Libby Book Awards!

March 12th was the first Libby Book Awards! Libby of course is the eBook and eAudiobook reading app that is free to use with a library card! Scroll down to see the award winners and put a copy on hold today!

Winner for Best Adult Fiction

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - ebook

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Honorable Mention:

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

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Winner for Best Adult Nonfiction

The Wager by David Grann

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Winner for Best Young Adult Fiction

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

Divine Rivals - Audiobook
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Honorable mention:

What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

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Winner for Best Audiobook

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

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Winner for Best Debut Author

The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes

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Winner for Best Diverse Author

Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling

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Winner for Best Memoir & Autobiography

Pageboy by Elliot Page

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Winner for Best Mystery

Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

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Winner for Best Thriller

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

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Winner for Best Romance

Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn

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Honorable mention: 

We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian

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Winner for Best Fantasy

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

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Winner for Best Romantasy

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

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Winner for Best Science Fiction

System Collapse by Martha Wells 

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Winner for Best Historical Fiction

Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

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Winner for Best Book Club Pick

Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

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Books Coming to Screens: March 2024

Spaceman of bohemia / Jaroslav Kalfar

Spaceman

Jakub Procházka, orphaned as a boy and raised in the Czech countryside by his grandparents, overcomes his odds to become the country’s first astronaut.

March 1st/ Netflix/ Put on hold

Dune / Frank Herbert

(Dune: Part Two)

Dune: Part Two

Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.

March 1st/ Theatres/ Put on hold

Apples never fall/ Liane Moriarty

Apples Never Fall

The Delaney family seems happy but Joy disappears, forcing her husband and four adult children to reassess their family history.

March 14th / Parmount/ Put on hold

Chasing Hillary/ Amy Chozick

(Girls on the Bus)

The Girls on the Bus

Four female journalists who follow the every move of a parade of flawed presidential candidates, finding friendship, love, and a scandal that could take down not just the presidency but our entire democracy along the way.

March 14th / Netflix

Arthur / Mikael Lindnord

Arthur the King

An adventure racer adopts a stray dog named Arthur to join him in an epic endurance race. 

March 15th / Theatres

Manhunt : the twelve day chase for Lincoln’s killer / James L. Swanson

Manhunt

The aftermath of the first American presidential assassination and the fight to preserve and protect the ideals that were the foundation of Lincoln’s Reconstruction plans.

March 15th / Apple TV

Mr. & Mrs. American Pie / Juliet McDaniel

(Palm Royale)

Palm Royale

Chronicles a woman reconstructing her identity in the 1960s after being dismissed by her husband and her entire social circle.

March 20th/ Apple/ Put on hold

The three-body problem / Cixin Liu

3 Body Problem

It will follow the story of humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization, seeing humanity being vulnerable to the same external threat.

March 21st/ Netflix/ Put on hold

We were the lucky ones / Georgia Hunter

We Were the Lucky Ones (TV Mini Series 2024– ) - IMDb

A Jewish family is determined to survive and reunite after being separated in World War II.

March 28th/ Hulu/ Put on hold

A Gentleman in Moscow / Amor Towles

 A Gentleman in Moscow

A Russian aristocrat is spared from death and placed on house arrest while the Bolshevik Revolution plays out before him.

March 29th/ Showtime/ Put on hold

 

Black Flies / Shannon Burke

(Asphalt City)

Asphalt City

Ollie Cross is a young paramedic assigned to the NYC night shift with an uncompromising and seasoned partner Gene Rutkovsky. Each 911 call is often dangerous and uncertain, putting their lives on the line every day to help others.

March 29th/ Theatres

 

 

 

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New Audiobooks and DVDs- Feb 2024

New Audio

All my secrets CD AUSTIN, LYNN
Three-inch teeth CD BOX, C.J.
Leopard’s hunt CD FEEHAN, CHRISTINE
The ghost orchid CD KELLERMAN, JONATHAN
The lantern’s dance CD KING, LAURIE
The bad weather friend CD KOONTZ, DEAN
The guest CD PARIS, B.A.
Antarctica station CD RIDDLE, A.G.

New DVDs

The True Summit (DVD) DVD 796.52 TRUE SUMMIT
Daddy Daughter Trip [DVD] DVD DADDY DAUGHTER TRIP
Expend4bles DVD EXPEND4BLES
The holdovers DVD HOLDOVERS
The hunger games: Ballad of songbirds and snakes DVD HUNGER GAMES
Hypnotic DVD HYPNOTIC
It’s a wonderful life DVD IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
The retirement plan DVD RETIREMENT PLAN
Thanksgiving DVD THANKSGIVING
Weird, the Al Yankovic story DVD WEIRD
The White Lotus Season 2 DVD WHITE LOTUS SEASON 2
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