Welcome to the 2014 Adult Summer Reading Club Program!

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1 1 Welcome to the 2014 Adult Summer Reading Club Program! Congratulations on your registration for the Summer Reading Club at Southwest Public Libraries. The theme this summer is Literary Elements and the Adult Program is set up differently than past years. This packet includes all the rules, events, and everything else you need to know about the program. Rules and Reviews Weekly Prize Bags Activity Extras Grove City Events and Programs Grove City Events and Programs Westland Double Entry Book List Rules and Reviews The Adult Summer Reading Club is all new this year! There is no need to count hours or keep track of milestones for prizes. Just read or listen to books and submit reviews based on what you think. You can read as much as you want. The more you read, the more prize opportunities you earn! Choose a few words describing the book from the review sheets or write your own review on the back. All reviews count towards weekly prize bags AND the grand prize. Read a book related to our Literary Elements theme and double your raffle entries. Check the attached Book list for titles that count for double. Review sheets are available online and in the library. You can submit up to 7 online reviews each week. Review sheets are also available throughout the building. Just turn the sheets in at the Information Desk or the Youth Services Desk. Please include your username and contact information on every review sheet. Look out for completed reviews on display around the library. A review sheet is included so you can get started right away! Weekly Prize Bags Participants will have the chance to win a themed prize bag every week. Each bag contains prizes related to the weekly theme and the Literary Elements theme. Participants are eligible to win one prize a week. Every review you submit equals one raffle entry for that week s prize and one entry for the grand prize. There is a different prize each week. If you really like one, you can save some reviews for

2 that week. We ll contact prizewinners each week by their indicated method. Check out the prize schedule below: 2 Week 0 - June 7 through June 15 - No prizes this week! Any reviews you submit this week go towards the grand prize raffle. Use this week to get acquainted with the program and help your friends get signed up. Week 1 - June 16 through June 22 - Yard and Garden prize bag Week 2 - June 23 through June 29 - Family Fun prize bag Week 3 - June 30 through July 6 - Coffee prize bag Week 4 - July 7 through July 13 - Arts and Crafts prize bag Week 5 - July 14 through July 20 - Movie/Date Night prize bag Week 6 - July 21 through July 28 - Experience Grove City/Westland Area prize bag Reviews submitted after July 28 will go towards the grand prize only. Activity Extras at Grove City Each week, a fun themed activity or quiz can be found at the Information Desk. The top 3 entries with the most correct answers each week will win a small prize. No raffle entries will be granted for participation in these activities. They are just fun extras! Feel free to pick up an activity sheet and return it later completed. Researching your answers is encouraged! Here is the weekly schedule: Week 0 - June 7 through June 15 - No extra activity this week! Week 1 - June 16 through June 22 - Star Trek vs. Star Wars Week 2 - June 23 through June 29 - Women Scientist Crossword Week 3 - June 30 through July 6 - Know Your Ologies Week 4 - July 7 through July 13 - Inventor Matching Week 5 - July 14 through July 20 - Fact or Fiction? Week 6 - July 21 through July 28 - Name That Scientist

3 Programs and Events at Grove City During the Adult Summer Reading Program, there will be several events at the Grove City Library. Feel free to drop by for any or all! If you have questions, stop by the Grove City Information Desk for more details. Here is the schedule for events and programs. 3 The Zero Fighter: America s Enemy in the Pacific, Japan s Hope in the Sky Thursday, June 17-7 pm at Grove City No Japanese weapon is more iconic of the Pacific War than the A6M5 Zero fighter. Famed dogfighter and hated kamikaze, the prestige of this aircraft rose and fell with the Japanese Empire. Join Ryan Schultz as he explores the story of the Zero as a weapon of war and a cultural symbol interpreted and used by both sides. Interactive Health with Dr. Leo Kormanik Saturday, June 28-3 pm at Grove City Your mother was right! Stand up straight and you ll look and feel better. Chiropractor Dr. Leo Kormanik will speak on the importance of proper posture and the correlation between good posture and good health. Following his talk, attendees are invited to join Dr. Leo in a simple, fun exercise routine. Gettysburg: the Battle that Defined Our Nation Tuesday, July 8; Wednesday, July 9; Thursday, July 10-7 pm at Grove City MSgt Stephen Walter USMCR (Ret.) will host a three part series on one of the most crucial battles of the Civil War. Portions of the movie Gettysburg will be shown each evening, followed by discussion of the battle. Learn a new language with Mango! Tuesday, July 22-7 pm at Grove City Come and learn about Mango Languages! Mango offers self-paced audio and visual courses in over 50 languages. You can learn everyday conversation skills and cultural insights necessary for communicating in a foreign language. Join us for a demonstration of this free library resource!

