May 24, 2022
New books for both kids and adults have arrived, and everything’s been added to the collection. Feel free to place a hold in the online catalog, or simply email me, and I’ll do it for you.
Picture Books
Christopher Denise: Knight Owl
Andrew Larsen: A Squiggly Story
Early Chapter Books
Asia Citro: Zoey & Sassafras: Grumplets and Pests
Junior Fiction
Dustin Hansen: Legend of the Dream Giants
Junior Graphic Novels
Brian Middleton: Poiko: Quests & Stuff
Tim Probert: Lightfall, Book 2: Shadow of the Bird
Junior Nonfiction
Basher and The Codeschool: Code Your Own Website
Elise Gravel: The Bug Club
Young Adult Fiction
Xiran Jay Zhao: Iron Widow
Adult Fiction
David Baldacci: Dream Town
Jennifer Close: Marrying the Ketchups
Harlan Coben: The Match
Jennifer Egan: The Candy House
Emily St. John Mandel: Sea of Tranquility
Jennifer McMahon: The Children on the Hill
Sara Novic: True Biz
Don Winslow: City on Fire
Serhiy Zhadan: The Orphanage (A Ukrainian novel in translation)
Adult Nonfiction
Jeffrey Eisner: The Step-By-Step Instant Pot Cookbook
April 12, 2022
New books for both kids and adults have arrived, and everything’s been added to the collection. Feel free to place a hold in the online catalog, or simply email me, and I’ll do it for you.
Board Books
Mary Brigid Barrett: Mud Baby
Mo Willems: A Busy Creature’s Day Eating: An Alphabetical Smorgasbord
Picture Books
Henry Cole: One Little Bag: An Amazing Journey
Bob Shea: Chez Bob
Helen Yoon: Off-Limits
Gracey Zhang: Lala’s Words: A Story of Planting Kindness
Easy Readers
Norman Feuti: Do You Like My Bike? (A Hello, Hedgehog Book)
David LaRochelle: See the Dog: Three Stories about a Cat
Dav Pilkey: Dragon Gets By
Dav Pilkey: Dragon’s Fat Cat
Early Chapter Books
Asia Citro: Bips and Roses: Zoey and Sassafras #8
Rebecca Elliott: Unicorn Diaries: Bo and the Merbaby
Rebecca Elliott: Unicorn Diaries: Bo and the Dragon-Pup
Rebecca Elliott: Unicorn Diaries: Bo the Brave
Cynthia Lord: Ivy Lost and Found
Junior Fiction
Michael D. Beil: The Swallowtail Legacy 1: Wreck at Ada’s Reef
Erin Entrada Kelly: Those Kids from Fawn Creek
Christina Uss: Erik vs. Everything
Graphic Novels
What is it about graphic novels and cats?
Phil Corbett: Kitty Quest
Colleen A.F. Venable: Katie the Catsitter, Book 2: Best Friends for Never
Susie Ye: Cat & Cat: The Quest for Snacks
Junior Nonfiction
Jean Fritz: Alexander Hamilton: The Outsider
Liza Ketchum: Begin with a Bee
Young Adult
Meg Rosoff: The Great Godden
Adult Fiction
Annabelle Abbs: Miss Eliza’s English Kitchen: A Novel of Victorian Cookery and Friendship
Mitch Albom: The Stranger in the Lifeboat
Cara Black: Murder at the Porte de Versailles
C.J. Box: Shadows Reel
Sheila Heti: Pure Color
Brad Kessler: North
Jane Pek: The Verifiers
Preston & Child: Diablo Mesa
Kate Quinn: The Diamond Eye
Lisa Scottoline: What Happened to the Bennetts?
Sloan Tanen: There’s a Word for That
Adrian Tchaikovsky: Elder Race
Anne Tyler: French Braid
Adult Nonfiction
Joy Harjo: Poet Warrior: A Memoir
Chris Lockhart: Walking the Bowl: A True Story of Murder and Survival Among the Street Children of Lusaka
March 20, 2022
New LUV DVD’s have arrived. They aren’t entered into the system, so if you’re interested in checking out one (or several), just email the library.
