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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!

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!

We hope you enjoy this month's puzzle. 

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March 2025 Book of the Month: NIght Watch

March 2025 Book of the Month

Night Watch, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Jayne Anne Phillips, is our pick for the March Book of the Month! Set during the Civil War, this haunting and lyrical story...

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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:

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February 2025 Book of the Month: The Turner House

February 2025 Book of the Month

Check out our pick for the February Book of the Month!  Called one of the best books of the year by NPR, The New York Times and The Washington Post, The Turner House by Angela...

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February 2025 Puzzle: Book Parts

You know the library has books, but did you know the library also has book clubs? We host four different groups, and new members are always welcome!

We hope you enjoy this month's puzzle. 

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January 2025 Mid-Month Sudoku

As sudoku fans, you are used to working with 9 × 9 grids. For variety, try the 4 × 4 BINGO card that goes with this year's Winter Reading Challenge! It's a fun way to try new things to read and also to learn more about what the library...

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January 2025 Book of the Month: The  Frozen River

January 2025 Book of the Month

An NPR Book of the Year, The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon is our pick for the January Book of the Month. This gripping historical mystery, inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard...

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January 2025 Puzzle: Noteworthy Knitters

If you have made a New Year's resolution to learn knitting or some other handicraft, be sure to check out the online videos on Creativebug. Signup is free for all Andover library card holders. All of Creativebug's classes and...

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2024 Book of the Month collage

Book of the Month Picks for 2024

2024 was a great year for the Book of the Month program! 2023 was pretty good, too! Let's see what 2025 brings!

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December 2024 Mid-Month Sudoku

We present the last Sudoku of 2024 with another groaner from master storyteller Steven King:

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