Gwendolyn M's blog

Mystery Loves To Eat

Submitted by Gwendolyn M on Mon, 05/06/2013 - 2:47pm

Culinary mystery is still a high pick among Adult Readers. Northwest Branch wants to share in your love for this mystery genre.  In the month of June, July, and August, we will have a book discussion on these books. The  Fourth Monday of each month at 2:00 PM. We will read the following books:



   Peach Cobbler Murder        June 24, 2013

 Apple Turnover Murder July 22, 2013

 Key Lime Pie Murder August 26, 2013

Contact Gwendolyn to get your book for June.
                                     

Poetry Debut

Submitted by Gwendolyn M on Mon, 04/01/2013 - 2:16pm

Rise and shine your debut has come for Northwest Branch library. April is called poetry Month.
We want to celebrate by asking Young Adults and Homeschoolers who like poetry to participate in this event.  All you need to do is bring your own poetry, or read a poem by someone else. Come see Gwendolyn and sign up. The date of your debut will be April twentieth at 1:30 PM in the meeting room. Now don’t be shy, this is a time to have fun.

Name that Genre

Submitted by Gwendolyn M on Tue, 03/26/2013 - 3:32pm

Northwest Branch has a book club which reads most of the fiction genre. The book club is named Reader’s Perspective. Books include romance, legal drama, historical fiction, mystery and when possible the new fiction releases. In our club you do not purchase the books, they are supplied through the library. We are readers of like mind, who like to read and talk. It is a very relaxed book club. We meet every fourth Monday of the month. Would you like to be a part of the book club? Come by the library and pick up your book. We will discuss Suspicion of Innocence by Barbara Parker on April 22nd at 2:00 PM. Come join in the fun.

Music Soothes the Soul

Submitted by Gwendolyn M on Thu, 03/14/2013 - 12:11pm

Music has been around for a long time. There are all types of music such as jazz, country western,Gospel ,the classics and many more. Music has been known to soothe the soul and set one’s spirit to a blaze. The idea of music as a healing influence which could affect health and behavior is as least as old as the writings of Aristotle and Plato. The 20th century profession formally began after World War I and World War II when community musicians of all types, both amateur and professional, went to Veterans hospitals around the country to play for the thousands of veterans suffering both physical and emotional trauma from the wars. The patients' notable physical and emotional responses to music led the doctors and nurses to request the hiring of musicians by the hospitals. Today, we are still using music to help patients. We don’t necessarily hire musicians but we have technological devices to help out. Music is used by everyone. Here at northwest branch we have various types of music that can be use for check out. Take a look around, you just may be surprised at what you find.

 

Perspectives on African American History

Submitted by Gwendolyn M on Mon, 02/18/2013 - 7:15pm

We are about to come to the end of the month of February. As we all know this is Black History Month. Looking into Black History, I ran into a resource called Perspectives on African American History. This resource features accounts and descriptions of Important, but little known events in African American History. These events are recalled often by those who were witnesses, participants, or have viewpoints about historical developments shaping the contemporary black world. It was such a delight I thought I would share it with northwest patrons.

 

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