October’s Library Reads Selections
Month: September 2022
Celebrate YOU during Self-Improvement September!
Learn Something New!
Great Courses- Our Hoopla and Kanopy video streaming apps offer the Great Courses video lecture series. Learn about ancient and modern history, the arts, science and more.
Learn a New Language- Mango Languages lets you study and practice more than 70 languages! Download the app, and sign in with your AAPLD library card. And be sure to register for the Sept. 21 class on using Mango.Make Music- Check out a keyboard or guitar from our Library of Things, along with an instructional book or video to get started.
Library Programs- Take a class at the library! Fall topics include Native American Voices, Polish Genealogy, the true story behind The Great Gatsby, and more!
Get Creative!
Try CreativeBug- A video library containing over 1,000 classes, from drawing and painting to crocheting to jewelry making, and more! Just sign in with your AAPLD library card. Check out crafting kits and tools from our Library of Things.Join a Club! - Interested in photography or writing? Attend an upcoming meeting of the Worth a 1,000 Words Camera Club or Algonquin Area Writers Group. Writers and photographers of all experience levels are welcome!
Check out the Makerspace- There's something fun happening every day in the Makerspace. Try our drop-in craft of the month, sign up for a class, schedule time to use equipment, or get help on a project from a Maker specialist!
Live Better
Start a new fitness routine. Check out the Yoga Awareness display in the Adult Services area at the Main Library. Find how-to books and videos in the Adult Non-Fiction section. Learn about aerobics, pilates, running, and cross-fit. Read up on good health at all stages of life-- both physical and mental.Then, browse our cookbook collection for recipes and ideas for tasty fall meals. Stop by the Adult Services reference desk, a staff member will be happy to help.
Back To Book Club!
Stranger Than Fiction
1st Tuesday of the month, 7:00 pm. A book club for non-fiction lovers. For October 4, the club will read Initiated: Memoir of a Witch, by Amanda Yates Garcia, and for November 1, Yes, Please, by Amy Poehler. October's meeting will be held in person at the Eastgate Branch. The November meeting will be held virtually.
Spinecrackers
1st Friday of the month, 10:00 a.m. in person at the Main Library. Spinecrackers is a general fiction club, reading popular book club selections. The book for the October 7 meeting is Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah. and for the November 4 meeting, Mornings with Rosemary by Libby Page
Forever Young
2nd Monday of the month, 7:00 pm. A book club for readers 21 and older, who enjoy reading Young Adult books. The book for the October 10 meeting is Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare. For the November 14 meeting, the book is The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline. October's meeting is virtual, in November the group meets at Eastgate.
Unicorns and Spaceships
2nd Tuesday of the month, 7:00 p.m. This book club reads fantasy and science fiction novels. For the October 11 meeting the book is The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey. For the November 8 meeting, the book is The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett. October's meeting is virtual, November's meeting is in-person at the Eastgate branch.
Happily Ever After
3rd Monday of the month, 7:00 pm. HEA focuses on romance, and relationship novels with upbeat, feel-good endings. For October 17, the book is The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling, for the November 21 meeting, the book is A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli. Happily Ever After meets virtually from September-May, and at the Main library in the summer.
Nail Biters
3rd Tuesday of the month, 7:00 pm. A book club devoted to thrillers and suspense novels. For the October 18 meeting, the book is Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. For the November 15 meeting, the book is While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams. October's meeting will be held virtually, in November the group meets at the Eastgate Branch.
Enjoying The Classics
3rd Wednesday of the month, 7:00 pm. Enjoy thought-provoking discussions of timeless and modern classics. For the October 19 meeting, the club will read and discuss Passing, by Nella Larsen. The book for the November 16 meeting is McTeague by Frank Norris. This book club meets virtually.
Library Reads
3rd Thursday of the month, 7:00 pm. Enjoy book recommendations from library workers across the country. For the October 20 meeting, the book is Some Choose Darkness by Charlie Donlea. For the November 17 meeting, the book is Anxious People by Fredrik Backman. This book club meets virtually.
Oh, the Horror!
4th Tuesday of the month, 7:00 p.m. This club focuses on the horror genre. For the October 25 meeting, the book is the The Troop by Nick Cutter. For November 29, the book is The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones. This book club meets virtually.
Take the Banned Books Reading Challenge
Ready for a fun and thought-provoking way to stretch your reading? Join AAPLD's Banned Book Reading Challenge, running through the month of September.
Signing up is easy! Just log into Beanstack, select the Banned Books Challenge, and read one book from the Banned Books Reading List. We have selections for adults, kids and teens, so everyone in the family can participate. Enter the title of the book you read, and win a prize.
Banned Books Week,
(September 18-24) is an annual recognition of the freedom to read. Sponsored by an alliance of organizations, publishers and retailers, including the American Library Association, the week is intended to draw attention to the harm censorship brings to communities and freedom of expression. The event was launched in 1982, following a surge of book banning attempts. This year's theme is Books Unite Us, Censorship Divides Us.