Mark your calendars for the Library Staff in-service day as we will be closed Friday, March 22. This valuable time will be used for staff members to collaborate with other local libraries as we learn more about working with our youth through training provided by United Action for Youth (UAY).
Don’t miss out! Bidding at the Solon Public Library Foundation’s 3rd Annual “Put a Bid On It” silent art auction will close at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 16. With generous donations from local artists and art collectors the meeting room and display case are bursting with art. All proceeds will help to start a fund to replace the dividing wall in the Library meeting room. Thank you for supporting the Foundation and the Library!
Library Events
Solon Book Club is reading Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls this month with a discussion Tuesday, March 19 at 6:30 p.m. This historical fiction novel was voted one of the best reads of 2023. New members are always welcome!
Our new Tech Talk series has been created to help patrons keep up with the ever-changing technology. This month we’ll talk about the basics of using Zoom Thursday, March 21 at 9:30 a.m. Chromebooks from our new mobile tech lab will be available for use, or bring your favorite device if you have one. The third Thursday of each month we’ll be learning more about tech. Join us to learn a new skill each month.
Local Libraries {LIT} Spring 2024 Series: A collaboration between Johnson County Libraries and funded by a grant from the Johnson County Community Foundation to provide an opportunity to hear from a variety of authors who will spark conversations and creativity. The goal of Local Libraries {Listen, Initiate, Talk} is to grow a thriving community which shines with diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Join us for our latest Local Libraries {LIT} event featuring Grace M. Cho Thursday, March 21 at 7:00 p.m. This is a free online event, with registration required.
Grace M. Cho’s work sits at the crossroads of creative nonfiction and interdisciplinary scholarship, exploring the ways in which residues of state violence and historical trauma permeate the intimate spaces of the here and now. As a sociologist, she approaches storytelling as an opportunity to broaden the lens through which readers see personal experience. Grace teaches full time as a professor of sociology, food studies, gender studies, critical criminology, and disability studies at the City University of New York.
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 will be closed Friday, March 22 for an all-day staff in-service.
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
Many Library staff are loving the immersive experience of full-cast audiobooks lately. With an ensemble of cast members these audiobooks are a treat to enjoy!
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Available on audio CD and on the Libby app)
This historical fiction book tells the story of a 1970s band through individual interviews leading up to their final show and subsequent breakup.
One of Us is Dead by Jeneva Rose (Available on audio CD and on the Libby app)
Opulence. Sex. Betrayal … Sometimes friendship can be deadly.
Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian (Available on audio CD and on the Libby app)
A young Puritan woman – faithful, resourceful, but afraid of the demons that dog her soul – plots her escape from a violent marriage in this riveting and propulsive novel of historical suspense.
Others we’ve enjoyed on the Libby app:
Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson. With shades of Serial and Making a Murderer this is the story about an investigation turned obsession, full of twists and turns and with an ending you’ll never expect.
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley. For fans of Ruth Ware and Tana French, a shivery, atmospheric, pause-resisting novel of psychological suspense in the tradition of Agatha Christie, in which a group of old college friends are snowed in at a hunting lodge…and murder and mayhem ensue. All of them are friends. One of them is a killer.
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu. For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of years as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plague—a daring and deeply heartfelt work of mind-bending imagination from a singular new voice.
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff. For fans of Marie Lu comes the first book in an epic series that bends the sci-fi genre into a new dimension. Told through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents – including emails, maps, files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and more – Illuminae is the first audiobook in a heart-stopping trilogy about lives interrupted, the price of truth, and the courage of everyday heroes.
Sadie by Courtney Summers. An innovative audiobook production featuring more than 30 voices, Sadie explores the depth of a sister’s love – poised to be the next story listeners won’t be able to pause.
Solon Public Library News
March 14, 2024