Sunday, May 1, 2016

             Get Caught Reading in May

Edwin Way Teale: "All things seem possible in May."

Holy Alphabet, Batman*, this is a busy month! Forget the lawn and hold off planning that August vacation... there are books to read.

May is National Meditation Month. If you're interested in learning about meditation, pick up a book by Jon Kabat-Zinn or Thich Nhat Hanh. Combine an interest in meditating with National Ride Your Bike to Work Week (May 15-21) by reading Ben Irvine's Einstein and the Art of Mindful Cycling. It's also National Salad Month...just as farmers' markets get started. Salads have moved from the bowl to the plate to mason jars. Ingredients can be anything from quinoa to steak. If you're in need of more ideas, look for Williams-Sonoma's books on salads (browse 641.83 in your library). It's always good to be polite, and during the week of May 9-13, etiquette should be minded! At a loss for instruction on ideal manners? Emily Post's Etiquette has all the answers about business, weddings, children and general social situations. Other May celebrations include Get Caught Reading Month, Creative Beginnings Month and Latino Books Month - discover or read again: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros; One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; and The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende.

Plan to get caught reading in May. It's a reader's dream - new books by Dorothea Benton Frank, Sebastian Junger, Julian Barnes, Emma Straub, Max Allan Collins, Jennifer Haigh, Danielle Steel, Joyce Carol Oates, Laura Lippman, Beth Gutcheon, Neil Gaiman, Nancy Thayer, Mary Kay Andrews, Sophie Hannah, Sharyn McCrumb, Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child, Steve Martini, Nevada Barr, Mary Kubica, Jill Lepore, Joe Hill, Rita Mae Brown, Ann Leary, Justin Cronin, Rick Riordan, Mo Willems, James Patterson, Don DeLillo, Adam Haslett, Richard Russo, Patricia Engel and Louise Erdrich. This month we can learn about the history of paper (Mark Kurlansky) and the differences between Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson (Hugh Howard).


                                                    May Days

1     - Batman Day *Robin the Boy Wonder was known for his Holy expressions. Holy Alphabet was only one of dozens used on the 1960s television show. 

1-7  - National Post Card Week. A stamp costing .34 and a cheery wish you were here will make a lot of smiles.

1-7    - Teacher Appreciation Week. Many thanks to all teachers!!

2       - Roberts' Rule of Order Day

3       - National Public Radio Day

5       - Cinco de Mayo
           Cartoonists' Day

7       - National Scrapbooking Day - a perfect day for that creative beginning.

8       - Mothers' Day

9-13  - National Etiquette Week. Let's make Emily Post proud.

13     - Birth of Daphne du Maurier (1907), Rebecca.

14      - National Archery Day

15-21 - National Bike to Work Week

16      - Biographer's Day

18      - International Museum Day

19      - Birth of Nora Ephron (1932), Crazy Salad; I Remember Nothing.

20      - Birth of Walter Isaacson (1952), Steve Jobs; Benjamin Franklin.

23      - Birth of Margaret Wise Brown (1910), Goodnight, Moon.

24       - Birth of Michael Chabon (1963), Telegraph Avenue.

25       - Birth of Jamaica Kincaid (1949), See Now Then.

30       - Memorial Day 

                                      
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