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FROM: "Megan Millea" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 3/2/03, 4:43 PM

What kind of book talks or programs is your library planning for this
summer? Are you doing a series of book talks on a theme? Is the staff
going to present the talks or are you having author visits? Are you having
regular book club meetings as your programming? Any and all responses are
greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Megan M.
Fiction Specialist
PLCMC (Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County)

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FROM: "Jennifer Hendzlik" <[removed]@mail.sgcl.org>
REC'D: 3/3/03, 2:24 PM

For our summer discussions/programs I listened to my users who
said, "make it fun."

We are doing light reading for our regular book discussion:

1. Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
2. A walk in the woods by Bill Bryson
3. Passion of Artemesia by Susan Vreeland

For our mystery book discussion, I went the other way:
1. She walks these hills by Sharyn McCrumb
2. The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
3. The No. 1 Ladie's Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

I only did one summer program, but I got the idea from reflection
on my own childhood combined with a book I just read; "The book
that changed my life." Why should kids have all the fun? We are
having a good old fashioned ice-cream social with sundaes and
participants talking about their favorite book. I left it open to
a favorite book as a child or even something that had a deep
impact on their lives.

Thanks!
Jen

Jennifer Hendzlik, MLS
Reference Department Manager
Brentwood Branch Library
Springfield, MO 65804
(417)874-8130
[removed]@mail.sgcl.org

FROM: [removed]@SLS.LIB.IL.US
REC'D: 3/4/03, 12:13 PM

Since the children's program this year is a movie theme, and we piggyback on
to it, we'll probably be doing a couple of movie discussions. Having really
planned anything yet. Just ideas floating around.
Chris

FROM: "Roberta Johnson" <[removed]@dppl.org>
REC'D: 3/5/03, 10:00 AM

We're also doing a books into movies tie-in, and having our two regular discussion groups read two books made into films. Our summer reading club will have microwave popcorn as our giveaway, and a program of movie clips of famous scenes from literature (everything from Jane Austen to About a Boy, I hope). I've found that people really enjoy the multimedia presentations, so I use bits of audiobooks, film, music, PowerPoint, etc. We'll also be doing a weekly trivia game tying books to movies -- "name three actresses who have played Jo March in Little Women on film."

Roberta S. Johnson
Readers' Services Librarian
Des Plaines Public Library
1501 Ellinwood St. Des Plaines, IL 60016
www.dppl.org [removed]@dppl.org

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From: [removed]@SLS.LIB.IL.US [[removed]@SLS.LIB.IL.US]
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 12:10 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Summer Programming for Adults

Since the children's program this year is a movie theme, and we piggyback on
to it, we'll probably be doing a couple of movie discussions. Having really
planned anything yet. Just ideas floating around.
Chris

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