"Based on the best-selling book series, The Twilight Saga: New Moon is the highly anticipated next installment to the movie Twilight.

With over 53 million books in print, hundreds of fan sites, and numerous critical accolades and awards, Twilight has become a worldwide sensation and cultural phenomenon that has defined a generation.

In New Moon, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested."

Read -- or reread! -- the Twilight series, available @ your library, and you'll enjoy the movies even more!

Source: The American Library Association www.ala.org

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"Stories were built for these hard times"

Jon Phillips, publisher and editor of Bookmarks Magazine, wrote an interesting editorial recently about the intersection of reading and our current economic situation. Some highlights:

"Bruce Springsteen said that, in hard times, "people go to storytellers". . . . We turn to novels and stories for solace, entertainment, and enlightenment."

"Reading -- it's great for you, and it's easy on your wallet. Stories were built for these hard times."

To read the full article, check out Bookmarks Magazine -- at your local library!

New music @ your library

Feel like a little music? Check out the latest @ your library!

A little bit country? Try

Keith Urban's Defying Gravity,
Brad Paisley's American Saturday Night,
George Strait's Twang
Brooks & Dunn's #1s . . . and then some,
Reba McEntire's Keep on Loving You

A little bit rock n roll? Try

The Black Eyed Peas' The E.n.d
Daughtry's Leave this Town
Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown

New books just in today!

Our pile of 'new books' is high this morning, with additions from Ruth Rendell, Robert B. Parker, Jeanette Walls, William Styron, John Sandford, Michael Connelly, A.S. Byatt, Nevada Barr, Jonathan Kellerman, and even Valerie Bertinelli. Yes, they've all got new books out, and they're all available from the library system. Come by and get a pile of your own to take home!

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It's national Banned Books Week