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Library Notes for May 31, 2023

“One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by.” ~Jeanette Walls
 
What’s Happening at the Library:
 
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NEW: Hoopla is here! You can check out E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, E-Movies & more. Just download the app, and use your library card number to check out up to 10 items a month.
 
Craft Night: Thursday, June 8th, 5:30-6:30. Come decorate a Travel Cup! Please call the library to sign-up
 
Juneteenth Celebration: June 17th, 3:00-5:00 in the basement of the library. This program is given in part by Kiburi Circle and Calandra Watts.
Donuts and Coffee with Veterans! June 19th, 9:30. This is a program is given by the Kentucky Dept. of Veterans Affairs to help veterans with claims, disability, education, and legal services. You must call the library to sign-up: 270-522-6301
 
Game Night: June 19th 5:30-7:30 Join us for Game Night! There will be board games, card games, and more! You are welcome to bring your own board games to play. Game Night is for all game lovers!
 
Pam’s Pick this week is: “The Wedding Planner” by Danielle Steel, this is the story of Faith Ferguson, a very successful wedding planner, even if she hasn’t walked down the aisle herself. She must make every ceremony a success through the private quarrels, unplanned pregnancies, family scandals and dark secrets to prove that there is more than one way to happily ever after.
 
New Fiction: “Swamp Story” by Dave Barry, “Seven Girls Gone” by Allison Brennan, this is the fourth book in the Kara Quinn series, “Where Coyotes Howl” by Sandra Dallas, “The Golden Doves” by Martha Hall Kelly, “The Quantum Solution” by Eric van Lustbader, and “The Covenant of Water” by Abraham Verghese.
 
New Christian Fiction: “Windswept Way” by Irene Hannon, this is the ninth book in the Hope Harbor series.
 
New Large Print: “It’s in His Kiss” by Julia Quinn, this is the seventh book in the Bridgeton series and only in large print.
 
New Mystery: “Tell-Tale Bones” by Carolyn Haines, this is a Sarah Booth Delaney mystery.
 
New Non-fiction: “Pilates for Dummies” by Ellie Herman, “Magnolia Table: a Collection of Recipes for Gathering, Volume 3” by Joanna Gaines, “The Best of Family Handyman 2023,” and “The Last Honest Man: the CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys and One Senator’s Fight to Save Democracy” by James Risen.
 
New Audio Books: “The Golden Doves” by Martha Hall Kelly.
 
New Movies: “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and “Barbie It Takes Two: Stars are Born.”
 
New TV Season: “Supernatural” season 5.
 
Happy Reading!
 
Pam Metts, Director
 

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Library Notes for May 24, 2023 

“A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.”  ― Madeleine L’Engle 

What’s Happening at the Library:  

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Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.  

NEW: Hoopla is here! You can check out E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, E-Movies & more. Just download the app, and use your library card number to check out up to 10 items a month. 

Juneteenth Celebration: June 17th, 3:00-5:00 in the basement of the library. This program is given in part by Kiburi Circle and Calandra Watts. 

Donuts and Coffee with Veterans! June 19th, 9:30. This is a program is given by the Kentucky Dept. of Veterans Affairs to help veterans with claims, disability, education, and legal services. You must call the library to sign up: 270-522-6301  

Game Night: June 19th 5:30-7:30 Join us for Game Night! There will be board games, card games, and more! You are welcome to bring your own board games to play. Game Night is for all game lovers! 

Pam’s Pick this week is: “My Heart Will Find You” by Jude Deveraux, this is the story of Etta, a young woman trying to find her spot in life. When she meets Henry an older gentleman looking for a caretaker she settles into a companionable living arrangement. Etta indulges in Henry’s library and soon is dreaming of the Midwest and being a mail order bride. She can only hope of finding love like that in her life. 

New Fiction: “Tom Clancy Flash Point” by Don Bentley, “The Way of the Bear” by Anne Hillerman, “Summer on Sag Harbor” by Sunny Hostin, this is the second book in the Oak Bluff series, “With my Little Eye” by Joshilyn Jackson, “The True Love Experiment” by Christina Lauren, “The 23rd Midnight” by James Patterson, and “Not the Ones Dead” by Dana Stobenow. 

New Christian Fiction: “Hopefully Ever After” by Beth Wiseman, this is the third book in the Amish Bookstore series. 

New Large Print: “Settling His Hash” by William W. Johnstone, this is the fifth book in the Chuckwagon Trail series.  

New Mystery: “City Walls” by Loren D. Estleman. 

