For Mesa County Libraries, 2021 was a year of exploring ways to continue providing a wide variety of services during a most unusual time. Learn how your library found a “new normal” during the pandemic in our newly released 2021 Annual Report, available here. The report includes a compilation of important library statistics showing how […]
Continue readingPublisher’s Weekly 02/17/2022
Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publisher’s Weekly: Fiction: Abandoned in Death by J.D. Robb The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave The Lady’s Mine by Francine Rivers The Judge’s List by John Grisham The Horsewoman by James Patterson and Mike Lupica The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles City of the Dead: […]
Continue readingLocal History Thursday: The Handy Chapel
“The mission of Handy Chapel has been and continues to be a beacon of helping with the spiritual, social and economic needs of all our fellow man.” – Josephine Dickey Nestled on the corner of 2nd Street and Grand Avenue in Grand Junction, Colorado lies the Handy Chapel, an important structural piece of Mesa County’s […]
Continue readingPublisher’s Weekly 02/10/2022
Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publisher’s Weekly: Fiction: The Maid by Nita Prose The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner The Judge’s List by John Grisham The Horsewoman by James Patterson and Mike Lupica The Wish by Nicholas […]
Continue readingOverDrive app moving to Libby
If you use the OverDrive app to download ebooks, e-audiobooks, and other library content onto your mobile device, you’ll want to read this news. OverDrive is phasing out the aging OverDrive app, which was introduced more than 10 years ago, and is asking users to migrate to the Libby app. Libby is an OverDrive product […]
Continue readingPublisher’s Weekly 02/03/2022
Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publisher’s Weekly: Fiction: The Horsewoman by James Patterson and Mike Lupica The Maid by Nita Prose The Judge’s List by John Grisham The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner The Wish by Nicholas […]
Continue readingFebruary Staff Picks
Just because it’s the shortest month of the year doesn’t mean you have to read any less! The Mesa County Libraries staff has prepared a few great book recommendations for you to explore to help fill the brisk days of February. Click on any of the cover images below to be directed to our catalog. […]
Continue readingPublisher’s Weekly 01/27/2022
Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publisher’s Weekly: Fiction: One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner The Horsewoman by James Patterson and Mike Lupica The Maid by Nita Prose The Judge’s List by John Grisham The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles The Stranger in the […]
Continue readingPublisher’s Weekly 01/20/2022
Here are the most current bestsellers according to Publisher’s Weekly: Fiction: To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara The Horsewoman by James Patterson and Mike Lupica The Maid by Nita Prose Something to Hide: A Lynley Novel by Elizabeth George Invisible by Danielle Steel The Judge’s List by John Grisham The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura […]
Continue readingLocal History Thursday: A Horse in the House and Other Animals Inside
According to Muriel Marshall in her history of the Uncompahgre, cowboy and probable horse rustler Ben Lowe may once have ridden his horse into the John Davis clothing store on Grand Junction’s Main Street during one of his “Shoot up Main” weekends. Marks on the floor from the horse were reportedly visible in the clothing […]
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