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Library Mission Statement
The Meredith Public Library’s mission is to be the
educational, inspirational and cultural heart of Mer-
edith now and in the future. Through exceptional
staff, a broad range of materials and a supportive
community, the library provides innovative service to
meet the needs of the 21st century patron.
PO BOX 808
91 MAIN STREET
MEREDITH, NH 03253
MEREDITH PUBLIC LIBR ARY
Phone: 603-279-4303
Fax: 603-279-5352
E-mail: [email protected]
We’re on the Web!
www.meredithlibrary.org
Library Hours
Sunday and Monday-Closed
Tuesday-Thursday-9:00am-8:00pm
Friday-9:00am-5:00pm
Saturday-9:00am-2:00pm
Are You Talented?
Do you have a special skill such as knitting, scrapbooking
or model train building you’d be willing to share with oth-
ers at the library? Are you an artist looking for a place to
display your work? If so please contact the library. If dis-
playing artwork please ask for Linda Hough. If you
would like to present a program at the library please
contact Erin Apostolos.
Check Out a Kindle Fire
The library has two Kindle
Fires for circulation. Watch
a movie or TV show using our
Amazon Prime account or re-
quest a book we can down-
load for you.
One-on-One Technology
Training
Need help with your new tab-
let, laptop or smart phone?
Is your email giving you
problems? Sign up for a one-
on-one session with Chris or
drop in on Matthew Thurs-
days at eleven.
Check out our
very awesome
telescope.
Take it home for
one week. (Must be at least
18 years of age with a valid
driver’s license.)
Memories of Tuscany
By Carol Hoagland
I wanted to use the Cathedral
Windows in a novel way so the
idea is for a villa covered in
stucco interspersed with
stained glass windows. The
potted flowers would be along
the sidewalk. At least that was
the plan! This quilt is machine
pieced with fused raw edge ap-
plique and Cathedral Window
blocks; and machine quilted
with the ‘Quilt As You Go’
method.
The Country Village Quilt
Guild holds its meetings at the
Safety Building on Rt. 25 in
Moultonborough. The meet-
ings and programs are held the
first and third Wednesdays
each month, year round, from
1:30pm – 4:00pm. Visitors are
always welcome!
Genealogy Club
Tuesday, January 5, 4:00PM
Local inspirational author and
historian Mj Pettengill of
North Sandwich, New Hamp-
shire presents her historical
novel, Etched in Granite, set
on the Carroll County Poor
Farm in Ossipee, New Hamp-
shire.
Computer Club
Tuesday, January 12
10:00AM
Meets the second Tuesday of
each month.
Quilt Display
Please remember the library in
your estate planning.
Meredith Library News
PO Box 808, Meredi th, NH 03253 603 -279-4303
www.meredi thl ibrary.org
Library Hours:
Tues-Thurs 9-8
Fridays 9-5
Saturdays 9-2
Sundays and
Mondays Closed
Top Tens of 2015 1
From the Clock Tower
MPL Children’s Room
2
Book Groups, Top Tens
3
This and That 7
View from the Balcony 4
Calendar 5
New Items 6
Clubs, Quilt 8
Telescope, Kindle 8
Inside this issue:
What were the most popular
books, DVDs and audios in 2015
at the Meredith Public Library?
We’ve created a few top ten lists.
See how many you’ve checked out
and get some ideas on what you
may have missed.
Title, Author and how many times
it went out in 2015
Top Ten Fiction
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr (48)
The Girl on the Train by
Paula Hawkins (47)
Gray Mountain by John
Grisham (37)
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
(30)
The Invention of Wings by
Sue Monk Kidd (26)
Deadline by John Sanford
(26)
The Boston Girl by Anita Di-
amant (23)
Insatiable Appetites by Stu-
art Woods (23)
The Stranger by Harlan
Coben (22)
The Goldfinch by Donna
Tratt (21)
January 2016
Top Ten Non-Fiction
The Life-Changing Magic of
Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
(15)
The Boys in the Boat by
Daniel Brown (15)
Unbroken by Laura Hillen-
brand (15)
Dessert for Two by Christina
Lane (14)
Clear the Clutter, Find the
Happiness by Donna Smallin
(14)
One Zentangle a Day by
Beckah Krahula (14)
Meredith Chronicles by
Daniel Heyduk (14)
Red Notice by Bill Browder
(13)
Clean Eating Freezer Meals
by Tiffany McCauley (13)
Top Ten Large Print
The Girl on the Train by
Paula Hawkins (16)
The Nightingale by Kristin
Hannah (12)
Betrayed by Lisa Scottoline
(12)
The Stranger by Harlan Co-
ben (11)
Die Again by Tess Gerritsen
(10)
Christmas Bouquet by Sher-
ryl Woods (10)
(continued on page 3)
Top Tens of 2015
“The beginning is
the most important
part of the work”
~Plato
PAGE 2 MEREDITH PUBLIC LIBRARY JANUARY 2016
From the Clock Tower
News from the Children’s Room
January 2016
Animals & Me
Wednesday mornings from 10:00 to 11:00 Ages 3 to 5
This story time is about the wildlife in New Hampshire! We will read about bear, moose, fox and lots of other animals. After our story we will have a craft and snack. No sign-up re-
quired!
