We Have A Winner!
Congratulations to Debbie Maurais, this year's Love Your Library Month winner in the "Dinner and a Movie" raffle! Debbie won dinner for two at Margaritas in Nashua, and two tickets to Appletree Cinemas in Londonderry.
Special thanks to Margaritas and Appletree Cinemas for donating the prizes.
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All Booked Up will discuss We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver in April. Copies are available at the Circulation desk beginning Thursday, March 2nd.
In a series of brutally introspective missives to her husband, Franklin, from whom she is separated, Eva tries to come to grips with the fact that their 17-year-old son, Kevin, has killed seven students and two adults with his crossbow. Guiltily she recalls how, as a successful writer, she was terrified of having a child. Was it for revenge, then, that from the moment of his birth Kevin was the archetypal difficult child, screaming for hours, refusing to nurse, driving away countless nannies, and intuitively learning to "divide and conquer" his parents? [read more from Booklist...]
About the Author
Lionel Shriver is the author of seven novels, and has written extensively for the Wall Street Journal, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Economist. She lives in London and New York.
An interview with the author.
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All Booked Up on Wednesday
Join the group at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday for a discussion of Dark Tide by Stephen Puleo.
Pick Up Tax Forms
We have 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ, Schedules A&B, and Schedule EIC. Other forms are available in reproducible or printable form.
Get Ready for the Academy Awards!
Prepare yourself for Sunday's Oscars and borrow a movie or two.
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Photo by Ole Jorgen Bratland and Gisele Jaquenod
Nobody likes to do their taxes, unless you know you're getting a big refund, but we all have to do them.
Stop by the library for forms 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ, Schedules A&B, and Schedule EIC. Other forms are available for photocopying or printing.
Other Available Resources from the IRS:
Access the IRS Internet web site for federal tax forms, instructions, publications and tax information at www.irs.gov.
For live tax assistance, call 1-800-829-1040.
To place an order for tax forms, instructions, or publications, call 1-800-829-3676.
Tax assistance for the hearing impaired through TTY/TDD equipment is available at 1-800-829-4059.
Photo by Tracy Olson
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Enter the "Talk to Me" Contest
Guess how many candy conversation hearts are in the jar to win! Prizes awarded in three categories: adult--Valentine Treats; teen--digital FM Scan Radio; and child--fuse bead craft kit. Don't like the prize? Choose a Friends of the Library Book Buck instead. Closest without going over wins. Entries due February 28th.
Give a "Gift From the Heart"
Celebrate Love Your Library Month by gifting the cost of a book, joining the Friends of the Library, or pledging to donate your gently used books. Information is available at the Circulation Desk.
Other Love Your Library Month Events:
Enter the "Dinner and a Movie" raffle for $1.
Pick up a bundle of romance novels for a $1 and polo shirts for $5.
Sign-up for an online book club.
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Last month we warmed you up with a list of books set in sunny locales. This month Ann wants to lighten you up with her list of "Books To Tickle Your Funny Bone."
Title / Author:
Hissy Fit
by Mary Kay Andrews
My Heart May be Broken But My Hair Still Looks Great!
by Dixie Cash
Sticks and Scones
by Diane Mott Davidson
Basket Case
by Carl Hiaasen
Gossip Hound
by Wendy Holden
The Ladies Man
by Elinor Lipman
Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast
by Bill Richardson
The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters
by Elisabeth Robinson
The Klone and I: A High Tech Love Story
by Danielle Steel
Bergdorf Blondes
by Plum Sykes
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
The Devil Wears Prada
by Lauren Weisberger
"Library Love Bugs" Take 'n Make
Stop by the children's area to pick up this fun craft to take home and create.
Tired of Cooking? Take a Chance at Dinner and a Movie!
Purchase $1 raffle tickets for your chance to win dinner for two at Margaritas in Nashua, and a movie at the Appletree Cinemas in Londonderry. Prizes were donated by Margaritas and Appletree Cinemas.
Other Love Your Library Month Events:
Take a guess in the "Talk To Me" Conversation Heart Contest.
Give a Gift From the Heart.
