:30

JLS Reads December 11 at 6:00

Murder Mystery Game Night: December 12 at Fairholme at 6:00

It’s a Par-Tay! December 13, 10:30-12:00

The library will be closed December 24, 25, 31 & January 1 for the holiday season

Pam’s Pick this week is: “You Make it Feel Like Christmas” by Sophie Sullivan, this is the story of Maisie Smart, a woman who is not afraid to back down. Six months ago she had a one night stand with a pro hockey player. Now she can’t get him off her mind. When she goes home for Christmas she learns he is in town too. Christmas is a time for second chances. Can the two unwrap feeling neither knew they had?

New Fiction: “Exit Strategy” by Lee Child, “Photograph” by Brian Freeman, “The King’s Ransom” by Janet Evanovich, this is the second book in the Recovery Agent series this book is also in large print, “The Strawberry Patch Pancake House” by Laurie Gilmore, this is the fourth book in the Dream Harbor series, and “Santa’s Holiday Spectacular” by Fern Michaels, this is the fourth book in the Santa’s Crew series this book is also in large print.

New Christian Fiction: “A Sea View Christmas” by Julie Klassen, this is book 3.5 in the On Devonshire Shores series.

New Mystery: “Sugar and Spite” by M.C. Beaton.

New Biography: “The Unexpected Journey” by Emma Heming Willis.

New Non-Fiction: “Migraines for Dummies” by Diane Stafford, “Startlement: New and Selected Poems” by Ada Limon, and “The American Revolution: an Intimate History” by Geoffrey C. Ward & Ken Burns.

New Audio Book: “The Widow” by John Grisham.

New Movies: “Holiday Touchdown: a Chiefs Love Story,” and “Paw Patrol: Fire Rescue.”

New TV Season: “George & Mandy’s First Marriage” season 1.

Season Reading!

Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for December 4, 2025

“A child who reads will be an adult who thinks.” ~Sasha Salmina
What’s happening at the library:
Check out our Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and our website: www.jlslibrary.org for all the upcoming programs
E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, Movies and more can be checked out on Hoopla & Libby
All our Cadiz Records and Trigg County High School Yearbooks are available on our website
Don’t forget the 2025 Reading Challenge for December: the challenge is to read a fiction book set during the winter season
Story Time with Ms. Katie every Wednesday at 10:30
Book Club: December 11th at 6:00pm
Murder Mystery Game Night at Fairholme: December 12th at 6:00
Pam’s Pick this week is: “The Christmas Stranger” by Richard Paul Evans, this is the story of Paul Wanlass, who lost his family on Christmas Eve three years ago. When a stranger knocks on his door, to pick up a laptop. Paul discover the man has a mission. The mission is to remind him that life can once again have meaning. Who is this stranger and how will Paul find meaning once again?
New Fiction: “The Grave Artist” by Jeffery Deaver, “The Sword of Light” by Heather Graham, “Otherwise Engaged” by Susan Mallery, this book is also in large print, “House of Two Pharaohs” by Wilbur Smith, and “And Then There Was the One” by Martha Waters.
New Christian Fiction: “Once Upon a Christmas Carol” by Melody Carlson.
New Mystery: “The Christmas Camel Caper” by Jane Willan, this is the seventh book in the Mysteries of Cobble Hill Farm.
New Biography: “We Did Ok, Kid” by Anthony Hopkins.
New Non-Fiction: “Taste of Home Christmas 2025,” “The Quilting Book” by Christina West, and “Fodor’s Essential Ireland.”
New Audio Book: “The Iron Storm” by Clive Cussler.
New Movies: “F1: the Movie,” and “Sketch.”
Seasons Reading!
Pam Metts, Director