Harlem Library

The Book Challenge for December is to read a book published in 2024. When you have completed the challenge, please notify the library to have your name entered into the drawing for a gift certificate from a local business.

After School Squad will meet today, December 18, at 4 P.M. Lego Club will be held tomorrow, December 19 at 4 P.M. Children’s programs will take a break for the next two weeks and begin again the first full week of January. Storytime will meet again Tuesday, January 7, 10 A.M. for littles ones age 0-5 and their parents/caregivers. After School Squad will be held Wednesday, January 8, 4 P.M. for elementary students. All ages are invited to Lego Club Thursday, January 9, 4 P.M. Preschoolers must be accompanied by an adult.

Be sure to pick up a book or two from the Christmas Book Tree. There are many great holiday stories to choose from. Three new titles include “The Mistletoe Mystery” by Nita Prose, “A Christmas Duet” by Debbie Macomber, and “Blue Christmas Bones” by Carolyn Haines.

The library will be closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

The Book Club will resume in January. Members may pick up the new selection “The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride” by Joe Siple January 6-10. The first discussion will be January 13, 4 P.M.

Here are some free services we offer as Christmas gifts all year round: Wi-Fi, scanning, notary services, children’s playspace, computers, and more!

“Burn” is a new novel by Peter Heller. Jess and Storey, friends since childhood, have made their annual trip to the woods to camp, hunt and hike. After weeks of living off the grid, the men reach a small town and are shocked by the devastation and destruction they find. Is this the result of those who have threatened all summer to have the state of Maine secede?

Bestselling author Jodi Picoult has written “By Any Other Name.” This story is about two women, centuries apart - one of whom is the real author of Shakespear’s plays - who are both forced to hide behind another name.

“The House at Watch Hill” is the first in a new series by Karen Marie Moning. Zo Grey is reeling from the recent death of her mother when she receives a call from an attorney in Divinity, Louisiana. A distant relative has left her a huge fortune and a Gothic mansion that sits ominously at the peak of Watch Hill. But she must live in it alone for three years before the house, or the money, is hers.

A new Jackson Brodie mystery is “Death at the Sign of the Rook” by Kate Atkinson. Ex-detective Jackson Brodie is called to a sleepy Yorkshire town to investigate a stolen painting. But he soon uncovers a series of unsolved art thefts that lead him to a converted hotel hosting Murder Mystery weekends.

Other new titles include “Ghost Soldier” by Clive Cussler, “On the Hunt” by Iris Johansen, and “An Eye for an Eye” by Jeffrey Archer.