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Library Notes for May 28, 2026

“The contents of a library can take you further than your own imagination could begin to imagine. To open a book is to open your mind.” ~ Amberle Cianne
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
Hide & Seekasaurus: the month of June, can you find the hidden dinosaur? Check each day
Pop-up Book Sale: June 5th & 19th
Dinosaur Party: June 8th
Smokey Bear Poster Contest: June 10th 
Dinosaur Terrarium for Tween/Teens June 11th
Hunger Games Book Club: June 25th
Library Mini Golf: June 26th
Dig into Your Past (Genealogy Class): June 29th  
Pam’s Pick this week is: “The Moonlight Runner” by Karen Robards, this is a story of love and heroism set during the Irish Revolutionary War. Rynn Carmichael is pulled into the war when her boyfriend Donal, a gunrunner is in danger. She soon finds herself caught up in a terrifying and tragic series of events. She and her family must fight for their lives and country.
New Fiction: “Leave Your Mess at Home” by Tolani Akinola, “The Council” by Matthew Betley, “The Patchwork Players” by Jennifer Chiaverini, this is an Elm Creek Quilts novel, “Bad Seeds” by Mary Monroe, and “Trigger Happy” by William W. Johnstone, this book is only in large print.
New Christian Fiction: “More Than Friends” by Denise Hunter, “In Pursuit of Civility” by Jen Turano, this is the second book in the Merriweather Academy for Young Ladies.
New Mystery: “Fatal Fiction” by Karen MacInerney, this is the fourth book in the Snug Habor Mystery series.
New Non-Fiction: “Detours: Hope & Growth After Life’s Hardest Turns” by Elizabeth Smart, “The Easy Garden” by Michael Griffiths, “Around the Table: Tables & Traditions for Gathering” by Shea McGee, and “Painted Applique” by Linda Poole.
New Audio Book: “Shadow Strike” by Brad Taylor.
New Movie: “Thieves Highway.”
New TV Season: “The Chosen” season 4.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for May 21, 2026

 
“A library is a place vibrating with ideas.” ~ Nancy Kunhardt Lodge
 
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
 
Pam’s Pick this week is: “The Rain Catcher” by Buck Turner, this is the story of Diane Montgomery who discovers that even in the darkest of times love has the power to heal. After writing the memoir of Judge Sara Hastings, Diane finds herself at a crossroad in her life. She abandons her career in journalism and decides to move her and her daughter halfway across the state, after losing her husband. Will Diane gather the fragments of her heart and put them back together or will she allow herself to be consumed by the tide of sorrow?
 
New Fiction: “The Girls Trip” by Ally Condie, “Mad Mabel” by Sally Hepworth, “Killing Me Softly” by Sandie Jones, “Chasing the Clouds Away” by Debbie Macomber, “Paradox” by Douglas & Aletheia Preston, and “Shadow Strike” by Brad Taylor, this is a Pike Logan novel.
 
New Christian Fiction: “The Lumber Baron’s Wife” by Lynn Austin and “Harbor Pointe” by Irene Hannon, this is the twelfth book in the Hope Harbor series.
 
New Mystery: “This Weekend Doesn’t End Well for Anyone” by Catherine Mack, this is the third book in the Vacation mysteries series.
 
New Non-Fiction: “Procrastination Proof” by Jon Acuff, “Duty, Honor, Country & Life: A Tribute to American Spirit” by William H. McRaven, “50 States: The Ultimate Travel List,” and “The Civil War: A Visual History.”
 
New Audio Book: “The Bookstore Diaries” by Susan Mallery.
 
New Movies: “Shelter,” and “To Barcelona, with Love.”
 
New TV Season: “Chicago Med” season 3.
 
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director
 

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Library Notes for May 14, 2026


