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In this Issue
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Lost Book Amnesty Month! Have you had that book or movie forever? Did the dust bunnies hold it for ransom? So you could only read 5 pages before falling asleep? The DVD player wouldn't give it back? No matter your excuse - return any library items that were declared LOST on your library card in April and we will waive all the fees associated with that item. This offer is valid for LOST items and only when items are returned to the Plainville Public Library in April. Really, we just want our things back so others can borrow them and you really want it out of your house. So return those lost items to the Plainville Public Library, 198 South St. (Route 1A). Our book drop is open 24 hours a day and we have a second book drop in the parking lot at the Wood School on Messenger St.to make returning items easy. Time to Pick up Trees If you signed up for a tree(s) from Neighborhood Forest, don't forget to come pick up your tree(s) between April 22 and 27. Just in time to celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day. We will send you an email reminder too! Keep Plainville Beautiful Month If you are helping with the cleanup efforts around town, we have pick up tools and safety vests to borrow from our Library of Things. Save the Date:
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Wed, Apr 10, 2024 -- Soup Master Class at 6:30 PM
Wed, 10 Apr 2024 18:30:00 EST
Become a Soup Master in 2024! Soup is one of the most nutritious and nourishing foods you can eat. But only when it’s made with less sodium and real ingredients. Ditch the store-bought salt bombs and come learn a variety of soups you can make at home, including Creamy Spinach Bisque, Low Sodium Garden Vegetable, Lentil Vegetable, and tons more! We also review the latest soup supplies and other products to make life in the kitchen easier. Sample soup and recipes will be available for everyone. Presented by Therapy Gardens. Sponsored by the Friends of the Plainville Public Library, Inc.
Location: Plainville Library
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Thu, Apr 4, 2024 -- Eclipse PJ Storytime at 5:00 PM
Thu, 04 Apr 2024 17:00:00 EST
In celebration of the total solar eclipse happening on April 8th, we're holding a space-themed Pajama Storytime! We'll read stories, play a game, and make a craft. We'll also be handing out solar eclipse glasses provided by Star Net. Children of all ages are welcome to attend.
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Wed, Apr 3, 2024 -- Art for Art's Sake for Adults at 7:00 PM
Wed, 03 Apr 2024 19:00:00 EST
An opportunity to make an art project. We will have the mediums required and directions for you to create a one of a kind piece of art. Advance registration is required. A small materials fee of $2 is required and will be collected that evening. This program is for adults of any age. Tonight's medium is: Gelli Plate printmaking with card stock, acrylic paint and yarn or string.
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Thu, Apr 4, 2024 -- Crafternoon for Adults at 2:00 PM
Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:00:00 EST
Adults - Drop in join us for a craft project. This project is free but the number of projects may be limited. This month we are making: a set of 4 clothespins that look like you worked really hard to paint them perfectly. Come and we will show you the trick to creating these colorful pins to keep you organized, hold a recipe, or however you decide to use them.
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Fri, April 26, 2024 -- Pins and Needles Network at 3:00 PM
26 April 2024 15:00:00 EST
Drop in for a chance for fabric artists to meet at the Plainville Public Library to work on their projects, share tips, and socialize. They meet on the last Friday of the month between 3:00 and 4:30pm. New members and visitors are always welcome! All types of needlework are welcome including: embroidery, crochet, knitting, sewing, needlepoint and more! Please bring your current fabric or yarn projects to work on. Otherwise, we have a lovely basket of yarn and crochet hooks that were generously donated to help you get started.
Location: Plainville Library
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Thu, Apr 4, 2024 -- Homeschool Meet-Up at 6:30 PM
Thu, 04 Apr 2024 18:30:00 EST
Interested in homeschooling? Or do you already homeschool your children but have questions, and would like to meet other homeschooling families in the area? Join us in the Children's Department on the first Thursday of every month! Kids are welcome to attend and play in the Children's Room during the meet-up. For this session, Roberta Van Vlack from Advocates for Home Education in Massachusetts (AHEM) will be stopping by. She'll be leading an informal discussion about objections to homeschooling, and how to best respond.
