Okay, Sudoku fans—this month's puzzle comes with a party trick that involves numbers. You can do this with one person but it's more fun if you have a group.
January 2023 Puzzle: Mystery solvers
This month's crossword features famous mystery solvers from literature, movies, and television. Later this month, the Mystery Writers of America will announce nominees for this year's prestigious Edgar Awards. If mysteries are your thing, check out the past winners and nominees, or sign up to receive monthly emails that list recent mystery releases and offer "if you like ___, you might like ___" suggestions.
Book of the Month Picks for 2022
This year's Book of the Month program was very successful. We will be continuing it in 2023!
December 2022 Mid-Month Sudoku
With this month's Sudoku comes another bad joke shared by Stephen King on Twitter: I had to take my biscuits to the doctor. They felt crummy.
December 2022 Book of the Month
December's Book of the Month pick is 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff, a charming collection of letters spanning 20 years between an author in New York City and a London bookseller. A perfect read with a cup of tea on a chilly winter day. Check out your copy today!
December 2022 Puzzle: Familiar magazines
This crossword features some magazines that have been around for decades. MHL has print subscriptions to all of them,* but you can also read recent issues online by visiting https://mvlc.overdrive.com/library/magazines or by using the Libby by OverDrive app. If you need assistance getting started with Libby, get in touch and we'll be happy to help!
November 2022 Mid-Month Sudoku
With this month’s Sudoku we’d like to share something we think is oddly interesting: Sudoku is played with the numbers 1 through 9. Almost half of these (2, 3, 5 and 7) are prime numbers, but only one of them (2) is even. Indeed, 2 is the only prime number that is even—all the others are odd. This fact accounts for why both of the following statements, which seem to contradict each other, are in fact equally valid:
November 2022 Book of the Month
H Is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald has has appeared on more than 25 best book of the year lists including NPR, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. Called "... a soaring wonder of a book" by The Boston Globe, it is our pick for November's Book of the Month. Check out your copy today!
November 2022 Puzzle: Literary Feast Redux
Just like the Literary Feast crossword we put out last year, this month's puzzle features the names of famous authors. If you have ever wondered who else writes like a favorite author of yours, check out the "Read-alikes" sections of BookBrowse and and NoveList Plus. Both are fantastic resources for expanding your reading landscape. You can also always get personalized book suggestions from our library staff by taking a minute to tell us about the kinds of things you like to read.
October 2022 Mid-Month Sudoku
We hope you enjoy this month’s Sudoku. You are seeing it online, but we also print hard copies of our puzzles here at the library for anyone to pick up. Which compels us to share another groaner from Stephen King: I’d tell you my paper joke, but it’s tearable.