Harlem Library

The library is offering a “Beginning Genealogy Class” starting September 20. This four part class will meet Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30, in the library meeting room. Sylvia D. Murray, an accredited genealogist from Havre, will be instructing the class. The class is free and you must attend all four sessions. Class size is limited to 12 and you must register by Sept. 16. Call the library to register or for more information.

Books and Babies will not meet the first week of September in Harlem or Turner. Lego Club meets Thursday, Sept. 1, 6 P.M. at the library; but there will be no Lego Club Sept. 8. Story Hour meets Friday, Sept. 2, 10 A.M. for children from preschool through grade 5. There will be no Story Hour Sept. 9. Children’s programming will resume the following week.

The Book Club begins again Sept. 7 when you may pick up the book “The Secret River” by Kate Grenville. Book Club will continue to meet on Mondays at 4 P.M. in the library meeting room.

The Book Challenge for September is to read a book that has been banned. Contact the library if you need help in finding a list of titles to choose from.

A book new to the Montana Collection is “Mortal Fall” by Montana author Christine Carbo. A wildlife biologist’s body is found at the base of a ravine in Glacier National Park. Leading his first investigation, park officer Monty Harris discovers Paul “Wolfie” Sedgewick’s study of the embattled wolverine population has met with resistance. To add more intrigue, Monty’s brother who is attending a facility for rehabilitating troubled teens, may have a connection to the case. As Monty digs deeper another body is found.

Ridley Pearson has written “White Bone.” Ex-military contractor John Knox racers to save his partner Grace Chu when her cover is blown while investigating the disappearance of one million euros’ worth of AIDS vaccine in Kenya.

“First Comes Love” is the latest novel from Emily Giffin. Sisters Josie and Meredith shared a loving if sometime contentious relationship growing up. Then tragedy strikes, tearing them apart. Now in their thirties, the sisters have very different lives. Josie is a single first-grade teacher who has nearly given up on finding the right guy, but still wanting desperately to be a mother. Meredith looks at what seems like a perfect life as a wife and mother and wonders if this is the life she really wants. As painful secrets from the past surface, the sisters must confront the issues that divide them in their journey toward understanding and forgiveness.

A new Kate Burkholder novel by Linda Castillo is “Among the Wicked.” Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates the death of a young girl in a reclusive Amish settlement in upstate New York. Kate’s love interest, State Agent John Tomasetti, is against her going since she’ll have limited communication and little backup. But Kate can’t turn away especially as she hears rumors of children in danger. Going deep undercover Kate finds shocking evidence of secrets and crimes.

A new nonfiction selection is “This Is Where You Belong: The Art and Science of Loving the Place You Live” by Melody Warnick. In this book Warnick examines how people come to feel at home in our towns and cities. She delves into the research around place attachment and then travels to towns and cities across America to speak with movers and stayers to learn what draws them to a new city and what makes them stay.

Two mysteries for dog lovers are “Outfoxed” by David Rosenfelt and “Live and Let Growl” by Laurien Berenson. New gardening books include “The Water-Saving Garden” by Pam Penick and “The Bee-Friendly Garden” by Kate Frey and Gretchen LeBuhn.

The library will be closed Monday, Sept. 5 in observance of Labor Day.