Tiny Town Library Podcast

It’s finally time to pack up the books and head to the new library! The Grand Opening is just days away and we couldn’t be more excited!! Tune into this episode to hear from local artist Lily Hipp who painted a new portrait of Sophia Daland that will be hung above the fireplace and unveiled at the opening. See you at the Grand Opening on Sunday, February 22nd at 8 Lilac Lane!

It’s Fall Y’all! The leaves are falling and it’s time to carve the pumpkins!! Listen in to this new episode to hear all the excitement at the library as we head towards Halloween…candy collection, mini pumpkin hunt, Witch Walk and of course Trick or Treating in Mont Vernon!! Get your costumes on and stop by the library on Halloween Amy’s Book Recommendations Books I Read Recently That I Enjoyed: The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau by Kristin Harmel A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst A Sea of Unspoken Things by Adrienne Young The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno Garcia We Love You Bunny by Mona Awad   New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading: The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman Pick a Color by Souvankham Thammavongsa Heart the Lover by Lily King Bog Queen by Anna North   Upcoming Books Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite (My Sister the Serial Killer) 11/4/25 The Burning Library by Gilly Macmillan 11/18/25 Beasts of the Sea by Iida Turpeinen 11/18/25  

Whoops we added the wrong audio file to the last episode…2nd try! Tune in to hear all about the most colorful, art filled, fun Summer Reading Program from Miss JoAnn, take note of Amy’s beach read recommendations and stay until the end to hear the Summer Concert Series line up from co chair Doug Irvine! See you at the library! Have a great summer!! Amy’s Book Recommendations   Books I Read Recently That I Enjoyed: Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave by Elle Cosimano -5th book in series, 6th comes out 2026 Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins The Time of the Child by Niall Williams Heartwood by Amity Gaige The Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry   New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading: The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig 4/29/25 The Names by Florence Knapp 5/6/25 The Memory Collectors by Dete Meserve 5/20/25 The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club by Martha Hall Kelly 5/27/25 Mansion Beach by Meg Mitchell Moore 5/27/25   Upcoming Books Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid 6/3/25 With a Vengeance by Riley Sager 6/10/25 Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab (The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue) 6/10/25 So Far Gone by Jess Walter (Beautiful Ruins) 6/16/25   One Last Note: Diana Gabaldon has announced the name of her 10th (and final!) Outlander Book! A Blessing For A Warrior Going Out (no publication date yet- she hasn’t finished writing it)  

Tiny Town is thawing out and spring is around the corner! Town Voting and Town Meeting are quickly coming up next week and creating community conversations. Listen in to this episode for the latest news from town, book recommendations from Amy, and our interview with college student and Wizarding Week professor Nick Brown. Happy (almost) Spring!! Amy’s Book Recommendations Books I Read Recently That I Enjoyed: Playground by Richard Powers The Heart of Winter by Johnathan Evison The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali City of Thieves by David Benioff Black Woods Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey   New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading The Queen of Fives by Alex Hay 1/21 Dream State by Eric Puchner 2/18 Show Don’t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld 2/25   Upcoming Books I Want to Read Heartwood by Amity Gaige 4/1 Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry 4/22 The Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner 4/29 (The Lost Apothecary)  

It’s a magical time of year and we’d like to thank our listeners for tuning into the Tiny Town Library Podcast for 50 EPISODES! Listen in to this episode to recap 2024 and hear from our town welfare officer Juli Harvey. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, and have a Happy New Year Tiny Town! Amy’s Top 24 of 2024 Horse by Geraldine Brooks North Woods by Daniel Mason Prophet Song by Paul Lynch The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden Family Family by Laurie Frankel The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar After Annie by Anna Quindlen The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger Sandwich by Catherine Newman The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett The God of the Woods by Liz Moore The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker Leaving by Roxana Robinson The Friend by Sigrid Nunez 12 Books Coming out in Jan/Feb/March I’m looking forward to: 1/14 – More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova (Still Alice) 1/14 – Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney (Daisy Darker, Rock Paper Scissors) 1/14 – Witchcraft For Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix (The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, How to Sell A Haunted House) 1/21 – Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (3rd in Empyrean, follows Fourth Wing and Iron Storm) 1/28 – Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson (Black Cake) 2/11 – We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes (Me Before You, The Giver of Stars) 3/4 – One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter (We Were the Lucky Ones) 3/11 – The Jackal’s Mistress by Chris Bohjalian (The Flight Attendant, Hour of the Witch) 3/11 – Kills Well With Others by Deanna Raybourn (Killers of A Certain Age) 3/18 – Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (Hunger Games #5!) 3/25 – Elphie: A Wicked Childhood by Gregory Maguire 4/1 – A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (2nd book after The Tainted Cup) BONUS BOOK: I called it! Louise Penny’s 20th Armand Gamache book comes out October 28th- the name…The Black Wolf!

