WEEK 2 BOOK 1 THE BALL AT VERSAILLES It’s the summer of 1959 and the Palace of Versailles is hosting an event that will make history. It is an exclusive dusk-to-dawn ball in which a select group of American and French debutantes will be presented to international society and royalty. Four young women, all with something to prove, receive what … Continue reading →
THAT MEANS IT’S THE FIRST WEEK TO SHOWCASE THE NEW DECEMBER BOOKS THAT WILL BE HITTING THE SHELVES HERE AT OXFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY! BOOK 1 WEEK 1 ALL ABOUT EVIE Set against the natural beauty of the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest, acclaimed author Cathy Lamb’s latest novel tells the emotionally compelling story of one woman’s life-changing discovery … Continue reading →
WEEK 3 BOOK 1 MURDER AT THE MISSION In 1836, two missionaries and their wives were among the first Americans to cross the Rockies by covered wagon on what would become the Oregon Trail. Dr. Marcus Whitman and Reverend Henry Spalding were headed to present-day Washington state and Idaho, where they aimed to convert members of the Cayuse and Nez … Continue reading →
ATTENTION!!!! THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 22, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23 AND FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24 FOR THANKSGIVING!
Continue reading →WEEK 2 BOOK 1 Suicide Med “I don’t want to die like this. Not here, not now—in the anatomy lab on a Saturday night. I know I’ve done some bad things in my life, but I’m pretty sure I don’t deserve this…” Nobody wants to go to a school nicknamed Suicide Med. One suicide. Every year. Heather McKinley has always … Continue reading →
BOOK 1 Stephen King’s Holly marks the triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney. Readers have witnessed Holly’s gradual transformation from a shy (but also brave and ethical) recluse in Mr. Mercedes to Bill Hodges’s partner in Finders Keepers to a full-fledged, smart, and occasionally tough private detective in The Outsider. In King’s new novel, Holly is on her … Continue reading →
The Library is looking for information to help better serve our community. The following is an example of the survey you will find in the library. Come fill one out today! We would like to start after the first of the year.
Continue reading →Book 1 BRIGHT YOUNG DEAD (Book 2 of Mitford Murders series) “True and glorious indulgence. A dazzling example of a golden age mystery.” ―Daisy Goodwin, author of Victoria and The American Heiress on The Mitford Murders Set amid the legendary Mitford household, Bright Young Dead is the second in the thrilling, Golden Age-style Mitford Murders series by Jessica Fellowes, author … Continue reading →
Book 1 for Week 2 A FEVER IN THE HEARTLAND: THE KU KLUX KLAN’S PLOT TO TAKE OVER AMERICA, AND THE WOMAN WHO STOPPED THEM AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “With narrative elan, Egan gives us a riveting saga of how a predatory con man became one of the most powerful people in 1920s America, Grand Dragon of the … Continue reading →
BOOK 1 The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child 1992. All across the United States respectable, upstanding citizens are showing up dead. These deaths could be accidents, and they don’t appear to be connected—until a fatal fall from a high-floor window attracts some unexpected attention. That attention comes … Continue reading →