LUV DVDs
10 Buildings that Changed America
12 Years a Slave
2 Guns
37 Days
400 Days
42
500 Days of Summer
8 1/2 (Criterion)
Address (Ken Burns)
Agatha Christie’s Poirot (BBC)
Agatha Raisin, Season One
Alexander Hamilton
Alive and Kicking
Amreeka
Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna
Any Human Heart
Apollo 11
Austenland
Autism in America
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
A Better Life
A Dangerous Game: Trump vs. Environment
An Inconvenient Sequel
Looking for Kitty (Studio Ghibli)
A Man Called Ove
The Man Who Saved the World
A Private War
A Quiet Place
Russian Ark
A Simple Plan
Village Affair
A Walk in the Woods
What We Do in the Shadows
When Marnie Was There
The Wooden Man’s Bride
Yellow Submarine
March 9, 2022
More new books for kids and adults have arrived! They’ve all been entered into the system and are ready to be checked out. Feel free to place holds in the catalog or simply email me, and I’ll do it for you. Or, just stop by and see for yourself!
Picture Books
Meera Sriram: Dumpling Day
Early Readers
Mo Willems: An Elephant & Piggie Biggie-Biggie-Biggie! (Vol. 3)
Junior Nonfiction
(These books were purchased with a grant from the American Library Association’s Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries.)
DK: My First Coding Book
Eric Comstock: Charlie Piechart and the Case of the Missing Hat
Eric Comstock: Charlie Piechart and the Case of the Missing Pizza Slice
Aleksandra Mizielinska: Under Water; Under Earth
Dan Zwttwoch: Science Comics: Cars: Engines that Move You
Adult Fiction
Isabel Allende: Violeta
Jonathan Evison: Small World
Lucy Foley: The Paris Apartment
Lisa Gardner: One Step Too Far
David Guterson: The Final Case
Andrew Lipstein: Last Resort
Alexander McCall Smith: Love in the Time of Bertie
Olga Tokarczuk: The Books of Jacob
February 26, 2022
New books for kids and adults have arrived! They’ve all been entered into the system and are ready to be checked out. Feel free to place holds in the catalog or simply email me, and I’ll do it for you. Or, just stop by and see for yourself!
Board Books
Melissa Iwai: Soup Day
Picture Books
Phoebe Wahl: Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest
Derick Wilder: The Longest Letsgoboy
Early Chapter Books
Asia Citro: Unicorns and Germs
Dave Pilkey: A Friend for Dragon
Children’s Graphic Novels
Kelly Fernandez: Manu
Mark Siegel: 5 Worlds, Book 5: The Emerald Gate
Jaimal Yogis: City of Dragons, Vol. 1: The Awakening Storm
Junior Fiction
Chad Lucas: Thanks a Lot, Universe
Kwame Mbalia: Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
R.J. Palacio: Pony
Junior Nonfiction
(These books were purchased with a grant from the American Library Association’s Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries.)
Dr. Devin Dennie: My Book of Rocks and Minerals: Things to Find, Collect, and Treasure
Andrea Minoglio: Our World Out of Balance: Understanding Climate Change and What We Can Do
Rosemary Mosco: Sciece Comics: Solar System: Our Place in Space
Tory Woollcott: Science Comics: The Brain: The Ultimate Thinking Machine
Young Adult Fiction
Ibi Aanu Zoboi: Punching the Air
Adult Fiction
Jessamine Chan: The School for Good Mothers
Juhea Kim: Beasts of a Little Land
Nita Prose: The Maid
Stephen Spotswood: Murder Under Her Skin: A Pentecost and Parker Mystery
Sarah Winman: Still Life
Adult Nonfiction
Jane Goodall: The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
Don Hooper and Bill Mares: I Could Hardly Keep from Laughing: An Illustrated Collection of Vermont Humor
Nick Offerman: Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
Dennis Tatro: Justin Morgan and the Morgan Horse: Living on the Town Line
February 13, 2022
More books for kids, as well as new LUV DVDs and audio books are here! The children’s books have all been entered into the system and are ready to be checked out. Feel free to place holds in the catalog or simply email me, and I’ll do it for you. Or, just stop by and take a look!
Picture Books
Linzie Hunter: What If, Pig?
Caron Levis: Ida, Always
Nikolai Popov: Why?
