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Ridgewood Library offers summer reading club for adults

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AUGUST 21, 2015    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2015, 12:31 AM
BY MATTHEW SCHNEIDER
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

The Ridgewood Public Library has hosted a number of interesting events aimed at all age groups over the summer.

A brand-new program that proved to be very popular was the Summer Reading Club for Adults.

“We had 100 adults register within the first week,” said librarian Kerri Wallace.

In addition to being a good place for adults to meet and discuss literature, the club also served as an opportunity for its participants to earn rewards for reading.

“Participants received a raffle ticket for every book/magazine/ audiobook/ebook that they read or listened to,” Wallace said. “We had weekly drawings for prizes like a new bestselling novel and computer class passes.”

While the club didn’t follow an exact theme, it did offer a few events focused on famed author Harper Lee.

“We ran a week-long series to celebrate the release of ‘Go Set a Watchman,’” Wallace said.

The club also hosted a book discussion on “To Kill a Mockingbird” and showed the film.

For children, the library has been following a theme for many of its events called “Every Hero Has a Story.”

 

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