This is my 20th edition of the Library newsletter and it will also be my final one. I have accepted another position within the City of Belen and my last day with the Library will be Friday, April 7th. 

I have so loved working at the Library and my position as the Children's Librarian has been amazing. Getting to know all of the wonderful kiddos and their families was the very best part. 

Thank you all for your support of our Children's Room and Programming, it has been really awesome to see how much the community values the Library.

Spring is the time for new beginnings and at the Library and around our community there are so many events and things happening to celebrate them. Make sure you stick around for the entire newsletter so you don't miss out on any of the upcoming opportunities and fun!

~Summer

At DJ's Bakery Cafe, Dee Jellison, serves up delicious breakfast, lunch, coffee, and baked goods to happy customers.

The café is open Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm inside the Belen Public Library next to the Teen Room. We hope that you will all come out and support this new local business!

"Black Friday" by Ashley and JaQuavis (2012)   

All it takes is one murder to change a million lives, and that's exactly
what happens to Kasheef Williams on a cold, black Friday. After a
reunion with an old friend goes wrong in a Long Island night club,
Kasheef is forced to protect himself by any means necessary. The only problem is that prying eyes see everything. (Read More)

"Long Shadows - Memory Man/Amos Decker - Book 7" by David Baldacci (2022)  When Amos Decker is called to South Florida to investigate a double homicide, the case appears straightforward: A federal judge and her bodyguard have been found dead, the judge's face sporting a blindfold with two eye holes crudely cut out, a clear sign that she'd made one too many enemies over her years on the bench. (Read More)

"The Final Lie" by Trace Boyd Miller (2023)

Have you ever heard of a family of lies and secrets? Well the Wood family who's made of Ash, Cherry, Teak and the matriarch of the family Simon Wood is each carrying their own secret that will snatch the heartbeat right out of the family. 

Simon raised his three kids to be strong and mighty because that’s the only way he knew how but what he didn’t realize is that raising them to be so strong also taught them to be cold and disconnected. 

When they were kids he had his own version of Simon Says but as all three kids grow up and each dive into their own harsh realities the kid version of Simon Says quickly turns into a deadly game. (Read More)

"The Whittiers" by Danielle Steel (2022)
Preston and Constance Whittier have built a happy life together, with a brood of six children raised in a beautiful historic Manhattan mansion.

Now, with a nearly empty nest, it's easier than ever for the Whittiers
to maintain their tradition of a solo romantic "Wintermoon" ski trip.

But with this year's trip comes tragedy, and suddenly the Whittiers'
adult children find themselves reuniting in the family home without
their parents for the first time ever. (Read More)

"Distant Thunder - Stone Barrington - Book 63" by Stuart Woods (2022)

During an intense storm in Dark Harbor, Maine, a perplexing murder lands a dead man on Stone Barrington's doorstep. As secrets swirl around this mystery man's identity, Stone quickly sets out to unravel a web of cunning misdirections and lies.

(Read More)

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow" by Gabrielle Zevin (2022)

A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA's Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry.

Looking for Sponsors!

Nothing says hospitality like good old fashioned FREE COFFEE. Help spread good cheer while promoting your business! We're looking for a local business to sponsor our free coffee for visitors spending time here in Belen.

The Museum and Belen Welcome Center will happily promote your business with prominent thank you and logo placement on our brochures and menus.

If you would like to be a sponsor, please contact Frances Zeller at frances.zeller@belen-nm.gov or go to www.harveyhousemuseum.org

Doing the Dinosaur Stomp!

This week's Music and Movement Group showed us all how to get down like a dinosaur! They first learned about and investigated different percussion instruments like the agogo bells, the maracas, tambourines, bongo drums, and the güiro. 

We wrapped up the morning with some of our favorite body movement songs. It was a great time!

Tai Chi at the Library is still going strong! Every Thursday morning at 10am the group meets in our Lecture Hall. You may park and enter on the East side of the building off of 3rd street. Please dress comfortably and bring water if needed.

"Body of Evidence - Triple Threat - Book 3" by Irene Hannon (2022) 

When forensic pathologist Grace Reilly begins to notice a curious pattern in autopsies of elderly rural Missouri residents, she suspects foul play. 

Sheriff Nate Kincaid isn't convinced the deaths are related, but as they work together to investigate, the danger escalates. Because exposing the truth could destroy several lives--including Grace's.

