the power of television...

It appears that Millie Montag has a point-- if you want reach the people, you need to be on the television... especially in the evening!

Since my "little" interview on Tuesday evening, we have been hoppin' over here at the library. We ran out of Fahrenheit 451 books about 3pm yesterday, as well as signing up more than 30 people with new library cards! And I had a lot of very unhappy people in the library seeking books last night and this morning! I apologize for those who want a book, and now can't get one*. However, I'm very pleased that we got people excited about the books.

I also apologize to those folks who missed the events in our program. The purpose of Idaho Falls Reads... is to connect people through great literature with programs and discussion. Now that you all have your books, I really hope that you will come to the events we have left this month:

• Tonight (March 27) we have the Banned Books presentation & discussion at 7pm
• book discussion group tomorrow (March 28) at 10am
• book discussion group Monday (March 31) at 7pm

I want to, again, thank you for your participation and all of the advice given to improve the program for next year.

see you in the library!

*if you are finished with your copy of Fahrenheit 451 and are interested in recycling it; please bring back to the library, and we'll find a happy home for it!

censored, challenged and banned books

big thanks
to Professor Margaret Johnson (ISU)
and her presentation on the history of censorship and censored books last night. The lively discussion was a great tie-in for the banned book discussion planned for Thursday, March 27 at 7pm.

plan to join us for a presentation and discussion about :

• who challenges books
  
• why books are challenged
  
• what books are challenged most often
  

please feel free to bring your thoughts and ideas about this topic!

censorship

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. ~Voltaire

Plan to join us tonight for an insightful discussion on censorship lead by Margaret Johnson.

Professor Johnson she currently is the Associate Professor of English and Assistant Dean of Arts & Sciences at ISU-Pocatello. She works in the fields of rhetoric and composition, postmodern fiction, and film studies.

Her work has appeared in the following publications: Quarterly Review of Film and Video, Film-Philosophy Quarterly, Popular Culture in Libraries, and The Encyclopedia of Novels into Film. Professor Johnsons also wrote the Instructor’s Manual for The Shape of Reason, 3rd edition.

Don't censor yourself... come to this presentation!
TONIGHT!! March 24 at 7pm on the 3rd Floor

personal librarian?!

have you heard about nextreads.com?

As much as I would love to help each and everyone of you find the most perfect book, I can't. You know, they make me go home every now and then!

But there's a pretty good alternative, and it's called Next Reads. This is a service we offer you that emails you a list of new and upcoming books in the genres of your choice! How great is that?!

It's super easy to use too, just choose from the a list of categories and receive monthly newsletters listing featured books with synopsis information and links right into the IFPL catalog. From there you can check for availability or place holds on the books you are interested in. You can sign up for any one or more, or even all the lists at the same time and you can change your preferences at any time.

If you are looking for the next book to read - this is the resource made just for you!


Take a minute, and stop by to check out nextreads.com and maybe sign up sign up for a couple newsletters. If not today, the link is always on the menu to your right whenever you're ready for a new book to read!

see you in the library!

round table discussion

Dr. Scott Samuelson

March 20 at 7pm

Please remember to join us this week for a round table discussion about Fahrenheit 451 with special guest speaker, Dr. Scott Samuelson, down from Rexberg and BYU-I.

About Dr. Samuelson...

...he has taught in the BYU-I English Department since 1982, after teaching at the Air Force Academy. Earned BA and MA at BYU(1971, 1972) and PhD from University of California, Irvine. Also teaches a course in book arts, paints watercolor, and prints poetry on his letter press under the imprint Fat Matter Press.

Dr. Samuelson welcomes questions and comments about the book, as well as favorite quotes. He requests that you also bring your copy of Fahrenheit 451 so we can dig deeper into the text.

This is a discussion group you will not want to miss!

did you get to see it?

last night was the showing of François Truffaut's Fahrenheit 451 at the Paramount Triplex

what a great film! it was slightly different from the book; but that's always the case, right?! and i thought i'd share few of my observations...

• beginning credits were read to us, rather than having us "read" them for ourselves


• julie christie played both clarisse and mrs montag


• the 1966's mindview of the future was interesting


• the hitler/nazi-ishness of the firemen was a little upsetting


• the love people had for books--they were willing to die for them, or committ the books to memory and keep the books alive!

what struck you about the movie and/or the book? leave us a comment...

see you in the library-jh

Looking for several of the same book for your club?

Seek no more! The new Idaho Falls Public Library Book-Clubs-In-A-Box will be ready for checkout in June 2008!

go to the on-line book club link for more information!

Get Fired Up at the Library!

We are having so much fun!

This week we are looking forward to:

(3/10)~PART ONE discussion group Monday at 7pm

(3/12)~Fahrenheit 451, the 1966 film at the Paramount at 7pm on Wednesday at 7pm... you do need to have a ticket for this event, and you can very easily get yours from the library.

(3/13)~PART TWO discussion group Thursday at 12pm

(3/14)~PART TWO discussion group Friday at 10am

If you accidentally missed the "Don't Read These Books..." presentation last Thursday, please let the librarians on the 3rd floor know as we are planning a second presentation due to popular demand!

Also, if you can't make it to any of our discussion groups, please visit the Idaho Falls Public Library Book Club page because I have all of the questions presented with comments WELCOMED!

See you at the library- Jenniffer

get fired up!

Saturday we kicked-off the program with great success!

we passed out 100 books and had snacks--yes, we had food in the library! but it was a lot of fun seeing all of our reading friends and visiting over some fresh veggies!

if you haven't picked up your free copy of Fahrenheit 451, you can pick up your copy while we have them... but hurry, this is a HOT item!

mark your calendar for the first discussion group coming on March 6 at 12pm (look left for details about our discussion groups). if you can't make the group times, check out the on-line book club (see the link over there, look right). just by clicking on it you will get to the book club!

see you around the library!