Reading

The Easiest Book Club You’ll Ever Be Part Of

Do you love reading? Have you ever thought about joining a book club but then didn’t for whatever reason? Or maybe you did join, but you found you just couldn’t keep up with it. You couldn’t find the time to finish the selected books, or the group kept choosing books that didn’t appeal to you.Continue reading “The Easiest Book Club You’ll Ever Be Part Of”

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. You can celebrate by checking out these titles from our library. Becoming American, Being Indian: An Immigrant Community in New York City by Madulika S. Khandelwal.\”In her fascinating account of Indian immigrants. . .[the author] explores the ways in which their world has evolved over four decades\” from publisher. Beyond theContinue reading “Asian Pacific American Heritage Month”

Free public domain books

If you can\’t find a public domain book in the library or would just prefer something downloadable, there are lots of good sites out there. A couple I like are Project Gutenberg and LibriVox. Project Gutenberg has over 49,000 free e-books – you can download them as Kindle e-books, EPUB files, or read them onlineContinue reading “Free public domain books”

Who is your favorite author?

The library is investigating adding some pleasure reading materials into our collection. We need your help to identify which genres you like to read and which authors to collect. Have a favorite? Please share! Here is just a FEW of the categories we need your opinion on: Fiction Nonfiction Biography & Autobiography History MysteriesContinue reading “Who is your favorite author?”

It\’s the Summer of Zombies

If you\’re not taking classes this summer or if you\’re looking for something to give you a break from your summer school work, why not read a book and/or watch a movie based on a book? Here are a couple of fun summer reading ideas (or their movie versions for movie-watchers) to fight off summerContinue reading “It\’s the Summer of Zombies”

What Should I Read Next?

Even though I already know of more books I want to read than I have any chance of ever finishing, I\’m always looking for more books to add to the list. What Should I Read Next? is another site helping me do that, and I thought I\’d share. How it works: You type in aContinue reading “What Should I Read Next?”

National Library Week

Did you know that this week, April 8-14th, is National Library Week? We are celebrating this week by revealing who will be on the next library READ posters. Want to join in on the fun? Come to the Library’s main lobby from 3:00-4:00PM today, April 11th, to witness the unveiling of the posters. While you’reContinue reading “National Library Week”

Catching the E-Book Wave — Lessons@Lunch

Been thinking about purchasing an e-book reader?Have a reader and want to find more sources for e-books?Want to see what else your device can do? If so, next week\’s Lessons@Lunch (March 5, 7 & 9) should help you get the answers you need. The sessions will be held in the Library Instruction Classroom (#139) fromContinue reading “Catching the E-Book Wave — Lessons@Lunch”

Stories and Tales of Halloween

It\’s almost that time of year, to read tales and stories of Halloween, to name a few: The Legend of Sleepy Hallow, by Washington Irving The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson The Raven, by Edgar Allen Poe Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving Ulalume, by Edgar Allen PoeContinue reading “Stories and Tales of Halloween”

Today is…. "Read a book day!"

I personally have never heard of this holiday, and there is not much information out there about it. But, what a great way to spend a day! Maybe it should be read \”anything\” today! Or, read \”something\” today? Why not take some time out and read today? It\’s going to be a great day outside;Continue reading “Today is…. "Read a book day!"”