"Autumn by the Sea - Muir Harbor Series - Book 1" by Melissa Tagg (2021)

Abandoned as a toddler, Sydney Rose has spent years wondering who she really is, homesick for a life she's never lived. When a private investigator crashes into her world, she finds herself heading to a tiny seaside town in Maine to meet a woman named Maggie, who's searching for the granddaughter she lost decades ago.

If not for Maggie, Neil MacKean might still be back in Scotland, bereft and alone. Instead, he has a full life in Muir Harbor with an adopted family he loves and a blueberry farm to run. But the farm is struggling and strange occurrences have him concerned. (Read More)

"A Seaside Wonder - Muir Harbor Series - Book 2" by Melissa Tagg (2022)

Professor Philip West never wanted to return to Maine . . . or his
grandfather's miserable old house. But after his mother's death, he's
now the guardian of a teenage half sister he barely knows-one who
doesn't want anything to do with him. 

He longs to help her heal, but he's exhausted and numb, desperate for relief of his own. Maybe that's why he's so easily distracted when he happens upon the little shop with a name on its storefront window that sounds familiar, a hint of a mystery nudging him inside. (Read More)

"Ford - Montana Marshalls - Book 3" by Susan May Warren (2019)

Family...country...or the woman he loves...
Navy Seal Ford Marshall isn't the kind to stand by and let a woman get hurt-especially when it involves his twin sister, RJ. So, when she makes the news, accused of sparking an international incident, he doesn't care what it takes-he's going to find her and bring her home.
(Read More)

"Wyatt - Montana Marshalls - Book 4" by Susan May Warran (2019)

NHL Hockey Goalie Wyatt Marshall has everything--fame, money and a thriving career. But he's hiding the two things that matter most...a career-ending injury, and his broken heart. 

He's been in love with Coco Stanley since she walked into his life at age fourteen, a foster child for the Marshall family. She stole his heart years later, when, after a secret tryst, she returned to her home country of Russia. But she won't let him back into her life-and he can't figure out why. (Read More)

"Ruby Jane - Montana Marshalls- Book 5" by Susan May Warren (2019)

She loved...and lost.
Ruby Jane never thought she'd meet the man of her dreams while running from the police in Russia. That he'd steal her heart on a train to Siberia. But loving a former CIA officer comes with a price...a life of danger. A life of high stakes.
A life where he simply disappears... (Read More)

"Critical Threat - Extreme Measures - Book 3" by Lynette Eason (2023)

Working as a behavioral analyst with the FBI puts Grace Billingsley in contact with every sort of evil and every kind of person. But working with the son of a serial killer? That's a first-- (Read More)

"Cold Light of Day - Missing in Alaska - Book 1" by Elizabeth Goddard (2023)

Police Chief Autumn Long is fighting to keep her job when an unexpected wave of violent crime sweeps through her small Alaskan town. Does Grier Carter, a relative newcomer to town, actually have her back? Or is she all alone as the body count rises?

"Memory Lane - Sons of Scandal - Book 1" by Becky Wade (2023)

After surviving a trauma several years back, Remy Reed relocated to a cottage on one of Maine's most remote islands. 

She's arranged her life just the way she wants it, spending her time working on her wood sculptures and soaking in the beauty of nature. 

It's quiet and solitary-until the day she spots something bobbing in the ocean. Her binoculars reveal the "something" to be a man, and he's struggling to keep his head above water. (Read More)

"Snuggling with a Boss" by Nikki Nicole (2023)

Envy Holloway suddenly falls on hard times, and she’s barely getting by. Meanwhile, she’s trying to keep her faith, despite sitting at a red
light for months. She’s trying to keep things together for the sake of
her daughter. 

These past few months, she lost her job, and she’s been denied her unemployment. The apartment complex she lives in is no longer
lenient, she’s been served with an eviction notice and forced out of
her apartment. (Read More)

"3 Days to Live" by James Patterson (2023)

The people closest to you can be your most dangerous enemies in this heart-pounding collection of 3 brand-new thrillers from the master of suspense. 3 Days to Live: A CIA-agent bride is on her European honeymoon when she and her husband are poisoned--leaving her seventy-two hours to take revenge. (Read More)

"Without a Trace" by Danielle Steel (2023)

Charles Vincent seems to have it all--a beautiful wife, two successful children, and a well-paying career. Yet happiness remains out of reach. He is trapped in a loveless marriage and his job is simply a paycheck. But his life changes forever one night as he drives along the Normandy coast, heading to their lavish château for the weekend. In one terrifying moment, Charles falls asleep at the wheel and veers off the road, plunging thirty feet down the face of a rocky cliff. (Read More)