New Year, New Genres
Resolve to Read New Genres in the New Year at your Yorktown Public Library.
According to the History Channel:
“The ancient Babylonians are said to have been the first people to make New Year’s resolutions, some 4,000 years ago. They were also the first to hold recorded celebrations in honor of the new year—though for them the year began not in January but in mid-March, when the crops were planted. They also made promises to the gods to pay their debts and return any objects they had borrowed.”
Returning any objects borrowed? Sounds like the perfect library patron!
If, like me, you are evaluating your reading habits and resolving that this is the year you will read more or read a different genre, then keep reading for a fun way to kick off that New Year’s resolution.
While you ponder your next read, visit your Yorktown Public Library and check out these books-- from various genres -- with a storyline that takes place on or near the new year.
IN THE CHILDREN’S COLLECTION:
Happy New Year Mallory (Mallory #12) by Laurie B. Friedman
When a bad stomachache sends Mallory to the hospital during a winter reunion with neighbor Mary Ann and their summer camp bunkmates, she is sad that her friends seem to be having great fun without her.
BONUS: This material is also available as an eBook
New Year’s Day by Lynn Peppas
From New Year's Eve to New Year's Day, people around the world have different customs to welcome in the new year. Learn the history of New Year's Day, and read about the fireworks, resolutions, and parades that make it so much fun!
IN THE ADULT COLLECTION:
New Year’s Eve Murder (Lucy Stone Mystery #12) by Leslie Meier
After the annual parade of Christmas presents in Tinker's Cove has ended, Lucy Stone and her daughter Elizabeth are ready to ring in the new year in style. Elizabeth has won mother/daughter winter makeovers in Manhattan from Jolie magazine! But the all-expenses-paid trip is bound to have some hidden costs--and one of them is murder.
The New Year’s Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts #11) by Jennifer Chiaverini
As each holiday season approaches, some revel in welcoming the New Year ahead; others quietly mourn the passing of time gone by. "We can't hold on to the past," says Master Quilter Sylvia Compson, "but we can keep the best part of 'Auld Lang Syne' in our hearts and in our memories, and we can look forward to the future with hope and resolve." As Sylvia, a late-in-life newlywed, has discovered, love can enter our lives at any age. Yet before she can truly delight in her present happiness, she must face the sorrow hidden in her past -- her own role in the tragic circumstances that left her estranged from her sister, Claudia, until it was too late to make amends. The quilt blocks she chooses commemorate the wisdom that no one can ever be truly alone if she keeps the memory of those she loved and those who loved her alive in her heart.
ON THE LIBBY APP:
A Werewolf’s New Year (eBook) by C.M. Stunich
In this young adult paranormal romance, Sylvia Noe is a werewolf. And now, so is her boyfriend, Josiah. Of course, accidentally infecting her high school sweetheart with lycanthropy was never part of the plan, but it's nice to have somebody other than her parents to shift with (embarrassing, much?). Too bad Josiah's mother is actually from a long line of werewolf hunters—a line that doesn't end with her. Josiah's sister has just turned eighteen and is ready for her first kill. A few fireworks and champagne are not going to stop her from crashing Sylvia's New Year's Eve party in her search for werewolves.
A Banging New Year (audio book) by Ellis O. Day
It's New Year's Eve and Adrian and Ellie meet again for another hot holiday. After Ellie's disastrous breakup with her boyfriend, she's done with alpha males. It's a new year and time for her to find a new type of man. Until, sexy as sin Adrian enters her life once again. Adrian has no intention of letting Ellie get away from him. He definitely wants a repeat of Christmas Eve and a night of drinking, games and dancing at the club is a perfect way to change Ellie's mind.
The New Year’s Party (eBook) by R.L. Stine
Indirectly causing the death of P. J., who had a bad heart, the attendants at Reenie's Christmas party agree to hide the body and the truth until someone begins to hunt down and kill each in turn.
In this unexpectedly dark, psychological family drama, Henning is cycling up the steep path to Femés. As he struggles against the wind and the gradient he takes stock of his life. He has a job, a wife, two children--yet hardly recognizes himself anymore. Panic attacks have been pouncing on him like demons. When he finally reaches the pass in utter exhaustion, a mysterious coincidence unveils a repressed yet vivid memory, plunging him back into childhood and the traumatic event that almost cost him and his sister their lives.
The Queen’s New Year Secret (eBook) by Maisey Yates
As the clock strikes twelve on New Year's Eve, the fairy tale is over for all of Petras when Queen Tabitha--refusing to live in a loveless marriage--asks her husband for a divorce. But anger erupts into passion and when Tabitha flees the palace, she's carrying King Kairos's heir!
Discovering her secret, Kairos kidnaps his wife. Against the backdrop of his secluded island paradise, he proves there's no escaping his royal reach.
New Year’s Kiss (eBook) by Lee Matthews
Tess and her opinionated older sister Lauren are spending the week after Christmas at the snowy Evergreen Lodge in Vermont--and they aren't happy about it. Their stern grandmother, who owns the holiday resort, is not known for her warmth and good humor. But when shy, straight-laced Tess meets Christopher in the lobby, things are suddenly looking up. Then, Tess decides to get out of her comfort zone and create a bucket list of things to accomplish before the New Year-like singing in public and skiing a black-diamond slope. And Christopher is happy to help, even as he keeps a secret that could turn everything upside down. When the ball drops, will Tess and Christopher share a magical kiss-or will Tess start the new year off alone?
