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     Here are some highlights of new books coming to our adult fiction collection. From mystery and suspense to inspirational and romance, there’s something for everyone to read this summer. 
     “Reserved for Murder” by Victoria Gilbert is the latest in the “Book Lover's B&B” mystery series. A romance author’s biggest fan is found dead after a boo...

A quote from this year’s Adams County Reads One Book selection: “Be we must tell our stories, and not be ensnared by them.”
Says The Boston Globe of this year’s Adams County Reads One Book: “An electrifying, inventive novel…A haunting adventure story told through the tough lens of history…a quintessentially American story of self-creation, doubt, and elevation.”
The Los Angeles Ti...

“Tails & Tales” is this year’s SummerQuest theme, and it isn’t just for kids.  This year, the library system has a variety of virtual summer events for Adults to enjoy.
First is our summer challenge for adults – to read five books between June 1 and August 7, and logging the information in our online program, Beanstack (the link is found on the library’s website, www.adamslibrar...

     What is SummerQuest you ask?  SummerQuest is library events, take & Makes, Digital Story Times, Go Adams and many other fun things that will keep children of all ages reading over the summer.  
     Why do we want children reading over the summer?  We need to prevent the Summer Slide, which is a concept that has been researched since ...

Zaina Arafat – You Exist Too Much
Lynn Austin – Chasing Shadows
Marie Benedict – The Personal Librarian
Wanda Brunstetter – The Return to the Big Valley
Jenny Colgan – Sunrise by the Sea
Marianne Cronin -- The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
Matt Dunn – Pug Actually
Laurie Frankel – One Two Three
Rivka Galchen -- Everyone Knows Your ...