Start 2021 off by checking out the most popular library materials from 2020!

Young Adult fiction titles checked out by Belmont patrons:
1. Champion by Marie Lu | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
3. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
4. Prodigy by Marie Lu | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
5. 1984 by George Orwell | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eBook | hoopla eAudio

DVDs checked out by Belmont patrons:
1. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | request the DVD | Blu-ray
2. Parasite | request the DVD | Blu-ray
3. Knives Out | request the DVD | Blu-ray
4. Joker | request the DVD | Blu-ray
5. Judy | request the DVD 

Children’s fiction titles checked out by Belmont patrons:
1. Wrecking Ball by Jeff Kinney | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eBook | hoopla eAudio
2. The Getaway by Jeff Kinney | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eBook | hoopla eAudio
3. Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eBook
4. The Princess in Black and the Bathtime Battle by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
5. Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig by Kate DiCamillo | request the book | OverDrive eBook | hoopla eBook

OverDrive eBook titles checked out by public library patrons worldwide:
1. Where the Crawdads sing by Delia Owens | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | print book | book on CD | large print | playaway
2. Becoming by Michelle Obama | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | print book | book on CD | large print
3. Educated by Tara Westover | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | print book | book on CD | large print | playaway
4. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | print book | book on CD | large print | playaway
5. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | print book | book on CD | large print | playaway

OverDrive eAudio titles checked out by public library patrons worldwide:
1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling | OverDrive eAudio | OverDrive eBook | print book | book on CD | playaway
2. Becoming by Michelle Obama | OverDrive eAudio | OverDrive eBook | print book | book on CD | large print
3. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens | OverDrive eAudio | OverDrive eBook | print book | book on CD | large print | playaway
4. Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell | OverDrive eAudio | OverDrive eBook | print book | book on CD | large print | playaway
5. Educated by Tara Westover | OverDrive eAudio | OverDrive eBook | print book | book on CD | large print | playaway

Adult nonfiction titles checked out by Belmont patrons:
1. Ottolenghi Simple by Yotam Ottolenghi | request the book
2. Educated by Tara Westover | request the book | book on CD | large print | playaway | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
3. Becoming by Michelle Obama | request the book | book on CD | large print | playaway | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio 
4. The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson | request the book | book on CD | large print | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
5. Red Rooster Cookbook by Marcus Samuelsson | request the book

Adult fiction titles checked out by Belmont patrons:
1. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett | request the book | book on CD | large print | playaway | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
2. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens | request the book | book on CD | large print | playaway | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
3. Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout | request the book | book on CD | large print | playaway | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
4. The Nickel Boys by Coulson Whitehead | request the book | book on CD | large print | playaway | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
5. American Dirt Jeanine Cummins | request the book | book on CD | large print | playaway | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio 

Young Adult and Children’s titles checked out on OverDrive in public libraries worldwide:
1. Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney
3. Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
4. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | print book | book on CD
5. The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | print book | book on CD | playaway

Videos watched on kanopy by Belmont patrons:
1. Pasolini | Watch on kanopy
2. The Bookshop | Watch on kanopy
3. Patema Inverted | Watch on kanopy
4. The Little Hours | Watch on kanopy
5. Dial M for Murder | Watch on kanopy

Albums checked out on hoopla by Belmont patrons:
1. Origins by Imagine Dragons | Listen on hoopla
2. Evolve by Imagine Dragons | Listen on hoopla
3. Frozen II | Listen on hoopla
4. Night Visions by Imagine Dragons | Listen on hoopla
5. Lover by Taylor Swift | Listen on hoopla

Learn something new without leaving your home! Checkout one of these Great Courses titles on kanopy!

How to Read and Understand Shakespeare by Marc Connor | watch on kanopy
Thermodynamics by Jeffrey C. Grossman | watch on kanopy
How You Decide: The science of human decision making by Ryan Hamilton | watch on kanopy
A History of Eastern Europe by Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius | watch on kanopy
Music as a Mirror of History by Robert Greenberg | watch on kanopy
King Arthur: History and Legend by Dorsey Armstrong | watch on kanopy
English Grammar Boot Camp by Anne Curzan | watch on kanopy
How to Play Piano by Pamela D. Pike | watch on kanopy
The Real History of Secret Societies by Richard B. Spence | watch on kanopy
The Art of Debate by Jarrod Atchison | watch on kanopy
Ancient Civilizations of North America by Edwin Barnhart | watch on kanopy
How to Play Chess by Jeremy Silman | watch on kanopy

Legendary spy novel author and real life spy (he worked for MI-5 and MI-6) John le Carré passed away on December 12. Discover (or rediscover) his masterful storytelling with one of these selections.

The spy who came in from the cold | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Agent running in the field | request the book | book on CD | large print | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
A perfect spy | OverDrive eBook
A legacy of spies | request the book | book on CD | large print | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
The little drummer girl | request the book | OverDrive eBook
The night manager | request the book | OverDrive eBook
Our kind of traitor | request the book | book on CD | large print | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio

Holds can now be picked up at the window by the main entrance for adult and young adult materials or at the window of the children’s room for children’s materials. Follow the link here for more details.

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Discover a new pattern or a new technique for you knitting in one of the selections from today’s post!!

Grannies, Inc. guide to knitting by Katie Mowat | request the book
Knitting modular shawls, wraps, and stoles by Melissa Leapman | request the book | hoopla eBook
Entrelac by Rosemary Drysdale | request the book
Knit & purl pets by Claire Garland | request the book
Knit yourself in by Cecile Kaurin and Linn Bryhn Jacobsen | request the book
Knitting from the center by Daniel Yuhas | request the book
Knitting for children by Claire Montgomerie | request the book 

Get your holiday shopping off to a good start with these suggestions from Belmont Public Library staff members in our annual Holiday Gift Guide!

Holiday gift guide 2020

Even if you’re out of checkouts on hoopla for the month you can take out one of these graphic novels from hoopla’s Bonus Borrows:

Captain America Vol. 1: Winter in America by Ta-nehisi Coates | read on hoopla
Back to the Future Vol. 1: Untold tales and alternate timelines | read on hoopla
Scott Pilgrim Color Collection Vol. 1 by Bryan O’Malley | read on hoopla
Lumberjanes Vol. 1 | read on hoopla
Firefly Vol. 1 by Greg Pak | read on hoopla
Hedy Lamarr: an incredible life by William Roy | read on hoopla
March: Book one by John Lewis | read on hoopla
Captain Marvel Vol. 1: Re-Entry | read on hoopla

Check out all of the Bonus Borrows with this link. 

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Sing along to your favorite showtunes with these Broadway recordings from hoopla!

Newsies | listen on hoopla
Waitress | listen on hoopla
Dear Evan Hansen | listen on hoopla
Hamilton | listen on hoopla
The Book of Mormon | listen on hoopla
Something Rotten! | listen on hoopla
Jersey Boys | listen on hoopla
Les Misérables | listen on hoopla
Rock of Ages | listen on hoopla
Elf | listen on hoopla
The Bridges of Madison County | listen on hoopla
Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn | listen on hoopla

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