Don’t Forget! This Saturday, February 1, 2025!
A special presentation to the Library by the George Hott family: A compilation of his athletic years as well as his contributions to Moorefield High School. Come reminisce and visit. 10:00 am on February 1.
Light refreshments will be served.
Regular Events:
Crochet – Thursday’s at 1:00 pm
Story Time – Wednesdays at 10:00, every 1 st Saturday at 10:00
Book Club – 1 st Saturday at 1:00
REMINDER: 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.
Looking ahead: In case you missed him in early fall, Rick Shockey, author of Hardy’s Heroes, will again be doing a book signing on February 22, 2025.
New fiction:
The inmate by Freida McFadden
There are three rules Brooke Sullivan must follow as a new nurse practitioner at a men’s maximum- security prison: 1) Treat all prisoners with respect. 2) Never reveal any personal information. 3) Never EVER become too friendly with the inmates. But none of the staff at the prison knows Brooke has already broken the rules. Nobody knows about her intimate connection to Shane Nelson, one of the penitentiary’s most notorious and dangerous inmates. And they certainly don’t know that Shane was Brooke’s high school sweetheart—the star quarterback who is now spending the rest of his life in prison for a series of grisly murders. Or that Brooke’s testimony was what put him there.
But Shane knows.
And he will never forget.
The Banned Books Club: by Brenda Novak
When Gia’s sister, Margot, begs her to come home to help with their ailing mother, Gia has no choice.
Margot’s borne the brunt of their mother’s care, and now it’s Gia’s turn to help, even if it means opening
old wounds. As expected, Gia’s homecoming is far from welcome. There’s the Banned Books Club shestarted after the PTA slashed the high school reading list, but there is also Mr. Hart, her former favorite teacher. The one who was fired after Gia publicly and painfully accused him of sexual misconduct.
Fortunately, Gia learns that there are people she can depend on. And by standing up for the truth, she finds a future in the town she thought had rejected her.
Into the sunset by Mary Connealy
Tired of hiding from the controlling husband who’d committed her to an asylum, Ginny Rutledge is intent on being declared legally sane. Joining her fight are Maeve O’Toole and Dakota Harlan, each fleeing their own difficult circumstances. But when trouble arrives from all sides, their pasts may prove too dangerous to overcome.
Night & Day by John Connolly
Filled with eerie surprises and dark delights, Night and Day takes us from the dusty shelves of an
uncanny library filled with fictional characters to a bunker deep beneath the earth where scientists seek revenge on old Nazis; from an English marsh haunted by a mother and her son to a country house where a grieving widower finds comfort from a most unlikely source. Concluding with the author’s account of how an obscure horror film brought him closer to his lost father, and how nostalgia can help to keep us sane, this is a collection that will move, entertain, and keep you reading late into the night.
New Easy Readers
The little rabbit by Nicola Killen
One magical day, Ollie’s stuffed bunny comes to life and they share an adventure.
Lefty : a story that is not all right by Mo Willems
Lefty and Righty hand out the facts in a theatrical performance that spans the ages. Once upon a time, left was considered wrong . . . but now, left or right, it’s all alright. (And there are scissors for everyone!)
Seven Little Ducklings by Annette LeBlanc Cate
In this adorable counting story brimming with unconditional love, a mother duck searching for her seven missing ducklings ends up collecting even more "babies" as she goes.
The Rabbit Listened by Cori Deorrfeld
When Taylor’s block castle is destroyed, all the animals think they know just what to do, but only the rabbit quietly listens to how Taylor is feeling.
Little Red Sleigh by Erin Guendelsberger
As Little Red travels from the Christmas shop to the North Pole, seeking Santa in hopes she can be his sleigh one day, good advice helps her discover her true purpose.