It’s Halloween podcast episode! Stop and check out The Black Cat Cafe display on the library lawn and get ready to Trick or Treat on Main Street! MEOW!! We can’t wait to see your costumes!! Stacy Clark, President of Turnstone Corporation joins us on this episode to introduce herself and the team building the new library. Don’t miss her interview for the three month outlook on the new library project! Happy Halloween! See you at the polls…get out and VOTE!! Amy’s Book Recommendations Books I read that I enjoyed: Case Histories by Kate Atkinson We Solve Murders by Richard Osman Guillotine by Delilah Dawson The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno Garcia   New Books I’d Like To Read: The Wedding Witch by Erin Sterling The City in Glass by Nghi Vo The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke   Upcoming Books I’d Like to Read: The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny A Queen’s Game by Katharine McGhee Elphie: A Wicked Childhood by Gregory Maguire  

Hooray! Construction of the new road to the new library has begun!! Tune into this episode to catch up on all the good news from Mont Vernon and what’s been happening at the library this summer. JoAnn is wrapping up the adventurous Summer Reading Program and Amy has great book recommendations to get you to the end of summer! Happy August!! Amy’s Book Recomendations Books I Read Recently That I Enjoyed First two books in Attica Locke’s Highway 59 Series: Bluebird, Bluebird Heaven, My Home 3rd Book Guide Me Home comes out September 3rd I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley Sandwich by Katherine Newmann The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett – 1st book in his new series, Shadow of the Leviathan – 2nd book will be out next April, A Drop of Corruption. The Hunter by Tana French- 2nd book in series, 1st book is The Searcher Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby by Ellery Lloyd June 11 The Memo by Rachel Dodes and Lauren Mechling June 18 The God of the Woods by Liz Moore July 2 The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman July 16 The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer July 16 – she wrote The Wishing Game Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness July 16 Queen B by Juno Dawson – July 23rd 3rd book in the Her Majesty’s Royal Coven series- other books are: Her Majesty’s Royal Coven & The Shadow Cabinet Upcoming Books I’d Like to Read Worst Case by T.J. Newman -also wrote Falling and Drowning August 13 We’ll Prescribe You A Cat by Syou Ishida September 3rd  

The month of May has arrived and tiny town is blooming. Catch up with the librarians in Mont Vernon to hear what’s happening in town and get excited for summer reads! Don’t miss our interview with Friend of the Library, Hayley Parker. She’s our special guest and honored Friend of the Year for 2023! Be sure to wave to her in the Spring Gala Parade! Amy’s Book Recommendations Books I Read Recently That I Enjoyed Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll (Luckiest Girl Alive, The Favorite Sister) The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynne Barnes (YA) 1st in a series, the rest are as follows: The Hawthorne Legacy The Final Gambit The Brothers Hawthorne Games Untold New offshoot series, 1st book coming out in July- The Grandest Game is book 1 The Book of Fire by Christie Lefteri (The Beekeeper of Aleppo) The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay (The London House, Lizzy & Jane, Dear Mr. Knightley, plus others)   New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading The Husbands by Holly Gramazio The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl Real Americans by Rachel Khong Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench Upcoming Books I’d Like to Read The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley 5/7 Women and Children First by Alina Grabowski 5/7 Long Island by Colm Toibin 5/7 The Stolen Child by Ann Hood 5/7 Summers at the Saint by Mary Kay Andrews 5/7 One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware 5/21 You Like It Darker by Stephen King – short stories – 5/21  

