The Monticello Public Library News

Volume: 241 February 2018

Musical Comedy with Love Your Library – conditions and shattering Stephen Lee Rich Become a Friend! loneliness to prop up her husband's career." Join us for a night of 1960’s The Friends of the Library Vaudeville inspired musical will be holding their annual Between the Covers comedy with Stephen Lee Rich! membership drive during the Book Club He will be bringing his show month of February. That Was Vaudeville to the Li- The Friends help out by or- Carolyn’s next selection brary for one night only on ganizing fundraisers, sponsor- th for her Between the Covers Monday February 12 at ing events and purchasing Book Group is 6:30pm. Stephen is a self- items for the Library. We are “Americanuh” by proclaimed singer/songwriter, very thankful for all that they Chimamanda Ngozi comedian, yodeler and harmless do for us and for their constant Adichie. crazy person. It’s sure to be a support. Here’s a snippet about this hoot! If you’re interested, please You can join as an individual book: “Ifemelu and Obinze sign-up at the Library for $5 per year or $50 for a are young and in love lifetime. As a family, you can when they depart military- February Display Case join for $10 per year or $100 ruled Nigeria for the West. for a lifetime. New members Beautiful, self-assured The collection in our display are always welcome to join or Ifemelu heads for America, case for the month of February attend the meetings. where despite her academ- is red hot! Marcia Teale has ic success, she is forced to brought in her beautiful Viking Book Club grapple with what it means Amberina glass. She has been to be black for the first collecting for about five years The evening book club will time. Quiet, thoughtful now and has found the glass next meet on Wednesday Feb- Obinze had hoped to join pieces on eBay, in antique ruary 21st at 7:30pm to dis- her, but with post-9/11 stores, at flea markets and has cuss The Paris Wife by Paula America closed to him, he received some as gifts. Viking McLain. instead plunges into a dan- Amberina glass started being "Meeting through mutual gerous, undocumented life made in the US in the 1960’s friends in Chicago, Hadley is in London. Fifteen years and is still being made to this intrigued by brash "beautiful later, they reunite in a day. The colors in the glass boy" Ernest Hemingway, and newly democratic Nigeria, range from deep red to orange to after a brief courtship and and reignite their pas- yellow. Marcia loves how the small wedding, they take off sion—for each other and light shines through the different for Paris, where Hadley for their homeland.” Be- colors. They truly are beautiful makes a convincing transfor- tween the covers will meet and unique works of art, so mation from an overprotected on Friday February 23rd for make sure to stop in to take a child to a game and brave a discussion. You can pick peek at them! young woman who puts up up a copy today! with impoverished living 2 The Monticello Public Library News February 2018

Kids Movie Day due on an emergency closing the Shadow of Denali by Tracie day will not be charged fines, Peterson; Fall From Grace by On Thursday February 15th, we but we do suggest that you call Danielle Steel; Oryx and Crake will be showing the movie and leave a message asking for by Margaret Atwood, Modern Wonder at 4:00pm. your items to be renewed, if Manners: Tools to Take You to “Based on the beloved best- necessary. the Top by Dorothea Johnson; selling novel, WONDER follows Prairie Fields by Caroline Fra- the inspiring story of the Pull- New DVDs: ser; The Subtle Art of Not Giv- man family, whose youngest ing a F*ck by Mark Manson. child, Auggie, is a boy born Some of our most recent titles with facial differences. When are: New Large Print Book: Auggie enters mainstream ele- Last Flag Flying; Tyler Perry’s mentary school for the first Boo 2: A Madea Halloween; Under the Northern Lights by time, his extraordinary journey Victoria: Season 2; Ray Do- Tracie Peterson. novan: The 5th Season; Good- unites his family, his school, and his community, and proves bye Christopher Robin; The that you can't blend in when you Killing of a Sacred Deer; Thank New Audiobook: were born to stand out.” You For Your Service; A Dog and Pony Show; Open Season: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Story Time with Zoe Triple Feature; Homeland: The F*ck by Mark Manson.

Complete Sixth Season; Stephen Story Time will continue to King’s It; The Snowman; Better New Juvenile Books: meet every Tuesday morning at Call Saul: Season Three; 10:00. Join us for songs, stories, Crooked House; Loving Vin- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and music and movement and a fun cent; The Doctor Blake Myster- Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 by Bill art project. New friends are al- ies: Season Four; Deadliest Martin Jr., John Archambault ways welcome! Catch: Seasons 4 & 5; Breathe; and Michael Sampson; Hedge- Some of our upcoming themes November Criminals; My Little hugs by Steve Wilson and Lucy are: Valentine’s Day, Chicka Pony: The Movie; Foreigner; Trapper; Love From The Very Chicka Boom Boom and Dr. Marshall; Bullet Head. Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carl; Love Monster by Rachel Seuss’ Birthday. Bright; Bowhunting by Tyler New Adult Books: Osmoth. Winter Weather Closings Still Me by Jojo Moyes; Fire New CDs: and Fury: Inside the Trump The Library will always try to White House by Michael Wolff; A Little Something More From maintain normal hours as much The Wife Between Us by Greer Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night as possible during the Winter Hendricks; The Bright Hour: A Sweats; Notion by Tash Sul- but sometimes that nasty weath- Memoir of Living and Dying by tana; Camila by Camila Cabel- er forces us to close. Nina Riggs; Robicheaux by lo; 2018 Grammy Nominees. Closures will be announced on James Lee Burke; I Love You the WEKZ radio station as well Too Much by Alicia Drake; The as on Facebook as soon as the Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani; decision is made. The Woman in the Window by Story Time will be cancelled A.J. Finn; The Wife: A Novel of whenever the Monticello Pub- Psychological Suspense by lic Schools decided to close Alafair Burke; Look for Me by due to the weather. Lisa Gardner; Anatomy of a Any Library materials normally Scandal by Sarah Vaughan; In