Pre-Overdue Notices

Do you wish you could receive a reminder BEFORE your library materials are due? Now it is possible to sign up to receive e-mail notices two days before your items are due! If you are interested, ask us to sign you up for pre-overdue notices - we're happy to help! To participate, we will also need to have your e-mail address on file and your account must be set up to receive e-mail notices about holds and overdue items.

Amazon Kindle

The big holiday item this year is the Amazon Kindle reader, even Sports Illustrator reader Peter King said “I peered over the shoulder of the woman in front of me for a minute and saw bright, easy-to-read type, and I thought of every bookshelf in our apartment being full, and I thought, “I
know exactly what I want for Christmas”. The Friends of the Library purchased a Kindle II for the library this summer. This e-book reader is much easier to read than the old e-book readers we had six or seven years ago. The screen is easy on the eyes and it is light to hold. (Much lighter than a hardcover book.) You can get a view of it and check it out for two weeks, filled with over twenty titles to enjoy. Reserve the kindle the next time you are in, as the waiting list is now into January. See what e-book readers are all about. Are they something you might like to own?

New Names Added this week

The Friends of the Library Holiday Fund Drive “Have a Star-Spangled Holiday”, is already in fill swing this year. When you present a book or other item to your library, many others will have the opportunity to read it. Here is your chance to do just that. The drive was very successful last year with over $2,000 being donated for the purchase of new materials. Names of contributors are posted at the library. This week “Thank You” goes out to Tamara Kissak, Irene Schoellig, Carolyn & Harold VanDuser, Anonymous, Jerona Rykunyk, Dick Anfang, Yvonne Brekke, Enid Mikonowicz, Erna Schwartz, Gloria Judge, Shirley Burmester, Mark Kveren-Edward Jones, Christine Schrank. The Friends of the Library thank you for your continued support.

Books into Movies

Several popular books will soon be coming to local theatres as feature length films. Movies based on the following books will be available for viewing:

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold in theatres December 2009; The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan in theaters February 2010; Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll in theatres March 2010; Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney in theaters April 2010; The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks in theatres April 2010; Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer in theatres June 2010; Ramona and Beezus by Beverly Cleary in theaters August 2010.

Reedsburg football team

Well the Reedsburg football team made it back to Camp Randall for the state championship game for the second year in a row. Do you know the story of Camp Randall, good time to check out the story of Camp Randall during the Civil War, “Soldiers When They Go” by Carolyn Mattern. Discover 100 years of Reedsburg football history with Jeff Seering’s book “A Century of Gridiron Memories”. We also have highlights of last years state championship game in our DVD collection. CONGRATULATIONS to the Reedsburg Football Team for winning the championship game. When available we’ll add the winning game DVD to our collection.

This week "Thank You"

The Friends of the Library Holiday Fund Drive “ Have a Star-Spangled Holiday”, is already in fill swing this year. When you present a book or other item to your library, many others will have the opportunity to read it. Here is your chance to do just that. The drive was very successful last year with over $2,000 being donated for the purchase of new materials. Names of contributors are posted at the library. This week “Thank You” goes out to Phoebe Steiner, Isaac Steiner, Adam Steiner, Elliott Steiner, Imelda Adelman, Helen Cunningham, Dave and Sandy Champeau. The Friends of the Library thank you for your continued support.

Closed Wednesday @ 6PM

Remember that the library will be closing on Thanksgiving Eve at 6 pm and will be closed all day on Thanksgiving Day. The library book drop is always open to return library books and other materials. The outside book drop is located on the Locust St. side of the building. Items may also be renewed or requested through LINKcat, our online catalog. A link can be found on our web site. (www.reedsburglibrary.org)