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Library Notes for September 4, 2025

“I fell in love with reading when I was allowed to choose whatever books I wanted to check out of the library.” ~ Adriana Trigiani
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 September: the challenge is to read a book about libraries, bookstores, & authors

Storytime with Ms. Katie every Wednesday at 10:30
Puzzle & Book Swap: September 6th 10:30-11:30
Free Library Card Replacement Day: September 8th
Craft Table: September 8th-13th
Game Night: September 15th at 6:00
Book Club: September 18th at 6:00
Book Bedazzling: September 25th at 6:00 please register in advance
Drop Your Drawers and Socks off at the library all month
Pam’s Pick this week is: “Dead of Summer” by Jessa Maxwell, the story of Faith, a young woman with many plans for a happy future with her fiancé. The couple travel to Hadley Island for a luxury summer. The island holds many secrets and someone will stop at nothing to keep them buried.  
New Fiction: “Last Seen” by J.T. Ellison, “Culpability” by Bruce Holsinger, “Pugs & Kisses” by Farrah Rochon, “Blonde Dust” by Tatiana de Rosnay, “Crossfire” by Wilbur Smith, and “For Richer, for Poorer” by Danielle Steel, this book is also in large print.
New Christian Fiction: “The Sands of Sea Blue Bleach” by Rachel Hauck.
New Biography: “Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind” by Nate Bargatze.
New Non-Fiction: “Out of the Woods” by Gregg Olsen, “Southern Living One-Pot Recipes,” and “Fodor’s Essential India.”
New Audio Book: “You Belong Here” by Megan Miranda.
New Movies: “Thunderbolts*” and “The Monkey.”
New TV Season: “The Gilded Age” season 2.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for August 28, 2025

September is National Sign-Up for Library Card Month!
“A library card can be a rite of passage for your child, giving them a sense of obligation and responsibility. As a library patron, children learn the importance of caring for things that belong to others. Children take the essential early step in their development when they obtain their library card and become a conscientious member of the community.” ~ALA
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 September: the challenge is to read a book about libraries, bookstores, & authors
End of Summer Book Sale: Fri 9:30-4:30 Sat 9:00-12:00
Storytime starts September 3rd, at 10:30
Puzzle & Book Swap: September 6th 10:30-11:30
Free Library Card Replacement Day: September 8th
Craft Table: September 8th-13th
Game Night: September 15th at 6:00
Book Club: September 18th at 6:00
Book Bedazzling: September 25th at 6:00 please register in advance
Drop Your Drawers and Socks off at the library all month
Pam’s Pick this week is: “That Last Carolina Summer” by Karen White, the story of Phoebe, who returns to Charleston to help care for her ailing mother. But the more she spends in her childhood home the more her recurring nightmares intensify bring her closer to the shocking truth that will change her life forever.
New Fiction: “Coded Justice” by Stacey Abrams, “Dead Line” by Marc Cameron, “The Lake Escape” by Jamie Day, “Fade In” by Kyle Mills, “The Girl I was” by Jeneva Rose, and “The Unraveling of Julia” by Lisa Scottoline.
New Christian Fiction: “Across the Crying Sands” by Jane Kirkpatrick, this is the first book in the Women of Cannon Beach.
New Mystery: “Death of an Ex” by Delia Pitts, this is the second book in the Vandy Myrick mystery series.
New Biography: “Not My Type” by E. Jean Carroll.
New Non-Fiction: “Lazy Love: Recognizing and Reversing the 4 Threats to Any Successful Relationship” by Keion Henderson, “Buildings that Changed History,” and “The History of the Kentucky Derby in 75 Objects” by Jessica Whitehead.
New Audio Book: “The Woman in Suite 11” by Ruth Ware.
New Movies: “On Swift Horses,” and “How to Train Your Dragon.”
New TV Season: “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” season 1.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for August 21, 2025

