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November 2023 Mid-Month Sudoku
With this month’s Sudoku we share another Dad Joke from Stephen King, back from when “X” was Twitter:
November 2023 Book of the Month
An Immense World by Pulitzer Prize winner Ed Yong is our pick for November's Book of the Month. Chosen by the New York Times as one of the 10 best books of 2022, this one is sure to pull you in on the very first page!
November 2023 Puzzle: Veteran Musicians
Dear crossword fans: The library will be closed November 10 and 11 in observance of Veterans Day. We hope you enjoy this month's puzzle! If you have your Andover library card handy, you can find hints here, here, here, here, here, and here. Don't have an Andover library card? Apply to get an eCard!
October 2023 Mid-Month Sudoku
Dumb numbers joke — auf Deutsch edition! A woman walks up to a bar and orders two martinis. The bartender asks, “dry?” The woman looks at him and says, “Nein, zwei.” If this joke makes no sense to you, take some fun German classes through Mango Languages, free (frei) with your Andover library card! Enjoy this month’s puzzle!
October 2023 Book of the Month
Called a "mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy," The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides is our pick for the October Book of the Month.
October 2023 Puzzle: Celebrity Heroes
This month's crossword features famous people who've done action-hero type things in real life. If you're worried about missing out on the action taking place at the library, sign up for library news by email!
September 2023 Mid-Month Sudoku
This puzzle becomes available in September, the month in which International Talk Like a Pirate Day has been observed every year since 2002. Did you know Mango Languages has a six-lesson course on how to talk like a pirate? (Mango can help you learn over 70 other languages, so why not?) Anyway, to commemorate the occasion, we leave you with this joke to tell a friend:
September 2023 Book of the Month
Called A Best Book of the Year by the New York Times and NPR, September's Book of the Month is The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty. Winner of the National Book Award in 2022, it is a mesmerizing story that will stay with you long after you finish it.
September 2023 Puzzles: Double crossword bonus!
This month we present two crosswords, MA State Parks and Some Pretty Good Books. For those partial to the first, did you know you can get passes to Massachusetts State Parks and properties owned by the Trustees of Reservations from our museum passes collection? For those partial to the second, check out our Book recommendation newsletters, Book recommendation archive, and New York Times Best Sellers pages. Still don't know what to read? Tell us what you like and we'll send you a personalized list of suggestions! MA State Parks