“The most important asset of any library goes home at night – the library staff.” ~Timothy Healy
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-the last one for the school year is May 20th
Afternoon Tea: May 9th at 2:00 at Fairholme. Sign up online.
Pam’s Pick this week is: “The Mother-Daughter Book Club” by Susan & James Patterson, this is the story of nine women: four mothers and five daughters who form the Mother Daughter Book Club. The women have been close for decades, texting regularly and meeting periodically for weekend book retreats. The women are coming together again for a book club weekend, this time in Mariella’s vacation home for days of food, fun, love, and personal growth as the friends talk books, hopes, dreams, and the future.
New Fiction: “Hope Rises” by David Baldacci, “Yesteryear” by Caro Claire Burke, “What Happened Next” by Edwin Hill, “Cherry Baby” by Rainbow Rowell, “American Fantasy” by Emma Straub, and “Witness Protection” by Robert Whitlow.
New Mystery: “Antiques Round-Up” by Barbara Allan, this is a Trash ‘n’ Treasures mystery.
New Non-fiction: “Law Forms for Personal Use,” “Ghosts of Sicily” by Mark Harmon, “The New Perimenopause” by Mary Claire Haver, and “Resumes for Dummies” by Laura DeCarlo.
New Audio Book: “The Hadacol Boogie” by James Lee Burke.
New Movies: “The Housemaid” and “Wildcat.”
 New TV Season: “SpongeBob Squarepants” season 5.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for May 7, 2026

“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.” ~ Maya Angelou
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-the last one for the school year is May 20th
Spring Book Sale: May 4th-9th
Afternoon Tea: May 9th at 2:00 at Fairholme. Sign up online.
Pam’s Pick this week is: “The Book Witch” by Meg Saffer, this is the story of Rainy March a third-generation Book Witch. Book Witches live by a strict code: real people belong in the real world; fictional characters belong in works of fiction. Do not eat, drink or sleep inside a fictional world, lest you become part of the story, and don’t even think about falling in love with a fictional character. That is why Rainy has been forbidden from seeing the Duke of Chicago, a British detective who stars in her favorite mystery series. But when her grandfather disappears and a priceless book is stolen, who else can she call on but the Duke of Chicago. The two will reveal hidden enemies and long buried family secrets.
New Fiction: “The Paris Match” by Kate Clayborn, “Love by the Book” by Jessica George, “A Cruise to Die For” by Heather Graham, “The Mountains We Call Home” by Kim Michele Richardson, “Go Gentle” by Maria Semple, and “The News from Dublin” by Colm Toibin.
New Christian Fiction: “When They Met Again” by Leslie Gould, this is the second book in the Letters from Lancaster County.
New Large Print: “The Man from Dakota” by Peter Brandvold, this is the second book in the Nordic & Finn series.
New Non-Fiction: “The Homeschool Bible: Everything You Need to Build a Thriving Home Education” by Mandy Davis, “The Compact Beginner’s Guide to Painting,” “DK’s the History Book,” and “Fodor’s Philadelphia.”
New Audio Book: “The Devil’s Daughter” by Danielle Steel.
New Movies: “Nuremberg,” and “The Running Man.”
New TV Season: “Tulsa King” season 2.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts

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Library Notes for April 30, 2026

“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from all of the miseries of life.”
~ William Somerset Maugham
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
Adult Craft Night: Analog Bag Decorating: April 30
Spring Book Sale: May 4th-9th
Afternoon Tea: May 9th at 2:00 at Fairholme sign up online
Pam’s Pick this week is: “The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives” by Elizabeth Arnott, this is the story of a trio of women who band together to catch a serial killer. Beverley, Elsie, and Margot are not your average housewives they are all wives of convicted serial killers. When a string of killings hits the news, the three women decide to get to work. After all, who better to catch a killer than those who have shared their lives and homes with one? 
New Fiction: “Without a Clue” by Melissa Ferguson, “The Final Storm” by Fern Michaels, “Revenge Prey” by John Sandford, “The Harvey Girl” by Dana Stabenow, and “Heat Lightning” by William W. Johnstone, this is the third book in the Tinhorn Western series.
New Christian Fiction: “Hearts in Circulation” by Sarah Monzon, this is the second book in the Checking Out Love series.
New Mysteries: “The Keeper” by Tana French, and “Stakeouts and Strollers” by Rob Phillips.
New Biography: “Judy Blume: a Life” by Mark Oppenheimer.
New Non-Fiction: “Taste of Home: Vintage Recipes Made Easy,” “Port William Novels & Stories: the Civil War to World War II” by Wendell Berry, and “Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America” by Howard Bryant.
New Audio Book: “Stolen in Death” by J.D. Robb.
New Movies: “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “The Spongebob Movie: Search for Squarepants.”
New TV Season: “Chicago P.D.” season 4.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for April 23, 2026

“The library was a doorway to freedom, to free thought. When you’re being taught, “you can’t, you can’t, you can’t” … the library says, “you can, you can, you can.” And I did.” Patricia McKissack
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
Craft Table: April 20th-25th for National Library Week
Murder Mystery Night: April 23rd
Adult Craft Night: Analog Bag Decorating: April 30
Spring Book Sale: May 4th-9th
Afternoon Tea: May 9th at 2:00 at Fairholme sign up online
Pam’s Pick this week is: “The Survivor” by Andrew Reid, this is the story about a hijacked New York subway train, an anonymous killer, and a young man trapped by his hidden past. Ben Cross thought his day couldn’t get worse. But when he gets on the train. Ben starts receiving text messages from the killer, showing that they’ve already killed someone, then pointedly killing another as they got off the train to prove they aren’t bluffing and to ensure Ben follows orders. But Ben wasn’t picked at random, he has a history that no one is supposed to know. The secret to the killer lies in Ben’s own history and that is why he’s been targeted.
New Fiction: “Life: a Love Story” by Elizabeth Berg, “Wait for Me” by Amy Jo Burns, “The Hired Man” by Sandra Dallas, “The Night We Met” by Abby Jiminez, “Once and Again” by Rebecca Serle, “Ted Bell’s Warmonger” by Ryan Steck, and “Served Him Right” by Lisa Unger, “The Last Letter” by Rebecca Yarros, this book is only in large print.
New Christian Fiction: “When Justice Comes” by Colleen Coble, this is the third book in the Tupelo Grove series, and “Faithful of Heart” by Tracie Peterson, this is the first book in the Minnesota Legacy and is also in large print.
 New Biography: “Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy” by Elizabeth Beller.
New Non-Fiction: “You’re Overwatering It: A Plant Guru’s Guide to Houseplants” by Jonny Balchandani, “The Best of Family Handyman 2026,” and “Fodor’s Los Angeles.”
New Audio Book: “Cold Zero” by Brad Thor.
New Movies: “Cottonmouth” and “Hamnet.”
New TV Season: “Heartland” season 13.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for April 16, 2026

 
“The journey of a lifetime starts with the turning of a page.” ~ Rachel Anders
 
We still have a few seeds left in the Seed Library: free vegetable, herb, and flowers seeds are still available!
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: April 16th
Craft Table: April 20th-25th for National Library Week
Murder Mystery Night: April 23rd
Spring Book Sale: May 4th-9th
Afternoon Tea: May 9th at 2:00 at Fairholme sign up online
Pam’s Pick this week is: “I Came Back for You” by Kate White, this is the story of Bree Winter, who is just starting to move on after the murder of her daughter, Melanie. Bree will do anything to find justice for her daughter. Can she believe a killer’s shocking death bed confession: he killed four girls but not her daughter. Is the killer really still in their midst?
 
New Fiction: “Daughter of Egypt” by Marie Benedict, “Son of Nobody” by Yann Martel, and “The Tree of Light and Flowers” by Thomas Perry.
 
New Christian Fiction: “The Beginner’s Quilt” by Wanda Brunstetter, this book is also in large print, and “Sense and Suitability” by Pepper Basham, this book is only in large print.
 
New Biography: “Strangers: a Memoir of Marriage” by Belle Burden.
 
New Non-Fiction: “Troubleshooting PCs” by Dan Gookin, “The Best of Birds & Blooms 2026,” and “Luscious Landscapes: Simple Techniques for Dynamic Quilts” by Joyce Becker.
 
New Audio Book: “The First Time I Saw Him” by Laura Dave.
 
New Movies: “Greenland 2: Migration,” and “Charlie the Wonderdog.”
 
New TV Season: “Dark Winds” season 2.
 
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director
 

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Library Notes for April 9, 2026

 
“A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.” — Henry Ward Beecher
 
We still have a few seeds left in the Seed Library: free vegetable, herb, and flowers seeds are available now!
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: April 16th
Murder Mystery Night: April 23rd
Pam’s Pick this week is: “The Bookstore Diaries” by Susan Mallery, Jax Still, is still living the bookworm dream. Until an unhappy accident erases the names from the bookshop lockboxes where the town keeps their diaries. Which means the only way to find a diary’s owner is to read them all. As secrets and scandals surface, life gets a lot more colorful and chaotic. But for a woman who’s always had to take charge, Jax will see that losing control is not the answer.
 
New Fiction: “Bloodlust” by Sandra Brown, this book is also in large print, “A Good Animal” by Sara Maurer, “Trust No One” by James Rollins, and “Maybe This Once” by Sophie Sullivan, this is the third book in the Rock Bottom Love series.
 
