I can’t believe it! There are only two more weeks of Adult Summer Reading to enjoy! Only two more Mondays when I can share how awesomely awesome our basket of goodies will be for those lucky enough to win! How did that happen? Where in the world did the time go? It’s plenty hot, so I know it’s still summer… right? Oh well, let’s enjoy today -and today’s basket!This basket should appeal *strongly* to anyone with a good sense of humor! Funny books, funny movies, fun games for all ages, and fun treats to eat! Nothing but good times here!

And would you like find some books to use on those entry slips? Maybe something that has been recently added to The Reading Room? Then how about one of these:

The Last Word by Lisa Lutz
Claudia Silver to the Rescue by Kathy Ebel
The Lost Art of Mixing by Erica Bauermeister

Enjoy!

— Stacey

Many happy returns to the best day of the week… Monday! Do you need me to remind you of all the good stuff that happens? Well then, I will! Today someone is lucky enough to win last week’s the Adult Summer Reading Basket *and* there are new books to share from The Reading Room! Plus you get to see what’s on offer in the *this* week’s prize basket! Don’t these things make you love a Monday?

Let’s start with the prize basket:Do you see all those Family Friendly accessories? The books and movies are all about families too -with all different kinds of family dynamics… Plenty to see, and read, and do!

Did you need to find some new books to read? (And enter?) How about one -or more -of these:
The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell
The View from Penthouse B by Elinor Lipman
The Devil’s Looking Glass by Mark Chadbourn
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

Now you tell me -What’s not to love about a Monday?!

— Stacey

Happy Independence Day Week my Freedom Loving Friends! Is everyone cleverly gathering up all the s’mores supplies before I completely clear the shelves of: marshmallows, graham crackers, and Hershey’s chocolate bars?! (If you haven’t? Please consider this your one -and only- warning!) Yum! S’mores!! And as long as you’re out and about today? Why not stop into the library to drop off some entry slips for Week Four of the Adult Summer Reading Program! This week you could win:

This basket is full of Thrills and Chills -just right for a summer holiday that includes fireworks! Right? Right!

Would you like a title or two -literally!- to read and enter? How about:
The Late, Lamented Molly Marx by Sally Koslow
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

Enjoy!

— Stacey

It’s getting hot out there! How lucky the library offers every patron plenty of free air conditioning to go with all those books! Isn’t that good news?! I think so too! As long as we’re celebrating all the best parts of the day? How would you like to see what’s available for this week’s Adult Summer Reading Prize?

Can you see all the wonderful things that might “grow” out of this basket? (It’s just one basket -but two views!)

But what will you read? How will you find a title to write on your entry slip in hopes of winning this basket? What about a few titles that have been newly added to The Reading Room?!

The Big Year by Mark Obmascik
The Movement of Stars by Amy Brill
The Family Way by Rhys Bowen

And now you’re ready to win! See you soon!!

— Stacey

That’s right! We’re all the way into week two of Summer Reading for everyone here at Rocky River Public Library! And we already have winners! Doesn’t that make you all kinds of curious? Don’t you want to be a winner? Already! Candy and books and fun accessories and a super handy basket to contain it all! This week the basket you can win looks just like this:  It’s full of blockbusters -from big time movies to big time books to big time games you can play with the whole family! We’re calling this one our Blockbusters Basket! (Wouldn’t you like to win it?!)

Do you need some titles to read (and enter!) so that you can win this basket:
The Big Year by Mark Obmascik
The Movement of Stars by Amy Brill
Or try searching “summer reading” as a keyword in The Reading Room and you’ll find a few titles that way too!

See you soon! (-with all your reading entry slips!)

— Stacey

It’s here! It’s now! It’s fabulous!! Today is not only Monday -which is a good time on its own!- but today is also the very first day of Summer Reading! What’s not to love about that?! We’ll be doing the same thing this year that we’ve been doing so hopefully this will be slightly familiar, but in case you’re new to the game this is how we play: 1) sign-up and get an awesome welcome goodie bag!, 2) take entry slips to record the books you’re reading, 3) check out the new basket every Monday -the more you like the basket, the more you want to read/enter that week!, and 4) come in to share your experiences at our End of Summer Reading Program Celebration on Wednesday, August 7th and you might win one last final, epic prize! Do you want to see the first basket? Great! I’d like to show you!!We’re calling this one: Traveling Times! -books, movies, and fun extras that all say, “hit the road with style!”

And how about a few titles to think about for those entry slips?
Mr g by Alan Lightman
The Fever Tree by Jennifer McVeigh
The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner

When you woke up this morning, could you have ever guessed that your day would be *this* fantastic?! (I did!)

— Stacey