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Is it a Jackson 5 song that goes, "Can you feel it? {bom bump bom} Can you feel it? {BOM BUMP BOM} CAN YOU FEEL IT?" with lots of brass band and bass drum? I am pretty sure they weren't talking about back to school, but I find it to be quite appropriate for this time of year. There's an electricity in the air, even felt here at the library. With our Summer Reading Programs winding down, the lines aren't so long at the circulation desk, it's a bit easier to find a seat by yourself in one of the more "prime" locations at the library.
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When the economy is bad, where can people go for free entertainment? THE LIBRARY!When a person is laid off and needs to cut costs, where can they find out how? THE LIBRARY!When you can no longer afford internet access, who offers free computers and internet access for your use? THE LIBRARY!When you need to check the want ads, who has all the local papers available in one place for free? THE LIBRARY!
- (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 ;-)
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Two authors will be visiting State College this month. First, Marilynne Robinson, author of Housekeeping, the 2009 Community Read book at Penn State, will be at the State Theatre on April 17th at 7:00 PM. If you read her book, I know you will be interested in hearing her take on what it all meant. This event is sponsored by the Penn State Center for American Literary Studies - http://www.cals.psu.edu. There is still one more public book group discussion before the author visit at 102 Kern Building on April 9, from 7-8 PM on the Penn State campus.
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OK, it's April 2nd, Marvin Gaye's birthday, so I thought this post's title was appropriate. Anyhow, enough about my music preferences, there is a LOT going on at Schlow these days and I thought I'd share some of the inside scoop on all of these great things.
