January 19, 2024 - Did you know...?

This week I have very few books to regale you with. I blame the supply chain. The two major winter storms the past week, I believe, slowed down the delivery of the many, many books we have on order. As of this writing, because of the holiday, neither the USPS nor UPS are making deliveries. Soon, we will have many books to tell you about. In the meantime, there are a half dozen listed further down the page. But since there is a lacuna in the titles of hard copy, print materials, let me tell you about some other hard copy, print materials we have.  Did you know that the library subscribes to 126 magazine titles?  We have many of your “classics” like “Better Homes and Garden”, “Consumer Reports”, “People”, “Popular Mechanics”, “Prevention”, and “Newsweek”.  But we also get some titles that are a but more esoteric like :”Elle”, “The Atlantic”, “Lighthouse Digest”, “The Cottage Journal”, “Flower”, “F1 Racing”, “Game and Fish Midwest”, “Writer’s Digest”, and “US Weekly”.  These magazines live upstairs at the end of Fiction on the Library Street side of the building. You should be able to locate them and other magazine titles that may be of interested, in the library catalog. Placing a hold on a specific issue can be a bit tricky, so if you need help. Ask at the Circulation desk.  Overdrive, the online resources available through the Libby App, has a large number of magazines available in digital format.  Check out the Libby App. Check out our magazines. Check out the titles listed below. And enjoy!

New Non-Fiction

“Our Moon:  How Earth’s Celestial Companion Transforms the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are“ by Rebecca Boyle. Acclaimed journalist Rebecca Boyle takes readers on a dazzling tour to reveal the intimate role that our 4.51-billion-year-old companion has played in our biological and cultural evolution. The moon’s gravity stabilized Earth’s orbit—and its climate. It drew nutrients to the surface of the primordial ocean, where they fostered the evolution of complex life. The Moon continues to influence animal migration and reproduction, plants’ movements, and, possibly, the flow of the very blood in our veins. 

“Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials” by Marion Gibson. Witchcraft is a dramatic journey through thirteen witch trials across history, some famous—like the Salem witch trials—and some lesser-known: Offering a striking, dramatic story, unspooling through centuries, about the men and women who were accused—some of whom survived their trials, and some who did not, this book gives a voice to those who were silenced by history.

New Fiction

“Of Love and Treason” by Jamie Ogle. This book takes place in Rome, AD 270. In the wake of the emperor’s marriage ban there is one man brave enough to perform wedding ceremonies in secret. A public notarius and leader of an underground church, Valentine believes the emperor’s edict unjust and risks his own life for the sake of his convictions. But as his fame grows, so do fears for his safety.

“Escaping Mr. Rochester” by L.L. McKinney. In this fresh reimagining of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel by acclaimed author L. L. McKinney, Jane Eyre and Bertha Mason must save each other from the horrifying machinations of Mr. Rochester in this intrigue-filled, empowering young adult romance.

“Random in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel (In Death, 58)” by J.D. Robb. In this crime thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling J.D. Robb, a small and easily concealed weapon wreaks havoc, and the killer is just a face in the crowd.

“Gothikana” by RuNyn. The eternal romance of Beauty and the Beast meets the gothic suspense of Dracula in this erotic dark academia story of epic love from bestselling author RuNyx. This is a tale of the mysterious, the morbid, the macabre, and a deep love that blossoms in the unlikeliest of places.