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Plan ahead! In observance of Juneteenth, all libraries will be closed Friday, June 19 - Sunday, June 21.
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Don't let the Mobile Library's summer park stops slither past you! Thanks to everyone who joined us and Raging Reptiles at Fairmont Park this past Monday.
Upcoming Schedule:
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ALT Raging Reptiles hosts a program with a snake wrapped around a girl's neck.
ALT Two toddlers with a grownup smile at a snake in a container.
ALT A family boards PWPL's Mobile Library.
ALT Richard Scarry's "Cars" and another board book behind it are held up in frame in front of PWPL's Mobile Library.
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It's Thursday! It's 12:00! It's time for Ask a Librarian!
What questions do you have for Sharon and Rosanne today? Feel free to join us and answer alongside our librarians!
Their favorite genres include literary fiction, horror, graphic novels, nonfiction, and anything YA.
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What book do you wish you could read for the first time again?
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Sharon: "Life After Life" by Kate Atkinson. It blew me away when I read it. I will never again be able to be so delighted and surprised by how creatively she constructed that wonderful book, which makes me sad. (That won't stop me from reading it again, though!)
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Rosanne: "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follet. It's an astounding book. (GoT before GoT IYKYK) period drama with flushed characters and world building.
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What’s your favorite book trope? Recs welcome!
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Sharon: I will always be a Final Girl trope fan. My favorite right now is the Indian Lake trilogy by Stephen Graham Jones. And the trilogy is trope bonus galore: His final girl, Jade Daniels, is a massive horror movie fan, and she works every horror movie and trope into her attempts to flee the mayhem and find out who the Big Bad is.
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Rosanne: "Behind Her Eyes" by Sarah Pinborough. I absolutely did NOT call the ending at all and it left me reeling. Bonus Netflix show adaptation for added drama. If you're looking for a trapped-on-an-island-with-a-killer-vibe Ruth Ware has two great books. "The Woman in Cabin 10" (which also has a Netflix adaptation and a sequel!) and "The Perfect Couple".
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Correction, "One Perfect Couple" by Ruth Ware!
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Sharon: I highly recommend S.A. Cosby, a fantastic crime writer who builds great suspense (and he's a Virginian, woot).
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Also, George Pelecanos -- a D.C. crime/thriller writer who also wrote for "The Wire" -- has a new book out this year. His books often start mellow and then build to a fantastic "what's gonna happen?!" ending.
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I’m trying to get back into reading, what book would you recommend that will pull me out of my slump?
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Sharon: I think starting light is the right call for getting back into reading, especially in the summer (who wants to slug through a thick, intense book this time of year?). I love reading humor in my favorite genres when I'm feeling bogged down. I recently read "Dungeon Crawler Carl" as a light sci-fi read for a plane trip, and I loved it. It was great sci-fi world building, but it moved at a fast clip, and was easy to dip in and out of when I wanted to focus on vacationing.
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Rosanne: Some out of the ordinary!
a. A book less than 100 pages - "Hot For Slayer" by Ali Hazelwood (~94 pages): A quick-witted, modern paranormal romance novella from the Love Hypothesis author, ideal for a breezy, lighthearted afternoon read.
b. Graphic biography - "It Rhymes with Takei" - by George Takei
c. Technical horror - "Horrorstor" by Grady Hendrix
d. Novel in Verse - "Triangles" by Ellen Hopkins
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How do I pick the right book for my kids’ reading level?
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Rosanne: Make it fun and make it interesting. What are topics that they like to read about? Finding related topics or life experiences via characters will get your kid interested in reading, and especially hooked if it's a series. Reading with them, even practicing flash cards is a good guide to see how proficient they are. Starting with leveled readers (Lv 1, 2, 3, etc) is also a good place to start to see how many words they can read. Starting lower isn't a bad thing because it will give them confidence that they've "finished a book". [Not scientific at all, just my experience with my child.]
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Sharon: The youth services librarians at any branch are happy to help you with this! After we ask a few questions about your child's grade level, what they read at home or at school, and what their interests are, we can point you to the right type of book, be it picture book, easy reader, or chapter book. We also have other great options, like Wonder Books, which include a book and a built-in recording of the book being read.
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Summer Reading starts Monday, June 15, what’s your favorite part about the SR challenge?
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Sharon: I think it's great that everyone who finishes gets a free book -- we are always here so you can try out any book that sounds interesting to you, but it's lovely to have your own copy of a favorite book that you can read over and over whenever you want. And I love that this year's theme is dinosaur focused! Who hasn't gone through an epic dino-obsession stage at some point?
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