November preschool storytimes are this Wednesday and Nov. 19. This Wednesday, the library will celebrate International Drum Month with a "rattle, boom, ding!" storytime.

The Nov. 19 celebration will focus on Good Nutrition Month with a nutritious and delicious storytime. Both storytimes begin at 10 a.m.

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The library continues to accept used ink and toner cartridges.

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Author read-alikes!

If you like Julie Garwood, you might also like Linda Howard, J.D. Robb, Karen Robards or Elizabeth Lowell.

If you like Robert Ludlum, you might also like Vince Flynn, Tom Clancy or Jack Higgins.

If you like Elizabeth Peters, you might also like Sharyn McCrumb, Carolyn Hart, Jayne Ann Krentz, Sue Grafton, Anne Perry or Amanda Quick.

If you like Jonathan Kellerman, you might also like Ridley Pearson, Keith Ablow, James Patterson or Sarah Lovett.

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New books at the library:

"Multiple Blessings," by Kate Gosselin and Beth Carson. Kate Gosselin tells the amazing story of how she and her husband, Jon, have survived the overwhelming odds of birthing not only twins but also sextuplets in three years, and how they continue to strive every day to honor Christ while He teaches them to thrive in spite of emotional, financial, social and physical exhaustion.

"American Prince," by Tony Curtis and Peter Golenbock. He was the Golden Boy of the Golden Age; a prince of the silver screen; dashing and debonair. Tony Curtis arrived on the scene in a blaze of bright lights and celluloid. His good looks, smooth charm and natural talent earned him fame, women and adulation. Even Elvis copied his look, and the Beatles put him on their Sgt. Pepper album cover. But the Hollywood life of his dreams brought both invincible highs and debilitating lows. Now, in his captivating, no-holds-barred autobiography, Curtis shares the agony and ecstasy of a private life in the public eye.

"Antiques Flee Market," by Barbara Allan. Brandy Borne's new life in the small Mississippi River town of Serenity is anything but serene. Moving back in with her bipolar Mum, Vivian -- an antique herself who treats Brandy like a perpetual 5-year old -- is challenging enough, but stocking and running their antiques holiday booth at the shopping mall is positively daunting. And as the Christmas season gets into full swing, they find themselves in the midst of small-town mayhem when an old flame of Vivian's turns up mysteriously deceased.

"Clean Cut," by Linda La Plante. Dedicated, intuitive and utterly obsessive, DCI James Langton is ruthless in his pursuit of a gang of illegal immigrants, the murderers of a young prostitute. When one of them nearly kills him, Anna Travis nurses his wounds and bears the brunt of his frustrations, putting her own life and career on hold. But then one of Anna's own cases turns out to be linked with Langton's, and Anna becomes the gang's next target.

"Elvis and the Dearly Departed," by Peggy Webb. Normally, Callie Valentine Jones spends her days fixing up the hairdos of the dead, but when the corpse of local prominent physician Dr. Leonard Laton goes missing, it's bad for business. So Callie and her cousin, Lovie, have no choice but to go in hot pursuit of the recently embalmed, last seen bound for Vegas by the way of downtown Tupelo.

"Liberty: a Lake Wobegon Novel," by Garrison Keillor. Clint Bunsen is one of the old reliables in Lake Wobegon -- the treasurer of the Lutheran church and the auto mechanic who starts your car on below-zero mornings. For six years he has run the Fourth of July parade, turning what was once a line of pickup trucks and girls pushing baby carriages that hold their cats into an event of dazzling spectacle. The town is dizzy with anticipation. Until, that is, they hear of Clint's ambition to run for Congress. They're embarrassed for him. They know him too well -- his unfortunate episodes involving vodka sours, his rocky marriage. And then there's his friendship with the girl who dresses up as the Statue of Liberty for the parade.

* * * Other new books at the library:

"Tomorrow's Promise," by Sandra Brown.

"The Brass Verdict," by Michael Connelly

"Hardly Knew Her," by Laura Lippmann

"Testimony," by Anita Shreve "The Tale of Briar Bank," by Susan Wittig Albert