LIBRARY CORNER – 02/03/23

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February in the library:

  • Painting Group—3rd and 14th at 9:30 a.m.
    15th and 28th 1:30 p.m.
  • Candyland Family Night—6th at 5:30 p.m.
  • Story Time—7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th at 11 a.m.
  • Serendipity Club—7th at 11 a.m.
  • Paws to Read—7th and 21st at 4 p.m. (Preregister)
  • Pleasant Springs—9th at 2 p.m.
  • Adult Craft—9th at 6 p.m. (Preregister)
  • Friends of the Library—13th at 6 p.m.
  • Lunch with Friends—17th at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Tickets available now $10)
  • Lunch and Learn with NTCC Honors— 23rd at noon

Book Club—23 at 6 p.m. (The Good Left Undone)

Several authors made the Hall of Fame at Library Reads for February, including Shannon Chakraborty with The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi. “This book works on multiple levels, from fantasy and adventure to family and love. Readers who enjoyed the Daevabad series will be excited to see Chakraborty start a new trilogy—and it does not disappoint. If you like pirates, magical adventure, and strong female leads, this book is for you.” (2-28) Aashna Kinkhabwala

Don’t Fear the Reaper is by Stephen Graham Jones. “Jade just wants to go home and get back to her life after four years in prison, but Proofrock is not done with her as another serial killer has come to town. This sequel to My Heart is a Chainsaw amps up the action while giving slasher fans everything they could want—and then giving them even more!” (2-7) Joseph Jones

Katee Roberts makes the Hall of Fame with Radiant Sin. “Apollo, keeper of secrets for The Thirteen, enlists his assistant Cassandra to join him on a getaway weekend party at a suspicious newcomer’s house to uncover what he’s hiding. But they must pretend to be a couple for the plan to work. Will their fake relationship lead to something real or will secrets destroy everything they’ve worked for? This is for fans of Greek retellings.” (2-7) Kari Bingham-Gutierrez

Tessa Bailey’s latest is Secretly Yours. “Bailey’s latest series starter is a grumpy/sunshine romance a bit different from her others. Julian is a buttoned-up professor prone to panic attacks from suppressed trauma. Hallie is a free-spirited gardener who has had an unrequited crush on him sine high school and is dealing (or rather, not dealing) with her own traumatic past in a completely opposite way. When he comes back to their Napa hometown on sabbatical, she manufactures a run-in that doesn’t go as she had hoped. Likable and believable characters make this a winner.” (2-7) Kaitlin Booth

Always popular JoJo Moyes’s newest is Someone Else’s Shoes. “A mix up at a gym forces two very different women to literally walk in each other’s shoes, leading to a complete breakdown and reinvention of their current lives and world views. Sisterhood, mental health, a risky heist, romance, regret. . .this book has everything in perfect proportion and is a true page turner to boot. Readers will love every page of this fantastic book.” (2-7) Sharon Layburn

The bonus pick book this month is Black Candle Women by Diane Marie Brown. “A dual timeline moving from 1950s New Orleans to the present, three generations of strong magical women, a spell book, and a secret generational curse make for a very entertaining spin on family drama.” (2-28) Rebecca Vnuk

We’re all hoping for warmer and sunnier weather, but no matter the weather, the library’s always a great place to visit. Happy reading!

Helen Thompson, Director – Mount Pleasant Public Library