“Libraries are where we learn that we can live our lives through books.” ~ Kevin Barry
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 August: the challenge is to read a book by an author that you love
End of Summer Book Sale: August 25th-30th Mon 9:30-6:00 Tue-Fri 9:30-4:30 Sat 9:00-12:00
Storytime starts September 3rd, at 10:30
Puzzle & Book Swap: September 6th 10:30-11:30
Pam’s Pick this week is: “Not Quite Dead Yet” by Holly Jackson, this is a thriller about a young woman trying to solve her own murder. Jet was attacked by an unseen intruder. Suffering a catastrophic head injury, the doctors are certain will kill her in a week. Jet has a week to figure out who attacked her and why.
New Fiction: “Total Dreamboat” by Katelyn Doyle, “Her First Mistake” by Kendra Elliot, this is the first book in the Noelle Marshall series, “Robert Ludlum’s the Bourne Escape” by Brian Freeman, “She Didn’t See It Coming” by Shari LaPena, “The Winds from Further West” by Alexander McCall Smith, and “Maid for Each Other” by Lynn Painter.
New Christian Fiction: “Second Chance at Sunshine Inn” by Amy Clapston.
New Large Print: “Purgatory Crossing” by William W. Johnstone.
New Non-Fiction: “Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers” by Caroline Fraser, “Is It Alzheimer’s?: 101 Answers to Your Most Pressing Questions About Memory Loss and Dementia” by Peter Rabins, “The Diabetes Air Fryer Cookbook” by Katie Caldesi, and “The Charcoal Iron Furnaces of Kentucky” by Terry L. Baldridge.
New Audio Book: “Don’t Forget Me, Little Bessie” by James Lee Burke.
New Movies: “Picture Perfect Romance,” and “Drop.”
New TV Season: “When Calls the Heart” season 12.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for August 14, 2025

“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 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 August: the challenge is to read a book by an author that you love
End of Summer Book Sale: August 25th-30th Mon 9:30-6:00 Tue-Fri 9:30-4:30 Sat 9:00-12:00
Pam’s Pick this week is: “It Happened on the Lake” by Lisa Jackson, this is a twisty thriller about Harper Prescott who was suspected of murder 20 years ago. When she returns to sell the property where her grandmother dies while in her care everyone in town is talking about how she got away with murder. Did she or is she hiding more than they know?
New Fiction: “El Dorado Drive” by Megan Abbott, “The List” by Steve Berry, “What We Leave Behind” by Sue Halpern, “You Belong Here” by Megan Miranda, “The Hamptons Lawyer” by James Patterson, and “The White Crow” by Michael Robotham.
New Christian Fiction: “Where Secrets Lie” by Colleen Coble, this is the second book in the Tupelo Grove series, and “Of Silver and Secrets” by Michelle Griep, this is the second book in the Time’s Lost Treasures series.
New Mystery: “Murder Takes a Vacation: by Laura Lippman.
New Biography: “Blood Harmony: the Everly Brothers Story” by Barry Mazor.
New Non-Fiction: “Autism, Sensory & Behavior: the Way I See It” by Temple Grandin, “Fodor’s Northern California” by Cheryl Crabtree, and “The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage That Made an American Icon” by Laurie Gwen Shapiro.
New Audio Books: “The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau” by Kristin Harmel.
New Movies: “Sinners” and “The Berenstain Bears: It’s Time for School!”
New TV Season: “Heartland” season 11.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for August 7, 2025

“There are many little ways to enlarge your world. Love of books is the best of all.” ~Jacqueline Kennedy
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 August: the challenge is to read a book by an author that you love
Pam’s Pick this week is: “An Inside Job” by Daniel Silva, this is the story of art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon. He must solve the perfect crime and murder. Are the two connected or just a coincidence?
New Fiction: “Gloves Off” by Stephanie Archer, this is the fourth book in the Vancouver Storm series, “Rage” by Linda Castillo, this is a Kate Burkholder novel, “Guess Again” by Charlie Donlea, “Wild Dark Shore” by Charlotte McConaghy, “Gone Dark” by Ryan Steck, “The View from Lake Como” by Adrana Trigiani, and “Wayward Girls” by Susan Wiggs.
New Christian Fiction: “A Constant Love” by Tracie Peterson, this is the first book in the Hope of Cheyenne series and in large print.
New Mystery: “The Red Queen” by Martha Grimes.
New Non-Fiction: “On Power” by Mark Levin, “5 Star Recipes” by Taste of Home, “Style Your Home: Design Secrets for Styling with Confidence” by Emma Blomfield, and “The Roma: a Traveling History” by Madeline Potter.
New Audio Book: “Edge of Honor” by Brad Thor.
New Movies: “Novocaine,” and “PBS Kids: 15 Cool School Stories.”
New TV Season: “The Flash” season 9.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for July 31, 2025

