Don't Look Under Your Bed!!

In the mood for some horror and fright? See if you can survive one of these reads...


Handling the Undead by John Ajvide Lidqvist
The dead are waking up in Stockholm and now their families have to deal with their grief and mixed emotions as they confront those they had lost. The Library also has the beautifully made film version of Lidqvist's frightening vampire debut, Let the Right One In.







A Dark Matter by Peter Straub
Lee is writing a book about a personal event that happened 40 years ago that left one person dead and another missing. Can he untangle that horrifying night so that he and his friends can confront what really happened?







The Dead Path by Stephen Irwin
Since the night of his wife's death, Nicholas has been seeing ghosts. And not just the ghosts, but also the re-enactment of their violent deaths. Now back in his home town, he must use this strange gift to help solve the murders taking place in the local woods.







Mr. Shivers by Robert Bennett
It is the the middle of the Great Depression and a man follows the murderer of his daughter from town to town to seek vengeance. On his quest, he finds and joins two others who have been horrifyingly linked to this man. But they soon start to wonder, is it a man they seek, or something more evil?







The Passage by Justin Cronin
A government experiment has been unleashed and alters the world overnight. Brad Wolgast is determined to keep the child with him safe. The child, Amy, knows it is up to her to stop this experiment from claiming all of humanity.

Scary Scary!

Join us for our Scary Story Event Friday October 29 at 7 pm in the Cooper Room Cript.  We will read the winning entries from our scary story writing contest, hear strange and wonderous riddles, eat spooky food, and have a good time.

Here's a picture from a past year's event.  Don't miss out on the fun!

Elvita

Election Information

The 2010 Election is November 2nd, less than two weeks away. To help with your election decisions...

The Internet Public Library has put together a fantastic list of election and voting resources. They include local and state resources along with national news, political party sites, and historical information links. http://www.ipl.org/div/election/

You can go to the SD Secretary of State website to see if you are registered to vote and to find out the location of where you vote. They also have a 2010 candidate list and ballot questions.

Nita

New Learning Experience

Here's a new fun activity for kids that really warms my heart!

"Welcome to Little Librarian!  Little Librarian is the first personal library kit made just for kids! It encourages reading and is powered by creativity and imagination, not batteries! Little Librarian provides book lovers with everything they need to transform their book collection into a library. Kids can practice the important skills of organizing, sharing, borrowing, and returning. Book pockets, check out cards, library cards, and bookmarks are just like the ones from the real library. Little Librarians will issue overdue notices and awards. Favorite books can be stored in the reading journal and shared with friends.


To get started just add books!" 

 See this link for more information:  http://www.littlelibrarian.net/
 
Elvita

Hobo Day hours

The Library will be opening at 12:00 noon on Saturday, October 23 because of the Hobo Day parade.  So enjoy the parade, then come to the library.

Elvita

Biggest Book Sale in Brookings

The Friends of the Library Book Sale begins this evening with a Friends members pre-sale from 7-9 pm.  Memberships are available at the door.

The sale opens to the public Friday morning at 10 am.  Its hours are Friday 10-5:30, Saturday 10-5:30 and Sunday 1-4.

There are thousands of books available.  This year we have a large selection of children's books, biographies, and art books.

Don't miss this opportunity to pick up some good reading.

Elvita

Three Cups of Tea discussions and author visit

Join community members and college students in reading Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson as part of the Community Common Read program.  This great book tells of Mortenson's work in bringing literacy to young people, particularly girls, in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The Library will be offering two opportunities to discuss the book:  Monday, October 18 and Monday, October 25, both at 7 pm.

Greg Mortenson will be speaking at SDSU's Frost Arena on Wednesday, November 3.  Tickets can be requested at www.sdstate.edu/honors/mortensonticketrequest.cfm  before October 27.

Elvita

Are You A Majority Reader?

Harris Poll did an online poll asking 2,775 adults if they read and if they do, which genres. About 3/4ths responded they had read at least one fiction and one non-fiction book in the last year. Can you guess what the most popular genres were for fiction readers?

48% read mystery/thriller/crime
26% read science fiction
24% read literature
21% read romance
11% read graphic novels

Are you surprised by the results? Personally, I thought romance would have been higher. But I am pleasantly surprised by the number of science fiction readers.

Click here to see the full poll results.

Nita

Nobel Prize in Literature 2010

The Nobel Prize in Literature was announced this morning. The winner is Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa. According to the official website of the Nobel Prize, Vargas Llosa was chosen "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat".

I have put his book, The War of the End of the World, on the Good Read display shelf for those interested in checking it out. This book takes place in late nineteenth century Canudos, Brazil. It is a book about a society of outcasts with no laws who fight against the establishment of government.

Check out the current and past Nobel Prize winners at http://nobelprize.org/.