February 1 - 15
Board Members Sworn in for 2021
During the January 14th library board meeting, Fiscal Officer, Asha Vyas, was sworn in. Library board member, Elaine Stefkovich, was also virtually sworn in by Tipp City Board of Education President, Theresa Dunaway.
Hoopla Bonus Borrows For the Month of February
Hoopla, one of our free streaming services offered, has returned with their Bonus Borrows program. Back by popular demand, the Bonus Borrows program, available during the month of February, offers zero borrows from your monthly borrows when selecting from the Bonus Borrow collection. There are several new and exciting titles available, with over 1,000 titles to choose from in audiobooks, eBooks, comics and film. The Bonus Borrows collection is available the entire month of February, so click here to view the entire Bonus Borrows collection and start streaming today!
AARP Tax Preparation Group Will Not Be Meeting at the Library This Year
Library patrons with questions or appointment requests can contact AARP District Coordinator, Nancy Anderson by phone (470-645-3732) or email at neanderson410@hotmail.com.
Family Bathroom Construction Almost Complete
Last year, construction began in the Children's area on a new family bathroom. This new bathroom will be complete in about two weeks and will have some great features including no-touch sinks and paper towels, and a comfortable and private place for breastfeeding mothers. This new family bathroom would not be possible without the funds received from the Federal CARES Act grant. The new family bathroom is just one of the many improvements we've made since transitioning to curbside only service. We are welcoming the public to come see the new updates for themselves when the library tentatively reopens March 1 (subject to change, keep an eye on our Facebook page for the most current information.)
Time is Running Out to Redeem Coupon Pack in Beanstack Winter Read Challenge
The date to pick-up your coupon pack for the Beanstack Winter Read Challenge has been extended to Saturday, Feb. 6 by 5:00 p.m. If you read at least 5 books in January and logged them into your Beanstack account you are eligible for a coupon pack. You should have automatically received an email from Beanstack notifying you of your reward for completing the Beanstack Winter Challenge. Please call the library at 937-667-3826 or email us at info@tippcitylibray.org to let us know you are ready to pick-up your coupon pack so we can put it at the back entrance in the alphabetized file box with your name on the envelope.

Congratulations on your reading accomplishments! The raffle prize winners will be chosen on February 3 and winners will be notified by phone or email by February 6.
Events Planned for the Whole Family
VALENTINE’S CRAFT BAG COMING FOR CHILDREN!
Our next take-home craft bag for preschoolers & elementary children will be available beginning Monday, Feb. 1. This craft bag will include everything you need to make some Valentine’s cards for loved ones or decorations for your home. You can make the two Valentine Cards Miss Julie created, or come up with your own designs. The bag also has a sweet treat that you can give to your Valentine or keep for yourself!  

No registration is required to participate, but bags will be first come, first serve on the table by the back entrance.
February Family Bingo at Home
There are so many great holidays, observances, and special events in February for kids to learn about. A fun way to teach them about these special days is to turn it into a Family Bingo game.  
To win each square on our February Fun Bingo, a player must complete the task in the square. Some squares require players to look-up the answers to a question, others require players to complete a task. A quick version of the game is to play together as a family, with each family member getting one row of the card to complete, and see who gets their row done first for a Bingo. If you want to make the game last through the month of February, download one of the versions of the Bingo Card from the Children’s Program webpage. Look for the link in the “At-Home Activities” section. This will allow each family member to play their own Bingo card (all the eight cards have the same tasks, just in different squares). Who will be the first to get a coverall?
Need Some Ideas on What to Read Next?
Since you can’t come into the library to browse our displays and look at the new books, we’ve created some slideshows on the Children’s Program webpage to help you get some inspiration. If you’re hoping for some snowy days this winter, the Children’s webpage slide show is full of juvenile chapter books with snowy covers. Just click on the book cover picture in the slide show featured on the Children's Program webpage and you’ll be sent to the card catalog to place a hold on the book. New in books with images can be viewed at the bottom of the Children's Program webpage as well. Read like it’s Snowbody’s Business!