LITTLE LEGO CLUB on Wednes-day , Jan. 13th!
New! The little lego club will meet once a month from 11:00 to 11:45. Come and play with little
legos! We meet right after story time!
LEGO CLUB Meet with Mr. John and his huge collection of legos on Thursday, January 7 & 21
from 3:30 to 4:30 in the function room! Let your imagination grow as you get creative with legos!
*********************************************
Coming in February– A Fizzling Fun-Filled February Winter Read!
Come to the children’s room and sign-up for winter reading. You may sign-up any-time after January 27! Pick up your read-ing sheet to fill in (just like the ones we do in the summer) after you fill it in bring it to the children’s room and pick up your goodie bag! The more you read, the more you get!
There will be raffles in the children’s room every week in February!
Join Miss Karen in the function room on Wednesday, February 24th from 3:30 to 4:30 to paint! Lots of colors to work with, different brushes and sponges . Have “FUN” and enjoy! Benefits of coloring or painting are self expression, color recognition, build-ing motor skills and focus! All ages welcomed * Snacks Served * No sign-up required
TOT TIME READING CIRCLE
Friday mornings from 10:00 to 11:00 Ages 0 to 3
Join us in the function room for stories, puppet friends and beautiful art-
work created by you!
This is a fun, warm, friendly group of parents and children, come read and play!
Snacks Served & Coffee for grown-ups!
Saturday Stories
Sat. Jan. 23 from 10:00 to 11:00
Visit the children’s room this morning and listen to a story about owls, learn about owls and make a snowy owl to take
home!
Limit of 12 children, must sign-up for this story time. All ages are welcomed.
Snacks Served
Twilight Tales
Thursday, February 25 from 6:30 to 7:30
Join us in the children’s room for a story or two, play bingo and have a snack!
All ages welcomed! Sign-up is in the chil-dren’s room. Limit 12 children.
PAGE 7 MEREDITH PUBLIC LIBRARY JANUARY 2016
Tuesday,
January 26, 6:30PM
Please join for Adult
Coloring Night. The
latest trend in stress-
busting is coloring for
grown-ups. Join us
in the meeting room
for an hour of relaxa-
tion now that the hol-
iday rush is over. We will have numerous
coloring pages to choose from and colored
pencils will be available for your use, but
feel free to bring your own coloring imple-
ments. Light refreshments will be served
and relaxing music will be played. For ages
18 and over.
(Continued from page 3)
Top Ten Feature Films
Guardians of the Galaxy (40)
Boyhood (35)
Still Alice (34)
The Hunger Games, part I (33)
The Maze Runner (33)
Mr. Turner (30)
Still Life (30)
Black or White (29)
Whiplash (29)
The Judge (28)
Top Ten Young Adult Fiction
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
(14)
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
(11)
The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick
Riordan (11)
The Kill by James Dashner (9)
If I Stay by Gayle Forman (9)
The Glass Sentence by S. E. Grove (9)
Champion by Lu Marie (9)
Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix by J. K. Rowling (9)
Zodiac by Romina Russell (9)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
by J.K. Rowling (8)
Top Six Juvenile Fiction
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Hunt (14)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
by Jeff Kinney (14)
The Long Haul by Jeff Kinney (12)
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
by Chris Grabenstein (11)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
by Jeff Kinney (10)
Masterminds by Gordan Korman (10)
Adult Coloring Night Top Ten Continued
Author Mj Pettengill
Tuesday, January 5,
4:00PM
Local inspirational au-
thor and historian Mj
Pettengill of North
Sandwich, New Hampshire presents her
historical novel, Etched in Granite, set
on the Carroll County Poor Farm in Os-
sipee, New Hampshire.
The year is 1872. The Civil War has end-
ed, leaving behind a nation torn and eco-
nomically depressed. Etched in Gran-
ite is a harrowing account of life and
death on the Carroll County Farm — a
tragic, yet triumphant novel that tells a
story of courage, survival, and secrets
surrounding lost love.
This event is free and open to the public.
