New versions available at the Mount Airy Public Library:
fiction
Blind Tiger – Sandra Brown
Another Kind of Eden – James Lee Burke
When Ghosts Come Home – Wiley Cash
Vortex – Catherine Coulter
An Impossible Promise – Jude Deveraux and Tara Sheets
Cul-de-Sac – Joy Fielding
Enemy at the Gates – Vince Flynn
Send For Me – Lauren Fox
High Stakes – Iris Johansen
The Burning – Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman
Billy Summers – Stephen King
19 Road to the Yellow Moon – Fern Michaels
Apples Never Fall – Liane Moriarty
The Prison Lawyer – James Patterson and Nancy Allen
The Noise – James Patterson and JD Barker
Forgotten in Death – JD Robb
Booty of the Dead – Dana Stabenow
Complications – Danielle Steel
Class Act – Stuart Woods
Non-fiction
Taken at Birth – Jane Blasio
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Library storytelling hours are open to anyone wishing to join us. Adults must wear a mask. Mondays at 4 p.m. Afternoon Story Time for Kindergarten to Grade 2 children; Wednesday at 10:30 am, Toddler Time for children aged 2 and 3; Thursday at 9:30 am Reserve Babies for children from 0 to 2 years old; Thursday at 11 a.m., Preschool Story Time, birth in preschool.
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Addicted – Come join our crochet and knitting club every Wednesday at 3 p.m. Bring your own yarn and complete the group project or bring your own project to work on.
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Tai Chi is back in the library. Join us every Friday at 10 a.m. This course is beneficial for people with reduced mobility.
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Classic Movie Monday returns on the last Monday of the month with “Night of the Living Dead”. Due to the schedule, we will start at 6.15 p.m.
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The Community Book Club meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 1 p.m. The October book is “The Family Upstairs” by Lisa Jewell.
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LACE – The Romance Readers Book Club meets on the last Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. The book chosen for October is “A Rogue by Any Other Name” by Sarah MacLean. Copies are available at the counter.
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Pretty Cool Pumpkin Decorating Contest – Bring your decorated (not carved) pumpkin on October 25th. Votes will be cast throughout the week and the winner will be announced at our Halloween party on October 29th.
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Witches Brew With Witchy Poo – Join us Friday, October 29 at 4 p.m. for Halloween stories and refreshments. Wear your costume and get ready to have a scary time. The winner of the Pretty Cool Pumpkin Decorating Contest will be announced during this time.
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Gravity Falls Halloween Party – Join us on Friday October 29 from 6pm. at 8 p.m. for food, drink, crafts and more. Feel free to dress up as your favorite Gravity Falls character.
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A handmade quilt was donated to the Northwest Regional Library System by Carol McDowell for use as a raffle prize. We and our sister libraries will be selling raffle tickets one for $ 1 or 6 for $ 5. The profits will be used to purchase e-books for the region. Tickets are available now, you can come to the library to purchase the tickets and see a photo of the quilt. The draw will take place on November 15.
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