Don’t miss the chance to meet up with your favorite librarians on the latest episode of the Tiny Town Library Podcast. We filled the library calendar this month with meetings, meet ups, and “Meet & Greets” before Town Meeting in March to help open lines of communication. Listen in for up to date town news, book recommendations and an interview with Christine Hamilton from the Library Building Committee. Thanks for listening! Amy’s Book Recommendations: Books I’ve read recently that I’ve enjoyed: The Women by Kristin Hannah North Woods by Daniel Mason Horse by Geraldine Brooks Prophet Song by Paul Lynch The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden New Releases I’m looking forward to reading: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon December 3 Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar January 23 Family Family by Laurie Frankel January 23 The Wolves of Winter by Dan Jones January 30th Upcoming Releases: Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange February 27th After Annie by Anna Quindlen February 27th – event Sunday March 3 11 am at Lenox Hotel in Boston, tickets still available: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coffee-croissants-with-author-anna-quindlen-tickets-78678096203 7 The Hunter by Tana French March 5 – stand along novel The Princess of Las Vegas by Chris Bohjalian March 19th Library Building Committee Website: www.mvlibrarybuildingcommittee.com

We made it to the end of the year and are celebrating at the library! Join us at our Christmas Tea Party to hear town news and Amy’s Best of 2023 book list! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Amy’s Best of 2023 1. Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng 2. Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 3. Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo 4. Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson 5. Trespasses by Louise Kennedy 6. Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese 7. Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka 8. This Other Eden by Paul Harding 9. The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett 10. Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson 11. The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford 12. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver 13. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby VanPelt 14. Babel by R.H. Kuang 15. The Housekeepers by Alex Hay 16. Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano 17. Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson 18. The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland 19. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett 20. Fairy Tale by Stephen King 21. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese 22. The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks 23. Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue Looking forward to these books in 2024! The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden The Princess of Las Vegas by Chris Bohjalian After Annie by Anna Quindlen Table For Two by Amor Towles The Hunter by Tana French Until August by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange The Morningside by Tea Obreht Funny Story by Emily Henry The Next Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine  

This October has been sooo busy! Listen in to the librarians chatter about the Friends of the Library fundraiser, epic Halloween preparations, and the final fundraiser of the Mont Vernon Library Charitable Foundation “One for the Books” Charity Auction. Catch up on all the good news and meet one of our newest resident, Megan Upperman, from MVLCF Auction Committee. Amy’s Recommendations Books I’ve read recently I enjoyed: Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson Nov. 2022 (also wrote Nothing to See here) Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark July 2022   The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga 2008 Booker Prize winner Incidentally, Booker Prize 2023 Shortlist was announced at the end of September: Study for Obedience. Sarah Bernstein. If I Survive You. Jonathan Escoffery. This Other Eden. Paul Harding. Prophet Song. Paul Lynch. Western Lane. Chetna Maroo. The Bee Sting. Paul Murray. Winner will be announced November 26th. New releases I’d like to read: The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennett, Witch by Melinda Taub Oct. 3 A Winter in New York by Josie Silver Oct. 3 (she wrote One Day in December) Upcoming books I’m looking forward to reading: The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters Oct. 31 The Future by Naomi Alderman Nov. 7 (she wrote The Power) Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park Nov. 7 The Madstone by Elizabeth Crook Nov. 7      

We’re celebrating 10 years of summer reading with Miss JoAnn and our teen volunteers. Listen in for our Summer Reading Program wrap up and catch our interview with two of our top teen volunteers Evie & Charlotte. Don’t miss Amy’s final book recommendations for the last days of summer. Thank you to our community for a magical summer at the library! Newer Books: The Housekeepers by Alex Hay Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano The House is On Fire by Rachel Beanland Older Books: Spare by Prince Harry Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson The Thursday Murder Club Series by Richard Osman Newly Purchased: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller And Yet by Kate Baer New Releases: The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney Reign- American Royals 4 by Katherine McGee