Library Highlights: 10/30: Gothic Fiction, Big Library Read-Libby, Community Puzzle, Staff Picks-Tweet Reads, Next Chapter Book Club,

Library Highlights 10/30

Looking for more spookiness?

Check out the Library of Congress list of mysteries, thrillers and gothic horror novels that were featured in their National Book Festival this year.

In-Person Job Search

Boot Camp Returns!

Every Thursday starting November 4

9:15 - 10:30 am

Memorial Room, Main Library

After nearly 20 months of a pandemic-created absence, Boot Camp is back, in-person.

Boot Camp provides an environment that is optimistic, informative, welcoming and practical for those furthering or changing careers, recent graduates, or more senior professionals - all ages and stages - of job search.

No registration necessary. For more details, visit the library events calendar.

"Let's Stick Together Community Puzzle"

The nights are getting shorter and the air is getting colder. Perfect time to relieve some stress and help finish our puzzle!

Our Podcast,

Episode 9:

October Thrillers,

Non-fiction, and Time's 100 Best YA Books of All Time

Staff Picks

Each week we will ask a staff member to share their favorites.

TWEET READS

by Amy Peck

Manager - Technical Services Department

"It's fall migration time! An exciting time to see many of our feathered friends (and others) who are on the move and an opportunity to see non-residents passing through.

So if looking for some help in identifying the species around us or wanting an engaging natural history read focused on birds, here are some recent favorites of mine. Hope you enjoy them."

The Feather Thief : beauty, obsession, and the natural history heist of the century

by Kirk Wallace Johnson (2018)

An engaging real-life whodunit combining natural history and the art of fly-tying.

Owls Of The Eastern Ice : a quest to find and save the world's largest owl

by Jonathan C. Slaght (2020)

A fascinating story about studying the world’s largest owl in very remote regions, where the owls themselves are only some of the memorable characters.

A Most Remarkable Creature : the hidden life and epic journey of the world's smartest birds of prey by Jonathan Meiburg (2021)

Interweaving historical natural history accounts and current studies and observations, including travels by the author to see them in their habitats, it paints an engrossing picture of the Striated Caracara, some of its closest relatives, and the worlds in which they live.

The Sibley Guide To Birds by David Sibley (2000)

A beautiful and handy resource: a book I refer to at least several times a week. If looking for a handy identification book to take on a walk, his field guides fit in a coat pocket and are just as beautiful. The Sibley field guide to birds of eastern North America

VIRTUAL EVENT

TEEN & CHILDREN'S EVENT

NaNoWriMo Challenge

November 1 -30, 2021

November is National Novel Writing Month.

Join us and challenge yourself to draft an entire novel in one month! Participants will set a daily word count goal and every week you meet that goal you will earn a milestone prize.

Those who meet their word count goal for the entire month will earn a custom engraved bookmark commemorating their achievement and an entry into a raffle for a

$50 Amazon gift card.

Registration is Required. Open to Grades 2-12

If you have questions please contact Tamara Lyhne, tlyhne@fplct.org for Grades 2-5 or

Jen Laseman, jlaseman@fplct.org for Grades 6-12.

IN PERSON EVENT

Next Chapter Book Club

Main Library- Teen Room

Tuesday, November 2

4:00 p.m.

The Next Chapter Book Club is an inclusive, community based book club for teens (16 and up) and adults with Down syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy and other intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our goal is to enjoy books, share stories, make friends, and engage with the community! Through books, members will be transported to different worlds, meet interesting characters, and learn about new topics!

This book club meets bi-weekly and welcomes participants of all reading abilities ages 16 and up.

This event is part of a combined series. If you register for this event, you will be automatically registered for all of the following events in the series.

Registration for this event will close on June 14, 2022 @ 4:00pm.

Ages: 16 to Over 18

#BigLibraryRead begins November 1!

Borrow the featured title ‘Five Total Strangers’ by Natalie D. Richards

with no waitlists or holds from Libby

Share the fun!

From Nov 1- 15 use #biglibraryread on social media for a chance to win Libby swag, a tablet and signed books by the author. Terms and Conditions

A “page-turning thriller that will keep readers guessing until the very end” (School Library Journal) about a road trip in a snowstorm that turns into bone-chilling disaster, from New York Times bestselling mystery author and “master of tension” (BCCB) Natalie D. Richards.

VIRTUAL EVENT

The Professional Book Nerds Q/A with Natalie D. Richards,

author of Five Total Strangers

Monday, November 8

2:00 p.m.

Hosted by: Professional Book Nerds

Join the hosts of the Professional Book Nerds podcast as they interview Natalie D. Richards about her book, Five Total Strangers.

Join us for a conversation with Natalie as we discuss Five Total Strangers and her new release, Seven Dirty Secrets. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions of the author throughout the session.

**Image by Professional Book Nerds