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Wed, Apr 3, 2024 -- Senior Book Club at 1:15 PM
Wed, 03 Apr 2024 13:15:00 EST
Melissa Campbell leads a book discussion at the Plainville Senior Center once a month. All are welcome to attend. Books in large print and regular format are available at the Library to checkout. This month's title: The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
Location: Senior Center
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Thu, Apr 4, 2024 -- Roaming Readers Walking Group for Adults at 4:00 PM
Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:00:00 EST
Come walk and talk about what you've been reading and keep your fitness goals with a roughly 30 minute walk in our neighborhood or on the flat path in the woods behind the library. We will walk unless it's raining, so dress for the weather. Meet others who love reading, get ideas of what to read next and enjoy an easy walk. An Informed Consent and Liability Waiver is required to participate. If you would like a reminder, please register for this program. Library staff will be here to help guide a lively discussion and walk with you.
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Tue, Apr 2, 2024 -- Virtual: Smithsonian American Table at 2:00 PM
Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:00:00 EST
Virtually step into the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History with Curator Paula Johnson as she discusses the book Smithsonian American Table: The Foods, People, and Innovations That Feed Us on Tuesday, April 2 at 2 PM ET via digital live-stream in partnership with the Plainville Public Library! Register and view more Author Talks here: https://libraryc.org/plainvillepubliclibrary
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The Massachusetts Library Collaborative's 50+ Job Seekers Group will begin a new session in January. It meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, from 9:30am to 11:30am . Register via the links on our website. If you are unemployed and actively looking, underemployed, seeking a new career direction, re-entering the job market after a long employment gap, or recently retired and looking for your "Encore Career", this networking group program is perfect for you! Remember, 85% of jobs are found through networking! Held on Zoom with people from across the state. Sponsored by the Friends of the Plainville Public Library, Inc.
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Register once on our library calendar for the Zoom Link.
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Learn It Live
Free Yoga and Meditation classes. Daily live classes and over 100 recorded classes in Health, wellness, spirituality, career and personal development. FREE for Plainville Public Library card holders through this link or the Libby APP (which you have for eBooks!) Click for web use.
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Tuesdays -- Rhyme Time at 10:00 AM
Tue, jan 2024 10:00:00 EST
Rhyme Time is a drop-in program intended for infants and toddlers. Each week we will share an interactive story, finger plays, music and movement activities, and more. Children are welcome to engage with the program as much as they feel comfortable. Our intention is to introduce early literacy skills in a low-key environment, followed by social play time (for both children and caregivers!). No program on December 26
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Wed, Apr 10, 2024 -- Crafternoon: Bookmobiles at 3:00 PM
Wed, 10 Apr 2024 15:00:00 EST
Did you know it's National Library Week? We sure did! And we're celebrating! Stop by the Children's Deparment for today's Crafternoon; we'll be decorating bookmarks and making 3D bookmobiles. All ages welcome.
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Wed, April 24, 2024 -- Read to a Dog at 4:30 PM
Pre-readers and experienced readers alike are invited to join Lori and her dog Mocha in the Children's Department for our "Read to a Dog" program! Reading to a furry friend not only helps kids practice their literacy skills, but it builds reading confidence and reduces stress. This drop-in program will take place on the last Wednesday of every month; no registration required.
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Your outdoor room : how to design a garden you can live in
by Manoj Malde
"In this easy-to-follow guide, Manoj shows you how to design a garden you will want to live in. Whether you have a small rooftop, large yard, or a new-build 'blank canvas' - every space is unique, and this book will explain how to get the most out of your garden for you and your family. With aspirational examples and designs from real life, low-maintenance spaces and gardens for plants-people; whether you want a garden for entertaining, playing, or practising yoga, Manoj takes you on a step-by-step journey to creating your dream space. Find answers to the questions you always wanted to ask, like 'How do I design social spaces?' and 'Can I make my yard feel bigger?' with this practical and easy-to-follow planning tool. Learn how to develop a style; introduce zones; use pathways and screens; choose water features, colours and materials to transform the way your garden looks and feels. This comprehensive guide includes advice on: Using budget-friendly, beautiful materials; Encouraging wildlife to come into your yard; Making your space effortlessly sustainable; Choosing the perfect plants to complement your style and space; and creating a garden you and your family will love. Discover how to design a space for entertaining, a place to relax and drink a cocktail, or an area where the family can eat, play, and spend time together. But most importantly, design a garden you can live in. Unlock the potential of Your Outdoor Room, no matter your experience or budget. It's never been this easy to create a space that works for you"
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City in ruins : a novel
by Don Winslow
A Las Vegas casino mogul with a spotty past must fight for the life he created and everything he holds dear after old enemies surface, in the third novel of the series following City of Dreams. 250,000 first printing.
