November 13, 2024
We are currently collecting recipes from our local folks for the publication of a Hardy County Public Library Cookbook! Please put together your favorite tried and true recipes to share with others and drop them off at the front desk.
Events:
Story Time, Wednesday’s at 10:00. Every 1 st Saturday at 10:00
Crochet, Thursday’s at 6:00
November 12 – November 22 Friends of the Library’s Silent Auction. Stop by and place your bids!
November 16, Thanksgiving Craft
November 19, 5:30pm – Diamond Art bookmark painting, ages 14 & up. Only 20 spaces available,
please call to reserve your spot 304-538-6560
New fiction:
Blue sisters : a novel by Coco Mellors
The three Blue sisters are exceptional–and exceptionally different. Avery, the eldest and a recovering heroin addict turned strait-laced lawyer, lives with her wife in London; Bonnie, a former boxer, works as a bouncer in Los Angeles following a devastating defeat; and Lucky, the youngest, models in Paris while trying to outrun her hard-partying ways. They also had a fourth sister, Nicky, whose unexpected death left Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky reeling. A year later, as they each navigate grief, addiction, and ambition, they find they must return to New York to stop the sale of the apartment they were raised in. But coming home is never as easy as it seems.
Creation lake : a novel by Rachel Kushner
“Sadie Smith” is how the narrator introduces herself to her lover, to the rural commune of French
subversives on whom she is keeping tabs, and to the reader. We never learn her real name. Sadie has met her lover Lucien, a young and well-born Parisian, by “cold bump”–making him believe the encounter was accidental. And like everyone she chooses to interact with, Lucien is useful to her. Sadie operates on strategy and dissimulation, based on what her “contacts”–shadowy figures in business and government-
-instruct. First, these contacts want her to incite provocation. Then they want more.
William : a novel by Mason Coile
Henry is a brilliant engineer who, after untold hours spent in his home laboratory, has achieved the discovery of his career–he has created artificially intelligent consciousness. He calls the half-formed robot William. No one knows about William. Not yet anyway. Henry’s agoraphobia keeps him inside the house, and his fixation on William keeps him up in the attic, away from everyone, including his pregnant wife, Lily.
A Christmas duet : a novel by Debbie Macomber
Hailey Morgan’s life has always revolved around music. She once had big dreams of becoming a professional songwriter, but the reality of life has led her to working as an assistant high school band teacher in Portland. As the holidays approach, Hailey dreads the annual tradition of spending Christmas with her family and dodging her mother’s meddling questions about her love life. When Hailey’s close
friend offers her the use of her family’s empty cabin for a rejuvenating solo holiday retreat, Hailey finally decides to do something to make herself happy.
New Non-fiction
Dreams : the many lives of Fleetwood Mac by Mark Blake
Blake takes readers on a deep-dive into everything Fleetwood Mac–the songs, the rivalries, the
successes, and the failures, evoking the band’s entire musical catalog as well as the complex human drama at the heart of the Fleetwood Mac story.
Hardy’s heroes : their history of WWII : the war before June 6, 1944, D-Day / Part 1 : by Rick A. Shockey
All across this magnificent land of ours, Americans have paid great respect and immense honor to our nation’s war dead and Hardy County, West Virginia, is no exception. At the county courthouse, located in the town of Moorefield, a large memorial wall pays respect and is dedicated to its citizens who were killed in battle or died during war.
Lovely one : a memoir by Ketanji Brown Jackson
In this memoir, Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States, chronicles her life story.
Tiger, Tiger by James Patterson
Patterson explores the life of Tiger Woods–how did he become the G.O.A.T., what drove him to fall so spectacularly, and how has he made his way back to the pinnacle of golf?
New Easy Readers
A Stickler Christmas by Lane Smith
Woodland creature Stickler merrily wanders the forest delivering Christmas presents to his friends. Barnaby unboxed! By Terry Fan
Meet Barnaby: he’s half mouse and half elephant, with just a dash of flamingo…and fully trained! When he’s brought home to be pampered and cared for by his very own little girl, life is perfect…until a new, even more perfect pet comes on the scene. Suddenly Barnaby is no longer the most perfect pet around, and his little girl doesn’t seem interested in him anymore. Feeling unappreciated, Barnaby runs away and finds himself swept up on a wild journey through the city and an emotional search for home in a tale of love found, lost and found again.
I quit by Kristen Tracy
When kitty first got adopted, everything was purr-fect. Then came the rules. NO eating the bread! NO chasing the baby! BAD KITTY! Excuse me? She’s not a bad kitty. Left with no choice, she says goodbye to everything she loves (even her favorite crinkled-up receipt) and quits!
Impossible Possums by Justin Colon
Mischievous possum Carl sets out to create the perfect friend with his new Possum Populator, but things do not go according to plan.