New Non-Fiction: “The Best of Reminisce 2023,” “You Are Not Alone: the NAMI Guide to Navigating Mental Health” by Ken Dockworth, “Cooking a la Heart: 500 Easy and Delicious Recipes to Help Make Every Meal Heart Healthy” by Linda Hachfeld, and “Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism” by Jeffrey Toobin. 

New Audio Book: “Dark Angel” by John Sandford. 

New Movies: “80 for Brady,” and “All Quiet on the Western Front.” 

New TV Season: “Yellowstone” season 5: Volume 1. 

 Happy Reading! 

Pam Metts, Director 

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Library Notes for May 17, 2023 

“In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us to swim.” Linton Weeks  

What’s Happening at the Library:  

Storytime every Wednesday at 10:30 with Ms. Katie 

Book Club May 18th in the basement at 6:00: “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald 

Sign up for our Newsletter 

Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.  

NEW: Hoopla is here! You can check out E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, E-Movies & more. Just download the app, and use your library card number to check out up to 10 items a month. 

Juneteenth Celebration: June 17th, 3:00-5:00 in the basement of the library. This program is given in part by Kiburi Circle and Calandra Watts. 

Donuts and Coffee with Veterans! June 19th, 9:30. This is a program is given by the Kentucky Dept. of Veterans Affairs to help veterans with claims, disability, education, and legal services. You must call the library to sign up: 270-522-6301

Pam’s Pick this week is: “Silver Alert” by Lee Smith, this is a funny novel about family, secrets, and aging. Herb is an aging alone with his dear wife Susan, who needs constant care. When the kids come to intervene Herb decides to go on one last joy ride in his Porsche. He also decides to take his wife’s manicurist along for the ride, soon setting off a Silver Alert. 

New Fiction: “Breakneck” by Marc Cameron, “The Cuban Heiress” by Chanel Cleeton, “The Soulmate” by Sally Hepworth, “In the Lives of Puppets” by T.J. Klune, “Small Mercies” by Dennis Lehane, and “Only the Beautiful” by Susan Meissner. 

New Large Print: “One Last Chance” by Kat Martin, this is the third book in the Blood Ties, the Logans.  

New Christian Fiction: “When He Found Me” by Victoria Bylin, this is the first book in the Road to Refuge series. 

New Mystery: “Mother of the Bride Murder” by Leslie Meier. 

New Biography: “Honey, Baby, Mine: a Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding)” by Laura Dern & Diane Ladd. 

New Non-Fiction: “Wildflowers of North America” by Damian Fagan, “Flight: the Complete History of Aviation” by R.G. Grant, “The Ball in the Air: a Golfing Adventure” by Michael Bamberger, and “The Wager: a Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder” by David Grann. 

New Audio Books: “The Way of the Bear” by Anne Hillerman, and “My Heart Will Find You” by Jude Deveraux. 

New Movies: “Cocaine Bear,” and “Thomas & Friends: the Mystery of Lookout Mountain. 

New TV Season: “Blue Bloods” season 9. 

Happy Reading! 

Pam Metts, Director 

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Library Notes for May 10, 2023 

“If you read one book a week, starting at the age of 5, and live to be 80, you will have read a grand total of 3,900 books, a little over one-tenth of 1 percent of the books currently in print.” ~ Lewis Buzbee 

What’s Happening at the Library:  

Storytime every Wednesday at 10:30 with Ms. Katie 

Book Club May 18th in the basement at 6:00: “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald 

Sign up for our Newsletter 

Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.  

NEW: Hoopla is here! You can check out E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, E-Movies & more. Just download the app, and use your library card number to check out up to 10 items a month. 

Pam’s Pick this week is: “Happy Place” by Emily Henry, this is the story of a couple who break up after nearly a decade, but pretend to still be together for their annual best friend’s vacation. Harriet and Wyn were the perfect couple, but now for some unknown reason they aren’t. Will they get away without telling their friends for a week or will the friends find out and try to get them back together?     

New Fiction: “Forgotten War” by Don Bentley, this is the fourth Matt Drake novel, “Earth’s the Right Place for Love” by Elizabeth Berg, “On the Line” by Fern Michaels, “The Rescue” by T. Jefferson Parker, “Strawberry Lane” by Jodi Thomas this is the first book in the Someday Valley series, and “Two Wars and a Wedding” by Laruen Willig. 

New Christian Fiction: “Second Time Around” by Melody Carlson, and “A Brighter Dawn” by Leslie Gould, this is the first book in the Amish Memories series. 

