At the Library, June 25, 2025
June 27 & 28th: Rick Shockey will be back with the second installment of Hardy’s Heroes. Stop by, reminisce and get your copy! Regular Events: Crochet/Needle craft – Thursday’s at 1:00 pm Story Time – Wednesdays at 10:00, every 1st Saturday at 10:00 Book Club – 1st Saturday at 1:00 Seeds are still available at our Seedable station! If you haven’t signed up for the Summer Reading Program, stop by before the 28. All ages welcome. Program ends August 2
Memorials: Gift to the memorial fund in memory of Lola Crider, given by Armeda Nosal Gift to the memorial fund in memory of Sandy Wolfe, given by Armeda Nosal Gift to the memorial fund in memory of Eva Wolfe, given by Armeda Nosal Gift to the memorial fund in memory of Joyce Wolfe, given by Armeda Nosal Gift to the memorial fund in memory of Sandy Wolfe, given by The Pink Ribbon Ladies Gift to the memorial fund in memory of Steven Wolfe, given by Armeda Nosal
New fiction:
Nightshade : a novel
by Connelly, Michael
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective Stilwell has been exiled to a low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island, after department politics drove him off a homicide desk on the mainland. But while following up the usual drunk-and-disorderlies and petty thefts that come with his new territory, Detective Stilwell gets a report of a body found weighed down at the bottom of the harbor–a Jane Doe identifiable at first only by a streak of purple dye in her hair. At the same time, a report of poaching on a protected reserve turns into a case fraught with violence and danger as Stilwell digs into the shady past of an island bigwig. Crossing all lines of protocol and jurisdiction, Stilwell doggedly works both cases. Though hampered by an old beef with an ex-colleague determined to thwart him at every turn, he is convinced he is the only one who can bring justice to the woman known as ‘Nightshade.’ Soon, his investigation uncovers closely guarded secrets and a dark heart to the serene island that was meant to be his escape from the evils of the big city.
Hidden nature
by Roberts, Nora
Natural Resources police officer, Sloan Cooper, and her partner had just taken down three men preying on hikers in the Western Maryland mountains. Driving back, she pulled in at a convenience store–and walked right into a robbery in progress. One gunshot from a jittery thief was about to change her world. After being shocked back to life on the operating table, she has a long recovery ahead, so she moves back to her parents’ peaceful house in Heron’s Rest. As for the boyfriend who dumped her via text while she was in the hospital, good riddance. She may be down, but she’s not out. So when a woman vanishes, leaving her car behind in a supermarket parking lot, Sloan searches online for similar cases. She finds them, spread across three states. Men and women, old and young–the missing seem to have nothing in common. And the abductions keep happening. Luckily, the new man in her life shares her passion for solving this mystery. But it will take every ounce of endurance to get to the dark heart of this bizarre case–and she’s willing to risk her life again if that’s what it takes to stop the horror.
Never flinch : a novel
by King, Stephen
When the Buckeye City Police Department receives a disturbing letter from a person threatening to ‘kill thirteen innocents and one guilty’ in ‘an act of atonement for the needless death of an innocent man,’ Detective Izzy Jaynes has no idea what to think. Are fourteen citizens about to be slaughtered in an unhinged act of retribution? As the investigation unfolds, Izzy realizes that the letter writer is deadly serious, and she turns to her friend Holly Gibney for help. Meanwhile, controversial and outspoken women’s rights activist Kate McKay is embarking on a multi-state lecture tour, drawing packed venues of both fans and detractors. Someone who vehemently opposes Kate’s message of female empowerment is targeting her and disrupting her events. At first, no one is hurt, but the stalker is growing bolder, and Holly is hired to be Kate’s bodyguard-a challenging task with a headstrong employer and a determined adversary driven by wrath and his belief in his own righteousness.
Going home in the dark
by Koontz, Dean R.
As kids, outcasts Rebecca, Bobby, Spencer, and Ernie were inseparable friends in the idyllic town of Maple Grove. Three left to pursue lofty dreams–and achieved them. Only Ernie never left. When he falls into a coma, his three amigos feel an urgent need to return home. Don’t they remember people lapsing into comas back then? And those people always awoke…didn’t they? After two decades, not a lot has changed in Maple Grove, especially Ernie’s obnoxious, scary mother. But Rebecca, Bobby, and Spencer begin to remember a hulking, murderous figure and weirdness piled on mystery that they were made to forget. As Ernie sinks deeper into darkness, something strange awaits any friend who tries to save him. For Rebecca, Bobby, and Spencer, time is running out to remember the terrors of the past in a perfect town where nothing is what it seems. For Maple Grove, it’s a chance to have the “four amigos,” as they once called themselves, back in its grasp.
New Non-Fiction:
Earthly materials : journeys through our bodies’ emissions, excretions, and disintegrations
by Wood, Cutter
Wood tells a story about the materials the human body sheds–from breath and urine to vomit and tears. Sometimes the questions examined are historical: What have we physically done with all the urine produced in our cities? Sometimes they approach the matter through a philosophical lens: Is it ever logical to cry? Sometimes they explore recent scientific discoveries: How is mucus forcing us to reconsider our understanding of natural selection? But they always offer a window into how we negotiate our place in the world and how we get along with one another.
Menopause is hot : everything you need to know to thrive
by Frostrup, Mariella/ Smellie, Alice/ Watts, Naomi (INT)
In this guide that doesn’t shy away from any topic, the authors open up about their own menopause journeys, and provide the latest science and advice from America’s leading experts on everything from dealing with hot flashes to pursuing hormone therapy.
Secrets of adulthood : simple truths for our complex lives
by Rubin, Gretchen
Rubin distills her key insights into simple truths for living with greater satisfaction, clarity, and happiness.
New Easy Readers:
Ready, set, roll
by Montagnana, Alessandro
Intrigued by an unfamiliar object, the forest animals find creative ways to play with a roll of toilet paper left out at a campsite.
Grumpy monkey : mom for a day
by Lang, Suzanne
Grumpy Monkey offers to babysit the little animals in the jungle, but when things go haywire, help comes from an unexpected source.
Hedgehogs don’t wear underwear
by Valdez, Marissa
When Jacques, a little French-speaking hedgehog with a secret love for underwear, finds the courage to embrace his true self and proudly wear his underpants, he discovers something new about his fellow hedgehogs.
On a summer night by Hopkinson, Deborah
On a hot summer night a little girl wakes up, and wonders what has woken her, and the rest of the nighttime world.
Orson and the world’s loudest library by Gehl, Laura
When Orson visits his local library, he likes to sit and read quietly by himself. However, not everyone is on the same page. One day, when the library is buzzing with activities, Orson decides he’s had enough! But as he cools off after an emotional outburst, Orson begins to understand how much the library and its sometimes not-so-quiet community have to offer…and decides to turn things around.
