Adult Services
Films @ the Library:
The library offers 3 film screenings and discussions each spring and fall,
led by Tom LaVille. Hot popcorn is served.
COURAGE is the theme for the Spring 2012 film series:
1776 (1972, 142 min.) - Tues. 2/7 at 6pm
Glory (1989, 122 min.) - Tues. 3/6 at 6pm
3:10 to Yuma (1957, 92 min.) - Tues. 4/3 6pm
Book Discussions:
The library offers 3 book discussions each spring and fall.
Spring 2012 books TBA.
Anime Night:
 Talk with other fans of manga & anime at Anime Night!
Thursday, Feb. 9, 6-8pm:
Legend of the Millennium Dragon
A 15-year-old boy goes 1,200 years back in time to find his unlikely destiny
as the savior to end the war between humans and demons. (2011)
Free Tax Assistance:
Volunteers from the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) assist citizens in electronically filing their income taxes during tax season. More info
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OTHER EVENTS
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.
Adult Summer Reading Program:
Adults can win great prizes for their summer reading, too! In 2011, adults submitted 855 entries for books read and the library gave away over 50 prizes including one grand prize Nook. The library also hosted various programs for adults, including our first-ever literary bus tour to Iowa City.
Selected Past Events:
 271,431 pages read in February 2011
Over a quarter of a million pages! Amazing!
Thanks to everybody who kept track!
 Altered Books October 2011 See photos
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All Iowa Reads
 The 2012 All Iowa Reads book is
Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder.
The library will host a book discussion for this book
sometime in 2012, date TBA.
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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
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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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