TOP TITLES AT THE LIBRARY in 2021
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE BOOK of 2021??
LET US KNOW -
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Greetings!

What was your favorite book(s) in 2021?
Please share and participate in our survey! It's quick & easy. And you can win a $10 gift certificate to Frontside Coffee Roasters!

Don't remember what you read? We have a list of top titles below. Those are books and DVDs that were checked out the most in 2021 at the Pope Memorial Library. That list includes several titles that were older- maybe our "1 Book 1 Valley" author had something to do with it??

The survey includes a list of the most checked-out titles in the last year that were published in 2021. And that's what we would like to know from you: What are your favorite books published in 2021? Click here and do the quick survey and win $10 to Frontside Grind!

We will publish the results by the end of the month.

Thanks to everyone who supported the Library at Cranmore Meisters (Pay2Play) and at Black Cap Grille (Dine2Donate). It was wonderful to see so many familiar faces!

Hope you are having fun watching the Winter Olympics and the SuperBowl! Congrats to our former board member, Paula Sullivan Jones, whose niece, Jules Marino, won a silver medal in snowboarding. Wow!

Hope to see you soon-
Andrea
TOP BOOKS & DVDs & CDs in 2021
AT THE LIBRARY
Fiction:
  • Dead by dawn by Paul Doiron
  • The four winds by Kristin Hannah
  • One last lie by Paul Doiron
  • Dark sky by C.J. Box
  • The midnight library by Matt Haig
  • The vanishing half by Brit Bennett
  • Walk the wire by David Baldacci
  • The sentinel by Lee Child
  • Fair warning by Michael Connelly
  • Bad Little Falls by Paul Doiron
  • Before she disappeared by Lisa Gardner
  • The book of lost names by Kristin Harmel
  • Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand
  • Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  • All the devils are here by Louise Penny

NONFICTION:
  • The Last Traverse: Tragedy and Resilience in the Winter Whites by Ty Gagne
  • The Third Pole: mystery, obsession, and death on Mount Everest by Mark Synnott
  • Caste: the origins of our discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
  • Between two kingdoms: a memoir of a life interrupted by Suleika Jaouad
  • Eat better, feel better: my recipes for wellness and healing by Giada De Laurentis
  • Jacques Pépin quick + simple: simply wonderful meals with surprisingly little effort by Jacques Pepin
  • The splendid and the vile by Erik Larson
  • The Pioneers: the heroic story of the settlers who brought the American ideal west by David G McCullough
  • When you find my body: the disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail by Dee Dauphinee
  • The detective in the dooryard: reflections of a Maine cop by Timothy Cotton
  • Zero fail: the rise and fall of the Secret Service by Carol Leonnig
  • The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
  • The answer is: reflections on my life Alex Trebek
  • The best of me by David Sedaris
  • Icebound: shipwrecked at the edge of the world by Andrea Pitzer
  • Tip of the iceberg: my 3,000-mile journey around wild Alaska, the last great American frontier by Mark Adams
  • The daughters of Yalta: the Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans by Catherine Grace Katz
  • The Bomber Mafia by Malcom Gladwell

DVDs:
  • The Sopranos- Series
  • Yellowstone — Series
  • Blue Ridge (Movie)
  • Billions — Series
  • Homeland — Series
  • Monarch of the Glen — Series
  • Jack Reacher (Movie)
  • The Crown — Series
  • Game of thrones — Series
  • Outlander — Series
  • Tinker tailor soldier spy (Movie)
  • Blackbird (Movie)
  • Emma (Movie)
  • Let him go (Movie)
  • The Undoing- HBO limited series
  • Wild mountain thyme (Movie)
  • Agatha Christie's Poirot: the classic collection
  • Inspector Lewis-- Series

CDs:
  • Lessons from Lucy: the Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog by Dave Barry
  • The body: a guide for occupants by Bill Bryson
  • Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the people we don't know by Malcom Gladwell
  • The Fallen by David Baldacci
  • The law of innocence by Michael Connelly
WE ARE HIRING!
We are looking to fill a part-time library assistant position, approx. 11 hours a week on 2 days (Tue & Thu) and an occasional Saturday, at $15/hour. Starting mid-March.
If you are interested, email me and I am happy to discuss more details!
NEW MURALS AT THE LIBRARY
Thanks to Rosemary Gerbutavich we have three fun murals in our children's room. Here is one of them!
Sarah Eastman painted our "Cranmore Mural" showing the historic skimobile and a modern-day snowboarder. Looking great!

