The kids love to participate. They put stickers on charts, fill out book reviews for the chance to win prizes, and do puzzles and stuff. Adults, on the other hand, need a little more persuasion to take part.
They think reading clubs are silly, or they say they don't have time, or they say they already read and don't need to cheapen their library experience by entering to win prizes.
WhatEVER. Support your library! I'm going to be right there entering my reviews. It's good to have lots of people participate; it shows your library is doing something right!
In addition, the big prize this year is, wait for it, a Kindle Touch! *GASP* That's right, ladies and gentlemen, the library is cool and awesome and relevant.
Really, though, we try to be! People still come into the library thinking it's just a big quiet room with old ladies hobbling around paging through dusty encyclopedias. Guess what? We've got the Internet and eBooks and children's programs and live music and art displays and book discussions and Facebook and Twitter and a blog...come check us out at the library!
It's good to shake things up once in a while at the library. Hence the reading club during these lousy winter months. The library is awesome. And I consider it my personal mission to let people know that.
We do not have this reading nook. But wouldn't that be so amazing??
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