Mark Your Calendar!

The Lincoln Public Library is presenting another "An Evening with Authors" on Monday April 11 at the Lincoln Centre, Central Ave. in Beamsville.

Join Ross Pennie, author of "Tainted" and Eleanor Johnston, author of the "Blessing Game" as they read from locally themed mysteries.

Door open at 7:00 p.m. and the reading begins at 7:30.

More on the evening will follow soon.

For more information, contact Cathy at 905-562-5711.

Calling All Reading Fanatics

Do you like to read? Do you like to read a wide range of books? Do you like to share your 'great reads' with others?

Then the Lincoln Public Library Book Club is for you!

If you are interested, please leave a comment on the blog. Let me know if you would prefer meeting in Beamsville or Vineland and if day or evening works best for you.

TumbleReadables

The Lincoln Public Library has just received a new online resource for young readers. TumbleReadables is an online collection of read-along titles for elementary and high school students which features adjustable online text and complete audio narration. Sentences are highlighted as they are being read and the pages turn automatically. There is also a selection of downable ebooks which be downloaded to laptops, netbooks and desktops and, in a few months, to Android phones and tablets.

Check the library's website in the Databases section to find these great online books for children and teens.

January 2011 Top Ten Lists

FICTION

Gowda, Shilpi - Somaya Secret Daughter
Follett, Ken - Fall of Giants
Larsson, Stieg - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Roberts, Nora - Happy Ever After
Grisham, John - The Confession
Rivers, Francine - Her Daughter's Dream
Connelly, Michael - The Reversal
Binchy, Maeve - Minding Frankie
Larsson, Stieg - The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Sandford, John - Bad Blood


DVDS

Toy Story 3
How to Train Your Dragon
Letters to Juliet
Eat Pray Love
When in Rome
Date Night
Charlie St. Cloud
The Back-up Plan
The Karate Kid
Grown Ups

Coronation Street Celebrates its 50th Anniversary

The long-running British drama - Coronation Street - is celebrating its 50th anniversary today - December 9. Based in the fictional Manchester area of Weatherfield, Corrie follows the trials and tributionals of its working class characters. Canadians are some of the most keen fans of this television serial.

The Lincoln Public Library has a wide range of Corrie books and DVDs.

New additions to the library's collection include the movie DVD Romanian Holiday featuring Roy and Hailey Cropper and 50 Years On The Street: My Life With Ken Barlow by William Roache.

Raise a pint to Ken, Dierdre, Rita, Betty and all the other fasinating and infuriating characters on Coronation Street.

Happy Birthday Corrie!

Shakespeare's Bastard

Richard B. Wright has done it again with his fictionalized memoir of Shakespeare's illegitimate daughter.

Well researched and elegantly written, it is a must read for all who love historical fiction and Canadian writing. St. Catharines based author.

Put it on hold today!

December Top Ten Books and DVDs

Top Ten Novels

Larsson, Stieg - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Follett, Ken - Fall of Giants
Patterson, James - Don't Blink
Child, Lee - Worth Dying For
Larsson, Stieg - The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Roberts, Nora - Happy Ever After
Connelly, Michael - The Reversal
Parker, Robert B. - Painted Ladies
Sandford, John - Bad Blood
Grisham, John - The Confession

Top Ten DVDs

Toy Story 3
Letters to Juliet
How to Train your Dragon
Date Night
When in Rome
Robin Hood
The Back-up Plan
Percy Jackson & the Olympians
The Karate Kid
The Bounty Hunter