Julia’s Comments (group member since May 13, 2018)

Julia’s comments from the Closter Public Library group.

Welcome to the Closter Public Library 2020 Adult Summer Reading!
This year there will be no prizes, only enjoying reading while connecting with each other.Share your books, comments, and reviews with on this page with others, and participate in our summer-long events- from July 1 to Sept. 1
Library at Home Book Club- digital book club
BYOB Literary Lunch- casual chat about books and reading biweekly
Short Story Club- Discuss a thought-provoking short story biweekly
All events take place on Zoom. Contact Library for links.

I don't think yours got posted. I can do it for you if you want to add them here, and next year, I'll be happy to show you how! Glad you haven't already read "Educated"!

Glad you enjoyed it- I 'm pretty sure you were a great reader before as well.

Wow! That's a shame! If you like, since you read them all during the summer, 1. Come in and I'll show you how to post them. and/or list them here, and I will post them to the group for you, they won't be listed under your name on the shelf, but they will at least be included.
Either way, I can offer you a (slightly used) copy of "Educated" as a prize.

Janet wrote: "For me it would have to be Orange World and Other Stories by Karen Russell. She has such a way of taking a normal story and just tilting into the bizarre, and yet keeps such humor and heart into each."

I'm looking forward to reading her work

Mine was "The Overstory" by Richard Powers

Now that summer is ending, is there a book that really blew you away this summer? THE book of the summer for you?

The summer is going by so quickly- and so is our 2019 Summer Reading., which ends this week on August 16th. Post your books now!

I think I just figured this out - they added an extra step this year. When you add a group book, find book, choose shelves, close, you then have to click the add group book button.
If you choose shelves but the Adult Summer Reading 2019 shelf does not appear as an option, that means you are just adding the book to your own shelves. You still have to close it , then choose shelves again. (I'll walk through it and post the steps.)

The Closter Public Library Goodreads page. It has the "Welcome" banner at the top of the page which is actually a picture of the sign over our circ desk.

What if the cover image appears faded? That means someone else has already added it to the group page. You can still click on the cover and add your rating and review. This will be counted.

How to Post a Book on the Page
1.Scroll down to "Add Books", and click on that button.

2.Click on "Add Books" and search for your book.When your book comes up, click on the "Add to Group" button.

3. A box will open. Choose shelves- choose Adult Summer Reading 2019 Shelf, and dates started and finished. Close and save.

That's more or less it. Please let me know if you have trouble.

OK. I'll do one and figure it out, then post new directions. Wish me luck.

Janet wrote: "Julia, is the summer reading bookshelf set up?"

Thanks for reminding me! I couldn't remember what I did last year and just now figured it out. Many thanks!

Shelley wrote: "Shelley
Just started The Perfect Plan"

Great!

Sorry you can't make it. We're looking forward to having her here.

Here's a wonderful interview with Angie Kim, who will be our guest at the next Meet the Author on June 25th at 7pm. Enjoy!

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/12/712862...

The results are in! We have our top three winners.
First Prize- Janet Weller with 42 books read and 33 reviews written
Second Prize- Terry Merrick with 28 books read and 19 reviews written
Third Prize- Ardelle with 18 books read and 10 reviews written.

Congratulations Janet, Terry, and Ardelle!

Remember to pst all your books by the end of tomorrow. We'll have the results in by the following week.

Janet wrote: "You are right Julia; it is a bit of work to even see if others have posted a review, so looking forward to this.
I have been on the waiting list for Circe for a while so read her "Song of Achilles"..."

I did end up liking it more. It's kind of like "The Lightning Thief" for grownup women- a female bildungsroman with Greek mythology. You have all the familiar myths and characters- Titans and Olympians, Apollo and Athena, Jason and Medea, Ariadne and the Minotaur, Dedalus and Icarus, and of course Odysseus and Telemachus. Yet it's a strangely modern story of female empowerment- doing the hard work and coming to terms with mortality and the tragic condition of life etc. The author has a good background in classics, and it was well done.