If you resolved to lead a more stimulating life in 2026, the Public Library of Catasauqua is here for you!

This year, the library will have programs for kids, tweens, teens and adults, plus our regular slate of activities for young and old. We’re also always adding to our collection of books.

Our Gaming Club — a time for kids ages 7 and up to get together and play Minecraft and Roblox games on the library’s computers or their own devices — meets several times in January. We’ll have our regular Saturday session 11 a.m. Jan. 17, in addition to two weekday groups 5:30 p.m. Jan. 22 and 28. We host our own Minecraft server for the group, and there is a gaming guru on hand to help newcomers and experienced players alike.

Our family movie this month is “The Bad Guys 2.” We’ll have a free showing 11 a.m. Jan. 31 in our auditorium. Popcorn will be provided.

The adult book club meets the first Wednesday of each month. For the next meeting — 3 p.m. Feb. 7 — the group is reading “Forever Loved” by Melissa Heepke-Simmons. Call or stop by to discuss getting a copy of the book or just show up at the group meeting to listen in on the discussion.

Don’t forget about the reading and craft activity for kids and their caregivers 4 p.m. every Thursday in our second-floor space, as well as our fiber arts group, the Stitches, which meets 5:30 p.m. Mondays in our downstairs space.

Feel free to drop off gently used books, DVDs, CDs and records for our upcoming book sale fundraiser at the end of March. Textbooks, encyclopedias, almanacs, magazines or video tapes will not be accepted. Call for more information.

JANUARY BOOKS

Fiction: “The First Time I Saw Him,” Laura Dave; “Order of Royals,” Jude Devereaux; “My Husband’s Wife,” Alice Feeney; “Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Revenge,” Brian Freeman; “No One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done,” Sophie Hannah; “The Storm,” Rachel Hawkins; “Woman Down,” Colleen Hoover; “Such a Clever Girl,” Darby Kane; “The Friend of the Family,” Dean Koontz; “The Shop on Hidden Lane,” Jayne Ann Krentz; “Dear Debbie,” Freida McFadden; “Skylark,” Paula McLain; “The Winter Warriors,” Olivier Norek; “The Invisible Woman,” James Patterson; “Pendergast: The Beginning,” Douglas Preston; “The Unwritten Rules of Magic,” Harper Ross; “The Devil’s Daughter,” Danielle Steel; “This House Will Feed,” Maria Tureaud; “The Sea Child,” Linda Wilgus

Nonfiction: “Mayo Clinic Guide to Arthritis,” Courtney A. Arment; “Jefferson: An Intimate History,” Andrew Burstein; “Neptune’s Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire,” Julian Sancton

Juvenile fiction: “Three’s a Crowd (Sweet Valley Twins, Graphic Novel 7),” Nicole Andelfinger; “Pizza and Taco Go Viral (Pizza & Taco, Graphic Novel 10),” Stephen Shaskin; “A Sea Monster Cunundrum (Misfits 3),” Lisa Yee

Easy fiction: “I Love My Family By Bluey and Bingo,” Bluey; “Chicka Chicka Peep Peep,” Julian Chung; “Bath Time for the Crayons,” Drew Daywalt; “Minecraft: Search for the Snowy Wolf,” Nada Shawish Dutka; “Girl Scouts: The Amazing Daisies,” Girl Scouts; “Moon Song,” Michaela Goade; “Cat Nap,” Brian Lies; “For the Fans (KPop Demon Hunters: Official Storybook),” Angela Song

To place a hold on any of these books, contact the library by phone at 610-264-4151 or by email at catasauquapl@cliu.org. Be prepared to provide your library card number, in addition to the title and author of the book you wish to reserve.