Pick up a bundle of romance novels for a $1 and polo shirts for $5.
Sign-up for an online book club.
Visit the Second Time Around Book Sale
Visit the lower level hallway to browse the Friends of the Library's used book sale. New material is added often.
So just what city does have the coldest average temperature in the continental United States? Here's what you thought:
20% International Falls, Minnesota
30% Duluth, Minnesota
10% Caribou, Maine
40% Sault St. Marie, Michigan
The answer is International Falls, Minnesota, with a chilly average temperature of 36.8 degrees Fahrenheit year-round. The “Icebox of the Nation” is located in the northern tip of the state, on the border of the sub-arctic forest in Ontario, Canada. Temperatures often stay well below freezing in the winter, with an annual winter snowfall of up to 70 inches. That’s a lot of snowmen! In January, the town holds its Ice Box Days festival, featuring such events as the "Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard Run," and the "Frostbite Falls Frozen Foot Broomball Tournament." I hear housing is cheap…Anyone want to move??
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Teen Love Bug Take 'n Make
Teens in 7th - 12th grade can stop in to pick up a kit to make a great Love Bug. Keep it for yourself or give it to friend of family member.
Dark Tide Available
Copies of Dark Tide by Stephen Puleo, All Booked Up's March read, are available at the circulation desk.
Celebrate "Love Your Library Month"
Take a guess in the "Talk To Me" Conversation Heart Contest.
Give a Gift From the Heart.
Buy a chance to win dinner for two and a movie.
Pick up a bundle of romance novels for a $1.
Friends of the Library Logo Polo Shirts
Pick up one of these great polo shirts now on sale for $5.00. (Reg. $15.00)
Sign-Up for an Online Book Club from Dear Reader
A gift to you from the Friends of the Library, these online book clubs allow you to read 2-3 chapters of a book each week so you can decide if you'd like to put it on your "To Read" list.
Clipart from Georgia Department of Education
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A giant holding tank collapes sending a flood of molasses through the streets--sounds like Willy Wonka gone bad, doesn't it? Unfortunately, this was not a fairy tale, but a real event that happened in Boston in 1919. Dark Tide, by Stephen Puleo, is All Booked Up's selection for March, telling the story of this bizarre event and the political climate of that time. Join the group for discussion of this book at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1st. Copies are available at the circulation desk.
Book Description:
Shortly after noon on January 15, 1919, a fifty-foot-tall steel tank filled with 2.3 million gallons of molasses collapsed on Boston"s waterfront, disgorging its contents as a fifteen-foot-high wave of molasses that briefly traveled at thirty-five miles per hour. When the tide receded, a section of the city"s North End had been transformed into a war zone. The Great Boston Molasses Flood claimed the lives of twenty-one people and scores of animals, injured 150, and caused widespread destruction. But the molasses flood was more than an isolated event. Its story overlays America"s story during a tumultuous decade in our history. Tracing the era from the tank"s construction in 1915 through the multiyear lawsuit that followed the tragedy, Dark Tide uses the drama of the flood to examine the sweeping changes brought about by World War I, Prohibition, the Anarchist movement, the Red Scare, immigration, and the role of big business in society.
About the Author:
Stephen Puleo is a former award-winning newspaper reporter and now works in corporate public relations in the Boston area. He has done extensive research on Boston"s North End, where the molasses flood took place, and is a frequent contributor to American History magazine. He lives in the Boston area.
[ An interview with Stephen Puleo. ]
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Special thanks to Margaritas and Appletree Cinemas for donating the prizes.
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Labels: events/activities for adults, love your library month, ReC RooM News
All Booked Up for April
All Booked Up will discuss We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver in April. Copies are available at the Circulation desk beginning Thursday, March 2nd.
In a series of brutally introspective missives to her husband, Franklin, from whom she is separated, Eva tries to come to grips with the fact that their 17-year-old son, Kevin, has killed seven students and two adults with his crossbow. Guiltily she recalls how, as a successful writer, she was terrified of having a child. Was it for revenge, then, that from the moment of his birth Kevin was the archetypal difficult child, screaming for hours, refusing to nurse, driving away countless nannies, and intuitively learning to "divide and conquer" his parents? [read more from Booklist...]
