The Book Nook: Symmes Township Branch Now Open

By Ben Lathrop, Hyde Park Library

The Symmes Township Branch has opened at its new location at 11850 Enyart Road in Loveland. The new 22,000-square-foot facility is a Big Next Generation Library featuring exciting amenities, including MakerSpace equipment, spaces to gather and meet, an interactive kids’ play space, a pedestrian-friendly parking lot, renewable energy features, a dedicated teen space, a quiet reading section with cozy fireplace and more. For hours and details, please visit chpl.org/locations/SM/.

Coming Soon

You tell me! What kinds of events, classes and services would you like to take advantage of at the library? Stop in and let us know, or send us an email at hydepark@chpl.org! 

Ben’s Bookshelf 

Well, Dear Readers, I have to admit that recently the majority of my TBR* pile has been moved to the DNF** pile. Not sure what it is, but it’s probably me, not the books. Spring Fever, maybe. When I get into a rut like that, an afternoon with a cold drink and an old friend like Chester Himes or Raymond Chandler will usually set me to rights. I think I’m going to have to make arrangements for such a reunion. In the meantime, since we are approaching the half-way point of 2026, I thought it might be interesting to look at the most borrowed books for adults at the Hyde Park Branch so far this year: 

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans – An epistolary novel that tells the life story of a woman through her letters.  

Orbital by Samantha Harvey – 2024 Booker Prize winning fiction about a day in the life of six astronauts in space. 

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Harvey – Two writers compete over who will write the sensational biography of an aging heiress. 

Buckeye by Patrick Ryan – Post-war historical fiction about the tribulations of a family in a small town in Ohio. 

*To Be Read

**Did Not Finish 

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