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New York Times gamesDid you know? You can use your Andover library card to enjoy games and puzzles from the New York Times, including the iconic Crossword. Visit https://mhl.org/nyt-games to get started!

July 2023 Mid-Month Sudoku

This month's Sudoku comes with surefire way to make money using unassailable numbers logic: Ask a friend if you can borrow a dollar. If they say yes, tell them to give you just fifty cents of it. When they ask why, explain that that way they'll owe you fifty cents, and you'll owe them fifty...

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July 2023 Puzzle: Vile Characters

All the bad guys in this month's puzzle come from books (and film, and in at least one case, a play). Love them or hate them, they're often the characters most responsible for keeping us immersed in a story, so let's give them credit for that, anyway. If you've been reading like a fiend lately,...

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July Book of the Month - Fellowship Point

July 2023 Book of the Month

Set on the coast of Maine and called "A magnificent storytelling feat" by the Boston Globe and "a must-read books of the year" by Time Magazine, Fellowship Point by Alice Elliot...

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June 2023 Mid-Month Sudoku

As Sudoku solvers who know and appreciate the numbers 1 through 9, we thought you might enjoy these helpful conversions for people who struggle with the metric system:

  • 1 million microphones = 1 megaphone
  • 2000 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds
  • 1 millonth of a...
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June 2023 Puzzle: It's all happening at the zoo

June is a great time to go to a zoo! We have passes that give you reduced admission to the Franklin Park Zoo, the Stoneham Zoo, the New England Aquarium and other neat places. Visit https://mhl.org/museum-passes for more information and to make...

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June 2023 Book of the Month, The Guncle

June 2023 Book of the Month

Called "a laugh out-loud heart warmer" by Oprah Daily and named an NPR Book of the Year, The Guncle by Steven Rowley is June's Book of the Month.

May 2023 Mid-Month Sudoku

This month's Sudoku comes out in May, and true to their name, the Mayapples outside the library have begun to bloom. These native perennials are unique in that they only have one or two leaves and (if they do have two leaves instead of one) only one flower. If you are interested in native plants...

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May 2023 Puzzle: Picture book classics

With this month's puzzle we'd like to plug the Children's Book Week activities that are being run by Every Child a Reader, a nonprofit organization* that celebrates the powerful impact books...

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May 2023 Book of the Month - Take My Hand

May 2023 Book of the Month

May's Book of the Month is Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez. Named a MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022 by Newsweek ∙ San Francisco Chronicle ∙ Essence ∙Yahoo! News ∙  Electric...

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April 2023 Mid-Month Sudoku

This month's Sudoku comes out in April, one of those oddball months that has 30 days. Lots of other months have 31 days, but do you know how many months have 28 days? 

All of them! Every month has 28 days. Some just continue on after reaching 28.

Enjoy this month's puzzle! ...

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