Library Lovers News

S o u th e r n Do wn s Re g io n a l L i b ra ri e s

February 2015

Volume 4, Issue 1

Welcome to the first Library Lovers News for 2015. Hopefully everyone has
had a lovely Christmas and New Years break and is now back into the
swing of things.
2015 is gearing up to be an exciting year for the SDRC library service. The Inside this issue:
library strategic plan is nearing its final stages and we are constantly strivLove & Kiss in romance
ing to improve and expand services.
novels
Just a few of the things happening in the next twelve months are Library
Lovers Day, Book Week, National Simultaneous Storytime and Library &
Information Week. There are also our regularly scheduled events and
activities such as Storytime, Baby Rhymetime, school holiday activities,
and author visits. Keep an eye out for some quirky fun displays for things
such as International Talk Like a Pirate Day, Dr Seuss birthday and the
Mad Hatters tea party.
Our Facebook page is updated regularly with details of events being held,
and we also have a Pinterest page if you would like to have a look.

Online computer training

New books

Romance authors

Most borrowed books

Stanthorpe Regional Art

Gallery

Love Is In The Air!

Help us celebrate Library Lovers Day. Library Lovers Day is an initiative of the Australian Library
and Information Association (ALIA).
We have a Pinterest board of Blind Dates with a Book which can be found at http://www.pinterest.com/
sdrclibraries/blind-date-with-a-book/
Choose one of the books which appeals to you, and follow the link to our catalogue where you can reserve the book for yourself. To log into the catalogue, use the borrower ID on your card, which is found
under the barcode, and your PIN, which is the first four letters of your surname in capital letters.

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How many times do the words Love and Kiss appear in classic romance novels?
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Love - 235 times, Kiss - 51 times
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Love - 128 times, Kiss - 36 times
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austin. Love - 122 times, Kiss - 3 times
Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austin. Love - 124 times, Kiss - 6 times
Tess of the dUrbervilles by Thomas Hardy. Love - 226 times, Kiss - 45 times
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. Love - 633 times, Kiss - 118 times
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Love - 67 times, Kiss - 15 times

Online Computer Training

The library has a subscription to The Computer School. This website offers a lot of easy-to-follow
computer education training material, in a range of categories such as:

Computer basics

Internet safety

Microsoft

Apple

Android

Google

Computer school modules

Social media

To access this service, go to the library catalogue or the library homepage and click on the link.
Login using the following details:
Select by type - Library member
Username - member
Password - member4370

Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in
the most unpromising soil - Carl Sagan

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New Books

The abyss beyond dreams

by Peter F. Hamilton

The aftermath
by Jen Alexander

Accidents of marriage
by Randy Susan Meyers

21 days to the perfect dog

by Karen Wild

Before nightfall
by Rachel Amphlett

Amnesia
by Peter Carey

Angels in training
by Karen McCombie

The bone clocks

by David Mitchell

The blood of Olympus

by Rick Riordan

The love of books is amongst the choicest gifts of the gods Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Bad luck and trouble

by Lee Child

The art of belonging

by Hugh Mackay

A bone of fact
by David Walsh

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Romance Authors
Judith McNaught

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Julie Garwood

Nicholas Sparks

Nora Roberts

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Johanna Lindsey

Jayne Anne Krentz

Jane Austen

Danielle Steel

Jude Deveraux

LaVyrle Spencer

Julia Quinn

Debbie Macomber

Most Borrowed Books

The affair -

Lee Child

Clean cut -

Lynda La Plante

Mistress -

James Patterson

The hit -

David Baldacci

Wish you well -

David Baldacci

A good woman -

Danielle Steele

Alex Crosss trial -

James Patterson

Bones never lie -

Kathy Reichs

Can you guess the top three

professions for men in Mills &
Boon romance novels?
See the last page of this
newsletter for the answer.

The Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery has a collection of

books which have been added to the SDRC Library catalogue. Covering a range of subjects, these books are now
available for loan using your library card.
To borrow one of the art gallery books, speak to the people
staffing the desk in the gallery, and they will arrange to
have the book put onto your library card.
When returning the book place it into the library returns
chute as you would any library item, and library staff will
arrange for the book to be returned to the gallery.

Sonnet 43 - How do I love thee?

Let me count the ways
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints,I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life!and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

Neuroscientists Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam

studied 15 000 Harlequin romance novels before
writing their book A billion wicked thoughts. They
report that the top ten professions are:
Doctor

Knight

Cowboy

Surgeon

Boss

King

Prince

Bodyguard

Rancher

Sheriff

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