New Mystery: “The Enigma of Garlic” by Alexander McCall Smith, this is a 44 Scotland Street series novel. 

New Biography: “George VI and Elizabeth: the Marriage that Saved the Monarchy” by Sally Bedell Smith. 

New Non-Fiction: “Heroes are Human: Lessons in Resilience, Courage, Wisdom from the COVID Front Lines” by Bob Delaney, “Complete Horse Riding Manual” by William Micklem, and “The Secret Gate: a True Story of Courage and Sacrifice During the Collapse of Afghanistan” by Mitchell Zuckoff. 

New Audio Books: “The Trackers” by Charles Frazier, and “The Soulmate” by Sally Hepworth. 

New Movies: “Plane” and “The Son.” 

New TV Season: “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” season 5. 

Happy Reading! 

Pam Metts, Director 

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Library Notes for May 3, 2023 

A good book makes you want to live in the story. A Great book gives you no choice.” ~unknown 

SPRING BOOK SALE this week. Lots of Great Bargains! 

What’s Happening at the Library:  

Storytime every Wednesday at 10:30 with Ms. Katie 

Book Club May 18th in the basement at 6:00: “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald 

Sign up for our Newsletter 

Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.  

NEW: Hoopla is here! You can check out E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, E-Movies & more. Just download the app, and use your library card number to check out up to 10 items a month. 

Pam’s Pick this week is: “Where are the Children Now?” by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke, this is the sequel to her classic “Where are the Children?” written over four decades ago. We met Nancy and her children in the first book. Now, Nancy’s daughter Melissa is grown and recently married a man with a young daughter. Melissa’s stepdaughter goes missing, bringing back memories of her own abduction. She and her brother Mike race to find Riley, to save her from the trauma they still struggle with or worse. 

New Fiction: “Simply Lies” by David Baldacci, “The Trackers” by Charles Frazier, “Homecoming” by Kate Morton, “The Loner” by Diana Palmer, “Romantic Comedy” and “Beyond That, the Sea” by Laura Spence-Ash. 

New Christian Fiction: “After the Shadows” by Amanda Cabot, this is the first book in the Secret of Sweetwater Crossing series. 

New Mystery: “Collateral Damage” by J. A. Jance. 

New Non-Fiction: “A Fever in the Heartland” by Timothy Egan, “Volcanoes and Earthquakes: a Guide to Our Unquiet Earth” by Chiara Maria Petrone, “The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy)” by William McRaven, and “Creative Family Home” by Ashley Gibson. 

New Audio Books: “Simply Lies” by David Baldacci, and “The Loner” by Diana Palmer. 

New Movies: “North to Home,” and “Blue’s Big City Adventure.” 

New TV Season: “Reacher” season 1. 

Happy Reading! 

Pam Metts, Director  

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Library Notes April 26, 2023 

 It’s National Library Week! 

“Librarian hold the keys to universes, open portals to worlds beyond, and dole out dreams to fill our hearts.” ~Jamie E. Davis 

 “I would like to say a great big Thank You to the wonderful ladies here at John L. Street Library for making the library the best it can be.” ~Pam 

What’s Happening at the Library:  

Storytime every Wednesday at 10:30 with Ms. Katie 

Book Club May 18th in the basement at 6:00: “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald 

Trivia Night April 27th in the basement from 5:30-6:30 

Sign up for our Newsletter 

Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.  

Spring Book Sale May 1st-6th. Lots of Great Bargains! 

NEW: Hoopla is here! You can check out E-Books, E-Audios, E-Comics, E-Movies & more. Just download the app, and use your library card number to check out up to 10 items a month. 

Pam’s Pick this week is: “The Only Survivors” by Megan Miranda, this story is about a group of former classmates who ten years before survived a terrible accident. One the anniversary of the accident one of the survivors disappears. This makes the others wonder if it has something to do with the original tragedy itself.  

New Fiction: “Robert Ludlum’s the Treadstone Rendition” by Joshua Hood, “The Perfumist of Paris” by Alka Joshi this is the third book in the Henna Artist series, “Love, Honor, Betray” by Mary Monroe, and “Dark Angel” by John Sandford. 

New Christian Fiction: “Once Upon a Buggy” by Shelley Shepard Gray, this is the second book in the Amish of Apple Creek series, and “Remember Me” by Tracie Peterson, this is the first book in the Pictures of the Heart and also in large print. 

New Mystery: “Lowcountry Getaway” by Susan M. Boyer, this is a Liz Talbot mystery. 

