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January Films: Brother Bear 2

Thursday, January 9, 2020, 4:00 pm

Come relax after school with a movie and popcorn. This week's movie is Brother Bear 2. The Great Spirits send Kenai, along with Nita, a girl who knew Kenai way back when he wasn't a bear, on a great big, exciting journey to break a pact they made years ago. This movie runs for an hour and 13 minutes.

K-Pop Club

Thursday, January 9, 2020, 5:30 pm

Meet up with other fans to listen to and discuss the latest comebacks and songs of your favorite K-Pop groups. Try out the dance moves, examine the lyrics and eat Korean snacks.

Karaoke

Tuesday, January 14, 2020, 4:00 pm

Grace us with a solo, or a duet. We provide the karaoke machine and snacks, you provide the voices. This program is for ages 9 and up.

Winter Party

Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 4:00 pm

Come celebrate the winter chilly weather with us. Snow crafts, stories and a movie to enjoy the snowy season.

January Films: Cinderella

Thursday, January 16, 2020, 4:00 pm

Come relax with a movie and popcorn after school. This week's movie is Cinderella. The history's most enduring fairy tale shimmers to life in the most spectacular production ever of the classic musical. This movie runs for an hour and 30 minutes.

Georgetown Book Club

Thursday, January 16, 2020, 7:30 pm

Join the Georgetown Book Club as we discuss Rachel Kushner's 2018 novel The Mars Room.

Gaming Day

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 4:00 pm

Join us for a Wii gaming session with Mario Kart, Just Dance and more. This program is for ages 9 and up.

January Films: Lion King

Thursday, January 23, 2020, 4:00 pm

Come relax with a movie after school. This week's movie is The Lion King.

Hogwarts Open House

Friday, January 24, 2020, 4:00 pm

Just got your letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and don't know which classes to sign up for? Come visit our open house for a selection of classes and activities to help you decide which classes to take. Make your own bottle of Felix Felicis, write your own spell and more. Come dressed up and ready to be sorted. This program is for ages 6 and up.

Karaoke

Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 4:00 pm

Grace us with a solo, or a duet . We provide the karaoke machine and snacks and you provide the voices. This program is for ages 9 and up.

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What Should the Georgetown Book Club Read Next?

Vote here for upcoming selections

It is time again for the Georgetown Book Club to add to its reading list. If you are a current or prospective member, please review the titles listed below and vote in the poll at the bottom of this post. The poll will close on Thursday, September 14 at 5 p.m., and the five titles with the most votes will be added to the group's reading list. The choices are

Young Adult Books Set At Summer Camp

Summer is winding down, which means it's almost time for everyone to go back to school, and vacation season is wrapping up. As fall arrives, some bibliophiles may cling to books set in summer as a reminder of the season of cookouts and beach days. When I was a child, I was fortunate enough to attend summer camp for numerous summers of my life. While these camps may have only lasted two weeks, I'd learn skills related to music and writing, and leave with friendships I still hold onto today.

More Friendships Between Women

Recent fiction focused on female bonds

Previous Read Feed entry Friendships Between Women highlights titles featuring authentic depictions of friendships between two women. The novels collected here, published since the release of that list, echo its titles in that they all skillfully portray the close bonds between pairs of women. More specifically, they capture the way that deep connections between women can contain tension alongside affection and thereby can prove nourishing one moment, challenging the next.

YA Around the World

A List of Young Adult Novels Set Around the World

There a lot of amazing young adult books that are set right here in America. While these books can serve as mirrors for some teens by representing characters and settings to which they can relate, books that act as windows into the lives of other teenagers and cultures are also important. Plus, for those who are unable to travel foreign countries, sometimes being able to read about them can be one of the next best things. Below is a list of seven different young adult novels set around the world.

After Austen

A List of Jane Austen Retellings

My introduction to Jane Austen began the summer before my sophomore year of high school when one of the books I could choose to read for school was Sense and Sensibility, which I found highly enjoyable. I was immediately prepared to read more of Austen's work, particularly since my mother had always loved watching adaptions of it.

Liz A.

On Pointe

Literary Fiction about Ballet

As an art form, ballet is complex -- blending grace and power, beauty and control. This complexity shapes the demands that ballet makes on those involved in its production, particularly dancers, as well as the rewards that they can achieve and in these many and various tensions and triumphs, there is opportunity for nuanced narratives, making the world of ballet an apt setting for Literary Fiction.

Movie of the Month!

A Film Series for Adults

Come see the season's must-see film at the library: Get Out Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 6 p.m. A speculative thriller from director Jordan Peele. When a young black man visits his white girlfriend's family estate, he becomes ensnared in a more sinister real reason for the invitation. c. 2017, 104 minutes, Rated R For more information, call 202-727-0232.

These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

Teens In Space

As a child, I fantasized about being an astronaut, or even just going to space camp. In my adult years, this prospect sounds absolutely terrifying, especially after seeing Gravity and The Martian.

Liz A.

For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund

Young Adult Retellings of the Classics

Reimaginings of Classic Literature for Teens

Although the library constantly gets wonderful new fiction, classic literature continues to circulate well. Even readers who have not picked up a classic recently have likely read one for school. For readers who may not find the classics accessible, or just want something different, we have a variety of novels that retell classic literature. This list focuses on retellings that are written for young adults.

They Contain Multitudes

Novels with varying narratives

What shapes a life? What defines it? And what agency does an individual have? These questions echo throughout each of the following novels, all of which play with narrative to present multiple possibilities for their characters' lives.

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