“Books are quiet. They do not dissolve into wavy lines or snowstorm effects. They do not pause to deliver commercials. They are three-dimensional, having length, breadth and depth. They are convenient to handle and completely portable.” ~Anonymous
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 August: the challenge is to read a book from an author that you love
Pam’s Pick this week is: “The Death Mask” by Iris Johansen, this is an Eve Duncan thriller. Eve races against time to protect her beloved family from a killer. Eve and Joe must each focus on their own unique abilities to get out alive.
New Fiction: “Stuart Woods’ Finders Keepers” by Brett Battles, “Don’t Open Your Eyes” by Liv Constantine, “The President’s Shadow” by James Patterson, and “The Woman in Suite 11” by Ruth Ware.
New Christian Fiction: “Unshaken” by Shelley Shepard Gray, this book is also in large print, and “A Lesson in Propriety” by Jen Turano, this is the first book in the Merriweather Academy for Young Ladies series.
New Mystery: “Crafting a Getaway” by Barbara Emodi, this is the fourth book in the Gasper’s Cove series.
New Large Print: “First Love, Second Draft” by Becca Kinzer.
New Biography: “On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women’s Sports” by Christine Brennan.
New Non-Fiction: “Science Year by Year: the Ultimate Visual Guide to the Discoveries that Changed the World,” “Steve Martin Writes the Written Word” by Steve Martin, and “Fodor’s Chicago.”
New Audio Book: “Where the Rivers Merge” by Mary Alice Monroe.
New Movies: “V13,” and “The Woman in the Yard.”
New TV Season: “Fallout” season 1.
Happy Reading!
Pam Metts, Director
 

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Library Notes for July 24, 2025

“Libraries are one of the last non-commercial spaces we have where everyone is welcome.”
~ Jenny Offill
What’s happening at the library:
Don’t forget the 2025 Reading Challenge for July: the challenge is to read a book with a color in the title
Summer Reading theme, “Color Our World!” Open to all ages. See the front desk for more information. Wednesdays in July at 10:30 & 12:30
Paint Party: July 24th 3:00-6:00 for Adults
Bad Art Night: July 29th 6:00 for all ages
We have a Reading Challenge for all ages. Complete your reading log for entries into our Prize Drawings
Pam’s Pick this week is: “A Mother’s Love” by Danielle Steel, this is the moving story of a woman determined to give her daughters what she never had, a mother’s love. This book is also in large print.
New Fiction: “Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds” by Allison Brennan, “Don’t Forget Me, Little Bessie” by James Lee Burke, “Proof” by Jon Cowan, “Look Before You Leap” by Virginia Heath, this is the second book in the Miss Prentice’s Protegees series, “Don’t Let Him In” by Lisa Jewell, “The Lost Masterpiece” by B. A. Shapiro, and “Edge of Honor” by Brad Thor.
New Christian Fiction: “Legends of Gold” by Mary Connealy, this is the second book in the Golden State Treasure series and “The Light on Horn Island” by Valerie Fraser Luesse.
New Biography: “JFK: Public, Private, Secret” by J. Randy Taraborrelli.
New Non-Fiction: “The Idaho Four: an American Tragedy” by James Patterson, “The Great American Retro Road Trip: a Celebration of Roadside Americana” by Rolando Pujol, “The Sisterhood of Ravensbruck: How an Intrepid Band of Frenchwomen Resisted the Nazis in Hitler’s All-Female Concentration Camp” by Lynne Olson.
New Audio Book: “South of Nowhere” by Jeffery Deaver.
New Movies: “Sister of the Bride,” and “Snow White.”
New TV Season: “Chicago Med” season 1.
Happy Summer Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for July 17, 2025

“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:
Don’t forget the 2025 Reading Challenge for July: the challenge is to read a book with a color in the title
Summer Reading theme, “Color Our World!” Open to all ages. See the front desk for more information. Wednesdays in July at 10:30 & 12:30
Book Club: July 17th 6:00
Puzzle Tournament: July 19th 10:00-12:00
Paint Party: July 24th 3:00-6:00 for Adults
Bad Art Night: July 29th 6:00 for all ages
We have a Reading Challenge for all ages. Complete your reading log for entries into our Prize Drawings
Pam’s Pick this week is: “Do Not Disturb” by Freida McFadden, this is a Hitchcock style thriller. Quinn is on the run when she is caught in a snowstorm. She stops at the Baxter Hotel for the night. The owner Nick seems nice but the silhouette of his ailing wife across the street is disturbing. Quinn only wants to survive the night and get back on the road. Will she survive?
New Fiction: “Whistle” by Linwood Barclay, “The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau” by Kristin Harmel, “Night in the City” by Michael McGarrity, “Sounds Like Love” by Ashley Poston, “Slow Burn” by Josie Silver, and “So Far Gone” by Jess Walter.
New Large Print: “Nathan Stark, Army Scout” by William W. Johnstone.
New Christian Fiction: “The Shop Down the Lane” by Leslie Gould, this is the first book in the Letters from Lancaster County series, and “An Unexpected Grace” by Tracie Peterson, this is the third book in the Jewels of Kalispell series.
New Mystery: “No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding” by Catherine Mack, this is the second book in the Vacation Mysteries series.
New Non-Fiction: “Windows 11 for Seniors in Easy Steps” by Nick Vandome, “Living Well with Autoimmune Diseases” by Julius Birnbaum, “The Carolinas & Georgia” by Fodor’s Travel, and “The Cherokees: in War and at Peace, 1670-1840” by David Narrett.
New Audio Book: “The Love Haters” by Katherine Center.
New Movies: “A Working Man,” and “A Minecraft Movie.”
New TV Season: “NCIS” season 14.
Happy Summer Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for July 3, 2025

