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2017 Report to the Community

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Book Clubs
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Local Attractions
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Early Literacy Programs & Fundraiser
- Early Literacy Programs
- Fundraiser
2017 Report to the Community

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CLOSED Sunday

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Donations

The Montour Falls Library strives to create an environment that nurtures intellectual freedoms, encourages lifelong learning, offers open access to resources, supports new technologies, respects cultural diversity, and embraces the future.

Your donations help make it happen, from new book and DVD purchases to more library staff to behind-the-scenes expenses like insurance and utilities.

Thank you for your support!

Early Literacy Fundraiser

Our Early Literacy Program strives to offer planned, intentional programming and resources, both in the library and through community outreach. Your donation helps us keep this vital program working for our community.

Thank you for you support!

BOOK CLUBS

NEW Historical Fiction Book Club

This group meets on Facebook only!

January – The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (2011)
February – The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer (2008)
March – River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey (2017)
April – The Strangler Vine by M.J. Carter (2014)
May – Tangerine by Christine Mangan (2018)
June – Circe by Madeline Miller (2018)

Drawing Down the Moon

(Magical Realism Book Club)

FIRST TUESDAY at 6pm

January 1 – No Meeting Due to Holiday
February 5 – Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson (2015)
March 5 – The Guardian and the Oak Tree by Ty Dubowsky (2017)
April 2 – Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell (2015)
May 7 – Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine (2016)
June 4 – An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (2015)

Day Book Club

FIRST WEDNESDAY at 11:30 am

January 2 – The Good Neighbor: The Life of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King (2018)
February 6 – Doubt by John Patrick Shanley (2004)
March 6 – Bearskin by James A. McLaughlin (2018)
April 3 – American Pastoral by Philip Roth (1997)
May 1 – The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn (2017)
June 5 – Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (2018)

Classics Book Club

FIRST WEDNESDAY at 6pm

January 2 – A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen (1879)
February 6 – A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (1943)
March 6 – The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck (1961)
April 3 – The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (1997)
May 1 – Wolf Willow by Wallace Stegner (1962)
June 5 – Reflections in a Golden Eye by Carson Mccullers (1941)

Environmental Literature

SECOND TUESDAY at 6pm

January 8 – My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell (2004)
February 12 – Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owns (2018)
March 12 – The Nature Fix by Florence Williams (2017)
April 9 – The Overstory by Richard Powers (2018)
May 14 – Eager by Ben Goldfarb (2018)
June 10 – Upstream: Selected Essays by Mary Oliver (2016)

Poetry & Short Stories Book Club

SECOND WEDNESDAY at 6pm

January 9 – Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur (2015)
February 13 – The Lottery by Shirley Jackson (1948)
March 13 – *Choice of Classic Poetry & Silent Book Club
April 10 – Yesterday I Was The Moon by Noor Unnahar (2018)
May 8 – Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell (2013)
June 12 – *Choice of Modern Poetry & Silent Book Club

*Notes
Every third month, participants will spend the first 30 minutes reading a topic or author of choice. There will be a selection of books available upon arrival but you are also welcome to bring your own. The next 30 minutes will be spent discussing what you read.

Sci-Fi Book Club

THIRD TUESDAY at 6pm

January 15 – Last Song Before Night by Ilana C. Myer (2015)
February 19 – Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2016)
March 21 – The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (2014)
April 18 – The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Welles (1896)
May 16 – Summerland by Hannu Rajaniemi (2018)
June 20 – Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (2014)

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. -- Dr. Seuss

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