Blaine County Library

The library will be closed Monday December 25, 2017 for the Christmas Holiday. We will resume regular hours Tuesday, December 26th. There will not be Story Time that day. The library will be closed the following Monday January 1, 2018 in celebration of New Year's Day. We will be open regular hours the remainder of that week and there will be Story Time Tuesday January 2nd.

A Heavenly Christmas will be the movie today at 1:00 p.m. in the library meeting room. It is a Hallmark movie and running time is 93 minutes. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be served. Grumpy Old Men will be December 27th. We are showing the movies with closed captioning whenever possible. Hopefully this will encourage those who may have difficulties hearing the movies to attend.

We have one new non-fiction book ready to go this week. "The Mindful Way to a Good Night's Sleep" by Tzivia Gover will help you discover how to use dreamwork, meditation, and journaling to sleep deeply and wake up well.

We have four new fiction books available. "The Story of Arthur Truluv" by Elizabeth Berg is an emotionally powerful novel about three people who each lose the one they love most, only to find second chances where they least expect them. For the past six months, Arthur Moses's days have looked the same: He tends to his rose garden and to Gordon, his cat, and then rides the bus to the cemetery to visit his beloved late wife for lunch. The last thing Arthur would imagine is for one unlikely encounter to utterly transform his life. Eighteen-year-old Maddy Harris is an introspective girl who visits the cemetery to escape the other kids at school. One afternoon Maddy joins Arthur, a gesture that begins a surprising friendship between two lonely souls. Moved by Arthur's kindness and devotion, Maddy gives him the nickname "Truluv." As Arthur's neighbor Lucille moves into their orbit, the unlikely trio band together and, through heartache and hardships, help one another rediscover their own potential to start anew. "One Station Away" by Olaf Olafsson is a deeply affecting family tale, a heart-rending love story that spans the globe, and a suspenseful drama at the edge of the mystery of life and death. "One Station Away" is a profoundly moving story of memory, identity, and misconnection, a novel of haunting power and lasting insight. "Ginny Moon" is a debut novel by Benjamin Ludwig that has landed on several Bestsellers lists. Ginny Moon is exceptional. Everyone knows it-her friends at school, teammates on the basketball team, and especially her new adoptive parents. They all love her, even if they don't quite understand her. They want her to feel like she belongs. What they don't know is that Ginny has no intention of belonging. She's found her birth-mother on Facebook, and is determined to get back to her-even if it means going back to a place that was extremely dangerous. But no one listens and no one understands. So Ginny takes matters into her own hands. In "The Demon Crown" by James Rollins the members of Sigma Force must make a devil's bargain as they join forces with their most hated enemy to stop an ancient threat and save mankind's future in this gripping adventure.

The display table for December has a nice assortment of new and old Christmas books for your enjoyment. Be sure to check out the on-going book sale in the entryway while you are here. You may find something you just can't do without! All proceeds from our book sales go into our memorial fund and are used for special programming.

This week's line from "Life's Little Instruction Book" #346 Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the ones you did.

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