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4 Ways to Book Club in the Time of Socially Distancing

We know many of you take part in home book clubs because we help you find the books.

We can still do that.

I imagine many of you are reading more now that we are all home more. Perhaps you have thought:

I wish I could talk to someone about what I am reading.

Well you can and we are here to help.

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Miner Recs Newsletters & Podcasts

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

 

Missing one-on-one book recommendations from your favorite 3rd floor staffers? DPPL's new Miner Recs Book Talks are the next best thing! 

Each week DPPL's readers advisory staff will "talk" their best "recs" of books, movies and more!

And while we're all sheltering in place, we're calling the first few entries in this series Grounded Recs

In Episode 4, Alejandro tells you about A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, a humorous but melancholy book about a curmudgeonly Swedish man.

If this sounds like something you'd enjoy, DPPL cardholders can read A Man Called Ove as an ebook or audiobook through the Overdrive links below.

A Man Called Ove ebook
A Man Called Ove audiobook

Enjoy!

Wednesday Crafternoons

It’s Wednesday. Let’s Get MESSY!

Dr. Seuss' Bartholomew and the Oobleck
The building is closed but the library is open. 

Who here LOVES to make slime? 

Well, say hello to Slime's rebel cousin, OOBLECK!  

First introduced in a Dr. Seuss book, Oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid. 

It doesn't follow Newton's law of fluids having constant viscosity. 

Viscosity is how fast or slow a liquid moves. 

But Oobleck is a shape-shifter. 

Sometimes, it's a liquid and sometimes, it's a solid.

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