New Biography: “The Road to Unafraid: How the Army’s Top Ranger Faced Fear and Found Courage Through “Black Hawk Down” and Beyond” by Jeff Struecker. 

New Non-Fiction: “The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know” by  David Miklowitz, “Deliciously Vintage Baking & Desserts” by Victoria Glass, and “Fodor’s 2023 New York City” by Kelsy Chauvin. 

 New Audio Books: “The Only Survivors” by Megan Miranda, and “Where are the Children Now?” by Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke. 

New Movies: “Babylon,” and “PBS Kids 15 Sports Stories!” 

New TV Season: “Gotham” season 3. 

 Happy Reading! 

Pam Metts 

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Library Notes for April 20, 2023 

“There’s nothing quite like getting lost in a good book. The world around you disappears, time seems to stand still and you find yourself completely immersed in another world. It’s a feeling that’s hard to describe, but anyone who loves to read knows what I’m talking about.” ~ Olivia Savage 

What’s Happening at the Library:  

Storytime every Wednesday at 10:30 with Ms. Katie 

Book Club April 20th in the basement at 6:00: “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn 

Trivia Night April 27th in the basement from 5:30-6:30 

Check out our New Displays 

Sign up for our Newsletter 

Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.  

Spring Book Sale May 1st-6th. Lots of Great Bargins! 

Pam’s Pick this week is: “So Close” by Sylvia Day, is the first book in the Blacklist series, this is the story of Kane Black who is grieving the death of his wife, Lily. Then he sees a woman with his wife’s beauty on the street in Manhattan, and takes her to his penthouse. Kane is happier than he’s ever been, and he’ll do anything to stay that way.  

New Fiction: “Community Board” by Tara Conklin, “Her Deadly Game” by Robert Dugoni, “River Sing Me Home” by Eleanor Shearer and “The White Lady” by Jacqueline Winspear. 

New Christian Fiction: “Fields of Bounty” by Lauraine Snelling, this is the third book in the Leah’s Garden series. 

New Large Print: “When He Was Wicked” by Julia Quinn, this is the sixth book in the Bridgerton series. 

New Mystery: “Hiss & Tell” by Rita Mae Brown, this is a Mrs. Murphy mystery. 

New Non-Fiction: “You Don’t Have to Carry It All: Ditch the Mom Quilt & Find a Better Way Forward” by Paula Faris, “Reelfoot Lake: Oasis on the Mississippi” by Jim Johnson, “The Complete Guide to Bathrooms” by Black & Decker, and “Saved: a War Reporter’s Mission to Make It Home” by Benjamin Hall. 

New Audio Books: “I Will Find You” by Harlan Coben, and “Hang the Moon” by Jeannette Walls. 

New Movies: “God’s Country,” and “Alice, Darling.” 

New TV Season: “The Good Wife” season 7. 

Happy Reading! 

Pam Metts, Director 

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Library Notes for April 12

Today is: “Drop Everything and Read Day!” So stop by the library and pick up something to Drop Everything and READ! 

What’s Happening at the Library:  

Storytime every Wednesday at 10:30 with Ms. Katie 

RSVP are still doing TAXES until April 18th call for an appointment

Book Club April 20th in the basement at 6:00: “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn 

Trivia Night April 27th in the basement from 5:30-6:30 

Check out our New Displays 

Sign up for our Newsletter 

Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.  

Spring Book Sale coming soon! 

Pam’s Pick this week is: “A Most Intriguing Lady” by Sarah Ferguson Duchess of York, this is a novel of the Victorian Era. Lady Mary Montagu Douglas Scott, is the youngest child of Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, who moonlights as an amateur sleuth for high society’s inner circle. Wealthy victims with their pride and reputation at stake would never go to the police, so Lady Mary must help them. She meets Colonel Walter Trefusis, a distinguished and extremely handsome war veteran. Walter, like Mary, lives a double life, with a desk job in Whitehall providing a front for his role in the British Intelligence Service. The two form an unlikely alliance to solve a series of crimes. Could the two spark a romance too?  

New Fiction: “The Cotillion Brigade” by Glen Craney, “Forget What You Know” by Christina Dodd, “Countdown” by James Patterson, this book is also in large print, “Loyalty” by Lisa Scottoline, and “Hang the Moon” by Jeannette Walls, this book is also in large print. 

New Christian Fiction: “A Match in the Making” by Jen Turano this is the first book in the Matchmakers series, and “A Novel Proposal” by Denise Hunter.  