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Here we go again
by Alison Cochrun
Two former best friends, Logan and Rosemary, who went ten years without talking to each other, reunite when their beloved former English teacher and mentor tells them of his dying wish for a cross-country road trip. Original.
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How to plot a payback : a novel
by Melissa Ferguson
A screenwriter who lands his dream job writing for a long-running sitcom must deal with being near the show's star, who destroyed his acting career and ruined his relationship when they were school friends in England. Original.
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Just for the Summer
by Abby Jimenez
With every person they date finding their soulmate the second they break up, Justin and Emma decide to date each other and break up to cancel each other's curse out, but their quick fling turns into something more when their families get involved and they catch real feelings for each other.
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Nosy neighbors
by Freya Sampson
When their apartments in Shelley House face demolition, sworn enemies 25-year-old Kat and 77-year-old Dorothy put their differences aside to save their historic building, but when one of its residents is murdered, the duo seek justice to restore peace in their community.
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The reaper follows
by Heather Graham
Agents from the FBI and Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigate a series of murders linked to conspiracy theorists and doomsday cults.
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The rule book : a novel
by Sarah Adams
Representing famous NFL tight end Derek Pender, her college ex-boyfriend, agent Nora MacKenzie, when he tries to make her life miserable, sets in motion a scheme of her own, but when a wild night in Vegas leads to marriage, their rule book goes out the window. Original.
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Sandcastle Inn / : A Hope Harbor Novel
by Irene Hannon
Returning home to Hope Harbor, Oregon, to regroup after her career tanks, Vienna Price helps Matt Quinn resuscitate his sister's floundering B&B and discovers hope, healing and even love can be found in the most unexpected places. Original
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She's not sorry
by Mary Kubica
Single mother and full-time nurse Meghan Michaels, when it is revealed her patient with a traumatic brain injury didn't jump from a bridge but was pushed, mistakenly lets herself get too close to the case, realizing she and her daughter could be the next victims.
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A short walk through a wide world : a novel
by Douglas Westerbeke
Cursed with immortality at the age of 9, but with a requirement that she stays in perpetual motion, Aubry flees Paris and embarks on a century-spanning, globe-trotting odyssey, seeking a cure and discovering a world beyond the boundaries of time and space.
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Table for two : fictions
by Amor Towles
The New York Times best-selling author shares six stories based in New York City, which consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters, and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood, told from seven different viewpoints, which stars the indomitable Evelyn Ross.
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Tourist season
by Brenda Novak
Trapped alone in her fiancé's family‘cottage' as a hurricane bears down on Mariners Island, Ismay Chalmers, as she prepares for the storm, discovers some disturbing items hidden in a closet that have her questioning everything she knows about the seemingly perfect Windsor family—especially her fiancé.
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Daughter of Mine
by Megan Miranda
Returning to Mirror Lake after inheriting her childhood home, Hazel discovers long-hidden secrets that may explain the mystery of her mother's disappearance in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of All the Missing Girls. Simultaneous.
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How to End a Love Story
by Yulin Kuang
A best-selling author with writer's block heads to L.A. for the film adaptation of her book where she must collaborate with a screenwriter who was involved in the tragic accident that bound them together 13 years prior. Original.
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The poison pen
by Paige Shelton
Arriving at Jolie's estate in the village of Roslin to examine an antique sword, Delaney, when a dead body is discovered, digs into Jolie's own fascinating history through a journal linked to King Edward VIII, but when the journal goes missing, Delaney must read between the lines to solve this case.
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The Twilight Garden
by Sara Nisha Adams
Warring London neighbors Winston and Bernice share an empty patch of greenery lost to time, but when Winston receives photographs of the garden in bloom many years prior, they decide to lay down their arms to revitalize the garden and help revive the community spirit that's been languishing for so long.
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A calamity of souls
by David Baldacci
In a Virginia courtroom in 1968, a reluctant white lawyer and a dedicated black attorney must bridge their differences to fight for a Black man's life against racial prejudice and powerful forces seeking to undo civil rights progress.
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Pay Dirt
by Sara Paretsky
While visiting Angela, one her protégées in Kansas, V.I. Warshawski, when Angela's roommate goes missing and V.I. finds her near death in a drug house, is pitched headlong into the country's opioid crisis and a local land-use battle with roots going back to the Civil War.
