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I hope your January 2025 has been full of wonderful time reading whether you like cozy, curl up under a blanket reading or you have read waiting for an appointment or waiting for a child to finish practice. There are so many wonderful books to read that it can be very hard to know where to start. I am really enjoying the newer genre called cozy fantasy. I have read several and have several more on my ‘to read’ list. Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree and the prequel Bookshops and Bonedust is when I first became aware of the genre as separate from fantasy. I have since also enjoyed Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong. Of course, one of the original authors is Becky Chambers and her Monk and Robot series A Psalm for the Wild Built and A Prayer for the Crown Shy.
If you like Minnesota settings be sure and read well-known authors John Sandford and William Kent Krueger, but don’t miss out on the lesser-known Roger Stelljes with his series about missing girls that starts with Silenced Girls. Margi Preus three books set on the imaginary Enchantment Lake in northern Minnesota read like Nancy Drew mysteries and are great fun for all ages. Books 2 and 3 are The Clue in the Trees and The Silver Box.
Or discover the newly published Suddenly Rural Girl by Dann Hurlbert for a newcomer’s perspective of Northern Minnesota where Dakota moves with her mom and brother after her dad is killed. Can she figure out how to fit in and find her place? And don’t forget the stalwart Louise Erdrich and her newest book The Mighty Red set in the Red River Valley along the Minnesota/North Dakota border.
The library is very grateful to Koochiching Aging Options for including the library in one of their grants. They were able to provide us with three fiction books for youth on dementia. We are very pleased to present the following titles for reading. These titles will be a wonderful addition to our collection and enable families to start the process of explaining what is happening to loved ones to their children. Families with young children will appreciate Meatballs for Grandpa by Jeannette Fazzari Jones and Oma’s Bag by Michelle Wang. Both stories talk about the changes grandparents are undergoing and the love they can still show. Upper elementary students as well as teenagers and adults will appreciate the story in Sun Seekers by Rachel McRady as a way to again begin processing a difficult diagnosis. All three books are now available to loan, let us know if you have other questions or want non-fiction titles to also read.
Crafters’ Café continues on alternate Tuesdays from 11 am – 1 pm and the next gathering will be Tuesday, January 28th. Bring whatever you are currently working on and get support to finish projects. We have knitters, crocheters, drawers, needleworkers and others gathering to work, talk, and laugh together.