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That Christmas / Richard Curtis

It’s an unforgettable Christmas for the townsfolk of Wellington-on-Sea when the worst snowstorm in history alters everyone’s plans, including Santa’s.

Dec 4th / Netflix

The Children’s Train / Viola Ardone

A seven-year-old boy named Amerigo who in 1946 leaves his impoverished family in Naples and gets on a train to go live with a wealthier family in the north as part of a postwar initiative to rescue children from poverty.

Dec 4th / Netflix

Nightbitch / Rachel Yoder

Dec 6th / Theatres / Put on hold

Foregone / Russell Banks

(Oh, Canada)

Leonard Fife, one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam, shares all his secrets to de-mythologize his mythologized life.

Dec 6th / Theatres / Put on hold

One hundred years of solitude / Gabriel García Márquez

Dec 11th / Netflix / Put on hold

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

(based on the world by J.R.R. Tolkien)

A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and ruthless Dunlending lord seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm Hammerhand, the King of Rohan, and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg.

Dec 13th / Theatres/ Put on hold

Virgin River/ Robyn Carr

(Season 6)

Seeking a fresh start, nurse practitioner Melinda Monroe moves from Los Angeles to a remote Northern California town and is surprised by what and who she finds.

Dec 19th / Netflix/ Put on hold

 

Did you know that you can check out board games at the Andover Public Library? We have over 80 different games to choose from for your next game night! You can get one game per card and keep it for one week.

Here’s a list of just a few of the games we have for different types of players.

Classic games: for those who like things old school

– Clue
– Battleship
– Connect 4
– Candy Land
– Chutes and Ladders
– Sorry
– Uno
– Taboo
– Parcheesi

Party games: for those who have lots of friends

– Scattergories
– Say Anything
– Name 5
– Apples to Apples
– Cards Against Humanity (Family Edition)
– Codenames
– Sheriff of Nottingham
– Really Loud Librarians

Historical games: for those who want thing really old school

– Castellan
– Carcassonne
– Flick ’em Up!
– Great Western Trail
– BANG!
– Tiny Epic Western
– Biblios
– Splendor

Co-op games: for those who just want everyone to get along

– Forbidden Island
– Forbidden Desert
– Pandemic
– Horrified
– Space Alert
– Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle

Strategy games: for those who want to win, strategically

– The Settlers of Catan
– The Castles of Burgundy
– 7 Wonders
– Battle line
– Peloponnes
– Revolution
– Tiny Epic Galaxies
– Steam Works

Children’s games: for children and children at heart

– Press Here
– Crazy Eggz
– Monopoly Junior
– Robot turtles
– Slamwich
– Enchanted Forest

Two-player games: for a two-person game night

– Columns
– The Fox in the Forest
– Robotech: Force of Arms
– Patchwork
– Aerion

Fantasy games: for those who want to live in a different reality

– Clank!
– Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Phoenixborn
– Ex Libris
– Welcome to the Dungeon

Card games: for those who just want to play with cards

– We didn’t playtest this at all
– Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza
– Alien Hotshots
– Quiddler
– Ratuki
– The Oregon Trail Card Game
– Rook
– Slapzi
– Squarrels

Family games: for everyone to play together

– Family Challenge
– Sequence
– King of Tokyo
– Loony Quest
– Qwirkle
– Reef
– Disney Villainous
– Ubongo
– Bananagrams: Wild Tiles
– Steam Up
– Livingstone
– Her story

Book games: for fans of books to judge whether the book is better

– Miss Bernard is a Wild Card! (My Weird School)
– Pete the Cat: The Missing Cupcakes Game
– Dogman: Hot Dog Card Game
– Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: the Game
– Wizard of Oz

Short games: for those who don’t have time for games

– Big Boggle
– Blokus
– Love Letter
– Spyfall
– Zombie Dice
– Wordle: The Party Game
– Kingdomino
– Star Fluxx
– Puppy Love
– Wonky
– Brick party

Long games: for those who have nothing but time

– Escape Tales: The Awakening
– Betrayal at the House on the Hill
– Robinson Crusoe
– First in Flight
– Dune
– Agricola

Abstract games: for those who want their gameplay to be a little abstract

– Continuo
– CrossWays
– Pentago
– Tsuro
– Lantern: harvest festival
– Beez

Mystery games: for fans of mysteries and escape rooms

– Deckscape: Heist in Venice
– Deckscape: The Fate of London
– Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
– There’s Been A Murder
– Mysterium

Trendy games: for those who want to play the most popular games

– Pengoloo
– Bugs in the Kitchen
– Froggy Boogie
– Yahtzee jr
– Outfoxed
– Race to the Treasure

Unpopular games: for those who want to play games that are feeling lonely

– Set: The Family Game of Visual Perception
– Rage
– Adventure land
– Totem
– Say Bye to the Villains
– Resistance: Avalon

Trivia games: for those who want to share their knowledge (and compete with it)

– Cranium
– Beat the parents
– Malarky
– Mindtrap
– TriBond
– Wits and wagers

City Building: for those who love dreaming up cities

– Mad City
– Kingdom Builder
– Machi koro
– Imhotep
– Citadels

Artistic Games: for those who want to appreciate the art

– Kana Gawa
– Parks
– Photosynthesis
– Tokaido
– Wingspan
– Lotus
– Dixit

Monster games: for those who want to create monsters and battle monsters

– MonsDRAWsity
– Monster Misfits
– Monster Lab
– Smash up
– Nefarious

If you enjoyed the “Fourth Wing“, here are some more books and authors you might like!

A Court of Thorns and Roses / Divine rivals / Bride / Powerless

The serpent & the wings of night / Heartless hunter / A fate inked in blood / When the moon hatched