Upcoming Programs for 6th-12th Grade Youth
Teen Take-Home Craft Coming in February
The Youth Services department has created a take-home craft bag so you can spend your long President’s Day holiday crafting at home. The craft bag will include all the materials needed to create a trinket bowl from old magazines. You’ll be amazed at how easy it is, and how durable & stylish a bowl out of paper can be! Sign-up to participate is required and will begin on the Teen Program page of our website Saturday, February 6 at 10:00 a.m. A limited number of take-home craft bags will be available so don’t forget to sign-up. The craft bags will be ready for pick-up at the back entrance by curbside pick-up starting at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, February 11.
More Programs and Events for Adults
Inhabit Yoga Virtual Program
Molly from Inhabit Yoga introduces fundamental yoga breathing, postures, alignment and core muscle engagement to support your lifelong yoga practice. Whether you are brand new to yoga or a seasoned veteran, you will benefit from getting back to the basics! Join us on Facebook Live on our Facebook page for this live program. You do not have to have a Facebook account to view any of our library's virtual programs. The next virtual yoga sessions are scheduled for this Friday, February 5 and next Friday, February 12 at 11 a.m.
Unwind and DIY Craft for February
Spend some time unwinding with a monthly DIY craft kit! Each month we will provide a DIY for you to create and display in your home! February’s DIY will be a vintage mason jar vase! This at-home program is brought to you by our library's Adult Services Department. February’s DIY will be a vintage mason jar vase! Registration is required--click here to register for this program. Once registered, kits are available for pickup February 16th in our Curbside Services area of our library.
Overdue for a Brew: Chocolate Beers
Join us February 17th at 7:30 pm-8:30 pm for a Facebook live video on the Tipp City Public Library page where we'll talk about the exciting world of chocolate beers. Beers brewed with cacao or chocolate are growing in popularity and variety. Pour yourself a beer and hear beer writer David Nilsen talk about what cacao is and how it's used in the brewing process, as well as some great recommendations for chocolate beers just in time for Valentine's Day!
Upcoming Book Discussions
Virtual Book Club
Catch up with our library's Virtual Book Club this week on our Facebook page. This week, we focus on Passengers by Alexandra Bracken

Passenger follows Etta Spencer, a violin prodigy who, in one devastating night loses everything she knows and loves. Thrown into a world she does not know by a stranger with a dangerous plan, Etta is sure of one thing, she is not merely miles, but years from home. Etta meets Nicholas Carter, who is content with his life at sea where he is free from a powerful family, and the servitude he would face at their hands. All that changes when Etta arrives on his ship and becomes the pull of the past that he can’t escape. This powerful family is now after a stolen object which they believe only Etta can find.
Together, Etta and Nicholas embark on a perilous journey to keep the mysterious object out of the family’s grasp. As they get closer to the truth of their search, treacherous forces threaten to separate Etta from Nicholas and her path home forever.

You can find Passengers for download on one of our free online streaming services like Hoopla or Libby.
Mystery Lovers Book Club
Monday, January 11
7 - 8 p.m.

Join us for a Zoom discussion of Into the Water by Paula Hawkins. Copies are available by request. Email our library at info@tippcitylibrary.org for more information. Click here to register for this virtual program.
Page Turners Book Club
Monday, February 22nd
7 - 8 p.m.

