The Library is closed Friday, November 10 in observance of Veteran’s Day. We will be open Saturday, November 11 with regular hours from 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. and will enjoy Family Storytime at 10:30 a.m. and Fun for All Night at the Solon Community Center.
There’s still time to join the fun of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)! Whether you’ve been an aspiring novelist for ages, or you’re tempted to give it a shot, save the dates and join us for NaNoWriMo! Each Monday evening in November we’re hosting generative writing workshops with other writers. Robert Peck and Taney Kurth, Rhetoric and English University professors and writing center instructors, will lead these workshops and provide support for anyone wanting to write this month. Our next session, Monday, November 13 at 6:30 p.m. will be focused on Show Don’t Tell: Tricks to Capture Your Stubbornest Readers. If you can’t join us in person, visit our website calendar event for a Zoom link. We’d love to have you join the NaNoWriMo fun!
Library Events
Our monthly Fun for All Night is coming up Saturday, November 11 at the Solon Community Center. We’ll enjoy gym games with our friends at the Recreation department beginning at 6:00 p.m. and then we’ll head to the auditorium at 7:00 p.m. for The Super Mario Bros. Movie with popcorn! Save the date for Saturday, December 9 — the crowds voted for The Grinch (2018). Voting is now available for our January feature, visit our website to learn more.
We’re sharing another Intergenerational Storytime with our friends at Solon Retirement Village Monday, November 13 at 1:30 p.m. We encourage friends of all ages to join us as we share stories, songs, and playtime with friends. This program will take place at the Solon Retirement Village, 523 E. 5th St, Solon.
Our new Tech Talk series has been created to help patrons keep up with the ever-changing technology. On Thursday, November 16 at 9:30 a.m. we’ll talk about the basics of using Facebook. Participants will learn how to create a profile, add photographs, invite and add friends, and more. Bring your Facebook login information and password if you have one. Chromebooks from our new mobile tech lab will be available for use, but if you have a laptop or device you want to be comfortable using feel free to bring it with you. The third Thursday of each month we’ll be learning more about tech. Join us to learn a new skill each month.
We’re excited to share a special program brought to you by the Johnson County Affordable Housing Coalition. LEGO ® Build Competition is Tuesday, November 21 at 2:00 p.m. Kids aged 17 and younger are invited to summon their inner builder and enter to win prizes specifically for ADU (Accessory Dwelling Unit) designs. Competitors will use Legos provided by AARP and their imagination for designing at local events. Kids can also use jumbo blocks to build a large ADU! Winners will be selected by the Housing Action Team to receive $50 gift cards for 1st place and $25 gift cards for 2nd place.
It’s the most magical time of the year! Our annual Gingerbread House Decorating Workshops will take place in December. We’ll have take-home kits available for pick up Monday, December 4 through Friday, December 8. Or in-person workshops Saturday, December 9 at either 9:30 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. Visit our website for full details and register for the option that works best for you.
Library Access
Regular Library hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.- 7:00 p.m. and Friday-Saturday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Closed Sundays.
The Library is closed Friday, November 10 in observance of Veteran’s Day. We will reopen as regularly scheduled Saturday, November 11 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
The Library will be open 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Friday, November 17 to allow time for our monthly staff in-service.
Thanksgiving holiday hours: Wednesday, November 22 we will be open 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. and Closed Thursday, November 23 through Saturday, November 25. We will reopen as regularly scheduled Monday, November 27.
Don’t forget, the digital library is always available! Find an eBook, eAudiobook, magazines and more with Bridges, or with the Libby app on your favorite smart device. You can even stream classic films, discover new favorites, and more with Kanopy on your favorite smart device.
Everyone is welcome at the Library and our programs. Please contact us with access needs.
What We’re Reading
National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with a first draft. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave novelists. If you’re new to this idea, you may be surprised to hear about some best sellers that began as NaNoWriMo works! These are a few that we’ve enjoyed, be sure to visit the Library and see our display with other NaNoWriMo novels available for checkout.
Recommended by Liz! The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.
Recommended by Lily! Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl…
Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.
Recommended by Megan and Alexis! The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory. Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is something Alexa Monroe wouldn’t normally do. But there’s something about Drew Nichols that’s too hard to resist. On the eve of his ex’s wedding festivities, Drew is minus a plus one. Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for a fake girlfriend… After Alexa and Drew have more fun than they ever thought possible, Drew has to fly back to Los Angeles and his job as a pediatric surgeon, and Alexa heads home to Berkeley, where she’s the mayor’s chief of staff. Too bad they can’t stop thinking about the other. They’re just two high-powered professionals on a collision course toward the long distance dating disaster of the century–or closing the gap between what they think they need and what they truly want.