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The library will close at 5pm on Tuesday, December 23, 2025 and remain closed through Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We will re-open on Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:00am.
The library will close at 5pm on Wednesday, December 31, 2025 and remain closed through New Year’s Day, January 1, 2026.
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Staff Picks December 2025
Jennifer: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy A family lives alone on a remote island. The family are called to action when a battered woman washes ashore. She came here for answers, and now she’s stranded, wondering if she’ll ever get them, growing quickly entangled with this isolated, complicated family. A novel of breathtaking twists, beautiful landscapes disappearing due to climate change and ferocious love, Wild Dark Shore is about the impossible choices we make to

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Staff Picks for October 2025
Karen : Something to Look Forward To by Fannie Flagg Short stories. Jennifer : The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown Cassie, a New York...

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Sep 301 min read
Staff picks for September
Amee : Death at the White Hart by Chris Chibnall One of my favorite books to read is a mystery. I especially enjoy an English mystery...

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Aug 282 min read
Staff Picks for August
Megan : The Day the Crayons Made Friends by Drew Daywalt Duncan’s crayons are missing again! This time they go adventuring around...

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Aug 12 min read
Staff picks for June
Dawn : The Tenant by Freida McFadden. Freida's newest book does not disappoint. Full of the usual twists and turns. I really enjoyed...

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May 282 min read
May 2025 staff picks
Amee : Lulu Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller This book was recommended by a patron and is not available at our...

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May 12 min read
April 2025 staff picks
Amee : My Grammie’s House by Lana Button I usually do not write about picture books but this is my new favorite. A little boy describes...

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Mar 292 min read
March 2025 staff picks
Amee A Serial Killer’s Guide to Marriage by Asia Mackay Haze and Fox spent their early married life as “good” serial killers who...

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Feb 262 min read
January 2025 staff picks
Happy New Year! Jennifer : Funny story by Emily Henry This was one of my favorites by Emily Henry so far. It's a relatable, hilarious...

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December 2024 staff picks
Amee - We Solve Murders by Richard Osman Author Osman of the Thursday Murder Club series has written a new book with quirky characters,...

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Nov 26, 20242 min read
November 2024 staff picks
Staff picks for November 2024 Megan : Turkey Trouble by Wendi Silvano As Thanksgiving gets closer Turkey starts making costumes and...

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October 2024 staff picks
Jennifer : The Seven Sisters #1-8 by Lucinda Riley. Absolutely loved reading this series based on the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades. The...

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September 2024 staff picks
Amee : Triptych by Karin Slaughter If you have watched the TV series Will Trent, it is based on Karin Slaughter’s series of the same...

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Staff picks August 2024
Amee: In the Hour of Crows by Dana Elmendorf Weatherly can reverse death, a skill passed onto her from her grandfather. After years of...

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Jul 31, 20242 min read
Staff picks July 2024
Amee: Bride by Ali Hazelwood (paranormal romance) Misery and Lowe marry to form a tenuous alliance between Vampryes and Werewolves. But...

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Jun 28, 20242 min read
Staff Picks for June 2024
Dawn: Wonka(2023) This musical fantasy comedy movie is the story of the early days of Willy Wonka as a chocolatier. Amee: Pay Dirt by...

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April 2024 staff picks
Amee: Starling House by Alix E. Harrow (fantasy) Everyone On The Train Is A Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson (whodunit mystery) Karen:...

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March 2024 staff picks
Amee: The Busy Body by Kemper Donovan A whodunit mystery with two unlikely amateur detectives, a former presidential candidate and the...

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January 2024 staff picks
Staff Picks January 2024 Amee: The Little Italian Hotel by Phaedra Patrick After her husband leaves, Ginny Splinter takes the anniversary...

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Dec 28, 20231 min read
Staff Picks December 2023
Amee: Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich The latest edition in the Stephanie Plum series. A quick and fun cozy mystery read! Other reads...

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