Starting at 9:00 am on January 2nd we will have eight new book club titles for patrons to reserve.  We will also open the reservation calendar to accept requests for April, June, and July 2014. 

Here are the new titles we will be adding January 2nd: 

The Family Literacy Symposium is Provo City Library's yearly celebration of reading for adults. Join us on January 11th as we welcome Jamie Ford, author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet and Songs of Willow Frost as well as other literacy experts including professors of education and literature from local universities and staff at the Provo City Library.

Keynote Address by Jamie Ford
12:00 noon
Library Ballroom
Join bestselling author Jamie Ford as he talks about his novels Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet and Songs of Willow Frost, and the process of writing stories that span generations.

Breakout Sessions
1:00 - 3:00 pm
In these breakout sessions, Provo City Library staff will highlight the best books from 2013 for children, young adults, and adults.

Panel Discussion with Jamie Ford: Best Book Club Books
3:10 pm - 4:00 pm
Ballroom
This panel discussion will offer suggestions for making your book club a success, from choosing great material to finding meaningful discussion topics.

FREE tickets for the symposium will be available beginning December 28 at the adult reference desk.
 

For the coming year, consider adding a book that can change the way you see the world!  The following books illuminate new ways of thinking and different points of view.

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Cleaning House: A Mom's Twelve-Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of Youth Entitlement

The Five Love Languages

The Four Agreements

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength

The Winter of Our Disconnect: How Three Totally Wired Teenagers (and a Mother Who Slept with Her iPhone) Pulled the Plug on Their Technology and Lived to Tell the Tale
 
These books are great for book club discussions as members can share personal insight and perspectives on each subject.  We recommend going around to each club member at your meeting and asking if they have any personal experience with something from the book.  We guarantee they will!