At the Library, December 11, 2024
We are currently collecting recipes from our local folks for the publication of a Hardy County Public Library Cookbook! Please put together your favorite tried and true recipes to share with others and drop them off at the front desk.
Events: Crochet, Thursday’s at 1:00 pm Story Time – Wednesdays at 10:00, every 1st Saturday at 10:00 December 12, 5:30pm – Diamond Art bookmark painting, ages 14 & up. Only 20 spaces available, please call to reserve your spot 304-538-6560 December 14, 10:00 – 11:30 – Santa Clause is coming to the Library! Join us for a Christmas craft, hot chocolate and cookies!
New fiction:
Robert B. Parker’s Hot property by Mike Lupica
Spenser is waiting out the latest Boston snowstorm when he gets word that Rita Fiore has been shot. Rita’s always been a tricky one: flirting with Spenser for years, she’s an ever-present figure that transcends friendship in Spenser’s circle. But at the end of the day, Rita is family. And family will always be protected. Both a pit bull in the courtroom and provocateur outside it, Rita is no stranger to controversy. But as one of the city’s toughest lawyers, Spenser knows that there’s no short list of suspects who might want to enact revenge. With Rita’s life hanging in the balance, it’s up to him to get to the bottom of things, even if it means unearthing some unsavory secrets that might just lead him into an age-old game of lies and deceit.
The December market by RaeAnne Thayne
Amanda Taylor isn’t a fan of Christmas, but as the owner of a local soap shop, ignoring the holiday season isn’t an option. To forget the pain of Christmases past, Amanda focuses on making the season bright for her customers at the Shelter Springs Holiday Giving Market. But when her beloved grandmother Birdie starts dating the dashing new resident of the Shelter Inn retirement community, Amanda smells trouble. Fortunately, Rafe Arredondo, the grandson of Birdie’s charming suitor, is equally dubious of the match. Unfortunately, he’s just as fiery as his grandfather–and Amanda has zero interest in getting burned.
A merry little murder plot by Jenn McKinlay
During the most wonderful time of the year, famous author Helen Monroe arrives in Briar Creek to be the writer in residence, but her ‘bah humbug’ attitude excludes her from the many holiday celebrations the town residents enjoy. To try to spread some Christmas cheer, library director Lindsey Norris invites the new writer in town to join her crafternoon club. Helen politely refuses, and when an altercation happens between Helen and another patron, Lindsey begins to suspect the author has been keeping to herself for a reason. Another newcomer, Jackie Lewis, reveals she’s visiting Briar Creek to be near Helen because she believes they are destined to meet. Having dealt with a stalker in the past, Lindsey feels compelled to tell Helen about Jackie, as she suspects that Helen is unaware her ‘number one’ fan is in town. When Jackie’s body is later discovered in the town’s park beneath the holiday-light display with a
copy of Helen’s latest manuscript in her hand, the reclusive novelist becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her self-proclaimed mega fan.
Rockin’ around the chickadee : by Donna Andrews
Meg’s sister-in-law, Delaney is pregnant. Since her due date is on or around Christmas Day, this is putting a bit of a damper on the usual holiday festivities. Meg and Michael are NOT hosting the usual house full of relatives and parties. Instead, Meg, along with her mother, her grandmother, her cousin Rose Noire, and her good friend Caroline, are militantly doing everything they can think of to keep Delaney quiet and healthy. All the relatives are farmed out to friends and neighbors; all the parties are being held somewhere else, and while Delaney is bored and mutinous, she’s doing well, and they’re managing to maintain a serene, peaceful environment for her . . . until a body is found in Meg and Michael’s yard.
New Non-fiction
Black Saturday : an unfiltered account of the October 7th attack on Israel and the war in Gaza by Trey Yingst
Fox News war correspondent Trey Yingst shares his firsthand account of the Hamas attack on a music festival in Israel on October 7, 2023, and the ensuing war.
The Madison women : gender, higher education, and literacy in nineteenth-century Appalachia by Amanda E. Hayes
By uncovering how higher education and gender roles evolved in Appalachia over time, Hayes delivers a history that contradicts the stereotype of the region as hostile to education–including mini biographies of women who attended Madison College in the 19th century.
Not without hope : the true story of one child’s journey from tragic losses to healing by Judy Kimble Williams
Settled in the hills of rural West Virginia in the 1940’s, just a few years after the Great Depression, was the picture-perfect family of seven. At least, it appeared that way to their tight-knit community. The 40-acre farm was nestled in a valley with a red barn, some chickens, and a milk cow named Blondie, along with two well-kept gardens. Summertime found the children playing in the stream of water which was close enough to the house for them to be able to hear their mother’s voice calling them. Suicide! Then seven months later, once again, the children had to deal with the loss of their beloved mother, who had held her family together. Now what? Five children left on their own from ages 6-17. Who would take care of them? Would they have to move? Would they be able to stay together? Scared, and once again dealing with significant loss, this is how the story goes, through the eyes of the 8-year-old.
From here to the great unknown : a memoir by Lisa Marie Presley
Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole story for the first time in this memoir, completed by her daughter, Riley Keough.