Thanks to Cranmore Mountain Resort for donating the funds for the murals!
COOKBOOK CLUB
Wednesday, Feb. 16 at 11:30 am
The Pope Memorial Library has started a Cookbook Club!

The concept is simple: Borrow the selected cookbook of the month from the library. Make any recipes that interest you. At the end of the month, club members gather for a potluck feast of everyone’s favorite recipes and a discussion on what they did or did not like about the cookbook- all while enjoying creations from the book.

The group is set to meet on the third Wednesday of every other month. The first meeting will be held at the Library on Feb. 16, 2022, at 11:30 a.m.

Copies of the program’s first cookbook, “Salt Fat Acid Heat” by Samin Nosrat, are available now. Cookbooks can be picked up at the library. FMI contact Haley.
BOOK DISCUSSION
Thursday, March 3 at 11:00 am
Get your copy of “Whiper Network" by Chandler Baker and discuss it at our monthly book discussion!

The discussion will be held at the library with the option to participate remotely. If you would like to join via Zoom, please email haley@popelibrarynh.org.

This is an open and very friendly group; everyone is welcome. We meet on the first Thursday of each month.

For details about the book, the program, and our upcoming discussion schedule check our website.
AARP TAX-AIDE
EVERY MONDAY & TUESDAY
FEB. 7 TO APRIL 12
The Library is partnering with AARP Tax-Aide to provide the community with free income tax return preparation.

This service will run throughout tax season from February 7 to April 12 on Mondays and Tuesdays at the library (in-person help).

Appointments are required; call 211 to schedule an appointment with the Pope Library as location.

This program was formerly held at the Gibson Center and focuses on taxpayers who are over 50 and have low-to-moderate income.
BOOK FAIR
5 MAINE AUTHORS
Feb. 23 & 25: 11 AM - 4 PM
The library will be hosting a book fair with titles for sale from five local Maine authors.

Meet the authors and listen to them speak about their books, the publishing process, and anything you'd like to know.

Authors include Rowland Creitz, Robert Spencer, Susan Kolm, Anne Gaas, and Mary Atkinson.
FUN FRIDAYS - STORYTIMES
Every Friday at 10:30 am
Children ages 3-5 with caregivers and siblings are welcome to storytime with Haley. There will be stories, arts and crafts, and all kinds of fun every Friday at 10:30 am!

Storytime is free and open to the public, even nonlibrary members. Masks are required for adults and children age 2 and older. 
​For more information please email Haley.
Check out CreativeBug
For a Fun Craft or Art Project!
Creativebug has thousands of award-winning art & craft video classes taught by design experts and artists.
Classes for kids & teens & adults, with topics ranging from cake decorating, furniture refinishing and upholstery, fiber and paper crafting, lettering, printmaking, mixed media, and more!
Or learn to knit, draw, paint, sew...
Donations of Books & DVDs & CDs
We LOVE your donations! But to make things go smoothly, we implemented new guidelines for book donations. Such as only 1 BOX at a time, please. And the books have to be in excellent shape!

For more (important!) information, please check our detailed donation guidelines. Thanks!!
Please Keep Wearing Your Face Mask
Please keep our staff and the community safe:
wear a face mask!

Numerous studies show that face masks, especially medical-grade masks like KN95 and N95 masks, significantly reduce the spread of Covid,
which is why masks are still required in our building.

Wearing a mask is the right thing to do, especially when you are around vulnerable individuals and small children.
Tour the New Building
We still need your support: We need more furniture and a variety of other things that will make our new library feel comfortable and cozy.

So please be generous if you can. Any amount will make a difference whether it's $5 or $1,000.
Shop with Amazon Smile
Are you shopping on Amazon for your holiday gifts??
Then please select the Pope Memorial Library as your preferred nonprofit via smile.amazon.com and Amazon will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases directly to the library!