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Welcome October! The month of spooks and good reads. The library will also be hosting a free concert on Wednesday, October 15th at 6pm with the group Caleigh titled “They Brought Their Songs” international folk music in Minnesota. This concert is funded in part or in whole by a grant from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
The Friends of the Library book sale will be Tuesday, October 7 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. All sales are by donation and benefit the Friends support of library programming. We have lots of kids books that were recently donated, come stock up with new titles to read together, read alone or save for when the grandkids visit.
Visit the library Facebook page for the latest information about programs and resources. Check out our doors for program fliers (hopefully, the parking lot is done.) and make the library a regular part of your life. We can provide you with more books than you want cluttering up your home especially if you have an avid kid reader who get through a book a day. And don’t forget we have things to loan as well like board games, learning kits (knitting, crocheting, quilling, metal stamping), sewing machines, air fryer, instant pot and so much more.
As the weather cools and it becomes possible to curl up under a big blanket and maybe add a cat on top psychological thrillers rise to the top of the reading list. This very popular genre always has new titles available. Try You Belong Here by Megan Miranda for a small town mystery, The White Crow by Michael Robotham for a rapid fire book about a new detective whose family has always been on the other side of the law or Tell Me Something Good by Court Stevens for a cold case thriller.
New fantastical fiction includes The Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown about secret societies and magical objects, The Witch Roads by Kate Elliott is a travel tale about social classes while Silvercloak by L. K. Steven is a mystery set in an imaginary world of magical academies, warring gangs and revenge. The Dragon Wakes with Thunder by K. X. Song is the conclusion to The Night Ends with Fire a retelling of the legend of Mulan.
We recently had a book display about books and there are just so many books about books that are delightful, wonderful and fun to read. Whether you want the fantastical like Inkheart by Cornelia Funke, the historical like The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles, the sweet like The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson, the mysterious like The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill or the literary like Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng there is something for everyone in books about books. Enjoy a quiet evening reading about books, it’ll do your heart good.
Make a point to read today, and tomorrow and every day. It builds empathy and keeps the brain agile.