Happy August, Club Members!
Happy August, club members! We have another month of hot summer temperatures ahead of us before fall creeps in. What books are you reading as this season winds down? Be sure to let us know, so we can share your book choices with fellow members. Have a great month and happy reading!
Club member Sharon W. is reading I Can't Make You Love Me, but I Can Make You Leave by Dixie Cash.
Lisa W. is reading The Map of Time by Felix J. Palma. “It’s a time-travel novel with H.G Wells tracking a notorious killer.”
Adam B. is reading Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff.
Gina L. is reading SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin.
New books at Anythink Libraries!
Here’s what folks in the metro area are reading according to denverpost.com:
Fiction
1. A Dance With Dragons, by George R.R. Martin
2. Portrait of a Spy, by Daniel Silva
3. State of Wonder, by Ann Patchett
4. The Paris Wife, by Paula McLain
5. The Map of Time, by Felix J. Palma
Nonfiction
1. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, by Erik Larson
2. Bossypants, by Tina Fey
3. Unbroken: A WWII Story of Survival, Resilience, Redemption, by Laura Hillenbrand
4. Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West, by Dorothy Wickenden
5. Days of our Lives 45 Years: A Celebration in Photos, by Greg Meng and Eddie Campbell
Read more at www.denverpost.com/books.
August Programs at Anythink Washington Street
8992 Washington St., Thornton or go to anythinklibraries.org.
All events are free and open to the public.
Teen Book Club
August 10, 3-4 p.m.
Discuss our latest read and find out what others thought about the book. Call Laci, our Youth Services Guide, at 303-287-2514 to find out which book will be discussed next
August Programs at Anythink Wright Farms
5877 E. 120th Ave., Thornton or go to anythinklibraries.org.
All events are free and open to the public.
Wright Farms Readers – AM
Tuesday, August 16, 9:30 a.m.
Please join us to discuss The Secret River by Kate Grenville. Refreshments will be served.
Wright Farms Readers – PM
Wednesday, August 17, 7 p.m.
Please join us to discuss Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan. Refreshments will be served.
Sparkopolis 2011 to Raise Money for Nature Explore Gardens
September 24, 6-10 p.m.
Anythink Wright Farms,
5877 E. 120th Ave.
Tickets are $75 for Spark Seekers or
$50 for Idea Connoisseurs (ages 35 and under.)
Proceeds benefit the Library’s Explore the Outdoors program for children. Sparkopolis tickets are on sale here.
Book Club bonus:
Host A Virtual Book Club Using Facebook, Skype Or Google
By Dianna Dilworth
Having a virtual book club has never been easier thanks to new tools from Facebook, Skype and Google. Facebook announced new updates that make it easier to chat with multiple people and to hold one-on-one video calls. Facebook’s new ad hoc group chat lets Facebook users create group chats without first creating a group, so you can easily invite your Facebook friends to your book club meetups and host the party on group chat. The new design also improves the look of chats on wide screens, making it easier to view. Facebook users can also video chat thanks to a new partnership with Skype, but this feature isn’t as ideal for book clubs, since it doesn’t support group chat. Hopefully they’ll add a multi-calling feature soon.
You can also host your book club parties with a new group calling feature on Skype. The new feature lets you chat with up to ten different people at once. Or you can use Google+ Hangouts, which is part of Google’s new social toolset called Google+. The feature is a “live multi-person video” chatroom that lets you have conversations with your online friends.
Happy Reading!
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