Happy New Year! Whatever your New Year's Resolution, the Grafton Public Library can provide help and support!

• Learn a new language with our Pronunciator or Transparent Language databases.
• Learn about astronomy by checking out a telescope.
• Get more music into your life: strum--or just sing along! at GUM Jam.
• Read more comics with Comics Plus.
• Read more books--and find your new great read with NoveList.
• And then, join a book group or complete a BeanStack challenge online.
• Prepare for vocational or academic tests with Peterson's Test Prep.
• Get fit in your living room with Nintendo games that will get you moving.
• Going for your license? Test your driving knowledge with MA Driving Tests.
• Institute a family game night for fun and togetherness.
• Looking for a new job? Update your resume with Tutor.com.
• Discover your heritage at Ancestry.com (on site access only)
• Visit a museum for cultural enrichment.
• Try a new style of cooking.
• Sow a garden with nativars from our Seed Library--new seeds coming this spring!
• Color yourself calm with our Coloring Book Collection (or join us in person to color on January 18!
• Focus on self-care with yoga DVDs or meditation CDs.
• Attend a library program or event, starting with a free piano recital open to the public at 2pm on Sunday, January 8!
• Join the Friends!

Whatever your needs in 2023, we hope we are your first stop of educational, recreational and informational needs, and wish you the best of luck in meeting your goals!

Beth Schreiber,

Library Director

Going into January we are still working out commissioning for the HVAC system and are awaiting a schedule for renovations to counter and sinks to bring them into ADA compliance. Thank you in advance for your patience this month if we have to shift around meeting room reservations or set you up on a laptop while the computer counters are out of order. A humidifier for the Local History room is in process, and doors are still in process for several areas.

The Library Planning and Building Committee is scheduled to meet on Monday January 9 at 6pm on Zoom:

Agenda

Zoom Link

Meeting ID: 879 5681 7665

Passcode: 087506

Check out construction photos in our Construction album on our Facebook Page!

The crime appears open-and-shut: Pushed to the brink by an abusive husband, state police trooper Tessa Leoni finally snapped and shot him in self-defense. But Tessa isn’t talking – not about her dead husband, her battered face, or her missing six-year old daughter. Now, Detective D.D. Warren will have to race against the clock to unearth family secrets, solve a murder and save a child

Request a book, a CD-Audiobook, an e-book on the Libby app, or an e-audio on the Libby app.

The Borrower Services and Reference staff invite you to

check out an item from our two staircase displays in

Room 201 - Large Print/New Books.

We are currently making changes to

our holds slips to reduce

PII (Personally Identifying Information).  

In addition to reducing PII, please see a staff member if you would like to create an alias for your library account so Holds are not shelved under your legal name.

The Museum of Fine Arts is open—to fresh ideas, all visitors, and the infinite possibilities inspired by art. Our renowned collection tells a multifaceted story of the human experience—a story that holds unique meaning for everyone. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Reserve a museum pass online!

Top 10 Books Requested in CW MARS

1. A World of Curiosities by Louise Penney
2. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
3. The Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham
4. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
5. Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
6. Desert Star by Micheal Connelly
7. Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
8. It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover
9. It Ends with Us: A Novel by Colleen Hoover
10. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Top 10 Movies Requested in CW MARS

1. Top Gun (Maverick)
2. Ticket to Paradise
3. The Woman King
4. The Good House
5. Greyhound
6. Amsterdam
7. The Banshees of Inisherin
8. Better Call Saul: Season Six
9. Three Thousand Years of Longing
10. Tar

Visit www.graftonlibrary.org/beanstack

The Board meets via Zoom on the fourth Wednesday of the month via Zoom..

Zoom Link for Wednesday January 25, 2023 at 7pm:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86404771358?pwd=WnZRU1hucU1pcEhqUlV2Z2VRK0Nldz09

Meeting ID: 864 0477 1358 Passcode: 325461

Policy Subcomittee meets Wed Jan 4 at 7pm:

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82809991805?pwd=VUJwUVRoTDFRUVRQWWZzY2hpUE80QT09

Meeting ID 828 0999 1805 Passcode: 416496

Please save the date for our next Friends Book Sale on February 11, 2023.

The Friends will welcome donations of books in good condition for several weeks starting January 25 through February 9, 2023 at the Grafton Public Library. (Please no text books, encyclopedias, newspapers, magazines or any material in poor condition.)

The next Friends Board Meeting is Tuesday, January 17 at 7:30pm

Members can check the Friend's Facebook page for more information.

https://www.facebook.com/GPLFriends

Join or renew at www.friendsgpl.org/join

Questions? Please contact info@friendsgpl.org