September is Library Card Sign-Up Time

Get it.

• Bring a friend who doesn't have a library card in to get one and both of you will be eligible to win a $25.00 gift card.


• The adult and child at each location who bring in the most friends will will a gift card tot eh Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale.

Use it.

• use your library card anytime during the month and be automatically entered in a drawing for one of 19 Memory Band USB devices.

@ your Library.

• Check out the library's new web site at http://www.stanlycountylibrary.org/.


• Get a new library card with key tag.


• Get a free card holder key chain to put your new library card in.

Summer Vacation

What does a librarian take on vacation? This has taken a lot of thought - I want to have enough to read, but I don't want to add too much weight to my bags.

The Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo. My husband and I started listening to this on audio and both enjoyed it. We weren't able to finish listening to the entire thing (it's about 21 CD's long) so I am taking the book so we can finish.

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien. This is a book that my husband loves to read. I have never read it, but I love the movie, so I'm going to give it a try.

That makes two books we'll both be able to read. I also plan on downloading The Tortilla Curtain by TC Boyle onto my MP3 player. The library offers free downloadable audio books through Net Library on NC Live. My book club will be discussing it this at our September 16th meeting so I need to get it read.

And, of course, we have a Vancouver/British Columbia guide book.

And that's what a librarian takes on vacation.

I'd love to hear what you took on vacation. Leave me a comment, and I'll put every one's name into a drawing for some free summer reading.