Early Chapter Books
Dawn Quigley: Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend
Children’s Graphic Novels
Tim Probert: Lightfall, Book 1: The Girl & the Galdurian
Nadia Shammas: Ms. Marvel: Stretched Thin
Junior Fiction
(Except for Tristan Strong Destroys the World, these books were donated by the Vermont Department of Libraries.)
Eana K. Arnold: The House the Wasn’t There
Ally Carter: Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery
Marti Leimbach: Dragonfly Girl
Kwame Mbalia: Tristan Strong Destroys the World
Ali Standish: The Mending Summer
Jamie Summer: Roll with It
Junior Nonfiction
(These books were purchased with a grant from the American Library Association’s Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries.)
America’s Test Kitchen: The Complete DIY Cookbook for Young Chefs: 100+ Simple Recipes for Making Absolutely Everything from Scratch
Megan E. Bryant: Oh, My Gods!: A Look-It-Up Guide to the Gods of Mythology
Loree Griffith Burns: Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion
J.P. Coovert:Maker Comics: Draw a Comic!
Jeff Foster: For Which We Stand: How Our Government Works and Why It Matters
Der-shing Helmer: Maker Comics: Conduct a Science Experiment!
Susan Hughes: Case Closed?: Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science
Lynda Lowery: Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
Arden Moore: A Kid’s Guide to Dogs
Jim Murphy: An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
Bill Nye: Bill Nye’s Great Big World of Science
Stephen Otfinoski: All in the Family!: A Look-It-Up Guide to the In-Laws, Outlaws, and Offspring of Mythology
Carole Roman: The Big Book of Silly Jokes for Kids
Jonathan Stokes: The Thrifty Guide to Ancient Rome: A Handbook for Time Travelers
Jonathan Stokes: The Thrifty Guide to the American Revolution: A Handbook for Time Travelers
Jonathan Stokes: The Thrifty Guide to Medieval Times: A Handbook for Time Travelers
Karyn Tripp: Math Art + Drawing Games for Kids: 40+ Fun Art Projects to Build Amazing Math Skills
Pamela S. Turner: Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes
Colleen A. Veneble: Maker Comics: Build a Robot!: The Ultimate DIY Guide with 6 Robot Projects
Kira Vermond: Trending: How and Why Stuff Gets Popular
Young Adult Fiction
(Except for Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World, these books were donated by the Vermont Department of Libraries.)
Katharyn Blair: Unchosen
David Elliott: The Seventh Raven
Katie Henry: This Will Be Funny Someday
Sheba Karim: The Marvelous Mirza Girls
Benjamin A. Saenz: Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World
Jordyn Taylor: Don’t Breathe a Word
Young Adult Nonfiction
(These books were purchased with a grant from the American Library Association’s Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries.)
Karen Gravelle: The Driving Book: Everything New Drivers Need to Know But Don’t Know to Ask (updated ed.)
Julia Rothman: Food Anatomy: The Curious Parts & Pieces of Our Edible World
Rosalyn Schanzer: Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem
LUV DVDs and Audio Books
Luv items aren’t entered into the system, so if you’re interested in checking out one (or several), just email the library.
DVDs
50/50
A Cat in Paris
A Fierce Green Fire
A Place at the Table
A Seperation
A Single Shot
About Time
The Adventures of TinTin
The Art of Getting By
Ballerina
Been Rich All My Life
Before Your Eyes
Beginners
Being Poirot
Beowolf
The Best of Boot Camp (Culinary)
The Big Lebowski
Big Love: Season 2
The Big Short
Bikes vs. Cars
The Birth of a Nation
Black Panthers: Vanguard of the ______
Bottle Shock
Brave Heart: The Lizzie Valasquez Story
Creation
Departures
Drop
Skeleton Twins
Tomorrowland
The Unexpected
Walk the Line
Walking the Bible
War and Peace
Abacus
A Single Shot
Attack of the 50-Foot Woman
Behold the Earth
Ash Is the Purest White
Ant Man and the Wasp
A Star Is Born
Big Night
Across the Universe
The Avengers: End Game
Audio Books
Austen: Persuasion
Carty-Williams: Queenie
Chile: Past Tense
Chopra: Reinventing the Body
Connelly: Two Kinds of Truth
Craven: I Heard the Owl Call My Name
Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities
Divakaruni: Oleander Girl
Erdrich: Future Home of the Living God
Finn: The Zhivago Affair
Fitzgerald: Tender is the Night
Gladwell: David and Goliath
Grafton: T is for Trespass
Halberstam: Education of a Coach
Hawkins: The Girl on the Train
Heller: The Dog Stars
Hillenbrand: Seabiscuit
Joyce: The Music Shop
Kellerman: Deception
Kingsoler: Unsheltered
Kinsella: Confession of a Shopaholic
Lamott: Help, Thanks, Wow
Lutz: Trail of the Spellmans
Martin: Game of Thrones
McCall-Smith: Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
McConaughey: Greenlights
McMahon: The Drowning Kind
Moerk: Darling Jim
Mosley: Blood Grove
Penny: A Great Reckoning
Picoult: Sing You Home
Picoult: Leaving Time
Rhimes: The Year of Yes
Roth: Plot Against America
Saenz: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Sides: The Kingdom of Ice
Silve: The New Girl
Tartt: The Goldfinch
Tougais: Ten Hours Until Dawn
Tyler: Redhead by the Side of the Road
Walls: Half Broke Horses
January 4, 2022
More books for both kids and adults. They’ve all been entered into the system and are ready to be checked out. Feel free to place holds in the catalog or simply email me, and I’ll do it for you. Or, just stop by and take a look!
