Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Informal Meeting Scheduled for the Proposed Mother-Daughter Book Club

We have a meeting scheduled for the mother-daughter book club we are attempting to organize (click link to see details). Stop by the library on Saturday, February 2nd at about 11 AM for an informal discussion. We're hoping to see who is interested and work out a few details. Spread the word!

January Book Club Meeting

Report submitted by Margery Robertiello, book club member:

Our first meeting of the new year (January 8) was a little different.We all read books of our own choosing in which the story was about a meaningful journey. There were interesting choices:
  • One member is reading Moby Dick (Herman Melville). She said she is about 1/3 through and determined to finish! 
  • Another choice was The Last of the Donkey Pilgrims (Kevin O'Hara) about a 1979 trip through Ireland, and another The Old Ways, a Journey on Foot (Robert McFarland). This led to a discussion of walking not only as exercise but as spiritually meaningful. Something has been lost in our present constant use of our cars. 
  • Another choice, Footsteps (Richard Holmes) written by a biographer, follows the author's journey as he traces the footsteps of his subject.
  • North to the Orient (Anne Morrow Lindbergh), another choice, describes the author's journey over the arctic with her aviator husband in 1931 in a 2-seater plane. She writes beautifully, not about the logisistcs of the trip, but about her own reactions, and the contrast between the life in the the isolated outposts they visit and the "Hi tech" capabilities of the airplane.
  • Two other members reported on books they found disappointing. One was The Shadow of the Ark (Anne Provoost). another Snow (Orkan Pamuk).

For our February meeting we will again all be reading the same book! The Greater Journey by David McCullough. New members are very welcome to join our discussion. Please join us on February 5th at 11 AM.



Friday, January 18, 2013

Mother-Daughter Book Club...Are You Interested?

We're still working out the details for a mother-daughter book club...to meet monthly at the library...for girls ages 9 to 13 and their moms. The purpose of this book club is to have fun! Some discussion, some snacks, and maybe a related movie, when applicable. There have been a few interested people. We'd love to hear if anyone else is interested, OR, if you know someone who would like the idea, please pass it on!

Leave a comment or send an email to sgetty@sals.edu to express interest or ask questions.

Recent Additions To Our Kids' Collection

Recent additions to our kids' collection
 
 
This week, we've added Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson, Finn at Clee Point by Richard Knight, The Herd Boy by Niki Daly, and Alex the Parrot by Stephanie Spinner.
 
Recently, we've added the popular titles I Funny by James Patterson and Wonder by R. J. Palacio...as well as others.
 
New DVD additions are Ice Age: Continental Drift and Frankenweenie.
 
Stop in and check out what's new!!

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Book Club Report: December 2012

Book Club met on December 4th, and the next meeting will be on January 8th because of the New Year's holiday. For January's meeting we are to read any book or look at any movie with the theme of “By Foot or by Hoof: Pilgrimages and Journeys of the Spirit”. December's meeting was very lively with most of the members reading “Boomerang” by Michael Lewis. In this book he looks at the economic madness of several countries including the United States. Other countries that he visited and wrote about were Iceland , Greece, Germany and Ireland. One of the members had visited Iceland many times and told us about the negative changes she had seen in Iceland over the years. Most members felt the book was excellent in spite of the topic. Mr. Lewis had a way of making this topic both enjoyable and humorous even though at times it was difficult reading. The other book that members could choose to read was “ In the Sea There Were Crocodiles” by Fabia Geda. This is a fictionalized account of a real young boy who was taken to Pakistan and left there by his mother because she felt that if he stayed in Afghanistan he would be either killed or made a slave because of his ethnic background. The author interviewed the boy but didn’t feel that he had enough accurate information for the book to be non-fiction It is a story about his trip through Pakistan, Iran, Turkey and Greece before he arrived in Italy at age 15 where he now lives. The book was an eye opening account about what it is like to live in that part of the world and what some of the children do there to survive there. We hope to see you on January 8th at 11AM in the Historical Room at the library. The library is not open at that time so you can come in through the Village Office.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Story Time

Did you know that Story Time is held on Wednesday mornings here at the library? The fun begins at 10 AM. A few mothers volunteer their time to read the children stories, and then lead them in a simple craft. It's a great time...not only for the kids involved, but also for the caregivers to connect with each other while the kids play quietly.

Won't you join us?

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