New Christian Fiction: “All Booked Up” by Melody Carlson, this book is also in large print and “Ambush of the Heart” by Mary Connealy, this is the first book in the Rocky Mountain Marshalls series.
 
New Mysteries: “Man One” by Loren Estleman, and “Everyone in This Bank is a Thief” by Benjamin Stevenson.
 
New Biography: “It’s Never Too Late: a Memoir” by Marla Gibbs.
 
New Non-Fiction: “Still Here: Life Together on the Long Way Home” by Mary Beth Chapman & Steven Curtis Chapman, “The ADHD Field Guide for Adults” and “The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love” by Alice Hoffman.
 
New Audio Book: “The Right to Remain” by James Grippando.
 
New Movies: “Song Sung Blue” and “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2.”
 
New TV Season: “Dexter: New Blood.”
 
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for April 2, 2026

 
“The contents of a library can take you further than your own imagination could begin to imagine. To open a book is to open your mind.” – Amberle Cianne
 
Seed Library: free vegetable, herb, and flowers seeds are available now!
 
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
Peeps Taste Testing: April 2, 6:00pm
 
Pam’s Pick this week is: “Judge Stone” by James Patterson and Viola Davis, this is the story of Judge Mary Stone. In Judge Stone’s courtroom, a person has to take a stand. In Union Springs, Alabama (population 3,314), Judge Mary Stone is a local celebrity. Born a farmer’s daughter, Judge Mary Stone holds her courtroom to the highest standard in the land. When she draws the biggest case Alabama has ever seen. Criminally, it’s open-and-shut. Ethically, there is no middle ground. Essentially, it’s a choice between life and death. As she fights to determine the wisest course, Judge Stone will make history-or die trying.
 
New Fiction: “The Heir of Whitestone” by Catherine Coulter, “Her Cold Justice” by Robert Dugoni, “Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Revenge” by Brian Freeman, “Missing Sister” by Joshilyn Jackson, “Want to Know a Secret?” by Freida McFadden, and “Felicia’s Favorites” by Danielle Steel, this book is also in large print.
 
New Christian Fiction: “Track of Courage” by Susan May Warren, this is the first book in the Call of the Wild series.
 
New Mystery: “Death of a Groom” by M.C. Beaton.
 
New Biography: “You with the Sad Eyes” by Christina Applegate.
 
New Non-Fiction: “1929” by Andrew Ross Sorkin, “The Complete Anti-Inflammatory Cookbook” by America’s Test Kitchen, and “Heartland: a Forgotten Place, an Impossible Dream, and the Miracle of Larry Bird” by Keith O’Brien.
 
New Audio Books: “Stuart Woods’ Blown Away” by Brett Battles, and “Jigsaw” by Jonathan Kellerman.
 
New Movies: “Regretting You,” and “David.”
 
New TV Season: “Deadwood” season 1.
 
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for March 26, 2026

 
“My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn’t have any excuse to be stupid.” ~Joan Bauer
 
Seed Library: free vegetable, herb, and flowers seeds are available now!
 
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
 
Pam’s Pick this week is: “More than Enough” by Anna Quindlen, this is the story of Polly Goodman, a high school English teacher who can talk to anyone about anything. But when her book club gives her an ancestry test kit for her birthday the results match her with a stranger. Polly learns relationships can change your life in the most profound ways.
 
New Fiction: “The Hadacol Boogie” by James Lee Burke, “The Witching Hours” by Heather Graham, this is the first book in the Crows series, “Evelyn in Transit” by David Guterson, “Antihero” by Gregg Hurwitz, “It’s Not Her” by Mary Kubica, “A Far-Flung Life” by M.L. Stedman, and “Lake Effect” by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney.
 
New Christian Fiction: “Marrying the Matchmaker” by Jody Hedlun, this is the fourth book in the Shanahan Match series, and “Whiteout” by Lynette Eason & Dani Pettrey.
 
New Biography: “Ain’t Nobody’s Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton” by Martha Ackmann.
 
New Non-Fiction: “The Let Them Theory” by Mel Robbins, “All About Allergies” by Zachary Rubin, “Goat-Footed Gods” by Kathleen Driskell, and “We the Women: the Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America” by Norah O’Donnell.
 
New Audio Book: “Clive Cussler Quantum Tempest” by Mike Maden.
 
New Movie: “One Battle After Another.”
 
New TV Season: “Chicago Fire” season 7.
 
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director