one reading program has ended, and here we go gearing up for the next great program at IFPL!!

the adult winter reading program begins on december 21!!

remember how much fun we had with beach blanket bingo a couple of years ago? that was the program that we challenged you to read books from different genres, authors from different backgrounds and award winning books... well, we're laying down a new challenge this year!

we're busily making author and setting lists, as this year we are encouraging you to read books by authors of other cultures and books set in places other than IDAHO!

this is how it works:

· Read (or listen to) books from an author from another culture, or books set in places other than Idaho

· Track your travels in your passport (*what have you read? And what did you think?)

· Come into the library with your passport, and have the librarian stamp your completed passport pages

· When you have “visited”:

*two destinations (i.e., read two books), you will get two “travel vouchers” to enter yourself into the drawing for the surprise grand prize

*five destinations, you will receive a mug and travel vouchers for the books you’ve read

*nine destinations, you will receive a book bag and even more travel vouchers!

If you decide to read more than nine books, you will receive more vouchers—no other prizes

At the end of the program, we will draw the winner of the surprise grand prize!!

*Please remember that books need to be written by authors that are from other cultures and books with settings that are in regions countries other than Idaho

*The program runs thru December 21 thru March 20, 2010—no late entries will be accepted!

almost done...

we continue the Let's Talk About It series with our next book

Climbing the Mango Trees

by Madhur Jaffrey, and it's the last book in this series.

the discussion will be held November 2 @ 7pm in the Teen Room

please, please, please bring all of your LTAI books at this time for check-in. i thank you in advance!

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have you voted for your favorite books from the 2010 Book Club in a Box Collection? voting ends the 31st... so get in here and VOTE for books you want to see in the collection.

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do you have plans for december 14? if not, join us for the IFPL book club's first meeting! we're reading Kindred by Octavia Butler... see me if you are interested!

some odds and ends...

don't worry! it's not too late...
we've only read two books in the Let's Talk About It--We Are What We Eat series. we welcome you to join us on Monday, October 19 at 7pm for the discussion for Mistress of Spices. we have a couple sets of the books left... get yours on the 3rd floor.

also... visit the book club page for questions from the last two books we've read!

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do you nanowrimo?

it's November, and means it's National Novel Writing Month!
Join us on October 27 at 7pm for an introductory meeting about the program and how it works. some past nanowrimo champs will be on hand to answer your questions!

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what about voting?

are you in a book club? are you interested in checking book-sets for your book club from the Idaho Falls Public Library? well, then you need to get in here and VOTE for the books you'd like to see in the 2010 Book Club in a Box sets.

you can get your ballot from a librarian on the 3rd floor!

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don't forget...
the adult winter reading program will begin on December 21--the official first day of winter! hope to see you as we get Passports to Paradise!

Let's Talk About It!

today is the day!

we're so pleased to offer you a new reading opportunity... as well as a community building opportunity! if you like to read good books and discuss them with good people, then

Let's Talk About It is for YOU!

so now you say, "okay, i'm ready... what do i do?"

1. you come in today! or maybe this weekend (we only have 15 book sets, so you won't want to lollygag)... but you can get your books from the friendly librarians on the 3rd floor!


2. and you read! we're starting with Choice Cuts--because it's short essays, and will be easy to read for our September 21 discussion group meeting.


3. you come to the discussion! please know you DO NOT have to have finished the book to come to discussion. just come and participate!


4. have fun reading these books about food!! and who knows, there maybe regional snacks!
   

if you have any questions, please call the library 612-8642!!

so who won the grand prizes?

well, we are waiting on a few things to be delivered!!

and when everything arrives, we will draw the names for the 4... or i mean 5 winners!

did i mention that we added another grand prize?!

we hope to draw next week, so be on alert!!

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and, now on to the Fall event

Let's Talk About It: We are What We Eat

Food is one of human beings’ favorite obsessions. Most people spend a great deal of time physically and mentally preoccupied with food: we organize and prepare meals, we daydream about what’s for lunch or dinner; we eat. Beyond simply an enjoyable, necessary human pastime, though, eating has important implications for how we think of ourselves, and how we relate to the larger culture.

September 21:
Choice Cuts: A Savory Selection of Food Writing from Around the World and Throughout History by Mark Kurlansky
Choice Cuts is a wide-ranging anthology of writing about food, spanning the ancients (Plato is represented here, discussing food as medicine) to the turn of the 21st century (Mimi Sheridan writes about bialys, Jewish onion rolls).

October 5 @ 7pm
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Can indulgent food be a force for spiritual liberation, or is it inevitably an invitation to self-indulgent corruption? The novel Chocolat addresses this question through the story of a free-spirited outsider, a woman with a young daughter who arrives in a straight-laced French village and opens a luxury chocolate shop.

October 19 @ 7pm
Mistress of Spices by Chitra Divakaruni
The Mistress of Spices is a lyric novel, written in a mixture of prose and poetry, in the style that has been called “magic realism”: while primarily set in this world (specifically, a run-down part of Oakland, California), it includes features which defy natural laws and give it an air of mysticism.

