Bending and Stretching With Us

Work has started in earnest and as of late today, our back entrance is closed. Tomorrow, the construction crew will put up some safety fence, designed to keep the work inside and to keep you safely outside the work zone.

Safety First

The library will stay open during this construction project but we all need to pay extra attention to construction signs, cones, and boundaries. The signs and boundaries are there to keep you safe but still give you access to the library. It’s a juggling act to keep the library open while it’s also an active construction zone.

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Chez Bob by Bob Shea: A Reed Reads! Book Rec

Chez Bob by Bob Shea

Where to find this book at Reed Memorial Library:

If you’re looking for a funny picture book, Hayley from Youth Services has an awesome recommendation: Chez Bob by Bob Shea! Keep reading to learn more about it.

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It All Starts With a Seed

We have lots of unusual things (that aren’t books) that you can borrow at our library: cake pans, traffic cone kits, museum passes, board games and more. But something new and a little different is coming to the library this Spring – seeds! We’ve planned and prepared throughout the winter and soon we will launch the seed library at RML.

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Romance Books (Bookworm Challenge Recs)

Don’t you just love books?

We love books, too, which is why we are running our year-long Bookworm Challenge! If you haven’t heard of our Bookworm Challenge, learn all about it here and sign up on Beanstack.

Each month this year we are spotlighting a different genre. February’s featured genre is romance, so we’ are bringing you’ve compiled a list of lovey books for all ages that will delight your sweet spot for reading and fulfill Bookworm Challenge prompts!

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Great News! (But where can I park?)

The mild weather prediction for winter held true and this means that soon you’ll see work begin on our landscape renovation. Enviroscapes, a company in Louisville, is the contractor performing the work. They’re ready to go and have set mid-February as a starting date, June for completion.

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Shared Moments are Special

When someone gets their first library card, an angel gets his wings.”

Apologies to Frank Capra, but really, can’t you feel the joy in this photo?

This little one knows how to start the New Year off right. They got their first library card and mom sent this photo to us 🥰 (thanks, mom). A first library card is a pretty special moment and certainly one to celebrate! If you think it’s exciting for them, know that it’s also exciting for us.

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11 Fantasy Books (Bookworm Challenge Recs)

If you’re in the Bookworm know, you’ve probably signed up for our year-long Bookworm Reading Challenge (and if you haven’t, then learn all about it here and sign up on Beanstack!).

January’s genre badge is fantasy, so this month we’re bringing you all fantasy books to help you with the reading prompts. Check out this blog post to get your fantasy recs!

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Time for Taxes (Again)

Sigh, it’s that time of year again. Not just time for frigid weather but also time to get ready for filing your income taxes. Last week, the IRS announced that Monday, January 29th officially opens this year’s tax season. Not as much fun as some announcements, but it is important for most of us. If you prepare your own income taxes, the library has long been one of the places that helps you find what you need. Here’s how we can help you get through this year:

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Anything with Nothing: A Reed Reads! Book Rec

Anything with Nothing, edited by Mercedes Lackey

Where to find this book at Reed Memorial Library:

Kicking off our first book recommendation of 2024 is Cindy from Tech Services with the high fantasy recommendation Anything with Nothing, edited by Mercedes Lackey. Read all about it in this post!

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2024: A Bookworm’s Journey

This year, you get to pace yourself. We’ve restructured our smaller, sometimes fast ‘n furious library challenges into one, yearlong challenge: The 2024 Bookworm Challenge. This year, we’ll take a more leisurely tour through the various genres, or types, of books.

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