National Book Awards 2009
Since 1950, The National Book Awards have become the nation’s preeminent literary prizes, and The National Book Awards Ceremony and Dinner the most important event on our literary calendar. Today, the Awards are given to recognize achievements in four genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature. If you’re looking for something to read, try these: Colum McCann won the fiction prize for “Let the Gre

It Happened in Italy
Author Elizabeth Bettina spoke to an enthralled audience on Wednesday,

Halloween highlights
Halloween is celebrated in style at the library!

What your neighbor recommends
From Lynne: You say you don’t like mysteries? Try Sue Grafton’s novels, from A to U (so far.)  Lighter than your typical heavy, explicit “CSI” story, Grafton will have you laughing while you try to figure out her plots. Enjoy one, go ahead and read more, so far there are 21! Would you like to do a display for the library?  Contact Rosemarie at the Reference desk – 421-4530.  We’d love to know what you

10 Best Books of 2009
From http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704263.html Every year, PW selects its top 100 books, and for the first time ever PW has upped the ante by choosing the 10 books that stood out from the rest. The titles, whittled down from the more than 50,000 volumes considered this year, were picked by the PW reviews editors to reflect the very best of 2009. Here, PW reviews the 10 books.  You can click on the title to reserve your copy from the library.