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Family Reading Celebration

Stories, songs, and crafts! Families are invited to come join us on Saturday, March 6 from 10 am to 1 pm to celebrate reading as we help wrap up Madison Elementary School’s celebration of Read Across America week March 1-5.

Come see what’s new at the library and sign up for a library card.

At 11 AM, singer/storyteller Stacy Sand [...]

First Fridays are for pop culture

We’re trying something new–an informal lunchtime discussion of pop culture on the first Friday of each month at noon, the first one is February 5, 2010. Join assistant librarian Leonora Southwick to talk about new books, movies, and more. Find out what’s new at the library, tell us what new books or videos you’re waiting [...]

BIG Read coming

What: NH Reads To Kill a Mockingbird
When: March 2010
Where: Programs at Madison Library, Effingham Public Library, Freedom Public Library, Jackson Public Library, Conway Public Library, White Birch Books, and locations throughout NH.
Who: Readers across NH and you!
Why: An American classic! Lots to discuss, well worth reading and rereading.

Copies of the book [...]

Best Books List

We heard from local readers (and one not-so-local via our Facebook page), who told us what their favorite books from the past decade were (2000-2009). Here’s the list, in no particular order:

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Housseini
Tolstoy: A Biography by A.N. Wilson
The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
One Man’s Wilderness by Sam Keith and Richard Proenneke
Shutter [...]

Best books of the decade

What was the best book or books that you’ve read over the past decade? We’re compiling a list of local readers’ favorites. Let us know your pick(s) by stopping in the library, calling 367-8545, or posting a comment below. Check back for list on December 30th or so.

End-of-year book purchases

What a community of readers we are in Madison! Demand for new books at the library has been high this year, and we try to meet as many requests for new materials as funds allow. With grateful thanks to some recent patron donations, we will be able to continue purchasing books through the end of the year, as [...]

Prescriptive reading from Newsweek

A list of 50 books to “open a window on the times we live in.”

Stephen King recommends summer reading

Stephen King’s list this year has something for everyone (follow link for his annotations):

Shatter by Michael Robotham
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer*
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
Drood by Dan Simmons
Dog On It by Spencer Quinn*
Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult*

*in Madison Library’s collection. Other titles can be borrowed from other libraries.

For romance readers, books are necessities

Here’s a refreshing article about readers and reading from the NYT. Paperback romance is one genre we don’t add to the collection too often, but if there’s demand, we can try to meet it. If you’re an avid romance reader, let us know if you’d like the option of borrowing the books from the library, [...]

Need a new author?

“I need to find a new author” is a phrase we’ve been hearing a lot at the library (and I’m sure a lot of public libraries) lately. Thriller readers, in particular, have their favorite authors, and are regularly rewarded with new books by these popular authors as publishers push out titles from their top-sellers at [...]

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