“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” ~ Jhumpa Lahiri
Did you know we have a Library of Things? Yes, we have Things! We have: fishing poles, tackle boxes, disc golf, and jigsaw puzzles with more to come.
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 July: the challenge is to read a book with a color in the title
Summer Reading theme, “Color Our World!” Open to all ages. See the front desk for more information.
Tie-Dye Party for Tweens and Teens July 10th at 5:30 bring your own item to tie-dye
Pam’s Pick this week is: “With A Vengeance” by Riley Sager, this is a deadly game of survival and revenge. Anna Matheson’s family were killed twelve years ago. Now, she is seeking revenge. She invites the six people responsible for the deaths on a train trip. When the train stops will she be the only one left alive or will she be killed too.
New Fiction: “It Takes a Psychic” by Jayne Castle, this book is also in large print, “The First Gentleman” by Bill Clinton & James Patterson, “The Children of Eve” by John Connolly, “One Golden Summer” by Carley Fortune, “The Guest Cottage” by Lori Foster, “Badlands” by Preston & Child, and “Atmosphere” by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
New Christian Fiction: “Tough Choices” by Linda Byler, this is the third book in the Stepping Stones series.
New Biographies: “I’ve Lived my Dreams” by Lonnie Dean Nelson, and “Randy Travis: Storms of Life” by Diane Diekman.
New Non-Fiction: “Lululemon and the Future of Technical Apparel” by Chip Wilson, and “The Magnolia Bakery Handbook: Icebox Desserts” by Bobbie Lloyd.
New Audio Book: “The Murder Machine” by Heather Graham.
New Movies: “Black Bag,” and “Elmo Loves to Giggle.”
New TV Season: “Special Ops: Lioness” season 1.
Happy Summer Reading!
Pam Metts, Director

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Library Notes for July 3, 2025

“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” ~ Jhumpa Lahiri
Did you know we have a Library of Things? Yes, we have Things! We have: fishing poles, tackle boxes, disc golf, and jigsaw puzzles with more to come.
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 July: the challenge is to read a book with a color in the title
Summer Reading theme, “Color Our World!” Open to all ages. See the front desk for more information.
Tie-Dye Party for Tweens and Teens July 10th at 5:30 bring your own item to tie-dye
Pam’s Pick this week is: “With A Vengeance” by Riley Sager, this is a deadly game of survival and revenge. Anna Matheson’s family were killed twelve years ago. Now, she is seeking revenge. She invites the six people responsible for the deaths on a train trip. When the train stops will she be the only one left alive or will she be killed too.
New Fiction: “It Takes a Psychic” by Jayne Castle, this book is also in large print, “The First Gentleman” by Bill Clinton & James Patterson, “The Children of Eve” by John Connolly, “One Golden Summer” by Carley Fortune, “The Guest Cottage” by Lori Foster, “Badlands” by Preston & Child, and “Atmosphere” by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
New Christian Fiction: “Tough Choices” by Linda Byler, this is the third book in the Stepping Stones series.
New Biographies: “I’ve Lived my Dreams” by Lonnie Dean Nelson, and “Randy Travis: Storms of Life” by Diane Diekman.
New Non-Fiction: “Lululemon and the Future of Technical Apparel” by Chip Wilson, and “The Magnolia Bakery Handbook: Icebox Desserts” by Bobbie Lloyd.
New Audio Book: “The Murder Machine” by Heather Graham.
New Movies: “Black Bag,” and “Elmo Loves to Giggle.”
New TV Season: “Special Ops: Lioness” season 1.
Happy Summer Reading!
Pam Metts, Director