Happy Monday! There are plenty of things to get excited about today, right? Today many people have time off in honor of Martin Luther King’s birthday -so that’s one thing, Rachel Ray was in town yesterday and it was so much fun to hear her speak! -so that’s two things, and we’ve got new books to share in The Reading Room -so that’s three things! Let’s celebrate with some books!

The Property by Rutu Modan
Now You See It by Jane Tesh
Prodigy by Marie Lu
Champion by Marie Lu

So we’ll see you soon? (Because -Yes, we’re open regular hours today! Please visit us!)

— Stacey

Brr! It’s chilly! (I’m going for ironic understatement -how’d I do?) I mean really, this cold weather is coming to us courtesy something called an “arctic vortex” so you know it can’t be very warm out, no? On the bright side, I can clearly imagine small-to-medium sized polar bears breezing by on the winds of an arctic vortex -and then it’s worth it, right there! Look! There goes another one! Let’s call that one Ernie! So what do you do when the temperature drops and going outside doesn’t have so much appeal? You read! (Inside of course! This isn’t spring or summer porch reading weather!) I’m pretty sure I saw everyone over the weekend -you guys were smart to think ahead and stock up!- but in case you’re looking for something new? Maybe you’d like to read one of these books recently added to The Reading Room:

Runaway Man by David Handler
Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
The Spymistress by Jennifer Chiaverini

Or you could read a book about summer and pretend it’s not so cold out? Then in summer when we’re all super hot -I’ll suggest some chilly books! Something to look forward to!

Until then, stay warm and cozy -and don’t forget the book!

— Stacey

It’s the last Monday of the 2013! The beginning of this year dragged on a bit but sometime around September the days started flying past… and now here we are turning the last pages of another calendar. Yikes!

Let’s end on a high not, shall we? Perhaps celebrate all the exciting potential of 2014 with some books recently added to The Reading Room?Yep! Sounds good to me too! Here they come:

At Night We Walk in Circles by Daniel Alarcon
Antonia Lively Breaks the Silence by David Levinson
Maddaddam by Margaret Atwood
Ghost Gone Wild by Carolyn Hart
Where the Moon Isn’t by Nathan Filer

And now -I’ll see you next year!

— Stacey

Merry Christmas Eve eve to you all! Even though Christmas (and Christmas Eve) are *always* at the same time of year -every year- I don’t seem to be ready for the big event… There’s still baking and wrapping and singing and holiday merrymaking to be done! How about you? Are you ready? Right! So today I’m going to give you the next best thing to a traditional-style Latest Additions -I’m going to give you a Teddy Bear the Porcupine holiday video!

*Plus!* two more holiday stories! Wowza -these gifts just keep on coming!
The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig
The Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke

Now I’d like to wish you a wonderful Christmas, full of love and good cheer!

— Stacey

Is everyone recovered from their Thanksgiving festivities yet? Are the leftovers still lingering? (And is that good? Or bad?) Anyone brave enough to shop the sales? Or had you planned ahead and gotten some good books to enjoy while snug at home! Either way you might be looking for some good books to give as gifts this year, right? Why not come to our Holiday Gift Guide for Readers this Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. and we’ll help you out! Don’t forget to get yourself something good this year too! -Like a book! And as long as you’re coming in Wednesday, would you like to check out a book that’s been recently added to The Reading Room?

Bitter River by Julia Keller
Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt
The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom

Lots of choices = Good times ahead! Enjoy!

— Stacey

Here they come! The Holidays are quickly approaching!! Are you ready? Ha -me either! Okay, so I’m pretty sure that not being ready -even though we all have access to a calendar and could see these things coming- won’t make time slow down, so instead let’s do some pretending! Let’s all pretend that we *are* ready for Thanksgiving and Hanukkah and Christmas and Kwanzaa and New Year’s Eve! And now… Hey! How lucky that we’re alllllll ready for the approaching Holidays! That must mean there’s plenty of time to read! Why not try one of these books that has been recently added to The Reading Room:

Fallen Women by Sandra Dallas
The Thicket by Joe R. Lansdale
The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian
Allegiant by Veronica Roth

And now it’s time for pie! Yum! (Right?)

— Stacey

Is anyone else feeling all day/date/time confused? I’m still struggling with how dark it gets so early in the evening and then add in how late Thanksgiving is this year? Then these things are distracting me enough that I become confused about what day of the week it really is -not just what day it feels like in my own mind. Gah! It makes me want to hibernate! How about you? Of course, if I were actually able to hibernate -which honestly sounds delightful!- I would take a big stack of books with me! Or many, many big stacks of books! ….Lucky hibernating creatures…. sigh. As I’m pretty sure no one is going to make a long winter’s rest possible for me, let me see if I can perk us all up with some titles that have been newly added to The Reading Room!

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford
Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole
Fever by Mary Beth Keane
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

Now you can at *least* settle in for a good week’s worth of reading, right?! And if you want to hit the motherload of fabulous books available here at the library -why not plan on coming to our Holiday Gift Guide 2013?! On Wednesday, December 4th from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. we’d love to see you in the Community Room as we share titles and treats!

Enjoy!

— Stacey