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Adult Programs
Book Discussions
Join a new library reading and discussion program! Upcoming 2008 dates:
May 22 Digging to America by Anne Tyler (the 2008 All Iowa Reads selection)
 "Tyler (Breathing Lessons) encompasses the collision of cultures without losing her sharp focus on the daily dramas of modern family life in her 17th novel. When Bitsy and Brad Donaldson and Sami and Ziba Yazdan both adopt Korean infant girls, their chance encounter at the Baltimore airport the day their daughters arrive marks the start of a long, intense if sometimes awkward friendship. ... Though the novel's perspective shifts among characters, Maryam is at the narrative and emotional heart of the touching, humorous story, as she reluctantly realizes that there may be a place in her heart for new friends, new loves and her new country after all." Publishers Weekly.
Discussions are at 7:00 pm in the Heritage Room of the Marshalltown Public Library.
Please register at the Circulation Desk. A limited number of copies are available for check-out to reading program participants. For more information, call the library at 754-5738.
This program is funded by the Friends of the Marshalltown Public Library.
Anime Night
May 13 Gunslinger Girl, 6-8pm
Teens and adults are invited to our monthly Anime Nights!
Come and watch one or two anime shows,
see some trailers, and chat with other people who like anime.
Anime will be shown in Japanese with English subtitles.
Unfamiliar with anime? No problem --
learn more about anime here
or come to Anime Night and experience it for yourself! Contact staff member Stacey with any questions by phone or at stacey@marshalltown.lib.ia.us.
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.
Recommended Books:
Looking for a good book? Let us help you!
- Stop by a service desk to talk to a librarian.
- Want a good book? Try NoveList, a unique on-line 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 public access 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 Circulation Desk or Monica at the Reference Desk.
Copy and complete the Automatically Yours form and return via mail, fax or in person to the Circulation Desk. Your name will be added to the reserve list as each new title becomes available.
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