Fall Jonquil Festival Book Sale Concludes

The annual Fall Jonquil Festival Book Sale was conducted this weekend.  Over 50 volunteers participated and we raised over $1,900.  This was a 15% increase over last year. Thank you Smyrna volunteers and shoppers. 

The Fall Jonquil Festival Book Sale will be held on April 25 & 26, 2015.

Volunteer information is available on the Friends of Smyrna Library website.

Letter from Afghanistan: Soldiers Respond to Smyrna Care Packages!

One of the events during the “Smyrna Reads” program in September was dedicated to our troops serving overseas.  Local Smyrna volunteers and library patrons wrote thank you letters and assembled 3 large care packages filled with treats and books and sent them on their way. 10 days later they arrived in Afghanistan. 

Today the library received a wonderful thank you card in reply! Special thanks to all who participated and the United States Postal Service, for all the help with the packages.

  

First Sunday Lecture - Mayor Max Bacon Speaks on Smyrna in the 1950s & 1960s

Smyrna Mayor Max Bacon shared his recollections of growing up in Smyrna in the 1950s and 1960s. A standing room only crowd enjoyed the well done presentation.

First elected Mayor in 1985, Max Bacon has presided over Smyrna's city government during three decades of remarkable growth and development. Mayor Bacon reflected on how the city has changed over the years. This was much anticipated historical talk by the longest serving mayor in the southeastern United States.

Thank you Mayor Bacon!

The "First Sunday Lecture" series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library. Learn more at www.friendsofsmyrnalibrary.org.

City of Smyrna Recognizes 15 Years of Service!

Congratulations to Nedra Kish for 15 years of wonderful service to the Smyrna Public Library. 

Thank you, Nedra!   

Smyrna Reads Program Ends with “Bark in the Park” Finale!

The Smyrna Public Library’s first community read, Smyrna Reads, wrapped a month of community events today with a fun and festive finale event named “Bark in the Park”.

The event was held at Tolleson Park and featured numerous pet contests: Toss & Catch, Best Trick (adult leading dog), Best Trick (child leading dog), Best Costume, Cutest Puppy, Loudest Bark, Best Human Bark, Smallest Dog and Largest Dog.

Food trucks from FLAVOURS Curbside Café and King of Pops offered tasty treats for the hungry crowd - both two and four legged.  

Today's finale event was rounded out with great support from The Cobb County Public Library system, The Smyrna Fire Department and the Humane Society of Cobb County.

Thank you to everyone who made the Smyrna Reads event such a resounding success throughout the month of September!

Author Luis Carlos Montalván Presents at Smyrna Community Center

Author, Luis Carlos Montalván, and Tuesday, his therapy dog made a guest appearance at the Smyrna Community center tonight. 

Montalván is the author of the New York Times best-selling memoir, Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him. The book details Montalván's experiences with PTSD and how his therapy dog, Tuesday, helped him to heal. 

Montalván's new book is a children's book, Tuesday Tucks Me In, which shows children the work of therapy dogs. 

This was the keynote event of the "Smyrna Reads" program which featured his books.  The crowd thoroughly enjoyed meeting both Captain Montalván and Tuesday and learning their story. 

FOSL Fall 2014 Reading List & Featured Book

Featured Book: 

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

Other Recommended Reading Selections

A Country Christmas by Debbie Macomber

All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Archangel's Shadows by Nalini Singh

Being Mortal by Atul Gawande 

Blood Magick by Nora Roberts

Burn by James Patterson

Burn For Me by Ilona Andrews

Command Authority by Tom Clancy

Cross My Heart by James Patterson

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Deadline by John Sandford

Food by Jim Gaffigan

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Gray Mountain by John Grisham

Havana Storm by Clive Cussler

Jeter Unfiltered by Derek Jeter 

Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult

Mirage by Clive Cussler

Not That Kind Of Girl by Lena Dunham

Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Pegasus by Danielle Steel. 

Prince Lestat by Anne Rice

Smiley by Laurann Dohner

Snow Angel Cove by Raeanne Thayne

Starry Night by Debbie Macomber

Sycamore Row by John Grisham

Tall, Dark And Deadly Books by Lisa Renee Jones

The Best Of Me by Nicholas Sparks

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling

The Gods Of Guilt by Michael Connelly

The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks

The Slow Regard Of Silent Things

by Patrick Rothfuss

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Winners by Danielle Steel

Wyoming Strong by Diana Palmer

Yes Please by Amy Poehler

Yours For Christmas by Susan Mallery

Compiled by FOSL Volunteer