THIS WEEK IN JULY

  1. Friday Jul 31 GINGER RUE FRIDAY, JULY 31; 7 PM @ The Greene Teens are going to love this event!  Ginger Rue, advice columnist for Sweet 16 magazine, will introduce her new novel, Brand New Emily.  Emily is a teen whose biggest problem was meeting people,...
  2. Saturday Aug 1 KID’S STORYTIMES EVERY SATURDAY @ 11:15 AM @ T&C Froggie books...
  3. Sunday Aug 2 LIVE MUSIC SUNDAYS  SUNDAY MUSIC; 4-6 pm @ T&C No live music today....
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HOT BOOKS

  • THE SHALLOWS: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr

    In The Shallows, the author of The Big Switch brings us a fascinating look at how technology is changing our brains. We are surrounded with the wonders of technology, and while we delight in it, is it good for us? Can we get too much of a good thing? Are our brains being “taught” to scan and skim rather than delve deeply into a matter? Are we losing the ability to think for ourselves? Is our attention span dangerously short? Are we losing our capacity for “concentration, contemplation, and reflection?” These and many other topics are addressed in this thought-provoking book.

  • THE POPULARITY PAPERS by Amy Ignatow

    Kids who love the Wimpy Kids books will enjoy this one. It is funny illustrated journal covering a year in the life of 5th graders Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang who are bemoaning the fact that they don’t think they are popular. They develop a research project to try to figure out what makes a kid popular. They want to crack that code before they start middle school, and that’s when the fun starts. Their quest to gain popularity may not turn out the way they planned, but it surely keeps the reader in stitches.

  • SEAWORTHY: A Swordboat Captain Returns to the Sea by Linda Greenlaw

    The author shared her deep-sea fishing experiences with us in The Hungry Ocean and The Lobster Chronicles. Now, after a 10-year hiatus, she returns to captain a swordboat, and once again captures for us the thrill of pursuing and capturing the majestic and elusive swordfish. Besides following her thrilling adventures on the water, the reader walks with her as she unexpectedly sits in a jail in Canada jail, accused of trespassing into Canadian waters. Written in a conversational style, you’ll feel that Linda is having a chat with you about her seafaring adventures, and you’re sure to enjoy it.

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GINGER RUE

FRIDAY, JULY 31; 7 PM @ The Greene

Teens are going to love this event!  Ginger Rue, advice columnist for Sweet 16 magazine, will introduce her new novel, Brand New Emily.  Emily is a teen whose biggest problem was meeting people, until last week.  Now, however, it’s avoiding “The Daisies,” the uber-cool clique that’s intent on making her the Target of its jokes and schemes.  She stumbles onto some secret gossip and finds herself with leverage over a top New York PR firm.  Now she has her very own publicist—and a new makeover.  Make way for Brand Em: she’s got style, she’s got attitude and her troubles at school seem like a distant memory.  However, it’s not long before she discovers the limits of brand loyalty and the dangers of buying the brand and losing herself.  TRICYCLE PRESS

Attendees can enter a drawing to win a free make-over from Sephora at The Greene. 

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