Millard Oakley Public Library News
October 23, 2026
October 23, 2026
The Millard Oakley Public Library will be closed on Tuesday, November 3, for Election Day, as well as all Overton County offices.
The Friends of the Library will have their quarterly Book Sale on Friday, November 6, from 9:00 until 5:00, and on Saturday, November 7, from 9:00 until 1:00. There are many newer books for sale, at just $2.00 per bag. They will also have a number of Christmas ornaments for sale on a first-come, first-served basis. The proceeds from the book sale help support programs at the library, so please come out and help the Friends support the library.
The Friends will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday, November 19, at 4:30.
The library will be closed on Wednesday, November 11, for Veterans Day.
All Overton County offices will be closed this day.
All Overton County offices will be closed this day.
The Thanksgiving holiday is also in November.
The library will be closed Thursday-Sunday, November 26-29.
All Overton County offices will be closed these days.
The library will be closed Thursday-Sunday, November 26-29.
All Overton County offices will be closed these days.
The Millard Oakley Public Library Board of Trustees will meet on November 17.
This meeting will be at 5:15, a little later than the normal meeting.
If you plan to attend this meeting, please be aware of the change in meeting time.
This meeting will be at 5:15, a little later than the normal meeting.
If you plan to attend this meeting, please be aware of the change in meeting time.
Story Time is every Thursday at 10:30, except for November 26, when the library will be closed.
For a full calendar of events being held at the library, please check us out on Facebook!
The library has several new books this month. A wide variety of subjects and titles are available for our readers to choose from.
New fiction titles include:
“2034: A Novel of the Next World War” by Elliot Ackerman, “Witch Please” by Ann Aguirre, “Mayan Gene” by Mark Andrew Berezan, “Backyard Starship” by J. N. Chaney, “Independence” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, “Sea of Charms” by Sarah Beth Durst, “Summer on Highland Beach” by Sunny Hostin, “Adversary to the Villain” by Hannah Nicole Maehrer, “Cursed Bread” by Sophie Mackintosh, “Titan” by Mado Nozaki, “As Many Souls as Stars” by Natasha Siegel, “Twenty-Seven Minutes” by Ashley Tate, “Good Dirt” by Charmaine Wilkerson, and “The Wintermaker” by Jason Lee Wills.
New fiction titles include:
“2034: A Novel of the Next World War” by Elliot Ackerman, “Witch Please” by Ann Aguirre, “Mayan Gene” by Mark Andrew Berezan, “Backyard Starship” by J. N. Chaney, “Independence” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, “Sea of Charms” by Sarah Beth Durst, “Summer on Highland Beach” by Sunny Hostin, “Adversary to the Villain” by Hannah Nicole Maehrer, “Cursed Bread” by Sophie Mackintosh, “Titan” by Mado Nozaki, “As Many Souls as Stars” by Natasha Siegel, “Twenty-Seven Minutes” by Ashley Tate, “Good Dirt” by Charmaine Wilkerson, and “The Wintermaker” by Jason Lee Wills.
For our nonfiction readers, we have:
“Redeeming the Time: Gospel Perspectives on the Challenges of the Hour” by Robert Barron, “Bake It Keto” by Jennifer Marie Garza, “Antitrust: Taking on Monopoly Power From the Gilded Age to the Digital Age” by Amy Klobuchar, “Spiritual Anatomy: Meditation, Chakras, and the Journey to the Center” by Kamlesh D. Patel, and “America the Beautiful?” “One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled” by Blythe Roberson and “Classic Cocktails Done Well: Tried-and-True Recipes for the Home Bartender” by Faith Hingey.
“Redeeming the Time: Gospel Perspectives on the Challenges of the Hour” by Robert Barron, “Bake It Keto” by Jennifer Marie Garza, “Antitrust: Taking on Monopoly Power From the Gilded Age to the Digital Age” by Amy Klobuchar, “Spiritual Anatomy: Meditation, Chakras, and the Journey to the Center” by Kamlesh D. Patel, and “America the Beautiful?” “One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled” by Blythe Roberson and “Classic Cocktails Done Well: Tried-and-True Recipes for the Home Bartender” by Faith Hingey.
There are many more new titles, for adults and our younger readers, available.
Come in and see what is new!
Come in and see what is new!
“Everybody has the right to form their own opinion and read what they like and come to their own conclusion about it… I trust the reader.”
― Philip Pullman
― Philip Pullman