Harlem Library

“A book is a dream you hold in your hand.”

~ Author Neil Gaiman

The library is a place that helps to make those dreams come true. Come to the library in September “Library Card Sign Up Month” and you can register for your very own library card. All you need is a current photo I.D., a working phone number and mailing address. Parents may register their children who are in kindergarten and older. The first time you use your card you may check out one item. When that is returned, you may check out two movies at a time and as many books as you feel comfortable. And library cards are free!

Lego Club will start up again on Sept. 20, 4:30 P.M. for all ages in the library meeting room . Come imagine, build, and create!

Book Club members may pick up their copy of “Run” by Ann Patchett this week. The first discussion will be Monday, Sept. 24, 4 P.M. in the meeting room.

The September meeting of the library board will be Sept. 26, 4:15 P.M.

“Half Moon Bay “ is by Alice LaPlante. Jane is devastated after her daughter is killed in a senseless car accident. Trying to start a new life Jane moves to the tiny seaside town of Half Moon Bay where she begins to make friends and finds a job. But soon little girls start to disappear. Jane sees her own pain reflected in the eyes of parents in town. As the disappearances continue Jane realizes her neighbors wonder if she is the cause.

Debbie Macomber fans will want to pick up “Cottage by the Sea.” Anne Marlow’s life has been rocked by tragedy and she heads toward Oceanside in the Pacific Northwest, the one place that holds happy memories of family vacations. There she begins to restore her broken spirit through the special folks she meets. Events threaten to upset Anne’s peaceful existence and she is torn between a new journey toward success and the haven she has come to call home.

A new psychological thriller by Linwood Barclay is “A Noise Downstairs.” Paul Davis is haunted by dark events that took place one night eight months ago. Now he believes he can hear the sound of his vintage typewriter keys clacking in the middle of the night. Can the typewriter be connected to the horrifying crime of two deaths he witnessed?

“Little Fires Everywhere” is written by Celeste Ng. Elena Richardson lives in Shaker Heights, a suburb of Cleveland, and plays by the rules. Mia Warren, arrives with her teenage daughter, Pearl, and rents a house from Elena. Soon Mia and Pearl become almost a part of the Richardson family. But secrets from Mia’s past threaten to upset the status quo. When a friend of the Richardson’s attempts to adopt a Chinese American baby a custody battle divides the town and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides.

You may also want to read “When We Found Home” by Susan Mallery, “Her Fear” from the Amish of Hart County series by Shelley Shepard Gray, and “Before and Again” by Barbara Delinsky.

Library history trivia: The library collection was moved from the home of Mrs. Grace Kennedy to the Civic Center where it was located from the early 1940’s to 1968.