Regular library hours are as follows: Monday-Thursday 1:00-6:30 pm Saturday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm.
THE MILLS & PETRIE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ON THURSDAY, DEC. 22 DUE TO WEATHER. We will also be closed Saturday and Monday, Dec. 24 and 26 for the Christmas Holiday. We will open at 1 pm on Tuesday, December 27, 2022.
Have you heard of Biblioboard? This is a service that is available to all Illinois residents, including those who do not have a library card. You can download the app Biblioboard or you can go to library.biblioboard.com. When you arrive at the log in page, you will see the information for a name and a password; ignore that. LOOK TO THE RIGHT and see the button labelled Biblioboard Library of Illinois. Click on that button and you will be on your way. This site includes more than 20,000 eBooks including books that are independently published, books written by Illinois authors, classics, educational resources and pop-up picks. One true advantage to this site is that everything that is available is available all of the time to as many people as wish to use it. No waiting, no hold list. Give it a try and let us know what you think. This site is very popular among librarians.
USED BOOKS: We have an outstanding collection (both quality and quantity) of used books available in the foyer. You are welcome to browse the collection any time that the library or the building is open. You will find wonderful fiction and a wide variety of non-fiction, paperbacks and hardbacks. Please come and take a look.
The Community Book Club continues. Generally, they meet on the first Monday of the month at 7 pm. THEY DO NOT MEET IN DECEMBER. On occasion, for the convenience of the members, the meeting may be rescheduled. The next Book Club meeting is Monday, January 2 at 7 pm in the library.
NEW ADULT BOOKS:
Abandoned in Death by J. D. Robb
Address Unknown by Kathrine Taylor
Before Austen Comes Aesop the Child by Cheri Blomquist
Caramel Pecan Roll Murder by Joanne Fluke
Catch Her Wehn She Falls by Allison Buccola
Creative Gardener: Inspirational Projects and Ideas to Personalize You Space by Adam
Frost
Daughters of the Occupation by Shelly Sanders
Do You Follow by J. C. Bidonde
Dreaming of Flight by Catherine Ryan Hyde
The Ex-husband by Karen Hamilton
Family Affair by Robyn Carr
Finding Me by Viola Davis
French Braid by Anne Tyler
Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar
Gwendy's Magic Feather by Richard Chizmar
Hwer Last Goodbye by Rick Mofina
The Homewreckers by Mary Kay Andrews
Honeymoon Cottage by Lori Foster
Honey Roasted by Cleo Coyle
How to Win Friends and Influence People, updated edition by Dale Carnegie
Killing the Killers: the Secret War Against Terrorist by Bill O'Reilly
Kiss Me Cowboy by Diana Palmer
The Lady's Mine by Francine Rivers
Lioness by Chris Bohjalian
Liz Taylor Ring by Brenda Janowitz
Long Overdue at the Lakeside Library
Love and Saffron: a Novel of Friends by Kim Fay
Love in Plain Sight by Kathleen Fuller
The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki
Match by Harlan Coben (hardback and audiobook)
Men in my Situation by Per Petterson
Missing Piece by John Lescroart
Mulberry Hollow by Denise Hunter
Murder at the Lakeside Library by Holly Danvers
Murder Most Grave by G. A. McKevett
Nightwork by Nora Roberts
Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach
Nothing to Lose by J. A. Jance
Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf
Rancher's Forgotten Rival by Maisey Yates
Recovery Agent by Janet Evanovich
Relative Murder by Jude Devereaux
Riverbend Gap by Denise Hunter
Robert B. Parker's Revenge Tour by Mike Lupica
Safe House by Stuart Woods
The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain
Steal by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
Summer at Stallion Ridge by Delores Fossen
Summer Getaway by Susan Mallery
Summer on the Island by Brenda Novak
Sweet Home Alaska by Jennifer Snow
Sweet Home cowboy by Maisey Yates, Nicole Helm, Jackie Ashender and Caitlin Crews
Take Your Breath Away by Linwood Barclay
Texas Homecoming by Carolyn Brown
This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future by Jonathan Martin
and Alexander Burns
Two Little Girls by Laura Jarratt
Unbridled Cowboy and Once Upon a Cowboy by Maisey Yates
Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
Walnut Creek Wish by Wanda E. Brunstetter
Welcome tot he School by the Sea by Jenny Colgan
What Happened to the Bennetts? by Lisa Scottoline
When She Dreams by Amanda Quick
Wildfire Threat by Cathy McDavid
22 Seconds by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (in hardback and in audiobook)
NEW CHILDREN'S and YOUNG ADULT BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY:
We have MANY new children's books, starting with our Caldecott and Newbery collections. Thanks to a Back to Books Grant from the Illinois State Library, we have completed our collections of these award-winning books. Caldecott books are honored for the outstanding art work that they contain. Some Caldecott books have no words and several have few words, but all have outstanding--even breath-taking--illustrations. Newbery books are typically written for children who are grades 2-7. Some include illustrations but all are books with outstanding stories about people, animals, nature--indeed, everything. We encourage you to come and bring your children/grandchildren to browse through these collections.
Other new children's books:
Are You Ready to Play Outside?, an Elephant & Piggy book by Mo Willems
Avengers Meh Strike: Heroes to the Core by Jeremy Whitley
Fishing on Thin Ice by Art Coulson
George's Race Car by Cala Spinner (Peppa Pig)
Inky's Amazing Escape: How a Very Smart Octopus Found His Way Home by
Sy Montgomery
I Survived the Galveston Hurricane, 1900 by Lauren Tarshis
LEGO City: Birthday Helpers! by Steve Foxe
Meet Newton Star! by Maggie Testa (P. J. Masks)
Minecraft 1 by Sfe R. Monster
Minecraft 2 by Sfe R. Monster
Sloth at the Zoom by Helaine Becker
Sunlight on the Snow Leopard by Mary Pope Osborne
Together by Luke Adam Hawker