4 Programs and Events at Westland During the Adult Summer reading Program, there will also be several events at the Westland Area Library. Feel free to come to any or all! If you have questions, stop by the Westland Information desk for more details. Take a look at the schedule below. 4 June Tech Month! Keep an eye on the Westland Area Library in June as we present programs on online job searching, downloading free music, ebooks and more! Bug Eating Plants! Tuesday, June 10-7 pm at Westland Bug out for these carnivorous plants! Join OSU Professor and Biologist, Bryan Carstens, as he presents about bug eating plants. See the plants up close and in action! (But don t get too close, you may lose a finger...) The Recycled Your Library An on-going series of programs begins this Your Library! Join us once a month and learn to recycle old books into useful and creative items for the home. EReader Keepers - Saturday, June 21-2 pm at Westland Use vintage book covers to create a unique, protective home for your electronic library. Drink Coasters - Saturday, July 19-2 pm at Westland Old maps and atlases make perfect drink coasters! Enjoy a mental vacation in the comfort of your living room while enjoying your favorite beverage. Book Page Mason Jar Candles - Saturday, August 16-2 pm at Westland Illuminate your mind and your home with this beautiful country craft. One on One Resume Reviews Thursday, August 7 th - 10 am to noon at Westland Need help with your resume? Representatives from New Directions Career Center, specialists in career development, will be on hand for this resume review. - Registration required. Call , ext Bring your resume in print or on a flash drive or create one at the library. Computers and library resources will be available. Bring a flash drive to save your work. Flash drives are available for purchase for $5.00

5 5 Double Raffle Entry Book List If you read and submit a review for one of the books on this list, your raffle entry will count for double! Please only review books that you have read recently. Author Adams, Douglas Asimov, Isaac Benchley, Peter Bolles, Richard Nelson Brown, Dan Card, Orson Scott Chopra, Deepak Christie, Agatha Covey, Stephen Dickens, Charles Dickinson, Emily Esquivel, Laura Frank, Anne Frost, Robert Hay, Louise Herbert, Frank Higgins, Jack Hosseini, Khaled Hurston, Zora Neale Huxley, Aldous Larsson, Steig Lee, Harper Lewis, C. S. Meyer, Stephanie Mitchell, Margaret Neruda, Pablo Title The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (or any Hitchhiker Series) I, Robot Jaws What Color is Your Parachute? The Da Vinci Code (or any Robert Langdon Series) Ender's Game (or any Ender Saga) A Tale of Two Cities Like Water for Chocolate The Diary of Anne Frank You Can Heal Your Life Dune (or any Dune Series) The Eagle has Landed (or any Liam Devlin Series) The Kite Runner Their Eyes were Watching God The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (or any Millennium Series) To Kill a Mockingbird Twilight Series Gone with the Wind

6 Nye, Naomi Shihab Orwell, George Ovid Peck, M. Scott Poe, Edgar Allen Puzo, Mario Rowling, J. K. Segal, Erich Sewell, Anna Shakespeare, William Shelley, Mary Steinbeck, John Susann, Jacqueline Tan, Amy Tolkien, J. R. R. Twain, Mark Walker, Alice Wells, H. G. The Godfather Harry Potter Series Love Story Black Beauty Frankenstein The Grapes of Wrath Valley of the Dolls The Joy Luck Club Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Color Purple The Time Machine 6