Celebrate Pride Month with our June Book of the Month pick: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai—a powerful story of love, loss, and the impact of the AIDS crisis.
May 2025 Mid-Month Sudoku
Dear Sudoku fans: As you know, Sudoku is all about numbers 1 through 9. Did you know that almost all books published in the last 50 years have a 10- or 13-digit unique number assigned to them that is made up of digits 0 through 9? It’s called the International Standard Book Number, or ISBN. The numbers in an ISBN can reveal all kinds of information about the book—language, country where published, publisher, etc. But it’s the last digit, the check digit, that we think some of you puzzle solvers may find especially interesting
May 2025 Puzzle: This puzzle also has birds in it
May in Massachusetts is one of the best times of the year to enjoy birds. Sparrows, swallows, swifts, wood warblers, hummingbirds and orioles are all flying in to make nests, attract mates and raise babies before flying south again in the fall.
May 2025 Book of the Month
Called “A feel-good read that will restore your faith in humanity.” by the Washington Post, The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson is our pick for the April Book of the Month!
April 2025 Mid-Month Sudoku
Happy April, everyone! Be sure to check out our Friends’ Spring Book Sale later this month. We also have the redonkulously popular Pokemon Club scheduled a few times between now and the end of May. Which reminds me of this post from the Master of Horror:
April 2025 Puzzle: Stuff and Nonsense
This month’s crossword is called Stuff and Nonsense, but do you know what’s not nonsense? On March 14, an order was issued to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the federal agency which distributes federal funds to libraries, museums, and archives. The e-book and e-audio platform Libby is supported in part by IMLS grants. Learn more to see how you can show up for your library.
April 2025 Book of the Month
Crying in H Mart is our pick for the April Book of the Month. Called “luminous” by The New York Times, Michelle Zauner’s moving memoir explores love, loss, and identity through the lens of food and family. Pick up your copy at the library today!
March 2025 Mid-Month Sudoku
Fun fact about March: It is the only month with three consecutive consonants in its name. (Some have stated that it is the only month that is is verb, but others have pointed out that they may be wrong about that.)
March 2025 Puzzle: A Plethora of Pen Names
This crossword is all about well-known authors' noms de plume. If you have some favorite authors and want to get notified whenever we order new books by them, sign up for Author Alerts!
February 2025 Mid-Month Sudoku
A reminder that this year's Winter Reading Challenge continues on to the end of the month! And now, apropos of nothing, another groaner from the King of Horror: