Do you like to read, eat, and talk? If so you might like to join a book group at a King County
Library or start one of your own. If you go to our webpage www.kcls.org and look under "How to" at the bottom right hand corner of the page, you can then click on "Find a Library" and pick the library closest to your home. Book groups are listed under "Programs".
Book groups are a great way to learn about the newest, hottest titles and also librarians who run them sometimes have extra copies of books just published or about to be published. Besides hearing about the newest books, you will also meet other teens who love to read. In addition we usually provide tasty treats and sometimes giveaway prizes.
Here's the schedule of what we have at the libraries:
Auburn Teen Book Club meets the third Tuesday of every month at 4:30 pm. Each month, the first ten people who sign up to attend receive a free copy courtesy of the Friends of the Auburn Library Here's the next three meeting dates and titles:
Library or start one of your own. If you go to our webpage www.kcls.org and look under "How to" at the bottom right hand corner of the page, you can then click on "Find a Library" and pick the library closest to your home. Book groups are listed under "Programs".Book groups are a great way to learn about the newest, hottest titles and also librarians who run them sometimes have extra copies of books just published or about to be published. Besides hearing about the newest books, you will also meet other teens who love to read. In addition we usually provide tasty treats and sometimes giveaway prizes.
Here's the schedule of what we have at the libraries:
Auburn Teen Book Club meets the third Tuesday of every month at 4:30 pm. Each month, the first ten people who sign up to attend receive a free copy courtesy of the Friends of the Auburn Library Here's the next three meeting dates and titles:
- Tuesday, August 18th at 4:30 pm:Define Normal by Julie Anne Peters
- Tuesday, September 22nd at 4:30 pm: The Compound by S.A. Bodeen
- Tuesday, October 20th at 4:30 pm:Vampire Academyby Richelle Mead
Teens can also find info on the Auburn Library blog: http://blogs.kcls.org/auburn/teens/
Black Diamond's Teen Book Review Group meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 4pm. Next meeting is August 18.
Fairwood Library's Books and Bites meets on the second Thursday of the month at 7pm. Come join us for snacks and hear about the newest, hottest books coming out. Our next meeting is August 13 at 7pm and we'll be serving pizza. Please call ahead if you plan on coming 425-226-0522.
Or maybe you'd like to start a book group of your own. You could connect with friends and talk about what you're reading. It's pretty simple to do as long as you agree on a time, place, and what everyone is expected to read for the meetings. Here are a couple books we have at the library to give you some ideas and a few websites to help.
Running Book Discussion Groups: A How-To-Do-It Manual by Lauren Zina John
Good Books Lately: The One-Stop Resource for Book Groups and Other Greedy Readers by Ellen Moore and Kira Stevens
http://www.readinggroupchoices.com/
http://www.readinggroupguides.com/content/index.asp
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