Interested in writing? Join other adults to share your work, get feedback and discuss the craft of writing. We will meet on Saturday, July 28 from 2:00-3:00 PM.

Ready player one by Ernest Cline

The family Fang by Kevin Wilson

The tiger's wife: a novel by Téa Obreht

In Zanesville: a novel by Jo Ann Beard

Read a book while listening to music to earn your Curtains Up badge. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to choose the perfect soundtrack for a book…

[inspire by Kassy.Miller is licensed under CC BY-A 2.0]

Is life like this?: a guide to writing your first novel in six months by John Dufresne

This year you write your novel by Walter Mosley

Fiction writer's workshop: the key elements of a writing workshop: 2nd edition by Josip Novakovich

The story structure architect: a writer's guide to building dr

Mediterranean fresh: a compendium of one-plate salad meals and mix-and-match dressings by Joyce Goldstein ; photography by Andre Baranowski ; food styling by Melissa Hamilton ; foreword by Dan Barber ; wine essay by Evan Goldstein

Mollie Katzen's recipes.

52 weekend makeovers: easy projects to transform your home inside and out

52 weekend decorating projects: a do-it-yourself guide to adding style to your home by edited by Jean Nayar

Refresh your home: simple projects and tips to save money, update, and renovate by editors of the Family handyman

Share your favorite recipes, or discover new ones.

Bring in several copies of your favorite recipe (printed out on an 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper and paper clipped together) to put in the Recipe Exchange kiosk located by the Reception Desk and earn your Chow Down badge. Look at the recipes others have left, and take home a new recipe or two.

If you prefer to share your recipe online, simply add the recipe in a comment to this blog post.

Bon Appetit!

The preservation kitchen: the craft of making and cooking with pickles, preserves, and aigre-doux by Paul Virant with Kate Leahy

Can it, bottle it, smoke it: and other kitchen projects by Karen Solomon

Backyard harvest by Jo Whittingham

Knack canning, pickling & preserving: tools, techniques

Baking cakes in Kigali: a novel by Gaile Parkin

Dolci di love: a novel by Sarah-Kate Lynch

Eat cake: a novel by Jeanne Ray

How to eat a cupcake: a novel by Meg Donohue

Anti-aging cures [sound recording]: life changing secrets to reverse the effects of aging: your key to the real fountain of youth by James Forsythe ; foreword by Suzanne Somers

Don't bite the hook [sound recording]: finding freedom from anger, resentment, and other destructive emotions by Pema Chödrön

Emotional freedom [sound recording]: [liberate yourself from negative emotions and transform your life] by Judith Orloff

Excuses begone! [sound recording]: how to change lifelong, self-defeating thinking habits by Wayne W. Dyer

Flourish [sound recording]: [a visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being] by Martin E.P. Seligman

Healing the shame that binds you [sound recording] by John Bradshaw

Veggie burgers every which way by Lukas Volger ; photographs by Christina Heaston

The get healthy go vegan cookbook by Neal Barnard and Robyn Webb

Chloe's kitchen: 125 easy, delicious recipes for making the food you love the vegan way by Chloe Coscarelli ; foreword by Neal D.

Sprinkle with murder by Jenn McKinlay

Chocolate chip cookie murder by Joanne Fluke

Devil's food: a Corinna Chapman mystery by Kerry Greenwood

A good day to pie: a pie shop mystery by Carol Culver

National Geographic guide to national parks of the United States by [Thomas B. Allen ...

Ratatouille [videodisc] by Walt Disney Pictures presents a Pixar Animation Studios film

Babette's feast [videodisc] by Just Betzer, præsenterer ; en film af Gabriel Axel ; A-S Panorama Film International

Nina's heavenly delights [videodisc] by a Here! Films/ Regent release of a Scion Films and Scottish Screen production with Kali Films and Priority Pictures in association with Sky Movies present a Pratibha Parmar film

Emeril at the grill: a cookbook for all seasons by Emeril Lagasse ; with photography by Steven Freeman

Veggie burgers every which way by Lukas Volger ; photographs by Christina Heaston

Good times, good grilling: surefire, fun food for great grill parties by Cheryl and Bill Jamison

Cooking the West African way: revised and expanded to include new low-fat and vegetarian recipes by Bertha Vining Montgomery and Constance Nabwire

Simply Ming one-pot meals: quick, healthy & affordable recipes by Ming Tsai & Arthur Boehm

Madhur Jaffrey's step-by-step cooking: over 150 dishes from India and the Far East . by Jaffrey, Madhur

The year of eating dangerously: a global adventure in search of culinary extremes by Tom Parker Bowles — In this book, Bowles travels to ‘hot’ culinary locales around the world to sample the unique and sometimes bizarre cuisine. He examines the relativity of food and proclaims that "one man’s pea is another man’s tripe."

Come to the library and read to Thorndyke, the resident bear in the Children's Library. He's a very good listener and won't bite.

Read a story in a new way. Tumblebooks is an online database that contains hundreds of well loved children's books told in an animated, interactive format. Many contain games, quizzes or other activities at the conclusion of the story. You can access it from your home computer or iPad or here in the library. If you are reading here in the library don't forget to bring your headphones so you'll be able to listen to the story.

Batter Up! We've got a whole roster full of great reads for kids about America's Favorite Pastime. Check one out today before they're loooong gone.

The boys by Jeff Newman; illustrated by Jeff Newman

Baseball hour by Carol Nevius; illustrated by Bill Thomson

Watch me throw the ball! by Mo Willems