Adult Fiction
Meg Waite Clayton: The Postmistress of Paris
Claire Keegan: Small Things Like These
Ruth L. Ozeki: The Book of Form and Emptiness
Jodi Picoult: Wish You Were Here
Elif Shafak: The Island of Missing Trees
Miriam Toews: Fight Night
Adult Nonfiction
Ann Patchett: These Precious Days: Essays
Board Books
Dashka Slater: Escargot
Picture Books
Henry Cole: One Little Bag: An Amaing Journey
Lee Jeok: One Day
Soosh: Mermaid and Me
Jillian Tamaki: Our Little Kitchen
Early Readers
Asia Citro: Zoey & Sassafras: Caterflies and Ice
Tracey West: Dragonmasters: Howl of the Wind Dragon
Children’s Graphic Novels
Rachele Aragno: Mel the Chosen
Jim Benton: Catwad 6: You’re Making Me Six
Junior Fiction
Joseph Bruchac: Rez Dogs
Jason Reynolds: Stuntboy, in the Meantime
Junior Nonfiction
(These books were purchased with a grant from the American Library Association’s Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries.)
Suzanne Jurmain: Murder on the Baltimore Express: The Plot to Keep Abraham Lincoln from Becoming President
Falynn Koch: Maker Comics: Bake Like a Pro!
Mike Lawrence: Maker Comics: Survive in the Outdoors!
John Rocco: How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity’s Greatest Adventure
Chris Schweizer: Maker Comics: Fix a Car!
Angie Smibert: Game Logic: Level Up and Create Your Own Games with Science Activities for Kids
Christina Soontornvat: All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team
Jonathan W. Stokes: The Thrifty Guide to Ancient Greece: A Handbook for Time Travelers
Yuval Zommer: Big Book of the Blue
December 19, 2021
A big box of new books for both adults and kids has just arrived! These will be ready to check out by the time the library opens on December 20, so feel free to place holds by emailing me (as of this writing, most titles haven’t yet made it into the catalog).
Adult Fiction
Lee Child: Better Off Dead: A Jack Reacher Novel
Michael Connelly: The Dark Hours
Louise Erdrich: The Sentence
Ken Follett: Never
Diana Gabaldon: Go Tell the Bees that I Am Gone
Nora Roberts: The Becoming
Elizabeth Strout: Oh William!
Amor Towles: The Lincoln Highway
Adult Nonfiction
Brett Ann Stanciu: Unstitched: My Journey to Understand Opioid Addiction and How People and Communities Can Heal
Picture Books
Ame Dyckman: Dandy
Early Readers
Asia Citro: Merhorses and Bubbles
Rebecca Elliott: Unicorn Diaries: Bo’s Magical New Friend
Josh Schneider: Tales for Very Picky Eaters
Corey R. Tabor: Fox the Tiger
Mo Willems: An Elephant & Piggie Biggie-Wiggiue! Volume 2 (Includes the stories I Am Going!, We Are In a Book!, I Broke My Trunk!, Listen to My Trumpet!, and I’m a Frog!)