About the Author
Lionel Shriver is the author of seven novels, and has written extensively for the Wall Street Journal, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Economist. She lives in London and New York.
An interview with the author.
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Labels: all booked up, book discussion for adults, events/activities for adults, ReaDiNG RooM News
This Week @ Your Library...
All Booked Up on Wednesday
Join the group at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday for a discussion of Dark Tide by Stephen Puleo.
Pick Up Tax Forms
We have 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ, Schedules A&B, and Schedule EIC. Other forms are available in reproducible or printable form.
Get Ready for the Academy Awards!
Prepare yourself for Sunday's Oscars and borrow a movie or two.
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Photo by Ole Jorgen Bratland and Gisele Jaquenod
Labels: this week
IRS Tax Information Resources
Nobody likes to do their taxes, unless you know you're getting a big refund, but we all have to do them.
Stop by the library for forms 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ, Schedules A&B, and Schedule EIC. Other forms are available for photocopying or printing.
Other Available Resources from the IRS:
Access the IRS Internet web site for federal tax forms, instructions, publications and tax information at www.irs.gov.
For live tax assistance, call 1-800-829-1040.
To place an order for tax forms, instructions, or publications, call 1-800-829-3676.
Tax assistance for the hearing impaired through TTY/TDD equipment is available at 1-800-829-4059.
Photo by Tracy Olson
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Labels: miscellaneous, ReFeReNCe RooM News
This Week @ Your Library...
Enter the "Talk to Me" Contest
Guess how many candy conversation hearts are in the jar to win! Prizes awarded in three categories: adult--Valentine Treats; teen--digital FM Scan Radio; and child--fuse bead craft kit. Don't like the prize? Choose a Friends of the Library Book Buck instead. Closest without going over wins. Entries due February 28th.
Give a "Gift From the Heart"
Celebrate Love Your Library Month by gifting the cost of a book, joining the Friends of the Library, or pledging to donate your gently used books. Information is available at the Circulation Desk.
Other Love Your Library Month Events:
Enter the "Dinner and a Movie" raffle for $1.
Pick up a bundle of romance novels for a $1 and polo shirts for $5.
Sign-up for an online book club.
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Labels: this week
Books To Tickle Your Funny Bone
Last month we warmed you up with a list of books set in sunny locales. This month Ann wants to lighten you up with her list of "Books To Tickle Your Funny Bone."
Title / Author:
Hissy Fit
by Mary Kay Andrews
My Heart May be Broken But My Hair Still Looks Great!
by Dixie Cash
Sticks and Scones
by Diane Mott Davidson
Basket Case
by Carl Hiaasen
Gossip Hound
by Wendy Holden
The Ladies Man
by Elinor Lipman
Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast
by Bill Richardson
The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters
by Elisabeth Robinson
The Klone and I: A High Tech Love Story
by Danielle Steel
Bergdorf Blondes
by Plum Sykes
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
The Devil Wears Prada
by Lauren Weisberger
Clipart from Clipart Heaven.
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Labels: ReaDiNG RooM News
This Week @ Your Library...
"Library Love Bugs" Take 'n MakeStop by the children's area to pick up this fun craft to take home and create.
Tired of Cooking? Take a Chance at Dinner and a Movie!
Purchase $1 raffle tickets for your chance to win dinner for two at Margaritas in Nashua, and a movie at the Appletree Cinemas in Londonderry. Prizes were donated by Margaritas and Appletree Cinemas.
Other Love Your Library Month Events:
Take a guess in the "Talk To Me" Conversation Heart Contest.
Give a Gift From the Heart.
Pick up a bundle of romance novels for a $1 and polo shirts for $5.
Sign-up for an online book club.
Visit the Second Time Around Book Sale
Visit the lower level hallway to browse the Friends of the Library's used book sale. New material is added often.
Labels: this week
The Results Are In!
