Adult Summer Reading

Our Adult Reading Challenge ends on August 10! Earn all 10 badges to be entered into the Grand Prize Drawing for a Kindle Fire tablet!
Sponsored by the Friends of the Weston Library.

Take and Make - Postcard    August 1-15

August 2nd is National Coloring Book Day, and August 9 is Book Lovers Day.
Combine the two by coloring a postcard with the title of your favorite book of the summer!
Pick up your postcard at the desk (while supplies last) and return it to the library by August 15 so we can include it in a display

Succulent Bowl Garden

Saturday, August 6   2:00p.m.
Stop by and make a tiny succulent garden!
In person in the Community Room, but if the weather is good we'll set up outside.
Please register for this Weston Reads adult craft.
Sponsored by Friends of the Weston Library.

Weston Reads: Growing a Community of Readers

Wednesday, August 24, 7:00p.m. via Zoom
The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris.
In the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad, an award-winning debut about the unlikely bond between two freedmen who are brothers and the Georgia farmer whose alliance will alter their lives, and his, forever.
With candor and sympathy, debut novelist Nathan Harris creates an unforgettable cast of characters, depicting Georgia in the violent crucible of Reconstruction.
Please register for this online program to receive the Zoom link.

Classics Discussion Group

Friday August 26, 11AM
Sharon Sobel returns in August to lead a discussion on several titles. The selected titles are The Awakening  and Story of an Hour by Chopin, and Trifles by Glaspell.
The discussion will be led by Norwalk Community College and UConn Stamford Professor, Sharon Sobel. A writer for most of her life, Sharon  is the author of several novels, short stories, and works of fiction. She earned her PhD in English Language and Literature from Brandeis University.
This discussion group will be hybrid.  We will distribute a Zoom link in advance of the program. If you are new to the group, please email [email protected] to receive the link.
To reserve a copy of the book, please email [email protected].
Sponsored by the Friends of the Weston Library.

Librarian Picks!
August Releases

What new releases are librarians most looking forward to in August? Check out the selection below from Weston's Adult Services Librarian, Anne.
Avoid the rush and place your holds early at www.westonpubliclibrary.org.

Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra.  After America's entry into WWII, Maria Lagana, an associate producer at Mercury Pictures, rises through a maze of conflicting politics, divided loyalties and jockeying positions until a man from her imprisoned father's past threatens her carefully constructed facade.

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean.  Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book's content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet and delicious. Eating a map can help them remember destinations, and children, when they misbehave, are forced to eat dry, musty pages from dictionaries.

All This Could Be Different by Sara Thankam Mathews.  Follows a young Indian American woman who is grappling with graduating into a recession, working a grueling entry-level corporate job and trying to date Marina, a beautiful dancer who always seems just beyond her grasp.

Life on the Mississippi by Rinker Buck.  The eagerly awaited return of master American storyteller Rinker Buck, Life on the Mississippi is an epic, enchanting blend of history and adventure in which Buck builds a wooden flatboat from the grand “flatboat era” of the 1800s and sails it down the Mississippi River, illuminating the forgotten past of America’s first western frontier.

Perish by Latoya Watkins.  This sweeping family saga about a Black Texan family, which spans decades and is told in alternate chapters, follows four members of the Turner clan as they, called home to say goodbye to their mother and grandmother, must decide who is deserving of forgiveness and who bears the cross of blame.

Holiday Hours

The Library will close Sundays for the summer starting June 19th.
The Library will be closed on Monday, September 5th for Labor Day.

Did You Know?

The Weston Public Library offers after-hours pick up of library material in a secure locker? Call the library to find out more.