Summer Reading Week 8: Magic Forest

Summer Reading Week 8: Magic Forest

Can you believe it, summer readers? This week is the last week of the Summer Reading Program! We hope you have enjoyed it and had as much fun as we have! For our last week we will finish things off with the classics: good old fashioned fairytales! If you enjoy a good fairytale with adventure and magic, you’ll love this week’s theme of “Magic Forest”! We are so excited to see everyone one last time at this week’s sessions and have a special surprise for you all too! To find out what it is, come and visit your local library!

You can also download this week’s colouring sheet from home and check out this week’s online reading list.  

WEEKLY THEMES & ACTIVITIES:

Fall Craft Swap

Fall Craft Swap

Calling all crafters – young and young at heart! Love crafting and love seeing others enjoy what you make? Join the Fall Craft Swap where you will be partnered with another age-appropriate crafter in Huron
County (child or adult)!

Make your partner a custom craft, while they do the same for you! All crafting types welcome – knitting, crocheting, sewing, candle making, pottery, scrapbooking, needlefelting, etc. The sky is the limit!

Guidelines:

We ask that you craft TWO small items or ONE medium sized item.

  • Medium = A scarf, a wallet, a set of notecards (4), a reusable shopping bag
  • Small = A piece of jewelry, a bookmark, a washcloth, a facemask, a small candle

Please note that a library staff person will be in touch with you Sept. 13-18 to assign your partner. You will have from Sept. 19-Oct. 19 to craft. Please drop your completed craft off to your local Huron County Library branch between Oct. 20-25 (or earlier). You will receive the craft from your partner between Nov. 1-5. A library staff person will send email reminders along the way. Please ensure that crafts do not exceed the size of a standard tote box (28” x 17” x 15″).

*Should a partner not complete a craft, an alternate partner will be arranged. Should multiple partners not complete a craft, individuals may be paired with one another. Pre-completed crafts will be used in reassignments (no need to make an entirely new craft!).

Important dates:

Registration: Aug. 22-Sept. 12
Partner Assigned: Sept. 13-18
Crafting: Sept.19-Oct. 19
Craft Due: Oct. 20-25

Register online: https://connectedcountyofhuron.ca/craftswap

Must-read summer thrillers

Must-read summer thrillers

Looking for your next great beach read this summer? Check out some of these amazing standout mystery and thrillers by best-selling and debut authors. These books cover a variety of tropes, from vacations gone wrong, memory loss, family drama, grifters to cults and beyond. There is sure to be something for everyone! Visit our online catalogue for a full list of recommended reads.

Vacations gone wrong…
Book cover of The Island

The Island by Adrian McKinty

A horrible accident is just the start to one family’s vacation on a remote Australian island that has them running for their lives.

Place a hold online…

 

Book cover of The Retreat

The Retreat by Sarah Pearse

The follow up to best-selling Reese Book Club pick’s The Santitorium sees the return of Detective Elin Warner as she’s called to investigate when dead bodies start turning up at an eco-wellness retreat on a remote island off the English coast.

Place a hold online…

 

If you love a good con…
Book cover of The Lies I Tell

The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark

An incredible cat and mouse game between a veteran con artist and the journalist trying to expose her.

Place a hold online…

 

Book cover of Portrait of a Thief

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

Ocean’s eleven meets Fast and the furious in this fast-paced art heist story featuring a group of Asian college friends who steal Chinese artifacts from around the world.

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No one to trust…
Book cover of Daisy Darker

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

A reunion turns deadly when a gathering to celebrate Daisy Darker’s 80th birthday sees family members trapped on a remote island while someone starts killing people off one by one.

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Book cover of The Blame Game

The Blame Game by Sandie Jones

A psychologist starts to fear for her life when one of her patients goes missing and her files start disappearing in this twisty, unputdownable thriller.

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Lost in the dark…
Book cover of Stay Awake

Stay Awake by Megan Goldin

An edge-of-your-seat suspenseful psychological murder mystery featuring a woman who forgets everything after she goes to sleep and is on the run from both the police who think she killed a man and the actual killer.

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Book cover of In the Dark we Forget

In the Dark We Forget by Sandra SG Wong

A standout Canadian debut about a woman who wakes up in the woods with no memory of how she got there and tries to piece together her last few days with help from her brother and a policewoman.

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Get a little cult-y…
Book cover of The Swell

The Swell by Allie Reynolds

Things get deadly when bodies start turning up among a private group of surfers living on a remote island off the Australian coast.

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Book cover of The Last Housewife

The Last Housewife by Ashley Windstead

A dark thriller about a woman seeking justice for her dead college friend and the vow she makes to destroy the cult her friend was involved with. Perfect for fans of true-crime podcasts and the psychology of cults.

Place a hold online…

 

Book Club – Blyth Branch

Book Club – Blyth Branch

The Blyth Book Club returns to the Blyth Branch this September! Are adults are welcome to join the club, which runs the third Saturday of each month starting Sept. 17. For more information, or to register, please contact the branch. This group is community-led and facilitated by group members.

Upcoming reads:

  • Sept. 17: Vintage Munro
  • Oct. 15: To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Nov. 19: How to Pronounce Knife
Book Club – Blyth Branch

Book Club – Blyth Branch

Join us at the Blyth Branch for a casual monthly discussion of a specific book.  Adults are welcome to join the club, which runs the Last Monday of each month. For more information, or to register, please contact the branch. This group is community-led and facilitated by group members.

Please contact the Blyth Branch by email blythlibrary@huroncounty.ca or by phone 519-523-4400 to register.