Genre Reading Group Meets Tomorrow Night!

We'll meet tomorrow evening at 6:30pm for a Salon Discussion! Bring your favorite book(s) of the year and tell us about it!

The library will close at 6pm but I will be here to let you in for the book group meeting.

Next month we'll be talking about Pulitzer Prize winners (fiction or nonfiction).

Happy reading!

Holley

Holiday Closing

The Library will be closed in observance of the Christmas holiday Thursday December 24th through Sunday December 27th.

We will reopen Monday December 28th on Holiday Hours:

Mon Dec 28th: 9am - 6pm

Tue Dec 29th: 9am - 6pm

Wed Dec 30th: 9am - 6pm

Thur Dec 31st: Closed (New Year's Eve)

Fri Jan 1st: Closed (New Year's Day)

We will reopen Saturday January 2nd and continue regular Winter Hours (see Library Hours sidebar item).

Documentaries After Dark tomorrow night!

Drop by the library tomorrow for an evening of epic historical battles! We will explore the Crusades, military expeditions undertaken by Western European Christians between 1095 and 1270, usually at behest of papacy, to recover Jerusalem and other Palestinian places of pilgrimage from Muslim control. The name (from Lat., “cross,” the emblem of the Crusaders) was also applied, especially in the 13th century, to wars against pagan peoples, Christian heretics, and political foes of the papacy. The film begins promptly at 6:30pm and lasts approximately 70 minutes.

Light refreshments served! For more information, contact Holley at 205/445-1117 or hwesley@bham.lib.al.us!

Best Thrillers of 2009

According to the Reader's Advisor Online Blog:

• Nevada Barr - 13 1/2
• Josh Bazell - Beat the Reaper
• Linda Castillo - Sworn to Silence
• Michael Connelly - The Scarecrow
• Charles Cumming - Typhoon
• Lisa Gardner - The Neighbor
• Brian Haig - The Hunted
• Mike Lawson - House Secrets
• James Rollins - The Doomsday Key
• Daniel Silva - The Defector
• Olen Steinhauer - The Tourist
• Daniel Suarez - Daemon
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What have you read? Which did you like? Let us know, leave a comment!

km

Christmas Movies This Sunday!

This Sunday afternoon from 1-5 we'll have a Christmas movie double-feature! What will we watch, you ask? Let me describe them and see if you can figure out what they are:

• In our first movie a mean old miser refuses to embrace the spirit of the Christmas season, it takes three ghosts (and his former business partner) to help him see the light. This film features lots of holiday merriment, great costumes and a heartwarming message!

• Our second movie is a classic! Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire open an inn located in New England for the holidays. This movie introduced the song "White Christmas" to the American public.

Don't miss these great Holiday classics! Drop by the library this Sunday to watch all, or even part, of these fun movies. In addition to free, family-friendly films, we will have hot chocolate, cookies and more!

See you Sunday!

km

It's That Time Again - Best Books of 2009 Are Here!

Here we have a large selection of bests of 2009:

• Amazon
• Publisher's Weekly
• Christian Science Monitor's Best Fiction
• New York Times
• NPR
• Oprah
• The Times of London's top crime novels of 2009
• San Francisco Chronicle's top SF of 2009

I'm sure you will find something you like!

Enjoy :)

km