LibraryAware July 2024

MRLS Newsletter — July 2024

Summer Reading Program

Summer Reading at the Library

"Adventure Begins at Your Library" is in full swing! Sign Up, Read, and ENJOY! Main events this month will begin July 11th with the Virginia Natural History Museum and July 18th with the Tiny Farm. Events will be held at 10:30 am at BCL and 2:00 pm at RML.

Be sure to complete and return your reading challenge by July 31st.

Visit our website at https://shorturl.at/j67HY to learn more and to view our info flyer and full event calendars.

These books are available to check out this summer!

Monthly Events

NoveList

Find your next read with NoveList Plus or NoveList K-8 Plus!

Novelist makes it easy to find books you'll love based on your preferences. You can view recommended reading lists, read honest book reviews from other readers, and find read-alike recommendations.

You can search for books based on elements like appeal factors, genre, and theme, or use the Appeal Mixer by selecting types of characters, illustrations, pacing, storylines, tones, and writing styles. Some examples include:

Strong female characters + engaging writing style + intricately plotted storyline = Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini and The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll
Large cast of characters + sweeping storyline + dramatic tone = The Year One trilogy by Nora Roberts, The Pillars of the Earth series by Ken Follet, and A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende.
World-building storyline + dramatic tone + compelling writing style = A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin and Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson.

Visit the Library Resources page on our website at https://bit.ly/3hvByIv to access NoveList Plus or https://bit.ly/3PzWBXg to access NoveList K-8 Plus.

July Closings

New Book Highlights

Summer on Highland Beach : a novel
by Sunny Hostin

In Highland Beach, the oldest Black resort community in America, Olivia Jones, amid tense family drama, must decide if she wants to return to the beautiful life she's created in Sag Harbor or finally achieve her dream of having a home and family of her own in Highland Beach.

Stuart Woods' Smolder
by Brett Battles

When he is drawn into a case involving a ring of art thieves, which has links to his own mother's paintings, Stone Barrington must draw out a familiar enemy and face down his most vindictive threat yet.

First Frost : A Longmire Mystery
by Craig Johnson

Sheriff Walt Longmire tries to manage his increasingly complicated personal life while staving off the violent underworld that is encroaching on the Old West, in the 20th novel of the series following The Longmire Defense.

The housemaid is watching
by Freida McFadden

The New York Times bestselling author presents another addictive psychological thriller in the series in which the Housemaid, now with a family of her own, moves to the suburbs, leaving her dark secrets behind, but soon finds this seemingly perfect neighborhood the most dangerous place of all. Original.