We had a great meeting in January! It was great to hear about all the different books we had been reading, what a selection! We rated each book that was read on a scale of 1 to 5. Here’s how it broke down.

The Help by Kathryn Stockett-5

Revenge of the Middle Aged Woman by Elizabeth Buchan – 5

The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver – 4

Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay – 2 ½

The Alchemist Paulo Coelho -5

The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon – 5

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen- 4 ½

Everyone in Hawaii is familiar with “Furlough Fridays” but you may not know about the furlough days happening at the library. Here is a list of the furlough schedule.

All public libraries will be closed:

February 3, 10, 2010
March 5, 12, 19, 2010

Aiea, Hawaii Kai, Kaimuki, Liliha, Manoa will also be closed:

March 4, 11, and 18.
April 7, 14, 21, 2010
May 5, 19, 2010

Aiea is also changing their hours on Thursday from 1pm-8pm

There are also a few library events going on around the island. To celebrate Chinese New Year the library is hosting “Chinese New Year Feng Shui Lectures” by Clear Englebert. Englebert is the author of Feng Shui for Hawaii. The schedule for the lectures is:

2 February at 6:30pm – Kapolei Library

4 February at 6:30pm – Kailua Library

6 February at 2:30pm – Mililani Library

7 February at 2:30pm – Kane’ohe Library

There will be a romance writing workshop at the Kapolei Library February 6^th starting at 10:30am. I borrowed this quote from the Honolulu Advertiser “The discussion panel includes three published authors and takes place upstairs in the Adult Fiction section.” So if you’re interested in writing or just want to hear a few published authors speak go take a look!

I know we’ve discussed the Bamboo Ridge Press taping of “Aloha Shorts” before. The next tapping will be February 7^th and it sounds like it’s going to be an interesting topic! From the Honolulu Advertiser:

"WOMEN'S STORIES," program of selected poems and prose, written by women, and published in Bamboo Ridge Press, next in the series of Hawaii Public Radio's live taping of "Aloha Shorts"; 6:45 p.m. music, 7 p.m. readings, Feb. 7, Atherton Performing Arts Studio, 738 Kāheka St.; free; reservations recommended, 955-8821.”

Hope you all take advantage of some of the great events we have going on around our island! See you next month!