October 2022 - Eisenhower Public Library

A Spoonful of Frogs by Casey Lyall

October 31, 2022 | Comments Off

Who doesn’t like Frog Soup? It’s easy and healthy to make! We have to start off with all the essentials: water, salt, pepper, carrots, fly extract….oh and of course frogs!

Halloween Horrors: Let the Right One In

October 31, 2022 | Comments Off

Lonely, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates. A new friendship develops when Eli, a pale, serious young girl who only comes out at night, moves in next door. Coinciding with her arrival is a series of inexplicable disappearances and murders.

Camp Fire Tales Club: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

October 30, 2022 | Comments Off

Wednesday, November 30, 2022, 6:30 PM.

Escape the ordinary with monthly discussions of science fiction, fantasy, and horror novellas. This month we'll discuss We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson.

November 2022 LibraryReads Hall of Fame

October 30, 2022 | Comments Off

Every month at libraryreads.org, librarians across the county nominate their favorite upcoming books. Whichever books get the most nominations go onto the monthly list. Place holds now to get these sure-to-be popular books as soon as possible after they're released.

Big Library Read: A Snake Falls to Earth

October 30, 2022 | Comments Off

July 13 – 27, 2022.

We’re excited to join libraries and readers across the country in the Big Library Read, a reading program that connects readers around the world with the same ebook at the same time without any wait lists or holds.

Halloween Horrors: Night Film by Marisha Pessl

October 30, 2022 | Comments Off

On a damp October night, beautiful young Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lower Manhattan. Though her death is ruled a suicide, veteran investigative journalist Scott McGrath suspects otherwise.

November 2022 LibraryReads List

October 29, 2022 | Comments Off

Halloween Horrors: My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due

October 29, 2022 | Comments Off

When Jessica marries David, he is everything she wants in a family man: brilliant, attentive, ever youthful. Yet she still feels something about him is just out of reach.

Virtual Movie Night: The Black Raven

October 28, 2022 | Comments Off

Monday, November 28, 2022, 7:00 PM.

Join us every Monday night at 7:00 PM for an online screening of a classic movie. This week we’re watching the 1943 mystery, The Black Raven.

Halloween Horrors: Hereditary

October 28, 2022 | Comments Off

When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter Annie begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more she discovers, the more he family finds themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem to have inherited.

Halloween Horrors: Hell House by Richard Matheson

October 27, 2022 | Comments Off

Rolf Rudolph Deutsch is going die. But when Deutsch, a wealthy magazine and newpaper publisher, starts thinking seriously about his impending death, he offers to pay a physicist and two mediums, one physical and one mental, $100,000 each to establish the facts of life after death.

Play Our Monster Trivia Mayhem Now!

October 26, 2022 | Comments Off

Do you know your monsters? We've placed our Monstrous Trivia Challenge online so even if you missed the program, you can still test out your monster knowledge.
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Recent Movies & TV: 10/26/2022

October 26, 2022 | Comments Off

Nope
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Bullet Train
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Bodies Bodies Bodies
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The Night Eaters: She Eats The Night by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

October 26, 2022 | Comments Off

The Night Eaters is a horror graphic novel about family, fears, expectations, and inter-generational differences.

Halloween Horrors: Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

October 26, 2022 | Comments Off

Our story begins in 1902, at the Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir.

New Books: 10/25/2022

October 25, 2022 | Comments Off

Livid by Patricia Cornwell
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Inciting Joy: Essays by Ross Gay
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The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
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A Perfect Fit: How Lena “Lane” Bryant Changed the Shape of Fashion by Mara Rockliff

October 25, 2022 | Comments Off

Who doesn’t love beautifully illustrated picture biographies?

Halloween Horrors: When A Stranger Calls

October 25, 2022 | Comments Off

When a stranger calls to ask, "Have you checked the children lately?" teenaged sitter Jill Johnson is understandably spooked.

Gear Up for Battle of the Books!

October 24, 2022 | Comments Off

With the dates set and the book list finalized, the Battle of the Books season 2022-2023 is officially ready for launch!
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Central Baptist Book Club: The Lost for Words Bookshop

October 24, 2022 | Comments Off

Every month, residents of Central Baptist Village meet in the CBV library to discuss a book chosen by our Outreach Librarian. This month we're reading The Lost for Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland.

Halloween Horrors: Down A Dark Hall by Lois Duncan

October 24, 2022 | Comments Off

Kit Gordy sees Blackwood Hall towering over black iron gates, and she can't help thinking, This place is evil. The imposing mansion sends a shiver of fear through her. But Kit settles into a routine, trying to ignore the rumors that the highly exclusive boarding school is haunted.

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Join us each month for a virtual book discussion to talk about cozy mysteries. This month's book will be Full Bodied Murder by Christine E. Blum.