Things are just hopping at the library! I have a few upcoming activities to tell you about. First is our loosely constructed book club, Humboldt Reads! We meet today, September 23 to discuss Driftless. If you haven’t read it, that’s ok- join us anyway. Rustix at 5:30. If that isn’t enough notice for you, try next month. We are going to discuss To Kill a Mockingbird on October 21, at 5:30 at Rustix.
This is the 50th anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird. If you haven’t read it since high school, pick up a copy at the library and join us for our book discussion. I always intend to re-read it every five years. I’m several decades behind on that plan. In November we will read and discuss The Book Thief. That one will also be held at Rustix on November 18th.We usually move around town to various restaurants, but right now we owe Rustix a huge favor. In September we hosted a meeting of 15 or so children’s librarians. When Sarah phoned to reserve a table for lunch, she found out that Rustix is closed at lunch time. But, they graciously opened just for our group! Isn’t that a neighborly gesture? We appreciated it!
Something new we have planned for grownups is Thrilling Tales. It’s a storytime for adults. From October through March, we’ll have an exciting story for you to listen to on the 3rd Friday of each month at 12:05pm at the library. If you are on your lunch hour, we promise to have you out in time to get back to work by 1pm. Bring your lunch in with you, if you like. We’ll have the coffee pot on. The Seattle Public Library has offered programs like this for several years. I thought it would be worth trying here, too. If nothing else, the staff is having quite an adventure reading and choosing stories to be read at the sessions. Mark it on your calendar and join us for the first Thrilling Tale on October 15 at noon.
There are two more programs remaining in our travel series. Join us on October 21 for a vicarious visit to Kenya led by John and Denise Hartford and a trip to India led by Susan Tomlinson on November 11. Each program will begin at 7pm. If you are interested in our new BYKI online language learning program, be sure to come early to the November 11 program. Paul Gillespie from Recorded Books will be here at 6pm to help you get signed up for BYKI. You will need to come in and get one of our beautiful new library cards first. The cards have a photo of our lovely old building and its crab apple tree in full bloom, so you’ll want one even if you aren’t a library user! On program nights we’ll leave the north door open for you!
New at your library:
We just received extra copies of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy and extra copies of Hunger Games young adult series. If your name is on the list for one of these books, the wait will be a little shorter now.
New on DVD:
Letters to Juliet
Our Family Wedding
Marmaduke
City Island
Just Wright Prince of Persia
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment