The Holiday Seasons are Here

Hello all! I hope you are all getting ready to enjoy a restful Thanksgiving. The library will be closed tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday for the holiday, but we'll be back to business on Saturday at 10:00 a.m., and we'll be running two special programs this December.

From now until the end of the year, the library is holding its Holiday Donation Drive. For this holiday season, please consider supporting your community by making a tax-deductable donation to the Giles County Public Library. If you make a donation in honor or memory of a loved one anytime this year, you will receive:

• A card notifiying the recipient of your gift
• Recognition of your donation in the front of a new library book
• A 2013 tax-deduction receipt
• Removal of late fees equal to double your donation amount!

Starting Monday, November 26th and continuing on to Sunday, December 9th (those are the two weeks following the Thanksgiving holidays) the library will also offer Two Weeks of Fine Forgiveness. If you have overdue books stashed away at home, you can bring them by the library at any time during the coming two weeks and any accrued overdue fines will be waived from those items. So, if you have any books that you've been afraid to return, bring them over on the 26th!

If you have any questions about these programs or other library events in December, feel free to call us at (931) 363-2720.

Have a safe holiday,
Chris

The National Book Award and the After Hours Book Club

The winners of the National Book Award were announced this week. The National Book Foundation selected Katherine Boo's Behind the Beautiful Forevers for the Nonfiction prize, David Ferry's Bewilderment for poetry, William Alexander's Goblin Blood for young people's literature. Last but not least, Louise Erdrich's The Round House won out over a group of heavy-hitting contenders for the fiction prize, and I'd like to note that the library's After Hours Book Club was a couple weeks ahead of the National Book Foundation. They chose The Round House for November's book club read. That's all the more reason to check out Ms. Erdrich's novel and join us for snacks and a discussion on Monday, November 26th at 7:00 p.m. The rest of the NBA winners are available at the library, so be sure to come by and check them out or add your name to the reserve list.

On a related note, the Best of the Year lists are rolling out already, and Amazon.com has recently posted theirs. You can find some real stand-outs in that list, so look it over and look them up at the library!

Keep Reading,
Chris