by Henry A. Malley Memorial Library Librarian Barb Mitchell

Happy Spring everyone! Some moisture sure would be nice. Hopefully some Spring rain will come our way. Our reading challenge for March is Read a book by an author you haven’t read before. The winners will receive a gift certificate from a local business.

New books this month include “Dereliction of Duty” by Lt Col. Robert “Buzz” Patterson, “Midnight in Chernobyl” by Adam Higginbotham, “The Fraud” by Zadie Smith, “The MacKade Brothers: Devin & Shane and “The MacKade Brothers: Rafe & Jared” by Nora Roberts, “The End of Her” and “An Unwanted Guest” by Shari Lapena, “Finlay Donovan is Killing It”, “Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead” and “Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun” by Elle Cosimano, “Where Azaleas Bloom” and “Swan Point” by Sherryl Woods, ”The Frozen River” by Ariel Lawhon, “Northwoods” by Amy Pease, “California Bear” by Duane Swiercyznski, “The Serpent & the Wings of Night” by Carissa Broadbent, “The Assassin’s Blade” by Sarah J. Maas, “The Iron Flame” by Rebecca Yarros.

The following books were purchased as memorials -Tevin Hansen- “Jacky Ha-Ha “by James Patterson” and “Pete the Kitty and the Three Bears” by James Dean for Caty Emmons from Laura Lambert, “The Madstone” by Elizabeth Crook for Ann Bird from Dan & Lisa Lynch and Randy Sullivan, “Unbroken Bonds of Battle” by Johnny Joey Jones for Charlie Barbero from a friend of the library, also for Charlie Barbero, “The World Played Chess” by Robert Dugoni from Randy Sullivan and Laura Lambert, “Art Monster” and “Gargoyle of Geometry” part of the Junkyard Adventures series by Tevin Hansen for John Schoenbeck from Liz Riter, “The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me” by Roald Dahl for Nancy Stoddard from Gordon & Deb Archer, “Mermaid of Music” by Tevin Hansen for Charles Carter from Randy Sullivan, also for Charles Carter “The Sound of Peace” by David J. Murnion from Alice Janssen, Carol Hilliard and Cali Baker, “Proving Her Claim” by CK Van Dam for Mary Gay from Randy Sullivan, “Lone Tree Claim” by CK Van Dam for Francis Edwards from Carol Hilliard and Cali Baker, “Patrick Picklebottom and the Penny Book” by Mr. Jay for Pat Franklin from Liz Riter, “Attack of the Underwear Dragon” by Scott Rothman, also for Pat Franklin from Barb Mitchell, “Where the Wind Never Sleeps” by Ruth Sherwood for Lawrence Capra from Laura Lambert, “The Sound of Peace” by David J. Murnion for Charles Carter from Alice Janssen, Carol Hilliard and Cali Baker. The following books are for Barbara Rosencranz from her friends and family- “The Last Letter”, “In the Likely Event” “The Things We Leave Unfinished” by Rebecca Yarros, “The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell” by Robert Dugoni, “Hello Beautiful” by Ann Napolitano, and “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride.

For our younger readers we have “Sleepy Sheepy and the Sheepover” by Lucy Ruth Cummins, “Aaron is a Good Sport” and “Aaron Has a Lazy Day” by P.D Eastman, “The Adventures of Sophie Mouse” a 10 book early chapter book series by Poppy Green. We have purchased the remaining books in “The Last Firehawk” series by Katrina Charman. Laura Lambert’s 2nd grade class from 2021 bought the first two books for the library.

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