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Darling girls
by Sally Hepworth
Two women who escaped an overly-strict home with a foster mother on a farm are called back to their childhood home and into the orbit of their former guardian when human bones are discovered beneath the farmhouse. 300,000 first printing.
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Funny story
by Emily Henry
After being dumped for her boyfriend's lifelong best friend, Petra, Daphne agrees to room with Petra's freshly heartbroken ex until she can figure things out, in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of Happy Place.
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A game of lies
by Clare Mackintosh
Detective Ffion Morgan must untangle alibis and uncover what happened when a reality show in the Welsh mountains turns into a deadly game of truth or dare after one of the participants is murdered.
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The Last Word
by Elly Griffiths
Hired by the daughters of local writer Melody Chambers to investigate her death, believing she was murdered, Natalka and Edwin go undercover at a creative writing weekend at isolated Battle House where another murder occurs and by the time Edwin infiltrates a sinister book group, he finds himself in danger.
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Patchwork Quilt Murder
by Leslie Meier
When the director of the new community center and her young employee are found dismembered, part-time reporter Lucy Stone, trying to piece the clues together, discovers the truth rests somewhere between wild rumors, a trusted friend's emotional new sewing project and the authenticity of a mysterious 300-year-old patchwork quilt.
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The summer we started over : a novel
by Nancy Thayer
Returning to Nantucket to help her younger sister with the grand opening of her gift shop, Eddie Grant must face all she left behind: her father's increased eccentricities; her sister's resentment of her leaving; and a past love connection, discovering a long-buried family secret that will change them all forever.
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Where There's Smoke
by Kiki Swinson
Determined to conceal her part in an arson-for-insurance scam gone wrong, volunteer firefighter Alayna Curry sets up her ex-lover, shot dead, to take the fall, but when a determined FBI agent starts pulling apart her story—and her lies, she plays her most dangerous trump card to clear her name for good.
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The Wild Lavender Bookshop
by Jodi Thomas
While worrying about their father, sisters Katherine and Cora Lee discover there's more intrigue afoot in Honey Creek when a woman arrives to hear the last wishes of the father she never met, bringing changes that alter the lives of those who call this close-knit town home. Original.
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The big book of pregnancy nutrition : everything expectant moms need to know for a happy, healthy nine months and beyond
by Stephanie Middleberg
"The only guide you need to nourishing yourself and your baby from the first through fourth trimesters, from the bestselling author of The Big Book of Organic Baby Food When you found out you were pregnant, you were probably given a long list of things you were no longer "supposed" to do. But what you really need is a practical guide to all the things you can do to feel as empowered and strong as possible. The Big Book of Pregnancy Nutrition is the comprehensive handbook to everything a mama-to-be needs to feel healthy and supported for her entire pregnancy-and beyond-from licensed nutritionist, registered dietitian, and mom-of-two Stephanie Middleberg. This one-of-a-kind resource covers everything from prenatal vitamins and supplements to foods that alleviate constipation and heartburn to preparing for your glucose test and what to cook and freeze before the baby comes. Learn which foods may help your baby's developing microbiome, decrease nausea, ease labor pains, and build your milk supply"
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The library of borrowed hearts
by Lucy Gilmore
Stumbling across a rare edition of a book from the 1960s with love notes scribbled in the margins, librarian Chloe Sampson is sent on a literary scavenger hunt that brings about unexpected friendship and the discovery that some love stories begin in the unlikeliest places. Original.
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Miss Morgan's Book Brigade
by Janet Skeslien Charles
The New York Times and internationally best-selling author of The Paris Library returns with a novel based on the true story of Jessie Carson—the American librarian who changed the literary landscape of France. Illustrations.
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Only the Brave
by Danielle Steel
During World War II, Sophia Alexander, after her mother dies and her father is sent to a concentration camp, becomes increasingly involved in the resistance and while working with the convent nuns, the Sisters of Mercy where she risks everything to help those in need—no matter what the cost.
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Plainville Public Library plainvillepubliclibrary.org/ 198 South Street Plainville, Massachusetts 02762 (508) 695-1784
Regular: Monday & Tuesday: 9:00am-3:00pm | Wednesday & Thursday: 10:00am-8:00pm | Fridays: 1:00-5:00pm |Saturdays: 9:00am - 1:00pm | Sundays: Closed. Closed Saturdays June 6 through Labor Day.
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