So just what city does have the coldest average temperature in the continental United States? Here's what you thought:
20% International Falls, Minnesota
30% Duluth, Minnesota
10% Caribou, Maine
40% Sault St. Marie, Michigan
The answer is International Falls, Minnesota, with a chilly average temperature of 36.8 degrees Fahrenheit year-round. The “Icebox of the Nation” is located in the northern tip of the state, on the border of the sub-arctic forest in Ontario, Canada. Temperatures often stay well below freezing in the winter, with an annual winter snowfall of up to 70 inches. That’s a lot of snowmen! In January, the town holds its Ice Box Days festival, featuring such events as the "Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard Run," and the "Frostbite Falls Frozen Foot Broomball Tournament." I hear housing is cheap…Anyone want to move??
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Labels: poll questions, ReC RooM News
Do's and Don'ts For Library Lovers
I am a library book
Treat me with care
So I can be passed on
To others and share
My contents can be read
From cover to cover
Please turn my pages gently
So I can recover
Don't leave me open
Just in case I am broken
Please use a thin bookmark
As a reminder token
If by chance
Should I need repair
No sticky tape please
Pass me to a Librarian for care
I trust in you
To care for me
So I can be read
Eternally
--Jeanette Moore
Treat me with care
So I can be passed on
To others and share
My contents can be read
From cover to cover
Please turn my pages gently
So I can recover
Don't leave me open
Just in case I am broken
Please use a thin bookmark
As a reminder token
If by chance
Should I need repair
No sticky tape please
Pass me to a Librarian for care
I trust in you
To care for me
So I can be read
Eternally
--Jeanette Moore
Labels: love your library month, ReC RooM News
This Week @ Your Library...
Teen Love Bug Take 'n Make
Teens in 7th - 12th grade can stop in to pick up a kit to make a great Love Bug. Keep it for yourself or give it to friend of family member.
Dark Tide Available
Copies of Dark Tide by Stephen Puleo, All Booked Up's March read, are available at the circulation desk.
Celebrate "Love Your Library Month"
Take a guess in the "Talk To Me" Conversation Heart Contest.
Give a Gift From the Heart.
Buy a chance to win dinner for two and a movie.
Pick up a bundle of romance novels for a $1.
Friends of the Library Logo Polo Shirts
Pick up one of these great polo shirts now on sale for $5.00. (Reg. $15.00)
Sign-Up for an Online Book Club from Dear Reader
A gift to you from the Friends of the Library, these online book clubs allow you to read 2-3 chapters of a book each week so you can decide if you'd like to put it on your "To Read" list.
Clipart from Georgia Department of Education
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Labels: this week
"All Booked Up" Reads Dark Tide
A giant holding tank collapes sending a flood of molasses through the streets--sounds like Willy Wonka gone bad, doesn't it? Unfortunately, this was not a fairy tale, but a real event that happened in Boston in 1919. Dark Tide, by Stephen Puleo, is All Booked Up's selection for March, telling the story of this bizarre event and the political climate of that time. Join the group for discussion of this book at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1st. Copies are available at the circulation desk.
Book Description:
Shortly after noon on January 15, 1919, a fifty-foot-tall steel tank filled with 2.3 million gallons of molasses collapsed on Boston"s waterfront, disgorging its contents as a fifteen-foot-high wave of molasses that briefly traveled at thirty-five miles per hour. When the tide receded, a section of the city"s North End had been transformed into a war zone. The Great Boston Molasses Flood claimed the lives of twenty-one people and scores of animals, injured 150, and caused widespread destruction. But the molasses flood was more than an isolated event. Its story overlays America"s story during a tumultuous decade in our history. Tracing the era from the tank"s construction in 1915 through the multiyear lawsuit that followed the tragedy, Dark Tide uses the drama of the flood to examine the sweeping changes brought about by World War I, Prohibition, the Anarchist movement, the Red Scare, immigration, and the role of big business in society.
About the Author:
Stephen Puleo is a former award-winning newspaper reporter and now works in corporate public relations in the Boston area. He has done extensive research on Boston"s North End, where the molasses flood took place, and is a frequent contributor to American History magazine. He lives in the Boston area.
[ An interview with Stephen Puleo. ]
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Labels: all booked up, book discussion for adults, events/activities for adults, ReaDiNG RooM News
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