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Heading into the weekend and wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! Tune into this episode to hear a preview of all the festivities happening in Tiny Town this holiday season.  Amy has her book recommendations to help you reach your 2024 reading goals and JoAnn is so excited to introduce our new teen library assistant Arianne!

Amy’s Book Recommendations

Books I’ve Read Recently That I Enjoyed

The Black Bird Oracle by Deb Harkness (5th book in the All Souls Series)

1. A Discovery of Witches

2. Shadow of Night

3. The Book of Life

4. Time’s Convert

5. The Black Bird Oracle

Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid

The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck

The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny #19 (!) – audiobook is notable as she has a new Quebecois

narrator, Jean Brassard

What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust by Alan Bradley #11 in his Flavia DeLuce series

Newish Books I’d Like to Read

Now or Never by Janet Evanovitch #31 in her Stephanie Plum series

Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music by Rob

Sheffield

Time of the Child by Niall Williams (set in same town as This is Happiness)

The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami

Upcoming Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading

Havoc by Christopher Bollen Dec 3, 2024

The Turnglass by Gareth Rubin Dec 3, 2024

Pretty Dead Things by Lilian West Dec 10, 2024

The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis January 5, 2025

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It’s Halloween podcast episode! Stop and check out The Black Cat Cafe display on the library lawn and get ready to Trick or Treat on Main Street! MEOW!! We can’t wait to see your costumes!! Stacy Clark, President of Turnstone Corporation joins us on this episode to introduce herself and the team building the new library.  Don’t miss her interview for the three month outlook on the new library project! Happy Halloween! See you at the polls…get out and VOTE!!

Amy’s Book Recommendations

Books I read that I enjoyed:

Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

Guillotine by Delilah Dawson

The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno Garcia

New Books I’d Like To Read:

The Wedding Witch by Erin Sterling

The City in Glass by Nghi Vo

The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke

Upcoming Books I’d Like to Read:

The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins

The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny

A Queen’s Game by Katharine McGhee

Elphie: A Wicked Childhood by Gregory Maguire

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Hooray! Construction of the new road to the new library has begun!! Tune into this episode to catch up on all the good news from Mont Vernon and what’s been happening at the library this summer.  JoAnn is wrapping up the adventurous Summer Reading Program and Amy has great book recommendations to get you to the end of summer! Happy August!!

Amy’s Book Recomendations

Books I Read Recently That I Enjoyed
First two books in Attica Locke’s Highway 59 Series:
Bluebird, Bluebird
Heaven, My Home
3rd Book Guide Me Home comes out September 3rd
I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
Sandwich by Katherine Newmann
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett – 1st book in his new series, Shadow of the Leviathan – 2nd book will be out next April, A Drop of Corruption.
The Hunter by Tana French- 2nd book in series, 1st book is The Searcher
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading
The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby by Ellery Lloyd June 11 The Memo by Rachel Dodes and Lauren Mechling June 18
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore July 2 The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman July 16 The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer July 16 – she wrote The Wishing Game
Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness July 16
Queen B by Juno Dawson – July 23rd 3rd book in the Her Majesty’s Royal Coven series- other books are: Her Majesty’s Royal Coven & The Shadow Cabinet

Upcoming Books I’d Like to Read
Worst Case by T.J. Newman -also wrote Falling and Drowning August 13
We’ll Prescribe You A Cat by Syou Ishida September 3rd

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June is upon us and it’s time to sign up for the  Summer Reading Program! Tune in to hear our plans for a BIG ADVENTURE at the library for children and adults.  June also means graduations and we are so proud to have the SHS 2024 Valedictorian Jackson Hipp, and Salutatorian Owen Stine as our special guest interviews. Both boys are from Mont Vernon and are wicked smart! Listen in to hear their plans for the future.  Have a great summer everyone! Keep reading!!

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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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