Terms & Conditions Fine Print series, book #2 by Lauren Asher Romance Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Iris is Declan’s assistant, who has put a great effort into helping him with work. However, now it just got personal when she accepts being his fiance to wife by contract. Declan needs a wife in order to get his inheritance from his grandfather. Will they stick together, to the contract, and dislike each other, … Read more
Neon Gods Dark Olympus series, book #1 by Katee Robert Romance Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) A retelling of Persephone and Hades in a modern city world. The forbidden under-city is divided from those living high and mighty in Olympus. When Persephone’s mother traps her into an unwanted marriage with Zeus, she flees far away, only to find herself on a bridge between the under-city and Olympus. She crosses…to find a man, … Read more
Show off your skills, and enter the Huntley Area Public Library’s 2022 Costume Contest.
Enjoy Your Library was a huge success. Thank you to every that attended our event. A big thank you to Zoo To You, Kissed by Fire BBQ & Pizza, and Kona Ice for coming out! Everyone enjoyed petting and feeding the animals, raved about the fantastic food, and being able to get something cold and refreshing treat on a humid day.
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Thank you to everyone that came to Minecraft Mania this afternoon. A big thank you to Grant, the Minecraft Mania Facilitator, for coming out to guide us through today’s in-game obstacle course.
Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure Lewis Hancox Autobiography Biography Graphic Novel * * * * Stars (Great!) Lewis Hancox looks back on (visits) his younger self, Lois, who felt awkward and wrong in her body until she realized that she was actually he/him, Lewis. This follows his story into young adulthood (through middle and high school and a bit beyond) with all of the usual teen angst PLUS a really rocky journey … Read more
Smaller Sister by Maggie Edkins Willis Graphic Novel Realistic Fiction Tween * * * * Stars (Great!) Lucy and Olivia are sisters and best friends – they even have their own secret code. Once Olivia becomes a teenager, though, things start to change. She becomes anxious and depressed and obsesses over her body/how she looks. Worst of all, she no longer has time or energy or patience for younger Lucy. When Olivia is officially diagnosed … Read more
Here are photos from last Friday’s Movie in the Park taken by HAPL staff and D158 staff. Thank you to everyone who came out to the showing of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory at Movie in the Park! A big thank you to the Village of Huntley for a fantastic event and movie pick.
Across the Green Grass Fields Wayward Children #6 Seanine McGuire Fantasy Adult Fiction * * * * Stars (Great!) When her BFF betrays her, Regan runs away and discovers a door into another world. She finds herself in the Hooflands, guest of a group of all-female centaur unicorn herders. They tell her she’s going to save their world, but Regan has no idea how or what to do. At first she wants to go home … Read more