Science fiction, science fact, romantic chemistry: there’s something for all readers in our Literary Elements adult summer reading program! The program runs Monday, June 23 through Friday, August 8. Weekly drawings will be held every Monday morning, starting June 30, with a grand prize drawing on Monday, August 11. Complete an entry slip for each book read during the program. You can submit paper slips at the library or fill out online entry forms at pburglib.org. Optionally, share your opinions with other readers by writing brief reviews on the books you have read. Weekly prizes include gift certificates from some of your favorite local businesses. This year, we are offering TWO grand prizes. You can put all your entries toward one prize, or you can split your entries and try for both, but only one grand prize will be awarded per participant. We are giving away a Kindle Fire tablet, compatible with our digital books, audiobooks and magazines. If you don’t need a tablet, you can compete for two framed floral prints by Danielle Hely. Watch for updated information and the link for online entries on our Literary Elements website. You can also subscribe to our summer reading newsletter for weekly prize updates and book reviews submitted by your fellow readers.
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The Year of Reading Dangerously Tuesday June 10 at 7:00 p.m.Our classic book club is spending 2014 reading books have been banned or challenged over the years. The June Selection is Candide by Voltaire. Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds." On the surface a witty, bantering tale, this eighteenth-century classic is actually a savage, satiric thrust at the philosophical optimism that proclaims that all disaster and human suffering is part of a benevolent cosmic plan. For more information, see our classic book club web page.
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Book Forum Wednesday June 18 at 1:30 p.m. The book club with no assigned reading. Share light refreshments and talk about whatever you have been reading lately.
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Film Screening: Rushmore Thursday June 19 at 7:00 p.m. This is the story of Max Fischer, an eccentric 15-year-old boy who attends the tenth grade at Rushmore Academy. Max is editor of the school newspaper and yearbook, president of the chess, astronomy, French, and German clubs, captain of the fencing team, and director of the school play. Max is also a compulsive liar, telling everyone that his barber father (Seymour Cassel) is really a brain surgeon. Suddenly Max falls in love with Miss Cross, a first-grade teacher at the school. Directed by Wes Anderson, who also directed Moonrise Kingdom and The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Starring Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams. Rated R; 93 minutes.
The public is invited to stay for a brief discussion after the film. All films in this series are recommended for adults. For more information, call the library at 908-454-3712. Partial funding is provided by the Warren County Cultural and Heritage Commission. Movie License # 196808001
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Happy Bookers Discussion Wednesday June 25 at 7:00 p.m. Join our discussion of The Book of Salt by Monique Truong. Considering whether he will accompany his employers, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, to America, a personal cook remembers his youth in French-colonized Vietnam and his days cooking for the doyennes of the Lost Generation. We have multiple copies of the book available. Reserve online or ask at the desk.
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A nice little place on the North Side : Wrigley Field at one hundred
by George F. Will
Chronicling the highs and lows over the 100-year history of Wrigley Field, America's leading columnist explores the home of the hapless Chicago Cubs as a way to talk about his upbringing, the growth of Chicago, the history of baseball and what brings us back to root for the home team. Selected by Norma, circulation staff.
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The goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
Taken in by a wealthy family friend after surviving an accident that killed his mother, thirteen-year-old Theo Decker tries to adjust to life. It's a long book, but a fast read, with a rollicking story, lots of Dickensian coincidences and wonderful, memorable characters. Selected by Deb Messling, reference librarian.
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A cold day for murder : a Kate Shugak mystery
by Dana Stabenow
When a National Park ranger is reported missing and the man sent to find him disappears as well, former investigator Kate Shugak decides to brave the cold wilderness of north Alaska to crack the case. Selected by Ann DeRenzis, library director.
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Night diver
by Elizabeth Lowell
Returning to the Caribbean island of St. Vincent to help save her family's treasure-hunting business, financial expert Kate Donnelly must form an uneasy alliance with British military diver Holden Cameron when equipment, treasure and even divers start disappearing into the depths of the ocean. Selected by Valerie, circulation staff.
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