News Release

MENTONE – June is Audiobook Month. Who doesn’t love getting comfortable with a good book? It can help the time pass by quickly and also help one drift off to dreamland.

The problem is that you can’t read in the dark and you can’t read while behind the wheel. The solution would be to pop an audiobook in the cd player and away we go. Let someone else do the reading for you.  

Celebrating Audiobook Month is easy. Make a list of what audiobooks you’re interested in and then ask about how to access audiobooks through Hoopla Digital and Axis 360.   

Bell Memorial Library is open and operating under normal business hours, but asks that anyone not feeling well please stay home. They offer curbside services as well. Call (574) 353-7234 or (574) 551-9007 to request materials or email [email protected].

New books coming soon to BMPL. **Please note that some of these are pre-ordered. The library does not receive them until they are released from the publisher. “The 20^th Victim” by James Patterson, “The 5 Love Languages” by Gary Chapman, “After Sundown” by Linda Howard, “All Adults Here” by Emma Straub, “Always the Last to Know” by Kristen Higgins, “Big Summer” by Jennifer Weiner, “The Book of Lost Friends” by Lisa Wingate, “Close Up” by Amanda Quick, “Cross My Heart” by Robin Lee Hatcher, “Dance Away With Me” by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, “Dare to Lead” by Brena Brown, “Eagle Station” by Dale Brown, “The End of October” by Lawrence Wright, “The English Daughter” by Cindy Woodsall, “Fair Warning” by Michael Connelly, “Furmidable Foes” by Rita Mae Brown, “The Gifts of Imperfection” by Brene Brown, “The Girl with the Loading Voice” by Abi Dare, “Girls of Summer” by Nancy Thayer, “The Goodbye Man” by Jeffery Deaver and “Grandma’s Gardens” by Hillary Rodham Clinton.  

See what’s streaming on Hoopla Digital. Log on today to read these audiobooks: “Shut Up You’re Pretty” by Tea Mutonji, “The Amber Garden” by Cynthia Masson, and “The Right Choice” by Carly Phillips. Teens and children can browse these titles:  “Power of the Firedragon” by Tracey West and “Lily and Her Unicorn Doll:  Vol 4: Honestly and Truthfully” by Aaron Chandler. If you do not have a Hoopla Digital account, the library can help. Please see a library staff member for assistance and information on how to get started.  Please note, you do have to have a valid library card to set up an account.  

New DVD’s to be on the lookout for; “Frankie,” “The Reliant, Merry & Bright,” “Christmas in Evergreen,” “Bottled with Love,” “The Gentlemen,” “Witness to Murder,”  “Skin Deep,” “Sonic the Hedgehog,” “White Dawn,”  “Arkansas,” ” Last Full Measure,”  “Like A Boss,”  “Emma,”  “Ordinary Love,”  “True Love Blooms,”  “The Invisible Man,”  “The Rhythm Section,”  “Bad Boys for Life,”  “The Getaway” and “The Rise of Skywalker.”