LibraryAware January 2023

MRLS Newsletter — January 2023

Did You Read It?

January Closings

Read with Libby

Download the Libby app to access our entire library of OverDrive titles

Libby gives you the ability to read ebooks and magazines, listen to audiobooks, and browse catalog guides and library lists with ease!

With Libby, you can:

Read across devices -- all your loans, bookmarks, and reading progress sync across your devices.
Get access offline -- download ebooks and audiobooks for offline reading, or stream them to save space.
Listen in your car -- enjoy audiobooks in your car through Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, or a Bluetooth connection.
Send your books to Kindle -- if you prefer reading on your Kindle, Libby can send your library books to Kindle devices and the Kindle app.
Customize how you read -- Libby allows you to adjust font size, book layout, and lighting, as well as add bookmarks, notes, and highlights. You can even look up definitions of words!
Add multiple library cards -- if you are a member of multiple libraries that subscribe to OverDrive, you can add each card and toggle easily between them.

Libby is available on the Apple App Store and Google Play. If you need help downloading or using Libby, call or stop by your closest branch.

January Is National Hobby Month!

Check out these books to learn new ways to

craft, quilt, cook, and more!

Monthly Events

New Book Highlights

The Choice
by Nora Roberts - Adult Fiction

When the enemy's witches, traitorous and power-mad, appear to Breen in a dream practicing black magick and sacrificing the innocent, she must unite with Keegan and all of Talamh to save those in need of rescue and, with every weapon she has, confront the darkness once and for all.

A World of Curiosities
by Louise Penny - Adult Mystery

As Chief Inspector Gamache works to uncover answers about an old murder, his alarm grows when a letter written by a long dead stone mason is discovered. In it the man describes his terror when bricking up an attic room somewhere in the village. When the room is found, the villagers decide to open it up. As the bricks are removed, Gamache, Beauvoir and the villagers discover a world of curiosities. But the head of homicide soon realizes there's more in that room than meets the eye. There are puzzles within puzzles, and hidden messages warning of mayhem and revenge. In unsealing that room, an old enemy is released into their world.

Marie Kondo's Kurashi at Home: How to Organize Your Space and Achieve Your Ideal Life
by Marie Kondō - Adult Nonfiction

Inspired by the Japanese concept of kurashi, or way of life, this beautiful guide empowers you to embrace what you love about your life and then reflect it in your home, activities and relationships.