November 2 @ 7pm
Climbing the Mango Trees by Madhur Jaffrey
Climbing the Mango Tree is a delightful memoir of the author’s childhood in mid-twentieth-century Delhi, India. Madhur Jaffrey’s wealthy family lived in an extended-family compound, and her life was rich in cousins, aunts, and uncles.

we have a limited amount of sets of these books. so if you're interested in joining this group, let me know or be here on the 11th of september to check your set out.

also, for those of you who are interested in an IFPL book club, this is an opportunity to test the waters, so to speak. i have high hopes for this reading/discussion group, and that it will naturally "morph" into the IFPL book group. don't be shy--give this a try!

smooth sailing...

... the end of the adult summer reading program is on the horizon!!

with less than a month to go in the program, i wanted to remind you of a few things:

the last day to enter for the weekly drawings is august 15, with the final weekly drawing taking place on august 17.

the last day to enter for any of the 4 grand prizes is august 22, with the prizes awarded on august 24.

our program differs from the children's department, as that program ends on august 8!

you still have a lot of time for reading and reviewing your books... hope to see you filling up our entry boxes!!

this week's winners: Amy Christensen * Ashley Wyant * Billie Wixom * Chris Wheat * Danielle Tom * Heather Buck * Hilary Jimenez * Jan McCullough * Jennifer Ward * Kami Gallup * Karen Barnes * Marie Hadley * Nikki Mallard * Renee Phillips *

DON'T MISS THIS!

IFPL is pleased to welcome back Robert Sims!

You may remember that Dr Sims was here last spring in conjunction with Idaho Falls Reads... Snow Falling on Cedars. At that time, he gave a wonderfully educational presention about life in the camps for the Japanese-Americans during World War II.

Now, Dr. Sims is here to present Art in the Camps!

Japanese Americans imprisoned during World War II used art to help sustain their spirits during that time. Art was an important part of Japanese culture, infusing every aspect of life, and this was reflected in their activities during their imprisonment. Some of the art produced was documentary, depicting life and
events in the camp, and much was related to nature and the landscape of the camps. A number of outstanding artists contributed to this artistic record and their work is discussed and displayed through slides.

taken from the Idaho Humanities Council

join us wednesday, july 22 @ 7pm

Dr. Sims will also be working with the Children's library for two presentations on July 22 at 11am and 1pm... bring the whole family!

escape with us...

or should i say, "escape ON us"?

did you know that we now are offering 4 grand prize options? indeed, we are...

(1) NEW SONY 8GB MP3 PLAYER for our adult readers

**comes with a itunes gift card!
~8 GB capacity for up to 1,850 songs or 30 hours of video
~ Enjoy up to 45 hours of continuous music or 8 hours of video on a single charge
~ 2-inch TFT color display with white LED-backlight, QVGA (240 x 320 Pixels) resolution, and 262,144 colors
~ Supported audio formats: MP3, WMA, AAC-LC, and Linear PCM; supported video formats: AVC(H.264/AVC), MPEG-4, Windows Media Video 9
~ COMPATIBLE WITH IFPL/NETLIBRARY

(2) Apple iPod nano 8 GB (4th Generation) for our young adult (aka teen) readers

**comes with a itunes gift card!
~ 8 GB capacity for 2,000 songs, 7,000 photos, or 8 hours of video
~ Up to 24 hours of music playback or 4 hours of video playback when fully charged
~ 2-inch LCD with blue-white LED backlight and 320-by-240-pixel resolution
~ Supported audio formats: AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible, Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
~ Supported video formats: H.264, MPEG-4; Supported image file types: JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PSD (Mac only), and PNG

(3) lava hot springs, idaho

includes: gift certificate to Lava Hot Springs Inn

gift certificate to a couple of area restaurants
gift certificate to Lava Hot Springs Pool Passes
a basket of pool goodies

(4) west yellowstone, montana
includes: gift certificate to Moose Creek Inn
gift certificate to Sydney's Mountain Bistro
gift certificate to Pete's Rocky Mountain Pizza
a Yellowstone National Park annual pass

with these great grand prizes and the pretty awesome weekly* prizes... isn't about time you signed up to read with us this summer?!

*we've already given away over 60 weekly prizes this summer!

have you signed up?

signed up for what?

SUMMER READING! that's what!!

we are the full swing of things, giving away prizes every week--cool prizes too! books, t-shirts, book bags, reading/travel journals, and all sorts of gift cards! i know we're adults, and we shouldn't need prizes for reading, because we know that reading is prize enough... but it's a little guilty pleasure from us to YOU!

and don't forget about our super great trips to west yellowstone and lava hot springs!

so come on down, and go anywhere with a book!!

it doesn't feel like summer, yet...

... but summer reading in the library is HEATING UP!!

we hope those of you who have signed up are enjoying your time reading, because we are enjoying reading your reviews and comments about the books! so keep those reviews coming!

last week i "negelected" to post the weekly winners... oops!

here are all of the winners so far:

Allie Walker * Amberlee Murdock * Amy Savage * Angie Rockwood * Arlynn Horne * Bonnie Blad * Brenda J Patterson * Brenda Summers * Debbie Cramer * Ellis Benson * Emily Webb * Erin Klingler * Gina Lay * Janet Stewart * Julie Flowers * Kaitlin Price * Karen Tolman * Kirstyn Hodge * Megan Lewis * Melinda Salvesen * Misty Taylor * Natasha Ohene Opar * Paula Zohner * Rachel Fullner * Robin Crepeau * Sandra Davison * Sherry Glick * Taishalyn Steiner * Theresa Suekel * Tonilia Meng

please pick up the prize that was drawn especially for you at the 3rd floor desk

(sorry, no substitutions on prizes. thanks!)