Summer Reading 2018: Libraries Rock!
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Our summer reading programs for all ages are in full swing. You do NOT need a library card to attend these programs. Rock out at our karoake nights, solve a murder mystery, run a race...join the fun! Adult Summer Reading Our adult summer reading program is open to Phillipsburg Library cardholders, high school age and up. Visit our Adult Summer Reading webpage or come to the library for details! Teen Summer Reading Our teen summer reading program is open to students entering grades 6-12. Visit our Teen Summer Reading webpage or come to the library for details! Children's Summer Reading Our children's summer reading program is open to students entering PreK through 5th grade. Visit our Children's Summer Reading webpage or come to the library for details!
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Ongoing Events for Adults
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Laughter Yoga Monday, July 9, 12:00pm Laughing is a vocalization that anyone can do. It relieves stress, which helps keep disease away. Laughter has both psychological and physiological health benefits. Increased oxygen intake clears the lungs and the mind. Laughter is a cardiovascular exercise, ‘internal jogging,’ that burns calories. Here is your chance to try it for yourself! Cynthia Curtis from Funny Farm Laughter Club will lead an hour-long laughter yoga session. Call the library at 908-454-3712 to sign up or
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PFPL Writers Group Thursday, July 12 & 26, 7:00pm Do you have a story to tell? Join the PFPL Writers Group!
We welcome all levels of writers from beginner to published professionals. We'll discuss fiction, poetry, nonfiction (including memoir), and more. Bring your ideas, a notebook, and your magic pen! Call the library at 908-454-3712 to sign up, or register online!
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Book Forum Wednesday, July 18, 1:30pm The book club with no assigned reading. Share light refreshments and talk about whatever you have been reading lately.
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Film: Get on Up Thursday, July 19, 7:00pm The story of James Brown, from his destitute youth to his emergence as the Godfather of Soul, is documented in this acclaimed biopic starring Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, and Octavia Spencer. Directed by Tate Taylor ("The Help").
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Happy Bookers: Someone, by Alice McDermott Wednesday, July 25, 7:00pm Someone follows seven decades of a Brooklyn woman's modest life to create one of the author's most trenchant explorations into the heart and soul of the 20th-century Irish-American family. This is a novel that speaks of life as it is daily lived, a crowning achievement by one of the finest American writers at work today. Multiple copies of the book are available for reserve. See the Happy Bookers website for more information.
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Save the Date Classic Book Club: Life Among the Savages Tuesday, August 14, 7:00pm
Join the Classic Book Club in 2018 as we explore “classically funny” titles. If your memory of classic literature is all doom and gloom, this may be the perfect year to join us for a look at the lighter side. On August 14 at 7:00pm, we will discuss Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson. Visit the Classic Book Club webpage for details!
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The Home for Unwanted Girlsby Joanna GoodmanForced to give up her baby in 1950s Quebec when she becomes pregnant with her childhood sweetheart, Maggie makes the wrenching decision to abandon a more secure life to search for her daughter, Elodie, who, after enduring torturous conditions in orphanages and psychiatric hospitals, struggles to survive in an unnerving alien world. Submitted by Cindy, circulation staff.
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The bartender's taleby Ivan DoigRunning a venerable bar in 1960 Montana while raising his twelve-year-old son, single father Tom Harry finds his world upended by the arrival of a woman from his past and her beatnik daughter, who claims Tom as her father. Submitted by Norma, circulation staff.
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Lincoln in the bardoby George SaundersA long-awaited first novel by the National Book Award-nominated, New York Times best-selling author of Tenth of December traces a night of solitary mourning and reflection as experienced by the 16th President after the death of his 11-year-old son at the dawn of the Civil War. Submitted by Deb Messling, Library Director
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The book of mistakesby Corinna LuykenA celebration of the creative process and the inspiration that can be found in mistakes follows the experiences of an artist who incorporates accidental splotches, spots and misshapen things into her art, transforming it in quirky and playful ways. Submitted by Christina, Youth Services Librarian..
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Strong poisonby Dorothy L. SayersAn astute detective comes to the aid of Harriet Vane, a mystery writer accused of murdering her fiance in the same manner as one of her fictional characters. Submitted by Deb Messling, Library Director.
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