Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

Invitation by Shel Silverstein

New Releases for the Week of April 26th

FICTION 

- Perfect Match by Fern Michaels 
- Death Wears a Beauty Mask by Mary Higgins Clark
- Antiques Swap by Barbara Allan
- Your Next Breath by Iris Johnansen 
- The Doll Maker by Richard Montanari 
- Madame President by Nicolle Wallace
- No One Gets Out Alive by Adam Neville 
- Hold Me by Susan Mallery
- Taken by Dee Henderson
- Gathering Prey by John Sandford
- Don't Go Home by Carolyn Hart

NON-FICTION

- Aengus Finucane by Deirdre Purcell 
- American Wife by Jim DeFelice 
- How Champions Think by Dr Bob Rotella
 

New York Times Best Sellers for the Week of April 26th

FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

     2.) The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks

     3.) Hot Pursuit by Stuart Woods

     4.) The Stranger by Harlan Coben

     5.) All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

     6.) The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

     7.) NYPD Red 3 by James Patterson

     8.) Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

     9.) A Deadly Web by Kay Hooper

   10.) When I'm Gone by Abbi Glines

NON-FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) The Residence by Kate Anderson

     2.) Dead Awake by Erik Larson
     3.) Legends and Lies by Bill O'Riley 

     4.) The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brownling
     5.) American Sniper by Chris Kyle

     6.) Wild by Cheryl Strayed

     7.) A Fine Romance by Candice Bergen

     8.) Beyond Belief by Jenna Miscavige

     9.) Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

   10.) Being Mortal by Atul Gawande 

I promise by Tyler Knott Gregson

She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron

New York Times Best Sellers for the Week of April 19th

FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

     2.) The Shadows by J.D. Ward

     3.) The Stranger by Harlan Coben

     4.) The Patriot Threat by Steve Berry

     5.) Deep by Kylie Scott

     6.) The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks

     7.) All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

     8.) NYPD Red 3 by James Patterson

     9.) At the Water's Edge by Sarah Gruen

   10.) The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

NON-FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) Dead Awake by Erik Larson

     2.) American Sniper by Chris Kyle 
     3.) The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brownling

     4.) Wild by Cheryl Strayed
     5.) Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

     6.) Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

     7.) Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender 

     8.) Going Clear by Lawrence Wright

     9.) Think Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt

   10.) Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes 

I Carry Your Heart by e.e.cumming

If I Should Have a Daughter by Sarah Kay

Instead of “Mom”, she’s gonna call me “Point B.” Because that way, she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me. And I’m going to paint the solar system on the back of her hands so that she has to learn the entire universe before she can say “Oh, I know that like the back of my hand.”


She’s gonna learn that this life will hit you, hard, in the face, wait for you to get back up so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air. There is hurt, here, that cannot be fixed by band-aids or poetry, so the first time she realizes that Wonder-woman isn’t coming, I’ll make sure she knows she doesn’t have to wear the cape all by herself. Because no matter how wide you stretch your fingers, your hands will always be too small to catch all the pain you want to heal. Believe me, I’ve tried.


And “Baby,” I’ll tell her “don’t keep your nose up in the air like that, I know that trick, you’re just smelling for smoke so you can follow the trail back to a burning house so you can find the boy who lost everything in the fire to see if you can save him. Or else, find the boy who lit the fire in the first place to see if you can change him.”


But I know that she will anyway, so instead I’ll always keep an extra supply of chocolate and rain boats nearby, ‘cause there is no heartbreak that chocolate can’t fix. Okay, there’s a few heartbreaks chocolate can’t fix. But that’s what the rain boots are for, because rain will wash away everything if you let it.


I want her to see the world through the underside of a glass bottom boat, to look through a magnifying glass at the galaxies that exist on the pin point of a human mind. Because that’s how my mom taught me. That there’ll be days like this, “There’ll be days like this my momma said” when you open your hands to catch and wind up with only blisters and bruises. When you step out of the phone booth and try to fly and the very people you wanna save are the ones standing on your cape. When your boots will fill with rain and you’ll be up to your knees in disappointment and those are the very days you have all the more reason to say “thank you,” ‘cause there is nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline no matter how many times it’s sent away.

You will put the “wind” in win some lose some, you will put the “star” in starting over and over, and no matter how many land mines erupt in a minute be sure your mind lands on the beauty of this funny place called life.


