Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library Reader Advisory Blog: Winter Reading Club Begins Today

The weather outside might be frightful, but curling up with a good book sounds delightful!

Registration for our Winter Reading Club starts today at 6:30 p.m. Register online at www.communitylibrary.org and stop by the Adult Information Desk to pick up your Reading Club goodie bag.

You are also invited to join us for our Winter Reading Kick-off Party "A SNOW BALL" tonight, January 31, from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. We'll have carnival games, snow cones, snow globes cupcakes you make yourself, crafts, music and more while you sign up for one of our reading programs.

And that's not all. . . you'll also get a chance to win raffle prizes each week. Simply enter in the books you read online. Each book read counts as one raffle entry for prizes each week. The more you read the better your chance of winning! Raffle drawings will take place on Thursdays February 13, 20, 27 and March 6, 13, 20.

Start reading today!

Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

Genre: Adult Non-Fiction
Rating: 5 out of 5

"Being Mortal is about the limitations of what modern medicine can provide for people as their lives draw to a close. Gawande argues that the objective of medicine should not merely be treatment and survival; medical care should also ensure dignity in death and having control over one's final moments. He argues that instead of aggressively fighting the inescapable realities of aging, we should ask the hard questions of ourselves and our loved ones -- What makes life worth living? When should we try to extend our lives, and when should we choose a better quality of our remaining days over extending their quantity?

This book is difficult to read. Not because of the way Gawande writes -- his style is highly engaging, and he never lapses into excessively scientific jargon or overly simplistic explanations -- but because of the tough subject matter. Gawande draws on his own experiences as a doctor and peppers his book with honest and humane stories of his patients, friends, and family; the stories he tells make the book more accessible, and also more heartbreaking. (And that's not a bad thing.)

No one likes to think about their loved ones', or their own, impending mortality. But it's important to have these hard conversations, because as Gawande says, "endings matter." - Amanda

Winter Reading Club Begins Today

The weather outside might be frightful, but curling up with a good book sounds delightful!

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