Big Updates!

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Big things coming to the Library in March!

STORYTIME returns March 3rd!

Preschoolers (and their grown-ups!) are invited to join us for Storytime with Ms. Haley on Thursdays at 10am.

As you can see, Ms. Haley and our furry ambassadors are very excited, and have been practicing to be ready for the big day. (Notice our bright and cheerful new carpet circles? What fun seats for our storytime listeners!)

The BOOK CLUBS are back!

BOOK BITES, our "Un-Book" Club, will resume Tuesday, March 8th at 2pm.

Refreshments will not be served, and we'll also be using the carpet circles to help us space out (and they're just so cute - who doesn't love a pop of color, especially in the spring?)

BOOK BREAK, our traditional club, returns Tuesday, March 15th at 2pm.

We will be discussing Code Name: Lise (Larry Loftis), which was the scheduled read for March 2020, right when everything closed down. 

Updates to the reading list/selections, and discussion of how the club will go forward will also occur, as Ms. Harriet has retired as Book Break leader.

Friday Ramble

Whew. What a wild and wacky start to the year it has been! Snow three weekends in a row. The Olympics beginning. Days getting longer. Valentine's just around the corner. Does anyone know how to slow Time down a bit? Ha.

Agatha Christie

After discovering Mrs. Christie a few years ago, via Dan Stevens's beautifully narrated audio productions of Murder on the Orient Express and And Then There Were None, I've been quite intrigued. Slowly building a collection of her books, and giving tv dramatizations a whirl. [Sidenote: the linked dramatization was surprisingly gory!] More recently I've been reading historical fiction about her 11-day disappearance -- which books will be discussed in more detail soon. The idea that someone could simply disappear for 11 days, and to this day nobody knows what really happened ... that's fascinating. No wonder she's regarded as the Queen of Crime!

Rereading Books

On a whim, I decided to join a readalong on Instagram for one of L.M. Montgomery's lesser known books: The Blue Castle. Turns out I have actually read it before, in 2014, but that has not subtracted from the experience of reading it again. Montgomery is one of those authors I can reread a dozen times, and still enjoy - still pick up some new detail, or thrill over a particular turn of phrase. So much so, I'm toying with the idea of starting my own rereading agenda -- maybe a #LucyMaudMarch? We shall see ...

Do you reread books? I used to reread more often, but lately I've been reading so many newer releases that old favorites are being set aside - unless I pick up the audio, there's something glorious about listening to an audiobook of a well-beloved story. It adds a new dimension. 

Books Vs. Movies

This can be a dangerous topic, but it's one I've been thinking about lately. I recently watched Crazy Rich Asians - and while I thoroughly enjoyed the book(s), I only kept watching the movie because the score was beautiful and I had nothing else to do that night. For me, it's definitely a case of "the book was better." But that's not always the case - I'm a huge fan of the movies for The Princess Diaries and Ella Enchanted, but only so-so about the books, the same for Austenland. I love Confessions of a Shopaholic equally however, feeling like the movie did a wonderful job pulling together pieces of multiple books to make one super enjoyable and true-to-the-page.

Thoughts? What movies do you like better than the books? Or are you a strictly by-the-book person?