Wednesday, October 1, 2014

                                 October

Thomas Wolfe: "All things on Earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travelers to walls and fences, the lover to the love he has forsaken."


October is bursting with personality. Green leaves have changed to deep red, bright orange or yellow. Mums and pumpkins add to the riot of color. The air is turning cooler, and we're reaching into the closet for scarves and coats. It's time to start planning the perfect reading list for evenings spent on the couch.  Watch for new books by Marilynne Robinson, Jane Smiley, Jasper Fforde, John Grisham, Rick Riordan, Ina Garten, Amy Poehler, John Sandford, Jodi Picoult, Nora Roberts. 

October is National Book Month, National Cookbook Month & National Reading Group Month


                                                        October Days


1 -    National Book It Day

3 -   Birth of Gore Vidal (1925)

4  -  Birth of Anne Rice (1941)

5-11 - Great Books Week
        Mystery Series Week

7 -  Birth of Edgar Allen Poe (1849)

10 - Birth of Nora Roberts (1950)

11 -  Birth of Elmore Leonard (1925)

12-18 - Teen Reading Week

15 -   Information Overload Day

16 -   Noah Webster's birthday (1758). In his honor, look up a word in the dictionary.

19-25 - Freedom of Speech Week
             National Friends of the Library Week

26 -  Birth of Pat Conroy (1945)
         Death of Tony Hillerman (2008)

27 -  Birth of Dylan Thomas (1914)
         Death of James M. Cain (1977)

31 -  Birth of John Keats (1795)
        Death of Studs Terkel (2008)

                                                                            
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