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.
October 2022 Book of the Month
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris has been named a Best Book of the Year by Time, The Washington Post, Esquire, Vogue, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, Harper’s Bazaar, and NPR. Urgent, propulsive, and sharp as a knife, this debut novel is about the tension that unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publishing. Check out your copy today!
October 2022 Puzzle: Halloween Candy
If you find the theme of this month's puzzle appetizing, be sure to check out some of our books on Halloween treats! To get even more in the Halloween mood, read a real-life ghost story, or listen to MHL librarians discuss some of their favorite horror movies and books!
September 2022 Mid-Month Sudoku
We hope you enjoy this month's Sudoku. Like all Sudoku puzzles, it uses the numbers 1 through 9 but not 0. To redress this, we present a joke that involves the number zero: I have been reading this book about zero gravity. I can’t seem to put it down.