PAGE 6 MEREDITH PUBLIC LIBRARY JANUARY 2016
New Adult Items
(ask for the full list at the desk)
Fiction
Burke-House of the rising
sun
Butterworth-The hunting
trip
Clark-All dressed in white
Cussler-The pharaoh’s
secret
Hauser-The baker’s tale
Downing-One man’s flag
Jackson-After she’s gone
Koontz-Ashley Bell
Krentz-Secret sisters
Martin-The world of ice &
fire
Perry-A Christmas escape
Biographies
Reynolds-But enough
about me
Simon-Boys in the trees
Nonfiction
Browne-Insight
Fellowes-The wit &
wisdom of Downton
Abbey
Franklin-438 Days
Garcia-Jerry on Jerry
Gilbert-Big Magic
Kershaw-To hell & back
O’Rourke-Thrown under
the omnibus
Worsley-The art of the
English murder
DVDs-Movies
The duff
A little chaos
Paper towns
Southpaw
DVDs-Series (Season)
Hannibal (3)
Big Bang Theory (1-6)
10 things you don’t know
about….(1)
Large Print Fiction
Delinsky-Through my eyes
Gerritsen-Playing with fire
Macomber-Silver linings
Woods-To catch a thief
CD Audio Books
Allende-The Japanese lover
Baldacci-The guilty
Evanovich-Tricky 22
Mystery Book Group
Raven Blck by
Ann Cleeves
Thursday, January 14,
10:30AM
Copies are available at
the circulation desk.
“Raven Black begins on
New Year’s Eve with a
lonely outcast named Magnus
Tait, who stays home waiting for
visitors who never come. But the
next morning the body of a mur-
dered teenage girl is discovered
nearby, and suspicion falls on
Magnus. Inspector Jimmy Perez
enters an investigative maze that
leads deeper into the past of the
Shetland Islands than anyone
wants to go.”
Brown Bag Book
Group
Breaking Night:
A Memoir of
Forgiveness,
Survival, and My
Journey from
Homeless to
Harvard by Liz
Murray.
Thursday, January 28, Noon. Feel
free to bring your lunch. Dessert
and beverages will be provided.
In the vein of The Glass Cas-
tle, Breaking Night is the
stunning memoir of a young
woman who at age fifteen was
living on the streets, and who
eventually made it into Har-
vard.
Liz Murray was born to loving
but drug-addicted parents in
the Bronx. In school she was
taunted for her dirty clothing
and lice-infested hair, eventu-
ally skipping so many classes
that she was put into a girls'
home. At age fifteen, Liz
found herself on the streets
when her family finally unrav-
eled. She learned to scrape by,
foraging for food and riding
subways all night to have a
warm place to sleep.
When Liz's mother died of
AIDS, she decided to take con-
trol of her own destiny and go
back to high school, often com-
pleting her assignments in the
hallways and subway stations
where she slept. Liz squeezed
four years of high school into
two, while homeless; won a
New York Times scholarship;
and made it into the Ivy
League. Breaking Night is an
unforgettable and beautifully
written story of one young
woman's indomitable spirit to
survive and prevail, against
all odds.
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(Continued from Page 1, Top
Ten Large Print)
Last One Home by Debbie
Macomber (9)
The Guest Cottage by
Nancy Thayer (9)
The Hard Way by Lee
Child (8)
Top Ten CD Books
Flesh and Blood by Patricia
Cornwell (18)
Gray Mountain by John
Grisham (15)
The Boston Girl by Anita
Diamant (14)
The Girl on the Train (13)
One Kick by Chelsea Cain
(12)
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr (12)
Private Vegas by James
Patterson (12)
NYPD Red 3 by James
Patterson (12)
Hot Pursuit by Stuart
Woods (12)
Burn by James Patterson (11)
Top Ten TV Series
The Wire (57)
The Sopranos (50)
The Shield (38)
Downton Abbey (32)
Homeland (28)
Inspector Lewis (28)
Island at War (27)
Outlander (27)
True Detective (26)
Doc Martin (25)
(Continued on Page 7)
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Goings-on for Teens/Tweens, Ages 10-18
THE VIEW FROM THE BALCONY
Goings-on for Teens/Tweens, Ages 10-18
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January 2016
Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat
5
TAB Meeting
3:30-4:30 PM
Genealogy Club
4-5 PM
6
Animals & Me
10-11 AM
7
Knotty Knitters
10 AM-12:00 PM
Lego Time
3:30-4:30 AM
8
Tot Time
10-11 AM
9
12
Computer Club
10-11AM
Trustees
Meeting
6-7:30 PM
13
Animals & Me
10-11 AM
Little Lego Club
11-11:45 AM
Manga Club
3:30-4:30 PM
14
Knotty Knitters
10 AM-12:00 PM
Mystery Book Group
10:30-12 PM
15
Tot Time
10-11 AM
Young Writers
Group
3:30-4:30PM
16
19
Movie Night
(Hotel Transylvania 2)
5-6:30 PM
20
Animals & Me
10-11 AM
TAB Meeting
3:30-4:30 PM
21
Knotty Knitters
10 AM-12:00 PM
Lego Time
3:30-4:30 AM
22
Tot Time
10-11 AM
23
Saturday
Stories
10 —11 AM
26 Graphic Novel of the
Month Club
3:30-4:30 PM
Adult Coloring Night
6:30-7:30 PM
27
Animals & Me
10-11 AM
Manga Club
3:30-4:30 PM
Friends Meeting
3-4 PM
28
Knotty Knitters
10 AM-12:00 PM
Brown Bag Book
Group
12-1 PM
29
Tot Time
10-11 AM
Young Writers
Group
3:30-4:30PM
30
