Meherrin Regional Library: MRLS Library Newsletter: July 2025

MRLS Newsletter — July 2025

Summer Reading Program

Summer Reading at the Library

"Color Our World" is in full swing! Sign Up, Read, and ENJOY! Join us this month with hands on creative activities each Wednesday, 10:00-12:00.

"Design Your Own Bookmark" contest will be July 1-31st. Open to all ages. Winners will be announced by August 8th.

Be sure to complete and return your reading challenge by July 31st.

Visit our website at https://shorturl.at/1u7xB to learn more and to view our info flyer and full event calendars.

These books are available to check out this summer!

Monthly Events

NoveList

Find your next read with NoveList Plus or NoveList K-8 Plus!

Novelist makes it easy to find books you'll love based on your preferences. You can view recommended reading lists, read honest book reviews from other readers, and find read-alike recommendations.

You can search for books based on elements like appeal factors, genre, and theme, or use the Appeal Mixer by selecting types of characters, illustrations, pacing, storylines, tones, and writing styles. Some examples include:

Strong female characters + engaging writing style + intricately plotted storyline = Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini and The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll
Large cast of characters + sweeping storyline + dramatic tone = The Year One trilogy by Nora Roberts, The Pillars of the Earth series by Ken Follet, and A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende.
World-building storyline + dramatic tone + compelling writing style = A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin and Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson.

Visit the Library Resources page on our website at https://bit.ly/3hvByIv to access NoveList Plus or https://bit.ly/3PzWBXg to access NoveList K-8 Plus.

July Closings

New Book Highlights

So far gone : a novel
by Jess Walter

A provocative adventure through life in modern America, about a reclusive journalist forced back into the world to rescue his kidnapped grandchildren.

Harbor lights : stories
by James Lee Burke

Eight short stories and a never-before-published novella, from the best-selling author of Cadillac Jukebox include the tale of a father and son who watch evil forces disguised as federal agents try to ruin their family.

The last bookshop in London : a novel of World War II
by Madeline Martin

Taking a job in a London bookshop just as the Blitz begins, Grace finds comfort in the power of words, storytelling and community as the bookshop becomes one of the only remaining properties to survive the bombings. 10,000 first printing.

The summer we ran : a novel
by Audrey Ingram

"In the summer of 1996, teenage Tess Murphy's mom gave her two rules to abide by: keep quiet and stay out of trouble...What no one saw coming was Tess falling deeply in love with the boy next door, high-society Grant Alexander. Over a few wondrous and heat-filled months, Tess and Grant's love blooms so ferociously it feels utterly impossible that anything can keep them apart, until tragedy strikes and the teenagers find themselves pained by betrayal...Now, two decades after their epic teenage romance abruptly ended in heartbreak, Tess and Grant are both running for Governor of Virginia, where secrets from that summer threaten to shatter their families, futures, and the love they once shared"