Summer Reading Program for children ages 4 years to teens will kick-off on Tuesday June 22, at 1:00 p.m. at the Madill Community Center in the William Ray Memorial Park. Registration will start at 12:30.
There will be a dog show by Linda French. For any questions, call the library at 580-795-2749. Come and join us for some summer fun!
“Frontier Follies: Adventures in Marriage & Motherhood in the Middle of Nowhere” is a down-to-earth, hilarious collection of stories and musings on marriage, motherhood, and country life from the author and star of the Food Network show The Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond. In this charming book, Ree unveils real goings-on in the Drummond house and around the ranch. in stories brimming with the lively wit and humor.
Ree pulls back the curtain and shares her experiences with childbirth, wildlife, isolation, teenagers, in-laws, and a twenty-five-year marriage to a cowboy/rancher.
In Kelly Irvin’s novel ”Closer than she Knows”, A serial killer bent on revenge, and striking too close to home. Teagan O'Rourke has always loved murder mysteries.
In her job as a court reporter, she has written official records for dozens of real-life murders. She's slapped evidence stickers on crime scene photos.
She's listened to hours of chilling testimony. But she's never known the smell of death. And she never thought she might be a victim. Until now.
A young police officer is murdered just inches away from her, and then a man calling himself a serial killer starts leaving Teagan notes, signing each with the name of a different murderer from her favorite mystery novels.
Panicked, Teagan turns to her friend Max Kennedy. Max longs for more than friendship with Teagan, but he fears she'll never trust someone with a past like his.
He wonders how much of God's "tough love" he can take before he gives up on love completely. And he wonders if he'll be able to keep Teagan alive long enough to find out.
As Teagan, Max, and Teagan's police officer father race to track down the elusive killer, they each know they could be the next victim. Desperate to save those she loves, Teagan battles fears that once haunted her in childhood. Nothing seems to stop this obsessed murderer. No matter what she does, he seems to be getting closer.
"From star-crossed matches to unexpected love triangles, summer on Nantucket always holds the promise of romance in Nancy Thayer’s novel “Girls of Summer.”
Lisa Hudson feels more alive than she has in a long time after hiring hunky carpenter Mack Whitney to renovate her old Nantucket home. There's no denying the spark growing between them--despite the fact that Mack is ten years her junior.
But her twenty-something children, Juliet and Theo, on the island for the summer, worry that the new relationship will only lead to Lisa's heartbreak. Yet Juliet and Theo are in for tangled love stories all their own.
When dreamy Ryder Hastings moves to the island to pursue a new environmental venture, Juliet feels an unwelcome attraction, her rocky romantic history pushing her to steer clear of love. Theo only has eyes for Mack's daughter, Beth, with whom he was bound by an unspeakable tragedy in high school--but can they overcome their past?
By August, when an impending storm threatens to shatter the peace of the golden island, everyone discovers what they can and cannot control.”