Junior Fiction
Cynthia Smith Leitich: The Sisters of the Neversea
Jeff Kinney: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot
Junior Nonfiction
(These books were purchased with a grant from the American Library Association’s Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries.)
David A. Adler: Perimeter, Area and Volume: A Monster Book of Dimensions, illustrated by Edward Miller
Chris Butterworth: Where Did My Clothes Come From?, illustrated by Lucia Gaggiotti
Dan Green: How to Draw 101 Animals: Easy Step-by-Step Drawing
Young Adult
Donna Barba Higuera: The Last Cuentista
November 11, 2021
See something you’d like to check out? Feel free to place a hold in the online catalog, or simply email me, and I’ll do it for you.
Adult Fiction
Stacey Abrams: While Justice Sleeps: A Novel
Anthony Doerr: Cloud Cuckoo Land
Honoree Fanonne Jeffers: The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
John Le Carre: Silverview
Pip Williams: The Dictionary of Lost Words
Adult Nonfiction
Mary Roach: Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Picture Books
Kate Read: One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller
Margaret Wild: Goodbye, Old House
Junior Nonfiction
(These books were purchased with a grant from the American Library Association’s Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries.)
Ivan Brunetti: Comics – Easy as ABC!: The Essential Guide to Comics for Kids
Marilyn Burns: The Greedy Triangle
Sharice Davids: Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman
Laura Driscoll: I Want to Be an Engineer
Gail Gibbons: From Seed to Plant
Gail Gibbons: Horses!
Elin Kelsey: A Last Goodbye
Leslie Kimmelman: The Ghouls’ Guide to Good Grammar
Mike Lowery: Everything Awesome about Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Beasts!
Caren Barzelay Stelson: A Bowl Full of Peace: A True Story
October 27, 2021
New books for both kids and adults have arrived, and there are even more on the way! See something that piques your interest? Feel free to place a hold in the online catalog, or simply email me, and I’ll do it for you.
Adult Fiction
Hillary Rodham Clinton & Louise Penny: State of Terror
Ash Davidson: Damnation Spring
Jonathan Franzen: Crossroads
Genevieve Gornichec: The Witch’s Heart
Lauren Groff: Matrix
Nathan Harris: The Sweetness of Water
William Kent Krueger: Lightning Strike
Archer Mayor: Marked Man
Charlotte McConaghy: Once There Were Wolves
Liane Moriarty: Apples Never Fall
Richard Osman: The Man Who Died Twice
Regina Porter: The Travelers
Richard Powers: Bewilderment
Jeff VanderMeer: Hummingbird Salamander
Andy Weir: Project Hail Mary
Colson Whitehead: Harlem Shuffle
Adult Nonfiction
Harry Cliff: How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch: In Search of the Recipe for Our Universe, from the Origins of Atoms to the Big Bang
Menachen Kaiser: Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure
Picture Books
Shelly Anand: Laxmi’s Mooch
Jon Klassen: The Rock from the Sky
Gianna Marino: If I Had a Horse
Kyle Scheele: A Pizza with Everything on It
Early Readers
Ryan T. Higgins: What About Worms!?
Emily Jenkins: Harry versus the First 100 Days of School
Junior Fiction
Lisa Fipps: Starfish
Alan Gratz: Ground Zero
Claire Legrand: Thornlight
Sara Pennypacker: Pax Journey Home
Junior Nonfiction
(These books were purchased with a grant from the American Library Association’s Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries.)
America’s Test Kitchen: The Complete Cookbook for Young Scientists
Bethany Barton: I’m Trying to Love Rocks
Bethany Barton: I’m Trying to Love Spiders
Bethany Barton: Give Bees a Chance
Helaine Becker: Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
Rachel Brian: Consent (for Kids!): Boundaries, Respect, and Being in Charge of YOU (graphic novel)
Shane Burcaw: Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask about Having a Disability
Christine Butterworth: How Did That Get in My Lunchbox?
Christine Butterworth: How Does My Home Work?
