Lots of people use the quiet months of the winter to go away.  If you find you can’t -it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try another alternative.  Take some books out from the Library.  If you always wanted to go to Italy. Treat yourself to a weekend in Italy without the packing and long lines and customs.  You can get an Italian cookbook and try some different recipes.  Get an Italian language tape or book and practice your Italian even with simple phrases.  Borrow a couple of DVD’s something Italian or something that puts you in the Italian frame of mind.  Under the Tuscan Sun, The Italian Job or the Da Vinci code. are some that might entertain.  There also dvd’s about traveling around different cities or countries-if we don’t have it we can borrow it.  There is alot to be said for traveling without leaving the comfort of your own bed.  Now if you are going away we can help find information on any destination and we would love to help. Ciao!

Won’t you join our club?  Starting March 1st until April 15th The Library is having a Reading Club for the Grown-ups.  Why should the kids have all the fun?  Everyone gets a prize!  There will be weekly drawings, you add your name for each book you read.  If you read Five books in the Six weeks you get a prize.  Can it get better than this-Read what you like and get a prize for doing it. Call the library for details.  We hope you join us!

The John Jermain Memorial Library is happy to be starting  a Morning Book Club for our early morning patrons.  We will begin the Last Thursday in March-March 27th 9:00 am until 10:00 am.  We will be on the first floor on the Library.  You will come in the side entrance on Jefferson St. Our first title will be “Aloft” Author: Chang-Rae Lee.  This book has been chosen as the 2008 “One Island, One Book” selection by Nassau and Suffolk County Librarians. There will be copies available at the desk to pick up and read in the beginning of March. At our first meeting we will go over a list of selected titles that the system has available for us to borrow for our new reading club.  We can all participate in the selection of coming titles.  Hope to see you there!

Sorry I am a little late getting this posted.  I am so happy to kick off our new feature at the John Jermain Memorial Library “Staff Picks.”  I was so excited when I first started to think about what I would choose as my topic.  I quickly realized that I probably could do a couple of different months.  This is probably why I love working in the Library.  I am always coming across new topics that are alot of fun to investigate.  I ended up picking the catagory 100 to 1001 [        ] musts you shoul see, read or visit before you die.  You fill in the blank and pretty much you can get a book that will cover the subject.  My top choices are “1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die”, “1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die”, “America’s 100 Best Places to Retire”, “100 Best Books for Children” and “100 Words Every Word Lover Should Know.” My absolute favorite is “The 101 most influential people who never lived” I loved the author’s list and find myself mulling over their opinions.

So won’t you please come in and Browse my selections and perhaps I can help you find a few of your own.