Staff Picks
January 2023
We're Reading
The girls at 17 Swann Street
by Yara Zgheib

A French ballerina with self-perception challenges descends into anorexia when an injury sidelines her career, landing her in a support home for women with life-threatening eating disorders.

-Arolyn, Midwest City

Digital Formats: Available in eBook and eAudiobook from Overdrive/Libby and always available in eAudiobook from hoopla.
Woven in moonlight
by Isabel Ibañez

When the usurper Atoc demands the Condesa's hand in marriage, the decoy Condesa, Ximena, seizes the opportunity to find the ancient relic and return La Ciudad's true leader to their rightful place.

-Kate, The Village

Digital Formats: Available in eBook from Overdrive/Libby.
Haikyu!! 1
by Haruichi Furudate

Playing for his idol's high school volleyball team, Shoyo loses his first and last match against Tobio, the King of the Court, and promises to get the best of this rival next season, but the new season brings him a surprising new teammate.

-Abigail, Downtown

Digital Formats: Available in eBook from Overdrive/Libby.
We're Watching
Schitt$ Creek:

When a wealthy video store owner and his family suddenly go broke, they are forced to move to the small Canadian town of Schitt's Creek
Last night in Soho /

When a woman interested in fashion design somehow travels back to 1960s London and meets her idol, she discovers that dark secrets are threatening both of their lives
Everything everywhere all at once /

A woman who runs a struggling laundromat discovers that she must try to save the multiverse which is threatened with destruction
We're Listening to

We're Attending
RESEARCHING YOUR NATIVE AMERICAN ANCESTRY
Sunday, January 29, 2:00PM
Belle Isle Library
Is there a story in your family about Native American ancestry? Join us as we explore records relating to Native Americans in Oklahoma, including the Dawes Roll.
BETWEEN THE LINES BOOK CLUB
Monday, January 30, 6:30PM
Northwest Library
Use your imagination to color in great artwork while exploring the depths of nonfiction. This book club will discuss a different nonfiction book title every month while enjoying the relaxing activity of adult coloring. Coloring pages and markers will be provided or you may bring your own to work on. January's Title: The Library Book by Susan Orlean.
We Love
Book Bingo
On January 1, 2023, we're kicking off Book Bingo, a winter reading challenge for adults. Participants who read 5 books between January 1 and February 28, 2023 will earn a library-branded mug and three (3) free chicken tenders from Slim Chickens as a goal prize (both while supplies last) AND be entered in a drawing for an exclusive prize pack that includes noise cancelling Bluetooth headphones. Participants who read 25 books between January 1 and February 28, 2023 will be entered into a grand prize drawing that includes an iPad.