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The month of May has arrived and tiny town is blooming. Catch up with the librarians in Mont Vernon to hear what's happening in town and get excited for summer reads! Don't miss our interview with Friend of the Library, Hayley Parker. She's our special guest and honored Friend of the Year for 2023! Be sure to wave to her in the Spring Gala Parade!



Amy's Book Recommendations



Books I Read Recently That I Enjoyed



Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll (Luckiest Girl Alive, The Favorite Sister)



The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynne Barnes (YA)



1st in a series, the rest are as follows:



The Hawthorne Legacy

The Final Gambit

The Brothers Hawthorne

Games Untold

New offshoot series, 1st book coming out in July- The Grandest Game is book 1



The Book of Fire by Christie Lefteri (The Beekeeper of Aleppo)



The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay (The London House, Lizzy & Jane, Dear Mr. Knightley, plus others)



 



New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading



The Husbands by Holly Gramazio



The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl



Real Americans by Rachel Khong



Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench



Upcoming Books I’d Like to Read



The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley 5/7



Women and Children First by Alina Grabowski 5/7



Long Island by Colm Toibin 5/7



The Stolen Child by Ann Hood 5/7



Summers at the Saint by Mary Kay Andrews 5/7



One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware 5/21



You Like It Darker by Stephen King - short stories - 5/21



 

It's National Library Week...Ready, Set, CELEBRATE!! Tune into this episode to hear all about what have planned for the week and to celebrate the new library WIN!  Amy has awesome book reviews and Sue Ries is joining us to tell us all about the up coming Friends of the Library Plant Sale. Drop in and celebrate with us! Cheers!!



Amy's Recommendations:

Books I’ve Read Recently I Enjoyed:

Martyr! By Kaveh Akhbar

Family, Family by Laurie Frankel (she also wrote One Two Three & This is How It Always Is)

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (Code Name Helene & I Was Anastasia)

The Djinn Waits A Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan

After Annie by Anna Quindlen

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

Table For Two by Amor Towles

 

New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading: (all these books came out in March 2024)

The Hunter by Tana French (it’s a sequel to The Searcher! Read that one first)

The Great Divide by Cristina Enriquez

Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano







All books in the series:





Finlay Donovan is Killing It





FInlay Donovan Knocks Em’ Dead





Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun





Also a Short story, Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank





 

Upcoming Books I Want to Read:

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo - April 9

Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda - April 9

Funny Story by Emily Henry - April 23rd

The Demon of Unrest by Eric Larson - April 30th

 

The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny - October 29th

The Jackal’s Mistress by Chris Bohjalian - March 2025

 

Don't miss the chance to meet up with your favorite librarians on the latest episode of the Tiny Town Library Podcast. We filled the library calendar this month with meetings, meet ups, and "Meet & Greets" before Town Meeting in March to help open lines of communication.  Listen in for up to date town news, book recommendations and an interview with Christine Hamilton from the Library Building Committee.  Thanks for listening!



Amy's Book Recommendations:



Books I’ve read recently that I’ve enjoyed:

The Women by Kristin Hannah

North Woods by Daniel Mason

Horse by Geraldine Brooks

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

New Releases I’m looking forward to reading:

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon December 3

Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar January 23

Family Family by Laurie Frankel January 23

The Wolves of Winter by Dan Jones January 30th



Upcoming Releases:

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange February 27th

After Annie by Anna Quindlen February 27th - event Sunday March 3 11 am at Lenox Hotel in

Boston, tickets still available:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coffee-croissants-with-author-anna-quindlen-tickets-78678096203

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The Hunter by Tana French March 5 - stand along novel

The Princess of Las Vegas by Chris Bohjalian March 19th



Library Building Committee Website: www.mvlibrarybuildingcommittee.com

Cheers to the New Year! Big things on the horizon at the library in 2024! Catch up on what is happening at the library in January and join the conversation around volunteering.  Amy has great book recommendations and a list of new release to help you "Read More in 2024"! Don't miss a minute of the Tiny Town Library Podcast.

Amy's Recommendations



Books I’ve Read Recently That I Enjoyed:

The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan by Beth Merlin and Danielle Modafferi - released Jan 2024

Homecoming by Kate Morton - released April 2023

The Wager by David Grann - released April 2023

The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell - released March 2023

Speech Team by Tim Murphy - released July 2023

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston -  released July 2022

 

Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading:

The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan - January 9

The Women by Kristin Hannah - Feb 6

Fourteen Days by Margaret Atwood (and others!) - Feb 6

(Celeste Ng, John Grisham, Dave Eggers, Tommy Orange, Louise Erdrich, and Neil Gaiman & More)

The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo - Feb 13

End of Story by A.J. Finn  - Feb 20

 

We made it to the end of the year and are celebrating at the library! Join us at our Christmas Tea Party to hear town news and Amy's Best of 2023 book list! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Amy's Best of 2023



1. Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

2. Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

3. Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

4. Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson

5. Trespasses by Louise Kennedy

6. Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

7. Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

8. This Other Eden by Paul Harding

9. The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett

10. Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

11. The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford

12. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

13. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby VanPelt

14. Babel by R.H. Kuang

15. The Housekeepers by Alex Hay

16. Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

17. Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson

18. The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland

19. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

20. Fairy Tale by Stephen King

21. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

22. The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks

23. Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue



Looking forward to these books in 2024!

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

The Princess of Las Vegas by Chris Bohjalian

After Annie by Anna Quindlen

Table For Two by Amor Towles

The Hunter by Tana French

Until August by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

The Morningside by Tea Obreht

Funny Story by Emily Henry

The Next Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

 

It's the day before Thanksgiving and there is so much to do, but first the library podcast!  We have a lot to be thankful for and hope that you all have a wonderful start to the holiday season.  Tune in to hear about the fun we have planned for December, Amy's awesome book recommendations, and our interview with an outstanding young patron from Mont Vernon. Happy Thanksgiving Tiny Town!