La Quinta Public Library

Hi there! We have a Mystery Book Club and just had our first meeting today! So I thought I'd share with you what the group read and discussed at today's meeting. From February's list, I read T he Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter  by Theodora Goss and it was a really fun book! If you like classic stories like Frankenstein and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, then you should give this one a try. It's the first in The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club series. In this one, we meet Mary Jekyll who uncovers some interesting information about her deceased father and a secret society he might have been a part of. She seeks out the assistance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson only to find herself helping them with a series of murder cases and befriending some extraordinary women along the way whose backgrounds link to the secret society she's investigating. The Dry by Jane Harper , a thriller set in Australia, is about a federal agent, Aar...

February 13th is Galentine's Day ! What is Galentine's Day you ask? It's a day to celebrate  female friendship! You might have heard about it from the wise Leslie Knope on Parks and Rec. Hopefully you've made some plans with your best gal-pals but if you can't celebrate with them in person, share this book list with them and pick one of these books and read them together! Click on the book titles below for more info.  Happy Galentine's Day ! Invincible Summer - Alice Adams The Deepest Roots - Miranda Asebedo Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen The Girls in the Picture - Melanie Benjamin The Regulars - Georgia Clark My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante Real Friends - Shannon Hale The Queen of Hearts - Kimmery Martin The Widows of Malabar Hill - Sujata Massey When Katie Met Cassidy - Camille Perri Girls Burn Brighter - Shobha Rao Text Me When You Get Home: The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Fe...

Are you challenging yourself to read more books this year? Maybe read books outside your comfort zone? Or books only by women? Only by people of color?  Well if you need some ideas, here are some great reading challenges to check out!  La Quinta Library's Adult Reading Challenge - Yes, we have our own! We challenge you to read 24 different types of books. Check out the reading log and suggestions on this blog.  Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge  - I absolutely adore Book Riot and their yearly reading challenge! It really pushes you to read genres/types of books you never even thought of and it's introduced me to so many great books. Pop Sugar Reading Challenge 2019  - Click on the link to get a PDF copy of this fun reading challenge from Pop Sugar! Reading Women Challenge 2019  - These awesome ladies host a podcast, a website and other social media accounts that are all about reading women. So as you can guess, their reading challenge requ...

Happy New Year! We are ready to kick off 2019 with lots of great programs, new blog posts and loads of fun.  If you haven't already heard about it, please check out our blog for our upcoming La Quinta Book Fest on February 2nd, 2019 ! We have 10 authors coming to participate in discussion panels and if you stick around through the end of the day, you could buy their books and get them signed! It's going to be a fun day and we sincerely hope you'll join us for our first-ever book festival.  Our 2019 Reading Challenge for adults is out and ready to go! Also if you're looking for a book club to join, we have 6 adult book clubs , so check out that page too.  Also please remember we'll be closed Monday, January 21st in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Normal hours will resume Tuesday, January 22nd at 10:00AM.  Now back to the blog. Each Friday, we'll share some interesting reads or websites we've found on the internet. And if you don'...