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Join us at the State Theatre this weekend to see the classic film version of The Maltese Falcon, starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet. Admission is only one dollar! It’s at 1 p.m. on Sunday the 21st. Dr. Jim West, a distinguished English professor at Penn State will be introducing the film (in the style of Robert Osborne from Turner Classic Movies).
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Everyone seemed to have a great time at the murder mystery kickoff event! I didn’t know we had so many aspiring detectives in State College. Some of you really grilled our suspects to find the identity of the murderer. The Daily Collegian covered the event and wrote a nice article about it.
- (Centre County Reads - CDT)Ready to read and discuss with all your friends and neighbors? This year Centre County Reads' book selection is The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. This classic mystery started off the hardboiled detective fiction genre. It's an action-packed book with great characters. We've got a lot of exciting events planned this year, starting with our kickoff event at Schlow Library at January 21st at 7 p.m. It's an interactive murder mystery where you get to be the detective and solve the crime. We'll also be showing the classic film with Humphrey Bogart at the State Theatre on February 21st.view
- (Centre County Reads - CDT)I hope many of you are reading the Breakfast Serial, Reading the Sky in the Centre Daily Times. It started me looking at the sky and realizing what a beautiful sky we have in Centre County. Almost every day we have big fluffy clouds and, when it rains, we have big fluffy dark clouds. Anyway, back to the story, if you haven't been reading it and want to catch up, we have a hard copy of the story at Schlow Library. If you are reading it, I hope they catch up to that little girl soon! Let me know if you like it. If you do, try other books by Avi.view
- (Centre County Reads - CDT)We all know that I will read anything but even I hadn't thought about reading the sky until I started the new Breakfast Serial in Sunday's Centre Daily Times. Jamie, the main character, not only sees images in the clouds, he sees entire stories. Right then, I started watching the sky and it has been especially beautiful this week. (okay, yes, it was blue and white and we know what that means). But, WOW, there were the biggest fluffiest clouds I have ever seen! My response to that was to pick up a couple of cloud books from the library.view
- (Centre County Reads - CDT)I have a netbook and a Kindle. I could read any number of newspapers on either one of those. But I love to read the hard copy of the newspaper and, because I live in State College, that daily newspaper is the Centre Daily Times. It arrives with a thump at my front door and, in case I don't hear that, my two dogs raise a big ruckus to let me know that someone has thrown something at our house. One time, the paper deliverer wrapped some dog treats in the paper, but that never stopped them from barking. My husband and I compete as to who will get the paper first.view
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A 3-day reading weekend is coming up. Hope you all have laid in a big supply of reading materials along with your grill and sports equipment. I have my Kindle book to listen to and, if I run out of reading material, I can fairly quickly download another book. Maybe I should get one now, just in case.
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I love to read - no surprise there, so for my birthday, I asked for a Kindle. That is the e-reader from Amazon that can wirelessly download books (from Amazon, of course). I was surprised to discover that I love reading on the Kindle. It is lightweight, easy to navigate and the screen and e-ink are easy on my eyes. I read a lot, so I can't really afford to read every book on the Kindle (but I would, if I could), so I will still be checking out library books to keep myself in reading material.
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If you are involved with a reading group and would like up to 10 copies of Perspolis for your group, give me a heads up. Now that our program is over, we have more copies than we need. They are housed at Schlow Library, so email me if you are interested (pgriff@schlowlibrary.org).
Of course, books at the libraries are always free (as long as you get them back on time ;-)