Annette Cate: Look Up! : Bird Watching in Your Own Backyard
Seth Fishman: A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars
Seth Fishman: Power Up
Elise Gravel: What Is a Refugee
Nathan Hale: Major Impossible: A Grand Canyon Tale (graphic novel)
Nathan Hale: Raid of No Return: A World War II Tale (graphic novel)
Nathan Hale: Lafayette!: A Revolutionary War Tale (graphic novel)
Andy Hirsch: Dogs: From Predator to Protector (graphic novel)
Mark Hoffman: Dirt Cheap
Rita Lorraine Hubbard: The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
Mike Lowery: Everything Awesome about Sharks and Other Underwater Creatures!
Kate Messner: History Smashers: Pearl Harbor
Kate Messner: Over and Under the Rainforest
Heather Montgomery: What’s In Your Pocket?: Collecting Nature’s Treasures
Rachel Poliquin: Beavers
Rachel Poliquin: Eels
Rachel Poliquin: Moles
Rachel Poliquin: Ostriches
Yumi Stynes and Dr. Melissa Kang: Welcome to Your Period
Jennifer Ward: Just You and Me: Remarkable Relationships in the Wild
Junior Graphic Novels
Cullen Bunn: The Ghoul Next Door
Stephanie Cooke: Paranorthern and the Chaos Bunny A-Hop-Calypse
Shannon Hale: Diana, Princess of the Amazons
Lily LaMotte: Measuring Up
Aliza Layne: Beetle & the Hollowbones
Justin A. Reynolds: Miles Morales: Shock Waves (A Spider-Man Graphic Novel)
Colleen Venable: Katie the Catsitter
Young Adult Fiction
Sarah Henstra: We Contain Multitudes
Leah Johnson: You Should See Me in a Crown
Crystal Maldonado: Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
Lynette Noni: The Prison Healer
Nancy Werlin: Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good
Young Adult Nonfiction
Anton Treuer: Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians but Were Afraid to Ask (young readers edition)
October 26, 2021
New LUV Co-op audiobooks on CD have arrived! They’re not entered into the system, so if you’re interested in checking out one (or several), just email me. (Due to time constraints, I’m no longer linking new arrivals to reviews, so if you have a question about a particular audiobook, just send me an email, and I’ll let you know.)
Maya Angelou: Mom and Me and Mom
Alan Bennett: The Uncommon Reader
Benjamin Black (John Banville): The Silver Swan
Jessica Bruder: Nomadland
Jennifer Chiaverini: Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker
Bernard Cornwell: Fools and Mortals
Tatiana de Rosnay: A Secret Kept
Kiran Desai: The Inheritance of Loss
E.L. Doctorow: Homer & Langley
Linda Fairstein: Terminal City
Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling): The Cuckoo’s Calling
Robert Goolrick: A Reliable Wife
Sue Grafton: X
Philippa Gregory: The Lady of the Rivers
Elly Griffiths: The Stone Circle
Matt Haig: The Labrador Pact
Ernest Hemingway: A Farewell to Arms
Eleanor Henderson: Ten Thousand Saints
Homer: The Illiad
Zora Neale Hurston: Their Eyes Were Watching God
William Kent Krueger: Mercy Falls
Anthony Loyd: My War Gone By, I Miss It So
Gregory Maguire: Son of a Witch
Somerset Maugham: The Painted Veil
Archer Mayor: Proof Positive
Archer Mayor: Three Can Keep a Secret
David McCullough: The Wright Brothers
Sy Montgomery: How to Be a Good Creature
Walter Mosley: Rose Gold
Walter Mosley: Trouble’s What I Do
Louise Penny: Bury Your Dead
Louise Penny: A Fatal Grace
Anne Perry: An Echo of Murder
Jodi Picoult: The Tenth Circle
Marilynne Robinson: Housekeeping
William Shakespeare: Richard II
William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare: A Winter’s Tale
Margot Lee Shetterly: Hidden Figures
Anne Rivers Siddons: Nora, Nora
Jane Smiley: Some Luck
Charles Todd: The Black Ascot
Andy Weir: The Martian
September 23, 2021
New LUV Co-op DVDs have arrived! They’re not entered into the system, so if you’re interested in checking out one (or several), just email the library. (Due to time constraints, I’m no longer linking new arrivals to reviews, so if you have a question about which version a movie might be or whether that really is the film you’ve been waiting for, just send me an email, and I’ll let you know.)
The Bad Mother’s Handbook
Birdman
The Bletchley Circle
Blue Caprice
Blue Jasmine
The Botany of Desire
Broken City
The Call
Can I Eat That?
