Harlem Library

Happy Thanksgiving! The library will be closed Thanksgiving Day, but we will be open Friday, November 29.

The Friends of the Harlem Library Wine & Cheese Fundraiser “Karolee’s Kandy Kane Kristmas” is set for December 4, 6 - 8 P.M. Tickets for adults over age 21 are on sale at the library for $10 in advance and $15 at the door. There will be silent and live auctions, musical entertainment, delicious food, wine tasting, door prizes and 50/50 raffle. The library will be closed December 4 in preparation for this event.

The Book Challenge for November is to read a book set in Montana. When you complete the challenge be sure to notify the library staff to have your name entered to win a gift certificate from a local business. The December Book Challenge is to read book published in 2024.

Be sure to stop at the library during the Christmas Jubilee, December 12, 4-8 P.M. Warm up with hot cider and cocoa.

After School Squad will not meet today, November 27 or December 4; but it will be held December 11 and December 18.

The Book Club will not meet again until January.

“One Big Happy Family” is a new novel by Jamie Day. With the recent passing of their father, the Bishop sisters - Iris, Vicki, and Faith - have come to home to Maine to claim the family hotel, the Precipice. But with a hurricane looming, each of the sisters holding dangerous secrets, and murder in the air - not everyone who checks in to the Precipice will be checking out.

Amy Neff has written “The Days I Loved You Most.” Joseph and Evelyn have been married for more than sixty years. They call their children together to tell them the staggering news of Evelyn’s diagnosis and their decision to end their lives on their own terms in one year’s time. During that year they embark on a journey to create new memories, live our their dreams and to connect with each of their children. As their final days grow closer, they must face the reality of what they are about to do.

A new selection by Louise Erdrich is “The Might Red.” In the Red River Valley of North Dakota, Gary Geist is set to inherit two farms and is desperate to marry Kismet Poe. Her best friend, Hugo, also loved Kismet and is determined to steal her away.

An Alice Pepper Lonely Hearts and Puzzle Club Mystery is “Puzzle Me a Murder” by Roz Noonan.

A new addition to the science fiction collection is “The Games Gods Play” by Abigail Owen.