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Teens -- Save the Date!

Submitted by Nancy Agafitei on Tue, 12/06/2011 - 1:08pm

Dreaming AnastasiaSave the date for Whim2Weird, a great Young Adult Author event on Saturday, January 7, 2:00-4:00pm at the Forum of the Community Center across from the Barbara Bush Library. Authors Sophie Jordan, Joy Preble, C.C. Hunter, Christina Mandleski, Crystal Allen, and Mary Lindsey will be present to talk about and sign their books. 

BARBARA BUSH BRANCH -- AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB

Submitted by Nancy Agafitei on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 12:01pm

My Reading Life, by Pat ConroyTitle to be discussed: My Reading Life, by Pat Conroy. Date of meeting: Thursday, Oct. 27, 1:30pm in the Earl Elliott Room. Repeats Friday, Oct. 28, 2:30pm in the Women's Council of Realtors Conference Room. Summary: Bestselling author Pat Conroy acknowledges the books that have shaped him and celebrates the profound effect reading has had on his life. Next selection: Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht.

CREEKFEST!

Submitted by Nancy Agafitei on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 11:46am

CreekefstThe first annual CreekFest Arts Festival will be held this Saturday, October 8, to celebrate the community resources in the Cypress Creek Cultural District. Festival activities will take place at Collins Park, the Barbara Bush Library, the Centrum, the Cypress Creek Christian Community Center, Cypresswood Landing Shopping Center, and the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts. These locations are all near the intersection of Cypresswood Drive and Stuebner Airline Road. All events, excluding the Urban Adventure Run, are free and open to the public. Please visit http://www.creekfesthouston.com/for more information. 

BOOKS COME IN MANY FLAVORS

Submitted by Nancy Agafitei on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 9:55pm

Book group participants have many options these days for how they receive the content of the books they discuss. At the Barbara Bush Branch, in addition to the standard regular and large print books, book club members now download e-books into devices like the Nook, Kindle, or Sony e-reader. Some purchase their books from online sources. Others download from the library's Overdrive digital media catalog. Still others with little time to read listen to audiobooks as they commute.

A website called Reading Group Choices does a survey of book clubs each year. This year's survey reported that 5% of the respondents read all, or most, of their books in electronic format. Another 25% tried using an eBook reader in the past year. Whatever format you choose, don't miss out on the enjoyment of discussing what you have read with other readers. Join a book club today!

GULF COAST READS AUTHOR VISIT

Submitted by Nancy Agafitei on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 7:34pm

Author Chitra DivakaruniThe area-wide Gulf Coast Reads event throughout September features the book, One Amazing Thing, by Chitra Divakaruni. The author will be at the Barbara Bush Library, 6817 Cypresswood Drive in Spring,  on Thursday, September 8 at 4:30pm to speak about her book. The meeting will be held in the Forum of the Community Center across the driveway from the library. The event is free and no registration is required.

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