Posted by Jill on Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:22 am | 1 Comment(s)
Yes, late entry in the What’s Falmouth Reading list of events! Poetry Open Mic. Every Tuesday in August at the library. Bay Meeting Room, August 4, 11th, 18th, and 25th. Sign-up is at 7:00 p.m., readings begin at 7:15 and end at 8:15. One poem each. Time limit 3 minutes. Original works only, please. All ages…
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Posted by Jill on Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 2:20 pm | 0 Comment(s)
Yes, Donna and I have chosen! We have a complete new list of book club books which will be given out in August. Only you BLOG READERS will have the scoop! So here it is ... the next theme will be “Artists in Fiction” and the books will be:
September: The Bird Artist by Howard Norman
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Posted by Jill on Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 2:18 pm | 0 Comment(s)
I’ve spent the last week at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox. What an amazing week it was! So now all I want to read is my Kripalu cookbook, and the self-published book by my teacher, Aruni Nan Futuronsky called Recovering My Voice: A Memoir of Chaos, Spirituality, and Hope. (I’ll order…
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Posted by Staff on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 5:16 pm | 0 Comment(s)
The Falmouth Public Library Book Club met yesterday to discuss Out Stealing Horses (Ut og stjoele hester) by Norweigen author Per Petterson. The novel, a selection in our “Lost in Translation” series, won many literary awards including the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award which is the world’s largest literary prize for a single work of fiction in English.
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Posted by Staff on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 9:58 am | 0 Comment(s)
I absolutely love it when I discover an appealing author who’s been around for a while, but is brand new to me. That means I have the pleasure of not only reading the book that caught my attention, but then I can work my way through all that writer’s past books. Jane Green is one of those authors. Apparently I’m…
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Posted by Jill on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 11:24 am | 0 Comment(s)
Another entry in the delightful “What’s Laura Reading?” series. That would be Laura Ford, Reference Librarian. Enjoy!
“Every year I make an effort to read the books my kids are assigned over the summer, and it’s usually a pretty good experience. Generally I like the book, and I like to be ready to a) chat about the book…
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Posted by Jill on Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 5:15 pm | 0 Comment(s)
I couldn’t help but notice that people love this library so much they are willing to wait outside in the hot sun to be the first one inside the building. (See more photos of our 1:00 crowd on our flickr page.) The library staff is getting used to our new 1:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.…
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Posted by Jill on Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 2:42 pm | 2 Comment(s)
Now available on our database page ... Mango Online Language Instruction. The easiest way to learn to speak a foreign language! Mango’s online language learning system focuses on teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages. Each lesson combines real-life situations and audio from native speakers with an easy-to-follow interface and simple, clear instructions. There…
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Posted by Jill on Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 2:33 pm | 0 Comment(s)
This morning on The Point Melanie, Mindy, and I were talking about science and nature books. Here is the list of what was mentioned!
Mindy’s List
Smithsonian ocean : our water, our world by Deborah Cramer
The Nature of Cape Cod by Beth Schwarzman ; illustrated by Sandra Hogan McDermott
Jill’s…
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Posted by Jill on Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:32 am | 0 Comment(s)
Laura is busy pulling books for the Staff Picks cart this morning, so there should be a full cart soon. Never tried a staff pick? Look for the book cart under the library stained glass dome which is full (or will be soon) of books with orange bookmarks all selected for you…
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Posted by Jill on Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 7:10 pm | 0 Comment(s)
OK, where did you first hear about Beowulf on the Beach? That’s right ... on The Point with Mindy Todd, when I mentioned how much I enjoyed it! And wouldn’t you know that Carol Memmott of USA TODAY did
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Posted by Jill on Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 4:44 pm | 0 Comment(s)
To all of you who have been trying to call into the library today with no success, please bear with us as we try to repair our phone messages! Ever since we changed hours our phones have not been giving correct information. We do apologize, and hope that they will be giving the correct message very soon. If you do…
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Posted by Staff on Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 8:49 am | 0 Comment(s)
FLASH! The Library is OPEN today, Wednesday, July 08, 2009. Hours are from 1 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
FLASH 2! Street Fair is postponed until Thursday, July 09, 2009.
FLASH 3! The Library will be CLOSED on Thursday, July 09, 2009, while the Street Fair is celebrated!!
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Posted by Jill on Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:58 am | 0 Comment(s)
The Friends of the Falmouth Public Library Book Sale is still going strong. Want to see some people that got bargains on opening day? Go to our flickr page! Hours today are 10:00 - 4:00, and tomorrow is buck a bag of books morning! Street Fair Day is this Wednesday. We will be closed.
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Posted by Jill on Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:13 am | 0 Comment(s)
Here is the latest reading news from Laura Ford, Reference Librarian and intrepid reader!
“I picked up The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins last weekend at my 15-year-old son’s insistence, and I’m not sorry. He regularly demands that I read a book he’s enjoyed, but I can’t possibly take all of his suggestions. Aside from the fact that…
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Posted by Jill on Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 5:46 pm | 0 Comment(s)
The Teen Bands scheduled for under the library tent tonight is ON, but it will be inside due to the weather. (Rain rain go away, come again another day.)
Here’s the line up:
5:00- 5:30 Summer Babies 5:30- 6:15 Blank Docs 6:15- 6:45 Waterfront 6:45- 7:15 Katylen and the Cockroach Suit 7:30- 8:30 Explicit Noise
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Posted by Jill on Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 12:53 pm | 0 Comment(s)
Summer reading books for the Lawrence School and the Falmouth High School are now shelved by grade in the Teen Room. Students can check out two books at a time from the list. Can’t find what you are looking for? Just ask & we’ll request from another library.
You can also find the lists…
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