The library will be closed at all locations on Friday, January 24th (Staff Development/In Service Day.) Operations will resume on Saturday, January 25th at both Beech St. and Benton locations.

The library's temporary locations are at the Beech Street Center and the E.C. Benton Library. For more information, including hours of operation, please click here.

Library Latest – November 30, 2021

Have you seen the new Staff Selects display in the library? It’s over in the west wing near the new books. Check out what library staff are currently reading and recommending!

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Sorrowland: eBook | audiobook

The Poisonwood Bible: eBook

It Started with a Scandal: eBook | audiobook

Midnight Riot: eBookaudiobook

Just as I Am: eBook | audiobook

Gulp: eBookaudiobook

Library Latest-November 23, 2021

Staff Holiday Gift Guide-Check out these selections that staff members think would make great gifts this holiday season!

The Arts

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Mystery

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Cookbooks

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Science Fiction

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Library Latest – November 9, 2021

We’re halfway through International Games Week (Nov. 5 – 12). Pick up one of these books for on theme reading material when you’re taking a break from all the gaming. (And if you’re visiting the library, be sure to check out the Playtest Zones where you can test out new board games and let us know if we should add them to our circulating collection!)

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Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts: eBook | audiobook

In Real Life: eBook

SLAY: eBook | audiobook

Cards on the Table: eBook | audiobook

Significant Zero: audiobook

Your Move: eBook 

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: eBook | audiobook

Library Latest – November 2, 2021

Looking for some reads to help you dive into Native American Heritage Month this November? Check out this selection of riveting Native voices – emerging and classic, fiction and nonfiction!

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Sabrina and Corina: eBook | audiobook

The Removed: eBook | audiobook

Firekeeper’s Daughter: eBook | audiobook

House Made of Dawn: eBook | audiobook

When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky: eBook

Winter Counts: eBookaudiobook

The Seed Keeper: eBook | audiobook

Abandon Me: eBook

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: eBook

Bad Indians: eBook 

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: eBook | audiobook

Friends Author Series: Joyce Maynard

The Friends of the Belmont Public Library are delighted to bring New York Times best-selling author Joyce Maynard to the Belmont Public Library virtually to discuss her latest novel, Count The Ways, on Wednesday, October 20th at 7:30pm.To register, click here.

Joyce Maynard is the author of nine previous novels and five books of nonfiction. Her syndicated column Domestic Affairs ran from 1984 to 1990. Her bestselling memoir, At Home in the World, has been translated into sixteen languages. Maynard is a fellow of the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo. She is the founder of Write by the Lake, a week-long workshop on the art and craft of memoir, held every year since 2001 at Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Her novels To Die For and Labor Day were both adapted for film. Maynard currently makes her home in New Haven, Connecticut. You can learn more about Joyce at her website here.

Registration is required; Zoom information will be sent in your registration confirmation.  Thanks to the Friends of the Belmont Public Library for making this author series possible.

Library Latest – October 19, 2021

It’s Knit Lit season! Check out these titles to keep company with some of fiction’s most famous knitters.

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Knit to Kill: eBook | audiobook

A Tale of Two Cities: eBook | audiobook

Spinning Forward: eBook 

A Caribbean Mystery: audiobook

Real Men Knit: eBook | audiobook

The Beach Street Knitting…: eBook

The Shop on Blossom Street: eBookaudiobook

 

 

 

 

Library Latest – October 6, 2021

Cozy up for fall with one of these cozy mysteries. (Warning: puns ahead!)

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Arsenic and Adobo: eBook | audiobook

Ruby Red Herring: eBook | audiobook

Be My Ghost: eBook | audiobook

Deadly Ever After: eBook | audiobook

A Scone of Contention: eBook | audiobook

The Windsor Knot: eBook | audiobook

 

Library Latest – September 29, 2021

Sept. 26 – Oct. 2 is Banned Books Week. Take a look at some of the most challenged books of 2020 as compiled by the American Library Association.

 

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Stamped: eBook | audiobook

Speak: eBook | audiobook

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian: eBook | audiobook

All American Boys: eBook | audiobook

The Bluest Eye: eBook | audiobook

To Kill a Mockingbird: eBook | audiobook

The Hate U Give: eBook | audiobook

Of Mice and Men: eBook | audiobook

 

 

 

Library Latest: September 22, 2021

This week we’re going apple picking! Hope you find a juicy one.

 

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Apples Never Fall: eBook | audiobook

At the Edge of the Orchard: eBook | audiobook

All the Bad Apples: audiobook 

Twilight: eBook | audiobook

Apple: Skin to Core: eBook | audiobook

The Apple Lover’s Cookbook: eBook 

 

Library Latest – September 14, 2021

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month kicking off tomorrow (Sept. 15 – Oct. 15), here are some titles to add to your TBR list!

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Velvet Was the Night: eBook | audiobook

What’s Mine and Yours: eBook | audiobook

The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina: eBook

Undocumented: eBook 

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