If you have been recently to the Dublin Library, you’ve noted the display for the “Books Around The Bay” adult summer reading game located near the public access computers. This reading game from June 15 to August 15. We encourage adult library members to read or listen to a books that was either written by an author from the San francisco Bay Area, or which takes places in the Bay Area.
Fill out an entry form for each book you read or listen to and then drop it in the entry box at your library. One complete entry form will be drawn each week for a prize. All entries (including weekly prize winners) are eligible for a grand prize drawing at the end of the summer.
One of our circulation staff, Carmin, wrote that she recently read the entire series of Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin. “These books are great for the summer, they are funny and a fast read. The series takes place in San Francisco so it is very easy to visualize the scene. The entire series takes the reader from a time when there was less to worry about through the introduction of a new disease that was killing off a lot of San Francisco residents to a cautiousness most people practice today. You’ll laugh and cry and wish there was more!”
I wholeheartedly agree with Carmin that the series definitely reflects the time in which it was written, a time that some of us look back upon with a little bit of nostalgia.
Of course, the Bay Area is also known for great weather, restaurants, and great access to the natural beauties of northern California. Written and recorded books are available through your library on these and other topics.
Join in the reading game and celebrate life and culture of the best part of California!
I read the series just before we moved to the bay area. We spent a number of weekends looking for the places in the books. A great way to learn the city!