Fiction

Gulf Coast Reads: On the Same Page is an exciting new initiative supporting community reading and discussion that will be held each September.  This program replaces and expands the Big Read and Books on the Bayou programs from previous years and brings together libraries and community groups from Houston, Harris County and surrounding counties.

The premise of the program is that people living in Harris County and the surrounding areas along the gulf coast will all read the same book at the same time, generating discussion among co-workers, friends, families and classrooms. The goal of Gulf Coast Reads is to cultivate a culture of reading in the local area by encouraging people to come together in libraries, bookstores, community centers, homes, churches, and schools to discuss the book. 

This year’s selection is One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.   This book was selected because it shows that culturally diverse people can come together during their collective struggle to overcome adversity. In a moment when the psychological and emotional stress seems nearly too much for them to bear, the characters in the book each tell a personal tale, "one amazing thing" from their lives, which they have never told anyone before.  The novel proves the transcendent power of stories and the meaningfulness of human expression itself.  We invite you to share your "one amazing thing" story on the Gulf Coast Reads website.

What did everyone read in June?  Take a look below at the titles Kingwood adults checked out the most and see if you find a good read or two here in the middle of the summer!

Fiction

1. Merely Magic, by Patricia Rice
2. Water for Elephants, by Sarah Gruen
3. A Light at Winter's End, by Julia London
4. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson
5. An Unlikely Countess, by Jo Beverley

Beginning June 1, 2011, Harris County Public Library is implementing a change to our interlibrary loan (ILL) service.  Effective that day, we will no longer offer ILL service for the following material types:  DVDs, VHS titles and music (CD/cassette). 

We will continue to offer ILL service for books, audio books in CD or cassette formats, periodical articles, photocopies and microform. 

See the Interlibrary Loan Policy for the full policy.

In case you had forgotten, we have an adult book discussion group that meets here every third Monday of the month in the Conference Room at 7:00 P.M.  This next Monday, the 16th, the group will gather to discuss The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford.  If you love good reading and enjoy a good conversation, join us here at the library!  No registration required!