The Children Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act (PBS)
Chuck Berry: Hail, Hail Rock and Roll
Circus
Classic Legends: Gene Kelly (including On the Town, Brigadoon, An American in Paris, and Anchors Aweigh)
Cold Weather
Colette
The Colors of the Mountain
Conan O’Brien: Can’t Stop
Contraband
Corner Gas (seasons 2, 5 and 6, for some reason)
Country Music by Ken Burns
Courageous
Crazy Rich Asians
Crazy, Stupid, Love
The Crown (season 2)
Dark Shadows
The Day the 60’s Died
Deep Water Horizon
Doctor Who: Husbands of River Song
Don’t Think Twice
Equador: The Royal Tour
Galapagos
Get on Up
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
Manakamana
She’s Funny that Way
Southpaw
The Tale of Princess Kayuga
Tangerines
September 2, 2021
Several new books for adults, and lots of books for kids have just arrived! These will be ready to check out after Labor Day, so feel free to place holds by emailing the library (as of this writing, most titles haven’t yet made it into the catalog).
Adult Fiction
Another Kind of Eden by James Lee Burke
The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
False Witness by Karin Slaughter
Black Ice: A Thriller by Brad Thor
Adult Nonfiction
Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford
Picture Books
Be Quiet! by Ryan T. Higgins
Junior Fiction
The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes
We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly
Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young
Junior Graphic Novels
Dungeon Critters by Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter
Junior Nonfiction
(These books were purchased with a grant from the American Library Association’s Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries.)
Light Waves by David A. Adler, illustrated by Anna Raff
Vincent’s Starry Night and Other Stories: A Children’s History of Art by Michael Bird, illustrated by Kate Evans
A Garden in Your Belly: Meet the Microbes in Your Gut by Marsha D’yans
A Child’s Introduction to the Night Sky: The Story of the Stars, Planets, and Constellations – and How You Can Find Them in the Sky by Michael Driscoll, illustrated by Meredith Hamilton
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, adapted by Jean Mendoza and Debbie Reese
Cells: An Owner’s Handbook by Carolyn Fisher
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: Big Bad Ironclad – A Civil War Tale by Nathan Hale
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: Donner Dinner Party – A Pioneer Tale by Nathan Hale
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: Alamo All-Stars – A Texas Tale by Nathan Hale
Seven Golden Rings: A Tale of Music and Math by Rajani LaRocca, illustrated by Archana Sreenivasan
History Smashers: Women’s Right to Vote by Kate Messner, illustrated by Dylan Meconis
Winged Wonders: Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery by Meeg Pincus, illustrated by Yas Imamura
One Small Square: Woods by Donald M. Silver, illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne
One Small Square: Pond by Donald M. Silver, illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne
One Small Square: Backyard by Donald M. Silver, illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne
A City Through Time: From Ancient Colony to Vast Metropolis by Philip Steele, illustrated by Steven Noon
Follow Your Stuff: Who Makes It, Where Does It Come From, How Does It Get to You? by Kevin Sylvester, illustrated by Michael Hlinka
August 22, 2021
More books – yay! There are a few new books for adults as well as the first shipment of junior nonfiction kids’ books purchased with our grant from the American Library Association’s Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries. Some books have already been entered into the system, but others will be added in on Monday, so if you’re interested in checking out any titles that aren’t in the catalog, just email the library or call 763-2875.