And yes, on a scale from one to over-trusting I am pretty damn naive but I want her to know that this world is made out of sugar. It can crumble so easily but don’t be afraid to stick your tongue out and taste it.


“Baby,” I’ll tell her “remember your mama is a worrier but your papa is a warrior and you are the girl with small hands and big eyes who never stops asking for more.”


Remember that good things come in threes and so do bad things and always apologize when you’ve done something wrong but don’t you ever apologize for the way your eyes refuse to stop shining.


Your voice is small but don’t ever stop singing and when they finally hand you heartbreak, slip hatred and war under your doorstep and hand you hand-outs on street corners of cynicism and defeat, you tell them that they really ought to meet your mother.

Get to Know the LDL Staff: Devan Delong

DEVAN DELONG

Library Location:  Main Branch 

Position at Library: Circulation Clerk

Favorite Breed of Cat:  Savannah or Bengal (because they are most like dogs)

Favorite Genre to Read:  Mystery or Young Adult Romance

What are you Currently Reading?: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

 
3 Books that Have Stuck with You:  
     - A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
     - Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
     - Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

Favorite Quote: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Elanor Roosevelt  

New Releases for the Week of April 12th

FICTION 

- Whispering Shadows by Jan-Phillip Sendker

- Where They Found Her by Kimberly McCreight 

- The Liar by Nora Roberts

- Aunt Dimity and the Summer King by Nancy Atherton

- Her Name is Rose by Christine Breen

- Losing Faith by Adam Mitzner 

- The Winter Family by Clifford Jackman

- Every Fifteen Minutes by Lisa Scottoline

- The Thunder of Giants by Joel Fishbane

- The Chapel by Michael Downing

-  Diamond Head by Cecily Wong

- The Deadlands by Benjamin Percy

- Courting Emily by Amy Lilard

- Paris Red by Maureen Gibbon 

NON-FICTION

- Smash Cut by Brad Gooch


 

New York Times Best Sellers for the Week of April 12th

FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

     2.) The Stranger by Harlan Coben

     3.)The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks

     4.) NYPD Red 3 by James Patterson

     5.) All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

     6.) The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 

     7.) A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler

     8.) The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

     9.) Shopping for a Billionaire by Julia Kent

   10.) Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

NON-FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender 

     2.) Dead Awake by Erik Larson
     3.)  American Sniper by Chris Kyle

     4.) The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brownling
     5.) Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

     6.) Wild by Cheryl Strayed

     7.) Think Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt

     8.) The Six Wives of Henry the VIII by Alison Weir

     9.) Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

   10.) Pioneer Girl by Laura Ingalls Wilder 

Alone by Edgar Allan Poe

Fire & Ice by Robert Frost

New Releases for the Week of April 5th

FICTION 

- On a Night Like This by Barbara Freethy 
- Killer in the Kitchen by Donald Bain and Jessica Fletcher
- The Arc of the Swallow by S J Gazan
- Inside the O'Briens by Lisa Genova
- Compulsion by Allison Brennan 
- A Slant of Light by Jeffrey Lent
- Miss Julia Lays Down the Law by Ann B Ross
- The Children's Crusade by Ann Packer
- Adeline by Norah Vincent
- Hot Pursuit  by Stewart Woods
- Pride V.S. Prejudice by Joan Hess
- Bloods on Snow by Jo Nesbo

 
NON-FICTION

- Get Your Hopes Up! by Joyce Meyer
- Recipes for a Beautiful Life by Rebecca Barry
- My Journey with Maya by David Ritz and Travis Smiley
- Nelson Mandela by Beatrice Gormley 
- Visions and Revisions by Dale Peck
- Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies by David Fisher and Bill O'Reilly 



 

New York Times Best Sellers for the Week of April 5th

FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

     2.) NYPD Red 3 by James Patterson

     3.) All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

     4.) The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks

     5.) A Dangerous Place by Jacqueline Winspear

     6.) The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 

     7.) A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler

     8.) Prey by Michael Crichton

     9.) Soaring by Kristen Ashley

   10.) The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

NON-FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) Dead Awake by Erik Larson

     2.) American Sniper by Chris Kyle 
     3.) Pioneer Girl by Laura Ingalls Wilder 

     4.) The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brownling
     5.) Wild by Cheryl Strayed

     6.) Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

     7.) Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

     8.) H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

     9.) Thrive by Arianna Huffington

   10.) Yes Please by Amy Poehler 

Library Acivities in April

REOCCURRING MONTHLY PROGRAMS 

- The Britton Library has treats every Monday from 3 - 5 p.m.

