Harlem Library

The Book Challenge for November is to read a book set in Montana. If you have completed October’s Book Challenge be sure to notify the library to have your name entered to win a gift certificate from a local business.

November is National Native American Heritage Month. In celebration the library is hosting a display of star quilts on loan from community members. You may still bring your quilt or quilts marked with your name to the library to add to the display. The library will host a Native American cultural evening November 13, 6 P.M. with speakers, presentations and refreshments. Please join us.

The library will be closed November 11 in observance of Veterans Day.

The new Book Club book “Great Circle” by Maggie Shipstead may be picked up until November 15. The first discussion will be held November 18, 4 P.M.

Mark your calendars for the annual Friends of the Library Wine and Cheese fundraiser which will be December 4, 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. This year’s theme will be “Karolee’s Kandy Kane Kristmas” in memory of Karolee Cronk, long-time Friends of the Library Events Chairperson and dedicated library supporter. Tickets are on sale at the library for ten dollars.

The Friends of the Library are currently holding their annual membership drive. New members are needed! Annual dues are only ten dollars and may be paid at the library.

“All the Colors of the Dark” is a new novel by Chris Whitaker. 1975 is a time of change in America. In small town Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing. When a daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, Patch, a local boy saves the girl and leaves heartache is his wake. The line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer in this missing person mystery, serial killer thriller, and love story combined.

Marjan Kamali is the author of “The Lion Women of Tehran.” In 1950s Tehran, Ellie lives life in comfort and wealth until her father’s untimely death. She and her mother are forced to move to a tiny home downtown where Ellie makes a new friend on the first day of school. Homa and Ellie become fast friends and dream of becoming “lion women.” When Ellie and her mother are afforded the opportunity to return to their previous luxurious life, memories of Homa begin to fade. Years later Homa’s reappearance in Ellie’s life alters the course of both their lives.

“Maria,” a novel of Maria Von Trapp, is by Michelle Moran. In this dramatic novel, based on the life of the women glamorized in The Sound of Music, Maria is brought to life as never before.

Anna E. Wahlgren has written “The Last Time We Met.” ‘Old friends. Old grudges. One evening back together again. The last time they all had dinner, someone wound up dead. What could go wrong?’

Two new Garret Kohl novels are “Ricochet” and “Cold Trail” by Taylor Moore.