Berne Library Notes for Wednesday, December 9, 2020
— Photo from Kathy Stempel
Berne Library patrons are invited to play the Books Wearing Masks game.
How many sleepless nights have you spent wishing you had a good book to read? Here’s an invitation to grab your library card and stock up on a few good titles.
There are hundreds here for the taking. Add all the choices from the 36 libraries in the Upper Hudson Library System and you’re talking thousands of titles to satisfy your reading hunger.
There’s not only the physical, hold-in-your-hand books to pick from. You can fan your net out wider when you take advantage of the online ordering tools of Hoopla and Overdrive.
When you’re ready to turn up the story or close it down for the night, a book doesn’t disappoint. Eighteen minutes of commercial time between scenes is not gonna happen. You are in charge of when and if a commercial break is warranted. Plus, the rewind button is always there with a flip of a page.
Do you have multiple books going at once? Are you a one-book-at-a-time reader? Either way, you can find material to dress the nightstand in mystery, suspense, fantasy, sci-fi, or whatever keeps you coming back for more.
Throw yourself into a history excursion, cook roads less traveled, absorb healthy-living ideas, or grab an inspirational memoir about overcoming the odds. Thank you for the privilege of finding just the right book for your reading pleasure.
Books Wearing Masks
The books are wearing masks
The books are inside waiting
With titles in plain view
Will you read 1 or 3 or 2?
We’ll find out soon enough
When the game is played by you ...
Thank you to players checking the “Books Wearing Masks” game. This low-key activity calls on your decision and observation skills. For your part, it all goes down in three easy steps:
— Scan the 11 stacked books displayed in the box with only their spines visible;
— Using the provided check-off tabulator, choose one, two, or three books luring you in by title alone;
— Place your marked sheet in the designated drop box.
That’s it! So easy to participate in the “Books Wearing Masks” game.
Story time
Keep your eyes on the library Facebook page for Facebook live story time on Fridays at 3 p.m. Each week, Miss Kathy shares a new story for you to enjoy. Questions on how to tune in? Call the library at 518-872-1246.