Join us for a Zoom discussion of Rust: A Memoir of Steel and Grit by Eliese Collette Goldbach. Copies are available by request. Email our library at info@tippcitylibrary.org for more information. Click here to register for this virtual program.
New Books, Movies and Music to Enjoy
Adult Fiction Books
Robert B. Parker's Someone to Watch Over Me by Ace Atkins
Spin by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Shiver by Allie Reynolds
The Push by Ashley Audrain
The Children's Blizzard : a Novel by Melanie Benjamin
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
Waiting for the Night Song by Julie Carrick Dalton
Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner
The Heiress : the Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley
The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson
The Prophets by Robert Jones
All the Colors of Night by Jayne Ann Krentz
The Arctic Fury by Greer Macallister
The Art of Falling by Danielle McLaughlin
The House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O'Donnell
Our Darkest Night : a Novel of Italy and the Second World War by Jennifer Robson
The Forever Girl : a Novel by Jill Shalvis
A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself by Peter Ho Davies
Before the Ruins : a Novel by Victoria Gosling
Neighbors by Danielle Steel
The Fortunate Ones by Ed Tarkington
The Liar's Dictionary by Eley Williams
Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour
Bone Canyon by Lee Goldberg
Twenty by James Grippando
The Lost Boys by Faye Kellerman
The Breaker : a Peter Ash Novel by Nicholas Petrie
The Scorpion's Tail : a Nora Kelly Novel by Douglas J. Preston
Into the Light by David Weber
Nick by Michael F. Smith
American Traitor : a Pike Logan Novel by Brad Taylor
People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd
Egg Shooters by Laura Childs
Tropic of Stupid by Tim Dorsey
Yellow Wife by Johnson Sadeqa
The Russian by James Patterson
Deep Into the Dark by P.J Tracy
Out of Hounds by Rita Mae Brown
The Children's Train by Viola Ardone
The Captive : a Novel by Fiona King Foster
Curious Incident : a Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery by Vicki Delany
Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor
Pianos and Flowers : Brief Encounters of the Romantic Kind by Alexander McCall Smith
The City of Tears by Kate Mosse
Dear Miss Kopp by Amy Stewart
The Mitford Trial by Jessica Fellowes
Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire
Adult Non-Fiction Books
All the Young Men : A Memoir of Love, AIDS, and Chosen Family in the American South by Ruth Coker Burks
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Know Yourself, Know Your Money: Discover Why You Handle Money the Way You Do, and What to Do About it! by Rachel Cruze
Martha Stewart's Very Good Things : Clever Tips & Genius Ideas for an Easier, More Enjoyable Life by Martha Stewart
Beginners : the Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning by Tom Vanderbilt
Aftershocks : a Memoir by Nadia Owusu
Till Murder Do Us Part : True-Crime Thrillers by James Patterson
The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival by Steven Rinella
ADHD 2.0 : New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction--from Childhood through Adulthood by Edward M. Hallowell
Good Boy My Life in Seven Dogs by Jennifer Finney Boylan
American Daughter : a Memoir by Stephanie Thornton Plymale
Land : How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World by Simon Winchester
Get What's Yours for Healthcare : How to Get the Best Care at the Right Price by Philip Moeller
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain : In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders
Bravey : Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas by Alexi Pappas
Adult Non-Fiction Books (Cont.)
Single. on Purpose. : Redefine Everything : Find Yourself First by John Kim
American Baby : A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption by Gabrielle Glaser
Icebound : Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Andrea Pitzer
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames : a Memoir by Justine Cowan
Work : A Deep History, from the Stone Age to the Age of Robots by James Suzman
Dog Flowers : A Memoir by Danielle Geller
Back to Business : Finding Your Confidence, Embracing Your Skills, and Landing Your Dream Job After a Career Pause by Nancy McSharry Jensen

Adult Large Print Books
The Falcon Always Wings Twice by Donna Andrews
The Scorpion's Tail a Nora Kelly Novel by Douglas J. Preston
American Traitor by Brad Taylor
Piecing It All Together by Leslie Gould
The Lost Boys by Faye Kellerman
Burden of Proof by T. Davis Bunn
Hush-Hush by Stuart Woods
In the Lion's Den by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Pianos and Flowers Brief Encounters of the Romantic Kind by Alexander McCall Smith
Last Day by Luanne Rice

Adult Audiobooks
The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
Three Women Disappear by James Patterson
The Sentinel by Lee Child
Marauder by Clive Cussler
Murder of Innocence by James Patterson
The Best of Me by David Sedaris
One Life by Megan Rapinoe
The Awakening by Nora Roberts
Tom Clancy Shadow of the Dragon by Marc Carmeron
The Hero of Hope Springs by Maisey Yates

Blu-ray
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DVD
Love and Monsters
Spell
Jungleland
The Climb
Shortcut
American Dream
Dead Reckoning
Dreamland
The Kid Detective
12 Hour Shift
Wander
Lupin III.
Always and Forever
The Cleansing Hour
Spiral
The Village in the Woods
Born a Champion
Come Play
Fatman
Max Cloud
Miss Juneteenth
Synchronic

CDs
Dangerous the Double Album by Morgan Wallen
Music to Be Murdered By by Eminem

Teen Books
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Teen Audiobooks
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Juvenile Audiobooks
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Juvenile Books
The Bickery Twins and the Phoenix Tear by Abi Elphinstone
I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 by Lauren Tarshis