Effingham Community Library

01/09/2026

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01/08/2026

Our first of 2026 is Emily Henry!
Emily is a New York Times bestselling American author of romance novels. Her books include Beach Read, People We Meet on Vacation, Book Lovers, Happy Place, Funny Story, and Great Big Beautiful Life. Henry's characters, especially her female leads, are said to feel like real people. With over 600k followers, she is one of the most popular writers on Instagram!
Her debut young adult novel, The Love That Split the World, was published in January 2016 and she wrote several more Young Adult novels before writing her first Adult Romance novel, Beach Read. Her best selling book, People We Meet on Vaction, has been adapted to the big screen and is scheduled to be released tomorrow (1/9/26)! Her latest novel, Great Big Beutiful Life, was released in April of 2025 and ius available at the library!

Funny Story by Emily Henry (April 2024)

Daphne always loved the way her fiancé, Peter, told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it... right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.

Which is how Daphne begins her new story: stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra’s ex, Miles Nowak.

Scruffy and chaotic—with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads—Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned-up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she’s either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them?

But it’s all just for show, of course, because there’s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex... right?

01/07/2026

The counter does have a top! Thank you Miss Shirley for helping me start on the cleanup job in my office! No done yet, but getting close!

01/06/2026

Thank you for all the wonderful ideas for adult programming at the library! I am so glad that we have so many people interested!!!

01/06/2026

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01/05/2026

We are currently planning adult programming for 2026! Our first program will be a Bob Ross paint-along on Wednesday February 4th! More info for that will be posted shorty! We are looking for ideas for programming that adults would be interested in. Help me come up with ideas. What would you come to the library for? Craft nights? Knitting? Some type of baking or cooking? Book talks? Let us know. We look forward to putting on more adult themed programs in 2026 and hope to see you here for one!

01/03/2026

Weekend reading recommendation (it's not too late to start that book you have been putting aside 😁😏):

I, Medusa by Ayana Gray.

From New York Times bestselling author Ayana Gray comes a new kind of villain origin story, reimagining one of the most iconic monsters in Greek mythology as a provocative and powerful young heroine.

Meddy has spent her whole life as a footnote in someone else’s story. Out of place next to her beautiful, immortal sisters and her parents—both gods, albeit minor ones—she dreams of leaving her family’s island for a life of adventure. So when she catches the eye of the goddess Athena, who invites her to train as an esteemed priestess in her temple, Meddy leaps at the chance to see the world beyond her home.

In Athens’ colorful market streets and the clandestine chambers of the temple, Meddy flourishes in her role as Athena’s favored acolyte, getting her first tastes of purpose and power. But when she is noticed by another Olympian, Poseidon, a drunken night between girl and god ends in violence, and the course of Meddy’s promising future is suddenly and irrevocably altered.

Her locs transformed into snakes as punishment for a crime she did not commit, Medusa must embrace a new identity—not as a victim, but as a vigilante—and with it, the chance to write her own story as mortal, martyr, and myth.

Exploding with rage, heartbreak, and love, I, Medusa portrays a young woman caught in the cross currents between her heart’s deepest desires and the cruel, careless games the Olympian gods play.

01/02/2026

Here are the top 5 books checked out from the Effingham Community Library in 2025:

Adult:
5. The Amish Cowboy's Bride by Adina Senft
4. The Influencer by Adriane Leigh
3. The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose
2. Love at First by Samantha Price
1. Tie/ The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
1. Tie/ Ward D by Frieda McFadden.

Junior Fiction/Children's Books
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess by Jeff Kinney
4. I Survived the N**i Invasion. 1944 by Lauren Tarshis
3. Smile by Raina Telgemeier
2. Big Nate Blows the Roof Off! by Lincoln Peirce
1. City of Dragons: The Awakening Storm by Jaimal Yogis

01/01/2026

𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐬 𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐟: Celebrate America's 250 birthday all year and explore the Kansas 250 Bookshelf highlighting the literary achievements and history of the Sunflower State. Each month, the KS250 Bookshelf will display a themed reading list, host a virtual event and highlight program ideas! Link in Comments. Kansas Tourism America250

01/01/2026

Happy New Year!

12/31/2025

As we say goodbye to 2025 (that was fast!) and hello to 2026, we would like to say THANK YOU ❤️to everyone who has visited, donated, volunteered, stopped by to say "Hi" and everything in between. Thank you to the library board for volunteering your time and helping make the library a great place for our community! Your work does not go unnoticed. Thanks to Miss Shirley Eckert for all of her excellent work covering the circulation desk! And thank you to the community for making the library a small (or big) part of their lives! Thank you from Director Scott Strine.

We look forward to serving you in the new year and beyond. 2027 will mark the Effingham Community Library's 100th anniversary!!! So stay tuned in 2026 for more info on that landmark occasion!

12/30/2025

New Years Resolution for 2026: Clean and organize my office! It will be done! ✔️