Update from the Director New Castle Library Opens April 14th
break ground in March 2012 and will open late in 2012. The architect is Paul Trementozzi of The New Castle Branch Library will Oz Architecture and the contractor is FCI. The reopen on April 14th with building features a Grand Re-Opening an expandable Ceremony that will start at meeting room to 10 am. Join us for refreshaccommodate ments and giveaways that larger events, as day until 2 pm. The new well as two study library will feature a rooms, unique beautiful new fireplace and children's and teen reading area, local history spaces, and a plaza room, teen area, interactive between the children's area and new existing Silt Town community meeting room. Hall and the new There are still donor A sneak peek inside the New Castle remodel in mid library. The plaza opportunities at the new December reveals natural light and beautiful beams. will feature 28 library. Contact Kelsy concrete "books." Been at 625-4270 or by email at Donors will have an opportunity to name their kbeen@gcpld.org for more information. favorite title and author as part of the The temporary branch next door to installation. Contact Kelsy Been for more Subway and City Market at 820 Castle information. Valley Blvd. will close on March 24th.
constructed at the corner of 9th and Cooper by the Glenwood Springs Downtown Development Authority and the City of Glenwood Springs. The project calls for a new 14,000 square foot library on the ground floor, a community plaza, and a second floor that will be unfinished, providing future expansion space for the library and CMC. The library will feature terrific children's and teen areas, a quiet reading room with a fireplace, four study rooms and a large community meeting room. The project is slated to break ground in April 2012. The District hired Willis Pember Architects and Humpries Poli Architecture to design the new library for Carbondale. Currently the project is in design
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The new library is being designed by Michael Hassig and Brad Zeigel of A4 Architects and is being built by B&H Construction. The Silt Branch Library will
The new library in Glenwood Springs at the corner of Cooper Avenue and Eighth Street is wrapping up design development with architect Dennis Humphries of Humphries Polis Architecture and FCI performing the construction. The new library will have a parking structure underneath, and a second floor above owned by Colorado Mountain College (CMC). A second parking structure will be
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Book Recommendations from Staff Members The Magicians
Bellwether
by Lev Grossman
by Connie Willis
The Magicians is the coming-of-age story of Quentin Coldwater, a self-described nerd who, as a high school senior, is still obsessed with the magical world described in his favorite childhood books. Quentin unexpectedly finds himself at a mysterious college where he discovers that magic is real and there is more to the world than meets the eye.
This is a science fiction book for people who might think they don't like sci-fi. While Willis is the winner of many notable science fiction awards, including eleven Hugo Awards and seven Nebula Awards, this book reads like a romantic comedy. Connie is a Colorado author, and this endearing, charming novel takes place in Boulder.
Since its release, I’ve been recommending The Magicians to anyone who will listen, describing it as “Harry Potter for grown-ups.” Really, though, it’s more complex than that. The story is appealing on many different levels, whether you are hooked by the fascinating plotline, the multidimensional characters, or the imaginative settings. There are obvious parallels to J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series and C. S. Lewis’ Narnia stories and hints of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, L. Frank Baum’s Oz, and even Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time. But, I found Grossman’s voice to stand apart as smart and very funny. While the influence of those earlier authors was clearly apparent, I often felt that Grossman was not giving a nod to those authors so much as he was giving the reader a cheeky (and sometimes snarky) wink. I highly recommend The Magicians, even if you don’t usually read in the fantasy genre. -Malia Burton, Administration
The main character, Sandra Foster, is a scientist in Research and Development at HiTek, a fictional research company. Sandra is plagued by an incompetent, insufferable office assistant named Flip who misdelivers packages, throws months of research in the garbage, and generally causes trouble wherever she goes. Due to Flip delivering an important package to the wrong office, Sandra meets Dr. O'Reilly, a mysteriously geeky yet charming fellow scientist at HiTek. Dr. O'Reilly is studying information transfer in animals, and his experiment is nearly a complete loss when Flip loses his funding request form. Will Dr. O'Reilly lose his job? Will Dr. O'Reilly and Sandra end up together? Find out in the pages of this charming, funny novel that happens to take place in the world of Science. -Amy Shipley, Administration