November Released Tasks

This blog is going to be short and sweet. 

First we have to say thank you to everyone who took the 5^th Annual Adult Reading Challenge this year. We hope you enjoyed playing as much as we enjoyed hosting. 

You can begin turning in reading logs at the Book Club meeting on Thursday, November 2^nd.  In order to be eligible for the prize drawings, your Reading Log must be turned in by 5:00 pm on Friday, December 1st to the Marketing and Outreach Department (StephRhonda).  If we are not in the office you may slide the reading log under our door. If you do, make sure your full name, phone number and library card number are printed on the log in ink. If we have your card number we do not need the checkout receipts because we can always check your history to make sure you checked the book out. We hope you enjoyed the Reading Round-Up this year and can join us for the last meeting of the Book Club from 4:00-6:00 pm (please note the change in time) in the Community Room on Thursday, December 7^th. After the meeting stay for the Christmas Open House, it is always fun with lots of good snacks.

The last 2 tasks for this year are:

Kidnapped/shanghaied Read any book that contains a kidnapping or where someone is shanghaied. It happened a lot during the Wild West years.

Capital Punishment Read any book that is about or contains capital punishment.

Happy Reading!

October Released Tasks

October at Decatur Public Library will be a very busy and cozy time. The 36^th annual Quilt Show is going on so come down and vote for your favorite by the 23^rd. Winners will be announced on the 24^th and the quilts come down on the 30^th. Also this month we will be hosting Hitchcocktober during free movie nights. We will show 2 classic Alfred Hitchcock movies on the 12^th and the 26^th of this month. The doors open at 6:15 pm; movies start at 6:30 pm. We also have the Adult Color Club meeting on the 17^th from 4- 5:30 pm in the Community Room. We invite you to spend some time relaxing with us at DPL this month.

As the end of the challenge is close, we wanted to remind you of the requirements for each level of the Adult Reading Challenge this year:

Trail Boss- Read 60 books, and at least 10 of them must be released tasks

Cowboy-Read 30 books, and at least 8 of them must be released tasks

Puncher-read 15 books, and at least 6 of them must be released tasks

To be eligible for prizes Reading Logs must be turned in by 5 pm on Friday, December 1^st to the Marketing and Outreach Department.

The released tasks for this month are:

Read any book set in a Ghost Town or Haunted House. Jim Phillips will be in the library on the 30^th telling antebellum ghost stories, so get in the mood ahead of time by reading a book set in a ghost town or haunted house. 

The second task is to read any book about or set at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. The fair was held to celebrate the 400^th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the new world and was open from May 1, 1893 to October 30, 1893. It was a massive event that covered over 600 acres and had a lasting impact on Chicago and the rest of the country. To see what it looked like follow this  link  from author Deeanne Gist’s website.

Happy Reading!

 StephRhonda's October Schedule *

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1. 2-5	2. 9-5	3. 9-5	4. 9-1 *Manager Meeting	5. 9-5:30 12-2 BookClub	6. 12-5 Movie Extravaganza	7. Not Available
8. Library CLOSED	9. Library CLOSED	10. 2-5:30 10-12 Day in the Park	11. 9-2 *Manager Meeting	12. 12-6 Movie Night	13. 9-5	14. Not Available
15. Not Available	16. 9-5:30	17. 9-4 4-5:30 Adult Color Club	18. 9-2 *Manager Meeting	19. 11-6	20. 12-3 3rd Friday	21. Not Available
22. Not Available	23. 9-5:30	24. 9-5:30	25. 9-2 *Manager Meeting	26. 12-6  Movie Night	27. 9-5	28. 9-5
29. 2-5	30. 9-5:30	31. 9-5:30

*This is a tentative schedule. We may be working but not available to stamp logs on some days. If you are making a trip to the library just to see us about the challenge, please call or email to confirm first or to schedule a time.

Email: stephrhonda@decatur.lib.al.us

Phone: 256-353-2993 ext. 106