Tuesday, September 1, 2015

                         September

Jane Penderwick: "Good-bye...summer and magic and adventure and all that's wonderful in life."   from Jeanne Birdsall's The Penderwicks


Another summer is fading fast in the rear view mirror. We said goodbye to Jon Stewart and Dave Letterman. We said hello to state fairs, summer reading programs, and the hottest month (July) on record according to NOAA. And did you walk into any store or stroll down a city sidewalk without hearing Walk the Moon's "Shut Up and Dance With Me"? Settled back in classrooms, students are asked to share what they did on their summer vacations. Adults will focus on autumn to-do lists. This is a new beginning of sorts, not quite the start of a new year, but still a fresh season filled with promise and hope. And cooler air?

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It's bonus time for readers with so many new books in the coming months. Check the shelves for these new books by Joyce Carol Oates, Elizabeth Gilbert, Erica Jong, Terry Pratchett, Jan Karon, Jonathan Franzen, Lee Child, Danielle Steel, Hilary Mantel, Mindy Kaling, Jenny Lawson, Ransom Riggs, Camilla Lackberg, Christopher J. Yates, Margaret Atwood and the Old Farmer's Almanac. 

September is Be Kind to Writers and Editors Month, International Women's Friendship Month, Library Card Sign-Up Month, Self-improvement Month, National Potato and Rice Month.


                              September Days

3   - Birth of Malcolm Gladwell, 1963. Outliers

4   - Birth of Richard Wright, 1908. Native Son

6   - National Read a Book Day

7   - Labor Day

8   - International Literacy Day
       National Grandparents Day

11  - Birth of Andre Dubus III, 1959. The House of Sand and Fog

15  - Birth of Agatha Christie, 1890. The Body in the Library  

19  - International Talk Like a Pirate Day

20  - Birth of George R.R. Martin, 1948. A Game of Thrones

21  - World Gratitude Day
        Birth of Stephen King, 1947. The Shining

22  - Dear Diary Day

23  - First Day of Autumn

24  - National Punctuation Day. What is your favorite punctuation mark?!,";
        Birth of F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1896. The Great Gatsby

25  - National Comic Book Day
        Birth of William Faulkner, 1897. A Light in August

26  - Birth of T.S. Eliot, 1888. The Waste Land

28  - National Museum Day. Many museums in the United States will be offering free or reduced admission today. Check out a museum in your community.

29  - Birth of Miguel de Cervantes, 1547. Don Quixote

30  - Anniversary of Little Women, 1868.

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