Book Sale a HUGE Success

Today’s book sale was a HUGE SUCCESS! Today was sunny and business was brisk. We raised over $2000 for the library in 5 hours – a one-day record. THANK YOU to our wonderful volunteers and everyone who shopped the sale.

Jonquil Festival Book Sale is on for Sunday!

The annual Spring Jonquil Festival FOSL Book Sale was rained out today. Thanks to everyone who helped us setup and sell some of our inventory during the brief window between the storms this morning. We had a mad dash to get everything put away and managed to get the last book cart wheeled in before the storms returned. It will be sunny on Sunday and we are open from Noon to 5 PM. Our booth is located in front of the Smyrna Community Center. We lost a day of sales today so we need a big turn out on Sunday. Tons of great books will be available at great prices. Hope to see you then!

National Library Week: Puppeteer Lee Bryan

It's National Library Week!  

Tonight at 7 p.m. Puppeteer Lee Bryan will present Planet Earth at the Community Center.  Go to www.SmyrnaLibrary.com or call 770-431-2860 for Smyrna Library's National Library Week events.

Spring 2010 Reading List & Featured Book

Featured Book

House Rules
by Jodi Picoult

Other Recommended Reading Selections

All Things At Once by Mika Brzezinski
Altar of Eden by James Rollins
Angelology by Danielle Trussoni 
Backlash by Aaron Allston
Big Girl by Danielle Steele
Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison
Bleachers by John Grisham
Blood and Smoke by Stephen King
Blood Ties by Kay Hooper
Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert
Crisis by Robin Cook
Days of Gold by Jude Deveraux
Deeper Than The Dead by Tami Hoag
Drive by Daniel H. Pink
Fired Up by Jayne Ann Krentz
Game Change by John Heilemann
Good Girls Gone Bad by Susan Nadler 
Hell Gate by Linda Fairstein
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
I, Sniper by Stephen Hunter
Impact by Douglas Preston
Just Kids by Patti Smith
Kisser by Stuart Woods
Kitchen Privileges by Mary Higgins Clark
Noah s Compass by Anne Tyler
Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
Shalador's Lady by Anne Bishop
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Sizzle by Julie Garwood
Split Image by Robert B. Parker
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Honor of Spies by W. E. B. Griffin
The Nazi Conscience by Claudia Koonz
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
The Politician by Andrew Young
The Wolf At The Door by Jack Higgins
Vendetta by Jackie Collins
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
Worst Case by James Patterson

Compiled by FOSL Volunteer

Very Successful Smyrna Reads! Program Concludes

A week of fun activities sponsored by FOSL surrounding the Smyrna Reads! program concluded last night. The film adaptation of “To Dance with the White Dog” was shown at the library, an encore presentation of Wednesday night’s showing.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Terry Kay (author of the featured novel) presentation, the White Dog Contest and the two movie showings.

Special thanks are extended to Linda Evans and her volunteer committee for organizing a very successful series of events that were enjoyed by the community.

Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebration

The Smyrna Public Library’s Children’s Department hosted a family story time program last night in celebration of Dr. Seuss’s birthday. The events included family team trivia, lots of FUN activities, story reading and prizes for the kids.

The Friends of the Smyrna Library donated 15 Dr. Seuss Lorax dolls and 15 companion books that were given away to the families.

A fun time was had by all in attendance who numbered 42 and ranged in age from 3 to 80.

Congratulations to our wonderful Library Team for doing such an excellent job!
  

The Smyrna Reading Group Presents Margaret Johnson-Hodge on Tuesday March 9 - 7:30 PM (Rescheduled Due to March 2 Snowstorm)

Margaret Johnson-Hodge is a nationally acclaimed author. She is a winner of the Reviewer’s Choice Awards for The Real Deal. Her novel Butterscotch Blues made the Blackboard Bestsellers List, the Essence Magazine Bestseller List and a Black Expressions Book Club Book of the Year.

Though born and raised in New York, she now calls Georgia her home.

Please join Ms. Johnson-Hodge and The Smyrna Reading Group to discuss her book A Journey to Here on March 9, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. in the Smyrna Public Library’s upstairs meeting room.