Hello, Americantowns!

This year brings a new look to our Note to Shelf emails. From one reader to another, we wish you a very Happy New Year filled with exciting new chapters.

Are you ready to begin your 2024 reading journey? Join our Winter Reading Challenge and play book bingo online using the Beanstack app for multiple chances to win raffle prizes or the grand prize of a Kindle Paperwhite. Whether you are looking for award-winning books or a story set in a different country, our Adult Winter Reading lists will help you get started. Stop by the Welcome Desk where our librarians are also always ready to recommend your next great read and assist you with joining the online reading challenge.

The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose is a sheer delight. Molly Grant, head maid at the prestigious Regency Grand Hotel, adheres to the mantra, “Clean until perfection!” While training a new staff member, a famous author is murdered during their shift, and the entire staff becomes suspect. Coincidentally, Molly knew the author from her childhood. When she was little, she would accompany her grandmother who worked at his mansion. Could her knowledge and memories help to find clues?

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What could inspire all but the most diehard Streisand fans to read 1,000 pages (or spend nearly 50 hours listening to the audiobook) of Barbra Streisand’s memoir, My Name is Barbra? After doing just that, I am confident saying that there is something for everyone in this long-awaited doorstopper of a work. For musical theater nerds, there are dishy, behind-the-scenes glimpses of some of Babs’ most beloved works.

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