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“Winter is not a season, it’s a celebration.” — Anamika Mishra
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We have made it to the end of the year. The colder weather reminds us that we are in the winter season. You need no better reason to curl up with a book, a blanket, and a warm beverage. This is the season of...
Chat’n’Chew November 2023
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Welcome to the books our Chat’n’Chew book group discussed in November 2023. We hope at least one book will appeal to you. We would love to see new and old faces at our next gathering in the Ellsworth room. From the comfort of your...
Reflections as the Year Wraps Up
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No, it’s not December 2023 yet, but once the holidays begin, I find there is little time to pause and look back at the year that has passed by. One of the events that has gotten everyone’s attention this year is book banning across...
Books in Bloom
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Books in Bloom is a collaboration between the Friends of the Hopkinton Library and the Hopkinton Garden Club. Each year, Librarians pick a theme and books for children, teens, and adults, that fit that theme. Members of the Garden Club then create floral arrangements...
Chat’n’Chew October 2023
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Autumn is here as leaves begin to fade and descend to the earth. Mary Oliver was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Her work was inspired by nature, rather than the human world, stemming from her lifelong...
Read what interests you, whenever the mood hits
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September embraces the end of summer and the beginning of Fall. There is always a big onslaught of new books published for this season. From the “Off the Shelf” newsletter, here are their suggestions for “26 Most Anticipated Books for Fall”. If there’s a...
Book Review: Rebel Spy
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by Veronica Rossi Frannie Tasker doesn’t have time for politics; she’s too busy surviving by scavenging from shipwrecks. In a twist of fate she transforms into the Loyalist girl whose body was found washed up on the beach. Veronica Rossi writes a captivating novel...
Romantic Killer, vol. 1
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Anzu is living her best life, but in Japan, birth rates are falling, so a magical commission that harvests joy from young people needs more teens to get out and socialize. Anzu is transported to an alternate reality without chocolate, games, or even her...
Beat the Heat – Waterfalls and Fiction Set by the Ocean
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August 2023Ann-Marie Speicher I’ve always heard people call the month of August, the “dog days” of summer. Why? Because it always used to be the hottest month of summer when probably even dogs didn’t enjoy being outside. That is, up until this year when...
July Is Audiobook Month!
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Miriam-Webster defines an audiobook as a recording of a book or magazine being read aloud. Hopkinton patrons love audiobooks and have the opportunity to borrow BOOKS ON CD, Playaways, or digital audiobooks. Last fiscal year (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023), Hopkinton patrons...