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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

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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

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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

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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

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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!

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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!

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This October has been sooo busy!  Listen in to the librarians chatter about the Friends of the Library fundraiser, epic Halloween preparations, and the final fundraiser of the Mont Vernon Library Charitable Foundation “One for the Books” Charity Auction. Catch up on all the good news and meet one of our newest resident, Megan Upperman, from MVLCF Auction Committee.

Amy’s Recommendations

Books I’ve read recently I enjoyed:

Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson Nov. 2022 (also wrote Nothing to See here) 

Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark July 2022

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga 2008 Booker Prize winner

Incidentally, Booker Prize 2023 Shortlist was announced at the end of September:

• Study for Obedience. Sarah Bernstein.
• If I Survive You. Jonathan Escoffery.
• This Other Eden. Paul Harding.
• Prophet Song. Paul Lynch.
• Western Lane. Chetna Maroo.
• The Bee Sting. Paul Murray.

Winner will be announced November 26th.

New releases I’d like to read:

The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennett, Witch by Melinda Taub Oct. 3

A Winter in New York by Josie Silver Oct. 3 (she wrote One Day in December)

Upcoming books I’m looking forward to reading:

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters Oct. 31

The Future by Naomi Alderman Nov. 7 (she wrote The Power)

Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park Nov. 7

The Madstone by Elizabeth Crook Nov. 7

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It’s fall in New England! The leaves are starting to change and it’s time for fall programs at the library. On this episode, we will be highlighting all the fun things happening at the Friends of the Library Harvest Market event. Don’t miss Amy’s book recommendations for new and upcoming releases.

Amy’s Book Recommendations

Books I’ve Enjoyed Recently:

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Fairytale by Stephen King

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading:

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue

Mother Tongue: A History of Women’s Words by Jenni Nuttall

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

Emma Donoghue’s other books I liked:

The Wonder

The Pull of the Stars

Haven

Other upcoming books that haven’t been published yet:

Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward – Oct. 3

People to Follow by Olivia Worley – Oct. 31

Class by Stephanie Land Non fiction (Maid) – Nov. 7

The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose (The Maid) – Nov. 28

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We’re celebrating 10 years of summer reading with Miss JoAnn and our teen volunteers. Listen in for our Summer Reading Program wrap up and catch our interview with two of our top teen volunteers Evie & Charlotte. Don’t miss Amy’s  final book recommendations for the last days of summer.  Thank you to our community for a magical summer at the library!

Newer Books:

The Housekeepers by Alex Hay

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

The House is On Fire by Rachel Beanland

Older Books:

Spare by Prince Harry

Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson

The Thursday Murder Club Series by Richard Osman

Newly Purchased:

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller

And Yet by Kate Baer

New Releases:

The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman

Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney

Reign- American Royals 4 by Katherine McGee

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It’s been hot, hot, hot at the library!  We’re half way through the summer with still tons of Summer Reading Program fun to go.  Catch up with the library staff for the latest town news, summer reading updates and awesome beach read recommendations.  Grab a good book before you head on vacation.  Have a great summer!

Amy’s Book Recommendations

Beach Reads

• The Five Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand
• You Are Here by Karin Lin-Greenberg
• The Beach At Summerly by Beatriz Williams
• Drowning by T.J. Newman

Other Books

• Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
• Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
• Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
• The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper

Looking forward to:

• The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and A Dangerous Obsession by Michael FInkel – June 27
• The St. Ambrose School For Girls by Jessica Ward – July 11
• Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno Garcia – July 18
• The Little Village of Book Lovers by Nina George –  July 25

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