
Skokie Public Library The Black Friday madness can be draining, but an hour or two with a book can help recharge the old batteries like nothing else. What are you hoping to read this weekend? We've got Tyler Cowen's "Create Your Own Economy" and the Uncensored, Unauthorized Biography of The Simpsons by John Ortved.

Skokie Public Library Would you like to take our reading survey? Your answers can help us improve our services.
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It should come as no surprise that we here at Skokie Public Library love reading, and we hope you do as well. We'd like to learn a bit more about your reading interests, as well as other ways you get the ...

Skokie Public Library Thanks to everyone who showed up to our National Gaming Day celebration. Check out our photos in the Flickr widget below.

Skokie Public Library Check out the leaderboard from the countrywide National Gaming Day competition! We're pretty well represented, especially considering we were the only library to play Beatles Rock Band.
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It's Friday, so you know the name of the game. What are you reading?
Me, I'm hoping to read Sara Gran's chiller Come Closer. Looks spooky!

Skokie Public Library We're getting ready for our big National Gaming Day celebration this Saturday. We've got board games, pizza and Beatles Rock Band. Are you in?

Skokie Public Library The Library is open for regular hours (9 AM - 9 PM) during Veterans Day.

Skokie Public Library To anyone who saw this week's Parks and Recreation, let me just say that it's all true. (It's not all true. At all.)
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Video description: Leslie gets upset when she learns the library department wants to take over her lot.

Skokie Public Library It's Friday, and that means it's time for our favorite question: What are you reading this weekend? I'm hoping to get through David Benioff's City of Thieves.

Skokie Public Library Saturday, November 14th is National Gaming Day! We'll be celebrating with a Beatles Rock Band tournament and open board gaming from 1:30 - 5.

Skokie Public Library We'll have a representative from Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky at the library on Wednesday at 7. She'll be able to discuss a variety of constituent issues, including immigration, the Post Office, passports, and current goings-on in Congress.

Skokie Public Library November means it's time for NaNoWriMo once again. Is anyone taking the novel-writing plunge?

Skokie Public Library Interesting article in this morning's HuffPo about the power of a negative recommendation. While they don't mention libraries, I think the same rules apply. What book would you "un-recommend" to someone you know?
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A sales rep's credibility (whether they be independent or house) is boosted as much by a sense of when to "un-sell" as it is by the ability to make a strong recommendation for a beloved new book.
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