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2024 staff favorites

2024 Staff Favorites

2024 was a great year for books! Our staff has been reading, listening, and watching to books and more all year and are ready to give our recommendations. Whether you're looking for one of the hottest hold list titles of the year, like Kristin Hannah's...

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Tea Time

Tea Time

The event known as the Boston Tea Party was held on December 16, 1773. To commemorate this event, here are some works of fiction from a variety of genres involving tea and tearooms.

December 2024 Mid-Month Sudoku

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

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C is for Cookie

C is for Cookie

Winter is a great time for baking cookies! Whether you just want an excuse to warm up your kitchen or you're looking for a new recipe to appease a jolly home invader, here are some cookie-centric cookbooks that might be just what you're looking for this season.

2024 National Book Awards 2024

2024 National Book Awards

The National Book Foundation recently announced this year's National Book Awards. You can check out the winners here through MHL, or go to the National Book Foundation website to read the long lists of...

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December 2024 Puzzle: Wonderfully titled books from the Pancake House Mystery series by Sarah Fox

If you are partial to cozy mysteries like those of Canadian mystery writer Sarah Fox, or just like hilarious wordplay in book titles, be sure to...

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Books for Fans of Wicked

Books for Fans of Wicked

Are you a fan of Wicked? (The movie, or the musical the movie is based on, or the book the musical is based on, or the movie that book was based on, or even the book by L. Frank Baum that kicked off the whole saga?) Then here are some other books to check out! If you're a fan of the musical and/...

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Eye on the Pie

Eye on the Pie

Looking to level up your baking? Check out one of these pie-centric cookbooks! And don't forget that MHL's New York Times All Access includes NYT Cooking.

November 2024 Mid-Month Sudoku

We present this month's Sudoku with a very important question:

Q: What comes at the end of November?

A: The letter R.

We hope you enjoy this month's puzzle!

New Fiction by Native American Authors

New Fiction by Native American Authors

November is Native American Heritage Month! Why not take the opportunity to check out one of these great recent novels written by Native American authors?

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