- The Addison Book Club meets the first Monday of each month at 1 p.m.  Engage in conversation about monthly books with other avid readers in the area. 

- Family Storytime takes place every Tuesday morning at 10:30.  The program is for children birth - 3 years old with a caregiver.  Children will enjoy engaging stories and participate in fun song-and-dance activities.  Occasionally there may even be an extra special craft project.

- The Onsted Book Club meets every second Tuesday of the month at 2 p.m.

- There is a monthly board meeting held at the Main Branch every third Tuesday of each month beginning at 5 p.m.  These meetings are open to the public.  It is a comfortable place where you can voice your opinions / concerns about the library and its operations. 

- The Lenawee Book Club meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 1 p.m.

- The Onsted and Deerfield Libraries have treats on Wednesday's from 3 - 5 p.m.  The Clayton Library also has treats every Wednesday starting at 4:30 p.m. 

- The Deerfield Book Club meets the third Wednesday of each month to discuss the book of that month.  The discussion starts at 6:30 p.m. and is open to new members and those that love to read and partake in interesting discussions.  

- Onsted Library will have a Storytime on Thursday mornings from 11-11:30 a.m.  The program is for children ages 3 - 5 years old with their provider. 

- The Addison Library has snacks on Friday afternoon from 3 - 5 p.m.

- The Lenawee Weavers meet the second Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. - noon.  Weavers of all expertise are encouraged to join.  Get feedback and advice on current projects, or assist someone less skilled than yourself. 

- On the third Saturday of each month, the Lenawee Knitters meet.  The group is a combination of skillsets and ideas; it is a great place for those who love knitting to come and be surrounded by like-souled individuals.  Meetings take place at 1 p.m. until approximately 3 p.m.

- The monthly book sale takes place the fourth Saturday of each month from 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.  There are hundreds of books, magazines, VHS tapes / DVDs, as well as puzzles to purchase for $1.00 or less.  Donations for the book sale are also always welcome. 

SPECIAL APRIL PROGRAMS 

- We are starting a Writing Group at the library.  INK. will meet the first Saturday of each month starting at 1 p.m.  at the main branch.  The group is for creative writers ages 16 and up. 

- There will be a special class on "How to Make Maple Syrup" on April 7th at 6 p.m. at the main branch location.  

- Join us on Wednesday April 8th for an informative meeting entitled "How to Start a Cottage Food Law in Michigan" from 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.  Call 517-439-9301 to register. 

- The Onsted Branch will be having a Wii, Games and Treats program on Wednesday April 15th at 3 p.m. 

- Are you curious about your family lineage but you're unsure where or how to get started on the research?  We will be hosting two classes for you, if so!  The first, Genealogy 101, will be held on Thursday April 23rd at 6 p.m.  The following Thursday, April 30th, will be Ancestry.com 101 at 6 p.m.  Registration is required for both classes. 

New Releases for the Week of March 29th

FICTION 

- The Patriot Threat by Steve Berry
- At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen
- The Harder They Come by T C Boyle
- The Figaro Murders by Lisa Lebow
- Behind Closed Doors by Elisabeth Haynes 
- The Architect's Apprentice by Elif Shafak
- Normal by Graeme Cameron 
- A Good Way to Go by Peter Helton
- Meek and Mild by Olivia Newport
- Renegade Son by Lisa Jackson
- Dogwood Hill by Cheryl Woods
- Abandon the Dark by Marta Perry


NON-FICTION

- Finding Peter by William Peter Blatty
- Poetry Notebook by Clive James
- The 13th Disciple by Deepak Chopra 
- Selfish, Shallow and Self-Absorbed by Meghan Daum


 

New York Times Best Sellers for the Week of March 29th

FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

     2.) Endangered by C. J. Box

     3.) Last One Home by Debbie Macomber

     4.) All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

     5.) A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler

     6.) The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 

     7.) Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James

     8.) The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks

     9.) Confess by Colleen Hoover

   10.) Cold Betrayal by J.A. Jance

NON-FICTION (print and E-book)

     1.) Dead Awake by Erik Larson

     2.) American Sniper by Chris Kyle 
     3.) The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brownling

     4.) Wild by Cheryl Strayed
     5.) Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

     6.) The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt

     7.) Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

     8.) Every Day I Fight by Stuart Scott

     9.) Killing Patton by Bill O’ Reilly

   10.) Bettyville by George Hodgman