Harlem Library

Congratulations to Rita Richman! She is the lucky winner of our “Love Your Library” month drawing for Feb. The Harlem VFW has generously donated one free hour of bowling for Rita and guests. Thanks to everyone who took part in the Feb. activities including the Mardi Gras Fun Night.

The next Learn at the Library program will be held Monday, March 20, 7 P.M when master gardener Hillary Maxwell will present the program “Be Fearless-Garden.” This program will feature information, tips, and encouragement to beginning gardeners and those interested in starting a garden. Refreshments will be served.

The library service of note for this week is “The Book Club.” The Book Club is a book discussion group for adults which meets weekly on Mondays at 4 P.M from September through May. We read a variety of titles including fiction and nonfiction. Book Club kits are usually borrowed from other libraries so there is no cost involved. Lively discussions and a collection of opinions make this a fun and interesting time together. This week the new book “Hanna’s Daughters” by Marianne Fredriksson may be picked up at the library. The first discussion will be Monday, March 20.

Have you stopped by the library recently? We have new titles that arrive on a regular basis. Come by and see what’s new.

“The Sleepwalker” by Chris Bohjalian is the thrilling and mesmerizing story of a wife and mother who vanishes from her bed late one night.

Laurie Frankel is the author of “This Is How It Is.” This is the story of a five-year-old Claude who dreams of being a princess and growing up to be a girl. Claude’s parent want Claude to be himself and the entire family keeps his secret until one day it explodes.

“The Rising” by Heather Graham and Jon Land is the story of high school football hero Alex Chin and his girlfriend Samantha Dixon. When Alex is injured in a football accident he lands in the hospital. But his world only goes from bad to worse as his doctor and then his parents are murdered. On the run Alex and Samantha race to stay ahead of his attackers while trying to uncover the secret to why he is being hunted in the first place.

George R. R. Martin has written “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.” This work compiles the first three prequel novellas to “A Game of Thrones.” These adventures take readers to an age when the Targearyen line still holds the Iron Throne and the memory of the last dragon still lives on.

“The Orphan Keeper” is a novel by Camron Wright. Chellamuthu is kidnapped from his village in India as a child, sold to a Christian orphanage, and adopted by an American couple. After months Chellamuthu finally makes clear what has happened to him and that he already has a family. After his adoptive parents try unsuccessfully to track down his family, his life takes on the normal routine of an American child. More than a decade later he meets Priya, a girl from India with surprising ties to his past.

Other new books include “Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future” by Joi Ito and Jeff Howe, “Feversong” by Karen Marie Moning, and “A Mind of Your Own: The Truth About Depression and How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their Lives” by Kelly Brogan, MD.