Harlem Library

Summer Reading is quickly drawing to a close. Children are reminded to bring in their reading logs to earn prizes and to move ahead on the reading race track. The summer reading finale for all children who have participated will be July 28, 1 P.M. when we will celebrate with root beer floats and the movie “Zootopia.” The party will last until approximately 3 P.M.

The Friends of the Library fundraiser “Tea with Alice” will be July 27, 6 :30 P.M. at the library. This tea party will have an Alice in Wonderland theme and is a family friendly event. Admission will be $8 for adults and $5 for children.

The library has a new service available called “Shoutbomb.” This service allows you to be notified via text message if you have holds available, items due soon, or items overdue. Contact the library to find out how to sign up.

“Iris and Ruby” is the latest novel from bestselling author Rosie Thomas. Ruby arrives without notice at the home of her grandmother Iris Black in Cairo. Because of her troubled relationship with her mother, Ruby runs away from England and seeks refuge with the grandmother she hasn’t seen for years. As Ruby and Iris grow closer, Iris shares her memories of the glittering world of Cairo during WWII and her one true love who was lost in the conflict. This long-ago love will come again to affect mother, daughter and granddaughter.

Brad Meltzer and Tod Goldberg have written “The House of Secrets.” Hazel Nash has grown up with the famous Jack Nash, host of the conspiracy TV show “The House of Secrets.” She loved hearing his tall tales, especially the one about a leather book belonging to Benedict Arnold that was hidden in a corpse. Now an adult, Hazel has lost her memory in a car accident that killed her father. The FBI shows up with questions about her dad and his connection to the corpse of a man with a priceless book that belonged to Benedict Arnold stuffed in his chest. Hazel tries to solve the mystery of the past and present, who her father really was, and what he was doing for the government.

“The Progeny” is the new novel by Tosca Lee. You wake up and you remember nothing. This a just a warning written to yourself before you forgot it all. You start over in a new place with a new life. Until the day a stranger tells you you’re being hunted for the sins of a royal ancestor who died centuries ago. You don’t believe him until they come for you.

Tina Fontana is the executive assistant to the CEO of a multinational media conglomerate. Although excellent at her job she is tired of making reservations and pouring drinks while her student loan debt is still not paid off. When a technical error in the expense report presents Tina an opportunity to pay off the balance of her loan, she falls into what becomes a full-blown embezzlement scheme. Other assistants want in and before she knows it, Tina is at the forefront of a movement that has the members asking, “How is it that after all these years, we are still assistants?” Don’t miss “The Assistants” by Camille Perri.

“Liberty’s Last Stand” by Stephen Coonts finds former CIA director Jake Grafton and former CIA operative Tommy Carmellini on a mission to save the country from its own president. The nation is in shock over the latest Islamic outrage as the president imposes martial law, cancels the presidential elections, and suspends the Constitution. With the country in chaos Jake and Tommy must find answers to the questions: Who are we? What do we stand for? What are we prepared to do about it?

A new psychological thriller by Lisa Unger is “Ink and Bone.” Twenty-year-old Finley Montgomery is visited by people whom others can’t see and haunted by prophetic dreams. When her abilities become too strong for her to handle, she seeks out the help of her grandmother, Eloise, a renowned psychic. Merri Gleason has spent the last harrowing ten month looking for he her missing daughter. Although she is not a believer, she resorts to hiring detective Jones Cooper who works with Eloise. The investigation proves to have more at stake than a missing girl.

Finley and Eloise are drawn deeper into the town and its endless layers.

The Book Challenge for July is to read a book set in the summertime. Notify the library with the title of the book and your name will be entered into a drawing for a gift certificate from a local business.

July is Montana Open Land month. Stop by and see the display of books that highlight the beauty and wonders of our great state.