The Book Bower participated in the recent World Book Night on Monday April 23rd. The store was the distribution point for the boxes of books that 13 volunteers, many from the Altrusa International of Central CT chapter, took into the community and gave away to infrequent readers. These special editions of Bel Canto, Housekeeping, the Hunger Games and Peace Like a River, among the many titles prepared for this event, were printed and distributed for free in order to encourage reading. The Middletown Patch and the Middletown Press both reported on this campaign.
http://middletown.patch.com/announcements/altrusa-international-of-central-ct-participating-in-world-book-night-b31c929a#c
http://www.middletownpress.com/articles/2012/04/16/news/doc4f8ba3cb7d8d4896660072.txt
From Kodiak, Alaska, to Key West, Florida, in 6,000 towns and cities across America, 25,000 volunteers gave away half a million free books on one day: Monday, April 23, 2012.
World Book Night U.S. is an ambitious campaign to personally give out thousands of free, specially printed books across America. Volunteer book lovers helped promote reading by going into the community and handing out free copies of a book they love to new or light readers, reaching them especially in underserved places – and even some fun spots - in locations as diverse as VA hospitals, nursing homes, ballparks, mass transit, diners, and more.
For more information and to sign up to be a bookgiver next year please visit the World Book Night website: http://www.us.worldbooknight.org/
Store Hours for the Memorial Day Weekend will be:
Friday 10-7
Saturday 10-7
Closed Sunday and Monday
New, local author books have recently arrived. Stay tuned for upcoming news about book readings and signings.
To Say Goodbye, by Beth Lapin
Following her father’s disappearance when she was a child, Maia blames herself for her failed relationships. Ben questions his ability to satisfy another after he was abandoned by this wife. Introduced by their dog, Ben and Maia sense relationship potential. Can attraction for each other move them beyond limitations?
A Legend in Time andOnboard the Marauder, Books One and Two of the James Sutherland Chronicles, by Jonathan Westbrook
A Legend in Time combines action-packed adventure with the romantic allure of a Native American legend, that will entertain both male and female alike, ages young adult to adult. Regional locales highlighted in the story include the Colt factory in Hartford during its heyday, and the shores Lake Pocotopaug, a New England area populated by the Wangunk Indian tribe, and the beautiful Indian princess, Namoenee.
Onboard the Marauder brings James Sutherland and his time-traveling companions in contact with North American pirates, in the past and the future.
Campfire Chronicles, by Ann White Lombardi
A science fiction work, the story follows the travels of Alva, a nearly two hundred and four year old woman on her quest to return to the sparkling waters of her birth. Her harrowing and heartwarming journey with a small group of strangers leads them into the alien society of the future and plays a part in their destiny.
