Blackwater Library Blogger

Monday, March 19, 2007

February/ March Update!

This month's new books include:
Plum Lovin' - Janet Evanovich
Widow and her Hero - Tom Keneally
Free Fall - Fern Michaels
Loner - Josephine Cox
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Who Else Writes Like...?
The library has a copy of Who Else Writes Like...? a readers' guide to fiction authors. It has over 1,800 authors listed and under each name there is a short list of other authors who write in a similar style or who approach a subject in a comparable way. The book is designes to answer the question "I've read all the books by 'someone' who else writes like that?"

The Courier Mail's Big Book Club
March 2007 Selection is "The Unknown Terrorist" by Richard Flanagan.

The Big Book Club is open to everyone! There are no joining fees and it’s up to you as to whether your register or not. You can participate when and how you wish. Each user who borrows this item from the Blackwater Library will recieve a free eco-friendly Big Book Club Bag. For more information visit www.thebigbookclub.com.au or call the Blackwater Library on 49825737.

Little Big Book Club and It's Rhyme Time
March's Selections are 0-2 years Colours by Steve Parish, 2 & 3 years Bobbie Dazzler by Margaret Wild and Janie Dawson and 4 & 5 years What the Sky Knows by Nike Bourke and Stella Danalis.

The Little Big Book Club has developed an exciting Rhyme Time DVD and Booklet available FREE from all public libraries (whilst stocks last) in Queensland.


QUOTE OF THE WEEK!
"I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage."
Charles De Secondat (1689 - 1755)