Harlem Library

The regular meeting of the library board is Friday, July 28 at 9 A.M. in the meeting room.

Summer Reading ends this week. Children are asked to turn in their reading logs by August 4. Grand prize winners will be announced the second week of August. Thanks to all the children who participated, the parents who encouraged their children to read, and those who donated items for summer reading.

The Letter by Letter game for adults continues until the end of August. You may win a $50 gift card!

Notify the library if you have read four books in the month of July for the 2017 Reading Challenge. Your name will be entered to win a gift certificate from local business.

Heather Gudenkauf has written “Not a Sound.” Nurse Amelia Winn is left deaf after a tragic accident. Depression sets in causing her to lose her job, her husband, and her stepdaughter. After two years with the help of her hearing dog, Stitch, Amelia’s life is getting back on track. Until she finds a body of a fellow nurse in the woods near her cabin. She is swept into an investigation that uncovers clues which may shatter her life all over again.

From best-selling author Anita Shreve comes a new novel based on the true story of the largest fire in Maine’s history. In October 1947 Grace Holland is forced to protect her two toddlers from a raging wildfire by huddling with them in the sea. When they emerge Grace is forced to remake her life after the loss of everything. Although tragedy gives her a chance to remake her life, the true test of her courage still lies ahead of her.

A new Numa Files novel by Clive Cussler is “Nighthawk.” The X-37, the United States’ most sophisticated aircraft, is missing in the South Pacific. NUMA’s crew are called in to locate this fallen machine as Russia and China also race to find the plane. But only NUMA personnel know that on the plane is a deadly payload that must be found before it thaws and unleashes a deadly catastrophe.

“Beartown” is by Fredrik Backman, the author of “A Man Called Ove.” The people of Beartown fear their town is finished as the forest slowly encroaches upon them. Their hope and dreams rest on the junior ice hockey team who have a shot at winning the national semifinals. The players on the team face great opportunities if they win, but also a heavy responsibility to not let the town down. But when a violent act traumatizes a young girl the town is in turmoil as accusations leave no resident unaffected.

Other new titles include “Come Sundown” by Nora Roberts, “Magpie Murders” by Anthony Horowitz, and “If I’m Found,” Book 2 in the “If I Run Series” by Terri Blackstock.

One of the services supplied by your library is free Wi-Fi. You may access the Internet using the library’s Wi-Fi password on our laptops or tablets or on your own devices. Ask at the front desk for the password and register on the Internet sign up sheet. Remember that the library Wi-Fi cannot be used to illegally download copyrighted materials such as music, movies, or print materials.