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Library Notes for March 12, 2026

 
“When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.” ~Marie de Sevigne
 
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: Folded Book Vase: March 12th at 6:00
Book Club: March 19th at 6:00
Puzzle & Book Swap: March 21st at 10:00-11:00
Seed Library: free vegetables, herb, and flowers seeds will be available!
Pam’s Pick this week is: “This Book Made Me Think of You” by Libby Page, this is the story of Tilly, a young widow who discovers her late husband has left her a birthday present. When the bookstore called to tell Tilly her birthday present was waiting for her, she was shocked. Her husband had died six months earlier. He had picked 12 books for her and had left 12 letters to go with them. The books and letters comfort her and inspire her to share her journey with others.
New Fiction: “And Now, Back to You” by B.K. Borison, this is the second book in the Heartstrings series, “Make It Out Alive” by Allison Brennan, this is a Quinn & Costa novel, “Closing Time” by Michael Ledwidge, “When I Kill You” by B.A. Paris, “Cross & Sampson” by James Patterson, and “The Method” by Matthew Quirk.
New Christian Fiction: “Taming Lady Temperance” by Karen Witemeyer, this is the first book in the Secret Society of Spinsters series, and “A Daughter’s Choice” by Kelly Irvin, this book is only in large print.
New Mystery: “Crafting a Cold Case” by Barbara Emodi, this is the sixth book in the Gasper’s Cove mystery series.
New Non-Fiction: “The Invisible Coup” by Peter Schweizer, “Better Homes & Gardens: Annual Recipes 2025,” “Give & Take Fabric Applique” by Daphne Greig, and “Fodor’s New York City.”
New Audio Books: “Tom Clancy Executive Power” by Andrews & Wilson, and “The Color of Hope” by Danielle Steel.
New Movie: “Providence Falls.”
New TV Season: “Rawhide” season 3.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for March 5, 2026

 
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
 
Seed Library: free vegetable, herb, and flowers seeds will be available next week!
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
Game Night: March 9th at 6:00
Adult Craft Night: Folded Book Vase: March 12th at 6:00
Book Club: March 19th at 6:00
Puzzle & Book Swap: March 21st at 10:00-11:00
Pam’s Pick this week is: “Theo of Golden” by Allen Levi, this is the story of giving and receiving, of seeing and being seen. One spring day Theo moved to Golden. He visits the local coffeehouse, where hanging on the wall there are ninety-two pencil portraits of the people of Golden done by a local artist. Theo begins purchasing them, one by one, and returning them to their “rightful owners.” Each exchange a friendship is born and a life altered exchange.
 
New Fiction: “The Wild Card” by Stephanie Archer, this is the fifth book in the Vancouver Storm series, “Order of Royals” by Jude Deveraux, this is the second book in the Blue Swan series, “Jigsaw” by Jonathan Kellerman, “The Invisible Woman” by Jonathan Kellerman, “The Astral Library” by Kate Quinn, and “Cold Zero” by Brad Thor.
 
New Christian Fiction: “The Belle of Chatham” by Laura Frantz, and “Hearts of the Fly” by Toni Shiloh.
 
New Biography: “La Lucci” by Susan Lucci.
 
New Non-Fiction: “Mayo Clinic Guide to Arthritis,” “Forgotten Souls: The Search for the Lost Tuskegee Airmen” by Cheryl Thompson, and “George Washington Writings” this book was donated to the library by the Col. Stephen Trigg Chapter SAR.
 
New Audio Book: “Nash Falls” by David Baldacci.
 
New Movies: “The Roses,” and “Secret Agent Dog.”
 
New TV Season: “Matlock” season 1.
 
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for February 26, 2026

“Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people. They are teachers without a classroom. No libraries, no progress.” ~Willard Scott
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
Game Night: March 9th at 6:00
Adult Craft Night: Folded Book Vase: March 12th at 6:00
Book Club: March 19th at 6:00
Puzzle & Book Swap: March 21st at 10:00-11:00
Pam’s Pick this week is: “The Shop on Hidden Lane” by Jayne Ann Krentz, this is a romantic suspense novel. Sophy Harper is concerned about her missing Aunt Bea and reluctantly teams up with Luke Wells, whose Uncle Deke has also disappeared. The Harper and Wells families have had a long-running feud that goes back generations. Luke and Sophy pairing up to find their missing loved ones isn’t ideal. Even less ideal is the growing attraction between them. When their investigation takes them to an artists’ retreat in the desert where they must pose as a married couple, things get emotionally messy. They find strange power fluctuations and evidence that someone is in possession of a psychic weapon that the Harper and Wells families have long kept hidden. Sophy and Luke will have to use all their skills to save themselves and their families.
New Fiction: “Catch Her If You Can” by Tessa Bailey, this is book five in the Big Shots series, “This is Not About Us” by Allegra Goodman, “Dead in the Water” by John Marrs, “Private Rome” by James Patterson, “Pendergast: the Beginning” by Preston & Child, “With Love from Harlem” by ReShonda Tate, and “Blood Oath” by Steve Urszenyi.
New Christian Fiction: “Whispers at Painswick Court” by Julie Klassen.
New Non-Fiction: “Quick & Legal Will Book” by Denis Clifford, “What Grows Together” by Jamie Butterworth, “Fodor’s New England,” and “Mexico: a 500-Year History” by Paul Gillingham.
New Audio Book: “Coyote Hills” by Jonathan & Jesse Kellerman.
New Movie: “Roofman.”
New TV Season: “Supernatural” season 7.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for February 19, 2026

“A library is a place that is a repository of information and gives every citizen equal access to it. That includes health information. And mental health information. It’s a community space. It’s a place of safety, a haven from the world.” ~ Neil Gaiman
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: February 19th at 6:00
Presidential Trivia Night: February 23rd at 6:00
Game Night: March 9th at 6:00
Adult Craft Night: Folded Book Vase March 12th at 6:00
Puzzle & Book Swap: 10:00-11:00 March 21st at 10:00
Pam’s Pick this week is: “Fox and Furious” by Rita Mae Brown, this is a Sister Jane mystery. Sister Jane is hunting down the truth. Two brothers are fighting over five acres and a hunting beagle kennel until one of them is murdered. Everyone thinks it’s the brother, but Sister Jane doesn’t think he did it. Soon suspects begin to reveal themselves. Can she find the killer?
New Fiction: “Twelve Months” by Jim Butcher, this is a Dresden Files novel, “The Storm” by Rachel Hawkins, “The Friend of the Family” by Dean Koontz, “Dear Debbie” by Freida McFadden, “The Future Saints” by Ashley Winstead, and “A Moment to Love” by Tracie Peterson, this book is only in large print.
New Christian Fiction: “The Lighthouse at the Cove” by Amy Clipston, this is the second book in the Coral Cove series.
New Mystery: “A Deadly Clue” by Victoria Gilbert, this is the third book in the Hunter & Clewe series.
New Non-Fiction: “Look Again” by Tim Tebow, “An Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Keeping a Pet Rabbit” by Adriana Cinteza, “Better Homes & Gardens Soups & Stews,” and “Mamba & Mambacita Forever” by Vanessa Bryant.
New Audio Books: “Exit Strategy” by Lee Child, and “Return of the Spider” by James Patterson.
New Movie: “Killing Faith.”
New TV Season: “Tulsa King” season 1.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director
 

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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