Would you like to participate in a community-based book giveaway to promote reading? World Book Night will be here on April 23, but you need to sign up here by Feb. 1. World Book Night is a charity dedicated to the promotion of literacy and the celebration, sharing and enjoyment of reading among teenagers and [...]
Dr. Temple Grandin is a professor at Colorado State University who spearheaded new designs for the more humane slaughter of cattle in slaughterhouses. She is also a well-known autistic woman and an advocate for the better understanding and treatment of autistic people. I recently watched the HBO movie starring Claire Danes about Grandin (Temple Grandin) [...]
All branches of the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library will be closed January 16 in observance of the holiday commemorating the late Civil Rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. To learn more about Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy, check out the suggestions below. (To view additional library resources on Dr. King, view a [...]
Last fall the Library and Friends of the Library hosted Visions of Home: a Reading and Discussion with local authors George Estreich, Marjorie Sandor, and Charles Goodrich. It was a fabulous evening with a great discussion and a nice community turnout. Recently we found out that both Marjorie and George are 2012 Oregon Book Award [...]
Right after the Christmas rush but before the demands of the New Year I find myself being drawn to books that force me to reconsider my choices. I’m not referring to those books that fit the typical New Year’s resolution ticket, but rather ones that depict a lifestyle far different than my own. First on [...]
I watched a Werner Herzog documentary the other night titled Cave of Forgotten Dreams. This amazing documentary gives unprecedented access to Chauvet Cave, a cave in France discovered in late 1994, which contains the oldest known cave paintings in the world.
I’m reading the slow-to-start, but deeply engrossing new magnum opus by the famed Haruki Murakami titled 1Q84. This dark and bizarre novel is supposedly loosely related to George Orwell’s 1984. Having not read the Orwell classic, I delayed my anticipation to devour the new novel until I could read it.
Click on the picture at left to get to Booklist’s Top 10 Crafts & Gardening books of the year. Want other hand picked titles and well-written book reviews?
I asked some of the Adult Services Librarians to share their favorite books from 2011. The list that follows is an interesting and eclectic mix of fiction and non-fiction and includes some titles that are new to me and maybe to you as well. Happy reading!
Just recently I watched my dad coach his high school soccer team to their second state championship. After giving their all through 110 minutes of regulation and overtime, the team persevered and narrowly won the gold in penalty kicks. It capped off an amazing season, filled with highs and lows, excitement and sports drama. And [...]
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