New Non-Fiction: “Take Control of Your Heart Disease Risk” by John Whyte, “An Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Raising Backyard Ducks” by Gail Damerow, “How to Sew Clothes” by Amelia Greenhall, and “But Have You Read the Book?” by Kristen Lopez.  

New Audio Books: “Countdown” by James Patterson, “Loyalty” by Lisa Scottoline. 

New Movies: “Big Sky River” and “Barbie It Takes Two: Best Friends Forever.” 

New TV Season: “The Walking Dead” season 11. 

Happy Reading! 

Pam Metts, Director 

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Library Notes for April 5, 2023  

“I Think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life when you most need them.” ~ Emma Thompson  

What’s Happening at the Library:  

Storytime every Wednesday at 10:30 with Ms. Katie  

RSVP are still doing TAXES until April 18th call for an appointment
Book Club April 20th in the basement at 6:00: “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn  

Check out our New Displays  

Sign up for our Newsletter  

Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.  

Pam’s Pick this week is: “What Have We Done” by Alex Finlay, this is the story of three desparate lives and one deadly secret. As teenagers Jenna, Donnie and Nico were best friends, at the group home for parentless teens. When the home shut down the three were split up. Each has led a successful but troubled life. Now they are reunited for a haunting reason someone is trying to kill them. But why?  

New Fiction: “All That is Mine I Carry with Me” by William Landay, “The Sister Effect” by Susan Mallery, this book is also in large print, “Symphony for a Deadly Throne” by E.J. Mellow this is the third book in the Mousai series, “The London Séance Society” by Sarah Penner, “Worthy Opponents” by Danielle Steel, this book is also in large print, and “Riding the Nightmare” by William W. Johnstone, this book is only in large print.  

New Christian Fiction: “Forged in Love” by Mary Connealy, this is the first book in the Wyoming Sunrise series.  

New Non-Fiction: “Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions: Get the Most Out of Your Retirement & Medical Benefits” by Joseph Matthews, “Walk Through Fire: the Train Disaster that Changed America” by Yasmine Ali, “Freedom From Family Dysfunction: a Guide to Healing Families Battling Addiction or Mental Illness” by Kenneth Perlmutter, “Everyday Baking” by Better Homes & Garden, “Rock Painting Flowers, Cottages, Houses, and Towns: Step-by-Step Instructions, Techniques, and Ideas” by Lin Wellford.  

New Audio Books: “What Have We Done” by Alex Finlay, and “The Sister Effect” by Susan Mallery.  

New Movies: “The Old Way” and “I Wanna Dance with Somebody.”  

New TV Season: “ER” season 7.

Happy Reading!  

Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for March 30, 2023 

“Read lots of books to your children. Books and novels with noble strong characters, and fables with great moral lessons. Books that fill their hearts and nourish their souls.” ~Jeannie Fulbright 

Pam’s Pick of the week: “The House Guest” by Hank Philippi Ryan, this is the story of love, revenge and betrayal. Alyssa could use a friend. After being dumped by her rich husband she was terrified that he would ruin her, leaving her penniless and alone. Alyssa makes friends with Bree who is running from a dangerous relationship herself. The two become confidantes. When Bree comes up with the idea they can solve each other’s problems. Will Alyssa go along with the plan? 

New Fiction: “Little Paula” by V. C. Andrews, this is the second book in the Eden series, “I Will Find You” by Harlan Coben, “It’s One of Us” by J.T. Ellison, “Every Man a King” by Walter Mosley, this is a sequel to “Down the River Unto the Sea,” “Arch-Conspirator” by Veronica Roth, and “Two Steps Onward” by Graeme Simsion. 

New Large Print: “To Sir Phillip, With Love” by Julia Quinn, this is the fifth book in the Bridgerton series.  

New Christian Fiction: “Yesterday’s Tides” by Roseanna M. White. 

New Mystery: “The Lies That Bind” by Karen MacInerney, this is the third book in the Snug Harbor series. 

New Biography: “Paris: the Memoir” by Paris Hilton. 

New Non-Fiction: “Life is 10% What Happens to You and 90% How You React” by Charles Swindoll, “Mayo Clinic A-Z Health Guide: What You Need to Know About Signs, Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment” and “Quilting Know-How: Techniques and Tips for All Levels of Skill From Beginner to Advanced” by Michael Caputo. 

New Audio Books: “It’s One of Us” by J. T. Ellison, and “The Last Kingdom” by Steve Berry. 

New Movies: “Devotion,” and “The Menu.” 

New TV Season: “The Blacklist” season 4. 

 Happy Reading! 

Pam Metts, Director   

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