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Adult Services
Films @ the Library:
Join other area adults in viewing and discussing a classic film in the library's Community Meeting Room. All films will start at 6:30 p.m. Tom LaVille will lead our discussions.
Thursday, January 28: The Natural (1984)
Thursday, March 4: The Searchers (1956)
Thursday, March 25: The Usual Suspects (1995)
Thursday, April 29: Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Films have been selected for an adult audience -- these programs are not suitable for children.
Free Tax Assistance:
Volunteers from the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) will assist citizens in electronically filing their income taxes. Assistance is available 9:30am - 3:00pm every Tuesday during February, March, and April until the last day to file, and on some Saturdays (2/27, 3/13, 3/27, 4/10) in the Community Meeting Room.
oTALKu:
 Talk with other fans of manga, anime, and Japanese culture at oTALKu! Questions? stacey@marshalltown.lib.ia.us
Tues. March 16, 6-7pm no activity -- just chat about manga and anime
Local Author Showcase:
The Marshalltown Public Library periodically hosts local author talks about their published works. Past programs have included Ronda Bagnall-Rohde, Robert Kerr, Judith Kay, and Debra Franklin.
Book Discussions
Next date and book to be announced.
Please register at the Circulation Desk. A limited number of copies are available for check-out to reading program participants. Program funded by the Friends of the Marshalltown Public Library.
Adult Summer Reading Program:
 Thanks for participating in our first-ever Adult Summer Reading Program in 2009! There were over 300 book entries in the fishbowl, and we had a great time talking about books!
Other programs:
The Library and the Friends of the Library co-sponsor various book discussions throughout the year. Anyone is welcome to join in
the discussions at any time and multiple copies of the books are provided by the
library. Please call the library at 754-5738 for more information on upcoming
groups.
Author and presenter visits and other free special events are offered for
adults throughout the year. These program are advertised through local media as
well as on the library's monthly calendar. Friends members often receive postcards notifying
them of these kinds of events. Learn more about becoming a Friend of the
Marshalltown Public Library.
All Iowa Reads
 The All Iowa Reads book for 2010 is Driftless, by David Rhodes.
Recommended Books:
Looking for a good book? Let us help you!
- Stop by a desk to talk to a librarian.
- Want a good book? Try NoveList, a useful online database to locate fiction books by title, author or subject. Create themed book lists or find author read-alikes.
- Have you read all the titles by your favorite author? Check our “If you like...” booklists to find similar authors.
- Check the Best Seller lists on the catalog computers. New York Times Best Seller lists, Oprah's
Book Club and other bestseller lists are posted.
- Stop, You're Killing Me!
is a great resource for mystery and suspense fiction readers. This site
features hundreds of authors and complete chronological lists of their
books. It also has alphabetical lists of series characters.
- Check these sites for booklists, reviews, author interviews, and more:
www.bookreporter.com
www.ilsa.lib.ia.us/readadvice.htm
Automatically Yours:
Register for Marshalltown Public Library’s AUTOMATICALLY YOURS program and you will be placed on the reserve list for all the new books by the popular adult fiction authors you choose. (Limit: 5 authors per patron) It’s that easy!
- The goal of AUTOMATICALLY YOURS is to place titles in patron’s hands in a timely fashion. Everyone wants that new book as soon as possible. Now your name will be on reserve lists with very little effort on your part.
- Books by AUTOMATICALLY YOURS authors generally have a shorter, 10-day, circulation period.
- The order of patrons registered for each author will be rotated so that the same patron is not always at the top of the reserve list for a given author. Nor will a patron be at the same point on the reserve lists for all the authors s/he requests.
- Your record will remain on file for the duration. If you ever choose to modify it, complete another form, marking “redo.”
- For more information, contact Sandy at the Check Out Desk or Monica at the Information Desk.
Copy and complete the Automatically Yours form and return via mail, fax or in person to the Check Out Desk. Your name will be added to the reserve list as each new title becomes available.
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