Adult Fiction
It’s Better This Way by Debbie Macomber
The Man with the Silver Saab by Alexander McCall Smith
The Bone Code: A Temperance Brennan Novel by Kathy Reichs
Adult Nonfiction
This Is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan
Junior Nonfiction
You’re Invited to a Moth Ball: A Nighttime Insect Celebration by Loree Burns
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Elements: The Powers, Uses, and Histories of Every Atom in the Universe by Lisa Congdon
Grow: Secrets of Our DNA by Nicola Davies
Baby Beats: Let’s Learn 4/4 Time! board book by Odd Dot
Baby Beats: Let’s Learn 2/4 Time! board book by Odd Dot
Baby Beats: Let’s Learn 3/4 Time! board book by Odd Dot
The Ocean in Your Bathtub by Seth Fishman, illustrated by Isabel Greenberg
History Smashers: The Mayflower by Kate Messner
History Smashers: The Titanic by Kate Messner
The Bacteria Book: The Big World of Really Tiny Microbes by Steve Mould
Anatomicum: Welcome to the Museum by Jennifer Z. Paxton, illustrated by Katy Wiedemann
Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots by Michael Rex
The Language of the Universe: A Visual Exploration of Mathematics by Colin Stuart, illustrated by Ximo Abadia
The Speed of Starlight: An Exploration of Physics, Sound, Light, and Space by Colin Stuart, illustrated by Ximo Abadia
A Child Through Time: The Book of Children’s History by Phil Wilkerson, illustrated by Steve Noon
A Street Through Time: A 12,000 Year Journey Along the Same Street by DK, illustrated by Steve Noon
August 17, 2021
We just received a box filled with books for both adults and kids. Everything has been entered into the system, so feel free to place a hold in the catalog, or simply email me or call 763-2875 to reserve one – or several! (Due to time constraints, I’m no longer adding descriptions/images or linking titles to reviews. Sorry about that!)
Adult Fiction
Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby
Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand
Castle Shade: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes by Laurie R. King
Silver Tears by Camilla Lackberg
A Distant Grave: A Mystery by Sarah Stewart Taylor
Young Adult Fiction
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Bouley
Junior Graphic Novels
Dog Man: Mothering Heights by Dav Pilkey
Junior Nonfiction
History Smashers: The American Revolution by Kate Messner
Easy Readers
Dragon Masters: Wave of the Sea Dragon by Tracey West
Picture Books
Itty-Bitty-Kitty-Corn by Shannon Hale
Many Shapes of Clay: A Story of Healing by Kenesha Sneed
Crab Cake: Turning the Tide Together by Andrea Tsurumi
Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Pena
July 27, 2021
New LUV Co-op DVDs have arrived! They’re not entered into the system, so if you’re interested in checking out one (or several), just email the library. (Due to time constraints, I’m no longer linking new arrivals to reviews, so if you have a question about which version a movie might be or whether that really is the film you’ve been waiting for, just send me an email, and I’ll let you know.)
20,000 Days on Earth (Nick Cave)
Adam’s Rib
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett – the best Sherlock, in my opinion!)
Before I Fall
The Beguiled
The Big Sick
Billy Elliot
Blade Runner
Bottle Rocket
Captain Phillips
Central Park Five (Ken Burns)
Charlie Countryman
Chasing Ice
Chronically Metropolitan
Climate of Doubt
Closed Circuit
Crime and Punishment
Crumb
Deadwood (Season 1)
Deadwood (Season 2)
Death Comes to Pemberley
The Death of Stalin
The Debt
Decoding the Weather Machine
The Descendants
The Devil’s Mistress
Downton Abbey: The Motion Picture
Durrells in Corfu (Season 3)
Endeavor
The English Patient
Enough to Live ON: The Arts of WPA
Equity
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Far from the Madding Crowd
The Farewell
First You Dream
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Parcifal
Pitching In
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Self/less
Seymour: An Introduction
July 7, 2021
The books for adults have finally arrived! There are lots of great novels for summer reading, some interesting nonfiction books, and quite a few books on the opioid epidemic – including several filled with practical help for those who need it. Everything has been entered into the system, so feel free to place a hold in the catalog, or simply email me or call 763-2875 to reserve one – or several! (Due to time constraints, I’m no longer adding descriptions/images or linking titles to reviews. Sorry about that!)
Adult Fiction
The Newcomer by Mary Kay Andrews
A Gambling Man by David Baldacci
Find You First by Linwood Barclay
Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
Win by Harlan Coben
Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
The Saboteurs by Clive Cussler
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Swimming Back to Trout River by Linda Rui Feng
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Shadow Box by Luanne Rice
Legacy by Nora Roberts
That Summer by Jennifer Weiner
Adult Nonfiction
The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel (graphic novel)
A Gentle Path through the Twelve Steps by Patrick Carnes, Ph.D.
A Gentle Path through the Twelve Principles by Patrick Carnes, Ph.D.
Wonderworks: The 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature by Angus Fletcher
Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change by Jeffrey Foote
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté, MD
Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones
Stranger Care: A Memoir of Loving What Isn’t Ours by Sarah Sentilles
Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey through His Son’s Addiction by David Sheff
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard