November: Make Your Own Category
This month we invite you to create your own category! You may be inspired by some of the suggested categories below, but please share your chosen category when you report your monthly activity via Beanstack, email, or phone call. Your idea may appear in future Reading Challenges.
• A Book Set on a Train
• A Book about the Environment
• A Book That Makes You Laugh
• A Biography about an Artist
• A Memoir about a Person You Admire
• A Non-fiction Book about Animals
• A Book about Reaching Across the Aisle
• A Book of Poetry from the 15th Century
• A Book Written by Someone Born in the 21st Century
• A Cookbook Featuring a Different Cooking Style
• A Book about a New Hobby
• A Book about a Different Religion
• A Historical Novel about Witchcraft
• A Book about Mythology
• Folk Tales from a Foreign Land
Get the Party Started!
/in Blog, Library Services, Special Interest/by Isa, Programming LibrarianGet the Party Started! In addition to planning library programs, I love to help my friends and family plan their special events – whether it’s a big wedding or small backyard barbeque. While some folks are overwhelmed by the seemingly endless decisions to be made, I enjoy taming the chaos. There is something so satisfying […]
Putting Pen to Paper
/in Blog, Special Interest, Your Community/by Kathy, Reference Associate & Home Delivery CoordinatorWriting is not a talent all of us are fortunate to have. Whether writing fact or fiction, I envy those who can sit down and let the words flow. It was once my belief that if you really have “the gift” writing would just be easy. “Not so“, says my friend, local author Jim Alf. I’ve […]
If it’s Nordic, it must be noir
/in Blog, Staff Picks/by Larry, Library AssociateNordic (or Scandinavian) Noir didn’t begin with Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and it certainly didn’t end with the author’s death at age 50 in 2004. This mystery sub-genre is more popular than ever today, thanks to an ever-expanding smorgasbord of crime fiction fare. On these fictional pages, police detectives are world-weary, […]
Calendar Girl
/in Blog, Special Interest/by Amy, Holds & Resource Sharing AssistantIf the above picture looks familiar, you may recall having seen this furry friend in the library’s 2015 Friends of the Library Pet Calendar from this past January. Lily was photographed for the calendar in August 2014. This event also marked her first trip to the library! This spunky sweetheart of a rabbit happens to […]
Car Repair Savvy
/in Blog, Library Services, Special Interest/by Michaela, Reference Services CoordinatorIf you have ever been a car owner you know how easy it is to go from a perfectly purring vehicle to a broken down piece of metal. Though vehicles are one of the best modes of transportation they are not always the most reliable. If you are car repair savvy but you need just […]
A Happy Camper
/in Blog, Special Interest/by Susan, Library AssociateThere are almost as many ways to camp as there are campers. Whether we choose to hike, boat, drive or even fly into our campsite, there is one thing I think we all agree on. Camping is a great way to take a break from the everyday. Once you’ve invested in the gear that fits […]
Beach Reads
/in Blog, Staff Picks/by Mike Paulus, Digital Services & Marketing SpecialistSummer is in full swing! I admit I love summer, it’s my favorite season. I don’t even mind the heat or the humidity as much as I hate the cold and the snow in winter. Besides our annual summer trip, one of my favorite things to do in the summer is take my boys to […]
Enhanced Reading
/in Blog, Curiosities, Staff Picks/by Peter, Reference AssociateWe all have a favorite chair, a preferred beverage to sip upon, or a perfect pet companion to lie nearby while reading. These are some of the traditional ways we enjoy the practice of reading; some things that make it even more pleasurable. While reading Kim Gordon’s memoir Girl in a Band recently, I noticed […]
Who Knew?
/in Blog, Special Interest/by Renee, Reference Services ManagerThe other day our Library Director sent an email to us about “what happens to your online accounts when you die?” from a website called Webtrends . I had never thought about this, but just like any other account these will need to be closed out when you are gone. Having a safe place for […]
Get Your Art On!
/in Blog, Library Events, Your Community/by Isa, Programming LibrarianAccording to the calendar, summer starts June 21. I’ve come to define summer as the first Saturday I can do two of my favorite downtown activities: shop at the Phoenix Park farmer’s market and stroll through downtown to view the Eau Claire Sculpture Tour. Although my artistic skills are limited to drawing barely recognizable stick […]