HARLEM LIBRARY

The regular meeting of the library board of trustees will be held today, Oct. 25, 4:15 in the library meeting room.

The final presentation in the “End of Life Planning and Preparation” series will be held Monday, Oct. 30, 7 P.M. at the Harlem Senior Center. The focus of this presentation will be the death process and after. Blaine County Coroner Frank Billmayer and representatives from Holland and Bonine Funeral Home will be the guest speakers.

The library now has an on-going used book sale in the reading room. This replaces the annual used book sale usually held in December.

Don’t forget about the 2017 Reading Challenge to read 52 books this year! If you have read four books this month be sure to let the library know and you may win a gift certificate from a local business.

If you would like to be a Friend of the Harlem Library or if you are already a member, annual dues of $10 may be dropped off at the library or sent to PO Box 472, Harlem, MT 59526.

“There are worst things than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” ~Joseph Brodsky

Don’t be accused of not reading! We have lots of great choices for your reading pleasure. One of them is “Seeing Red” by Sandra Brown. Twenty-five years ago Major Franklin Trapper lead a handful of survivors to safety after the bombing of a Dallas hotel. He became a national icon giving frequent public appearances. Then he dropped out of the public eye, shunning all media. TV journalist Kerra Bailey is determined to get an exclusive interview with The Major and tries to go through his estranged son, ATF agent John Trapper. But the interview turns into a catastrophe when an assailant targets The Major as well as Kerra.

John Clayton is the author of the nonfiction selection “Wonderlandscape: Yellowstone National Park and the Evolution of an American Cultural Icon.”

Bestselling author Robin Cook’s latest novel is “Charlatans.” Super Chief Surgical Resident Noah Rothauser is swamped at Boston Memorial Hospital. The famed teaching hospital features hybrid operating rooms of the future. When an otherwise healthy man dies in a routine procedure, Noah suspects surgeon Dr. William Mason. But Mason is quick to blame anesthesiologist, Dr. Ava London. When more deaths occur Noah must decide what is real and who’s to blame before more lives are lost.

“Thief’s Mark” is written by Carla Neggers. FBI agents Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan are entangled in a murder in a quiet English village, long-buried secrets, and a man’s search for answers about his traumatic past.

Susan Wiggs brings to readers the novel “Map of the Heart.” Camille Adams lost her husband in an unspeakable tragedy. Now she believes she has made peace with the past and lives with her teen daughter, Julie, in a quiet coastal town. A mysterious packages arrives and breaks open the door to her family’s secret past. A past that takes Camille, Julie, and Camille’s father back to a French town filled with dark memories of WWII and uncovers a surprising family history.

“The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye” by David Lagercrantz continues Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series. Linda Fairstein’s new thriller is “Deadfall.” “Rituals” is the stunning finale of Kelley Armstrong’s Cainsville Series.