Summer reading has begun!

Share your book suggestions and reviews in the comments here.

Summer reading instructions

• Register for summer reading at the library or online at http://www.readsinma.org/


• Count pages of books and magazines, minutes of audiobooks, and approximate pages of material read; keep track with a log (available at the library) or online at http://www.readsinma.org/


• Add your pages to our total weekly (or whenever you like) by submitting recording slips at the library, or online at http://www.readsinma.org/


• Share your opinions with others here on our blog or by filling out review slips at the library


• The more participants we have and the more pages read, the more our Read to Feed challenge will succeed. For each milestone reached (40,000, 80,000, 120,000, and 160,000 pages), the Friends and Trustees of the Gleason Public Library will provide more animals to needy families through Heifer International.


• All participants can win prizes through random drawings, with additional prizes for the top readers.


• Questions? Suggestions? Post your comments here, email us at mca@mvlc.org, or talk to Martha or Angela at the library.

Summer reads

Today's the first day of summer; here are a few cookbooks for the season:

S'mores : gourmet treats for every occasion, by Lisa Adams; photographs by Joyce Oudkerk Pool.
641.86 Ada (in new nonfiction)

The barbecue queens' big book of barbecue, by Karen Adler and Judith M. Fertig.
641.5784 Adl

The summer house cookbook : easy recipes for when you have better things to do with your time, by Debra Ponzek and Geralyn Delaney Graham.
641.5 Pon

Best summer weekends cookbook, by Jane Rodmell.
641.564 Rod

Stay tuned for news on our summer reading program, for all ages this year.

LGBT Pride Month

Here are a few nonfiction books and resources available at the Gleason Library:

Current issues:

Gay marriage : why it is good for gays, good for straights, and good for America, by Jonathan Rauch.
306.848

Families like mine : children of gay parents tell it like it is, by Abigail Garner
306.874 Gar

Normal : transsexual CEOs, cross-dressing cops, hermaphrodites with attitude, by Amy Bloom.
30.677 Blo

History:

Before stonewall : activists for gay and lesbian rights in historical context, ed. by Vern L. Bullough
305.9 Bul

Becoming visible: an illustrated history of lesbian and gay life in twentieth-century America, by Molly McGarry and Fred Wasserman.
306.766 McG

Girl reel : a lesbian remembers growing up at the movies : memoir, by Bonnie J. Morris.
791.4365 Mor

You're not from around here, are you? : a lesbian in small-town America, by Louise A. Blum.

Up from invisibility : lesbians, gay men, and the media in America, by Larry Gross.
305.9066 Gro

Practical resources:

Gay and lesbian issues : a reference handbook, by Chuck Stewart.
305.9 Ste

Everyday activism : a handbook for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people and their allies, edited by Michael R. Stevenson & Jeanine C. Cogan.
305.9 Eve

A legal guide for lesbian and gay couples, by Hayden Curry, Denis Clifford, and Frederick Hertz.
346.7301 Cur

Online Language Learning

Interested in learning a new language, for travel, business, or fun? Check out Rosetta Stone, MVLC's newest database. Rosetta Stone includes introductory courses in:

English (US)
English (UK)
French
German
Greek
Italian
Russian
Spanish (Latin America)
Spanish (Spain)

You can log in any time, from home or the library. On your first visit, register a username and password to save your progress for future lessons. If you have any questions or would like a demonstration, stop by the reference desk.