At the Library, June 3, 2026
Upcoming Events:
Book sale: May 26 thru June 6.
Summer Reading Program sign up period is June 13 – June 27. Program will end on August 1.
Regular Events:
Crochet/Needle craft – Thursday’s at 1:00 pm
Story Time – Wednesdays at 10:00
Book Club – 1st Saturday at 1:00
Memorials:
Gift to the memorial fund in memory of Elva George VanMeter, given by Phyllis Cook.
New Fiction:
The anniversary : a thriller by Alex Finlay
Every May 1st, a serial killer stalks a small town. Every year he comes for them . . . On May 1, 1992, Jules Delaney and Quinn Riley hardly know each other. Jules is high school queen bee in a small Midwestern town when she survives a brutal attack by the elusive May Day Killer—a predator who strikes every May 1st and then vanishes without a trace. Quinn, a boy from the wrong side of the tracks, is arrested the same night after trying to break up a fight and nearly killing someone. By morning, their lives are forever connected. A year later, Jules is haunted by trauma and guilt, tormented by one question: Why was she spared? Quinn is newly released from juvenile detention and returns home to devastating news—the unsolved murder of his mother. Over the next decade, their lives are revisited on a single day each year: May 1st. As the years pass, secrets surface, lies unravel, and the paths of Jules and Quinn draw closer together. Two mysteries edge toward the truth—what really happened the night Jules was attacked, and who murdered Quinn’s mother? All the while, the May Day Killer is still out there. And the clock is racing toward another anniversary.
Dead first by Johnny Compton
When private investigator Shyla Sinclair is invited to the looming mansion of mysterious Texan tycoon Saxton Braith, she’s more than a little suspicious. The last thing she expects to see that night is Braith’s assistant driving an iron rod straight through the back of his skull. Scratch that-the last thing she expects to see is Braith’s resurrection afterward. Braith can’t die, it turns out, but he has no explanation for his immortality, and very few intact memories of his past. Which is why he wants to pay Shyla millions to investigate him, and bring his long-buried history to light. Shyla can’t help but be intrigued, but she’s also trapped by the offer. Braith has made it clear that he knows she’s the only person he can trust with his secret, because he knows all about hers.
Bodies of work by Clay McLeod Chapman
At sixty-six years old, Winston Kemper has always been a nonentity. No one notices him. His simple existence barely registers for those who come into contact with him. Some call him feeble-minded. He is a janitor at the local church, a groundskeeper by default, and that’s it. No friends, no family. When he’s done with work, he returns home–a remote, single room apartment located above a garage–and that is where his true work begins. Winston Kemper is a collector of voices, and his magnum opus–The Butterfly Girls–is a sprawling epic of untapped imagination. It has no single canvas, no particular frame. It is everywhere–scribbled on the walls, the floor, and countless notebooks. Winston is creating a fantasia which exists in words, images and blood. As part of his “art” he has been murdering forgotten women. Poor souls who slip through the cracks of society, who no one’s looking for. Mothers, sisters, daughters to someone, but no more. Winston takes their lives, their voices. But now he can hear them. They whisper to him. They talk of revenge. Winston Kemper might not believe in ghosts, but he is about to learn they are very real. And they are very, very angry.
The mountains we call home : the Book Woman’s legacy : a novel by Kim Michele Richardson
In a standalone to the best-selling Book Woman series comes a heroine for the ages, legendary book woman Cussy Lovett returns in The Mountains We Call Home. A journey that will transport you through the rugged Appalachians, to a Kentucky prison and its nearby 1950s bustling business district of Louisville on the cusp of urban renewal, to a quaint Ohio town and into Detroit’s golden age and beyond. The Mountains We Call Home is a powerful testament of strength, survival and the magic of the printed word wrapped into a vivid portrait which examines criminalization, exploring the effects on the poor and powerless, the societal consequences of fractured family bonds along with the nostalgic glimpses of a bustling multifaceted business district. Meticulously researched, richly detailed with a new cast of absorbing and complex characters, and glimpses of beloved older ones: this beautifully rendered, authentic Kentucky tale is gritty and heartbreaking and infused with hope, spirit and courage known only to those with no way out.
New Non Fiction:
The keep : living with the tame and the wild on a mountainside farm by Henry T. Ireys
When a mid-life couple finds an old farm that promises refuge from hectic lives and encroaching illness, their world opens up to unexpected adventures: breeding heritage goats, hogs, and cattle; managing a half-dozen large guardian dogs; dealing with barn fires, rapacious logging, and the death of treasured animals. The farm and the surrounding forest also lead to surprising moments of beauty—from sublime sunsets and powerful connections with animals to an outpouring of help from neighbors. Written separately by wife and husband with distinctly separate voices, the book’s essays illustrate different perspectives of life on a farm dedicated to the compassionate treatment of livestock and a deep appreciation of nature’s complexities.
Book of lives : a memoir of sorts by Margaret Atwood
Raised by scientifically minded parents, Margaret Atwood spent most of each year in the wild forest of northern Quebec: a vast playground for her entomologist father and independent, resourceful mother. It was an unfettered and nomadic childhood, sometimes isolated but also thrilling and beautiful. From this unconventional start, Atwood unfolds the story of her life, linking key moments to the books that have shaped our literary landscape, from the cruel school year that would become Cat’s Eye to the unease of 1980s Berlin, where she began The Handmaid’s Tale. As she explores her past, Atwood reveals more and more about her writing, the connections between real life and art–and the workings of one of our very greatest imaginations.
The complete folk herbal : an illustrated guide to natural remedies and everyday healing by Rebecca Beyer
An illustrated guide to the folklore, history, and everyday utility of nearly 100 plants, trees, and shrubs.
New Easy Readers:
Dad by Christian Robinson
Dad is strong. Dad is sweet. Dad is here now. Dad had to go away. There are as many ways to be a dad as there are dads in the world. Dad is a bighearted tribute to all of them, reflecting the range of relationships dads have with their little ones.
Serafina makes waves by Matthew Burgess
Serafina, a young cat who hates water, faces off with her nemesis when her parents sign her up for swimming lessons.
Hummingbird’s big trip by Brian G. Karas
A little hummingbird, anxious about migrating south, finds reassurance and courage from his friends.
The Outermost Mouse by Lauren Wolk
A tiny-but-mighty little mouse faces down an incoming storm to protect her home.
