Sample these titles for free on your computer, phone, or e-reader

Major publishers want to whet your reading appetite.  Check out this link for excerpts and first chapters of new books.  These titles will receive a lot of advertising and media-hype hoping to catch your eye.  If you have the time, let us know in the comments whether (after reading several) they deserve attention on par with the media campaigns.
A similar title from last year is available if the titles or authors catch your eye and/or jog your memory for last year's blockbuster books.
If the image above does not load, then try looking for Buzz Books 2013 at your favorite online ebook store (Amazon's Kindle, Barnes & Noble's Nook, iBookstore, Kobo, Sony, Google Play, Powell's, etc.).  The ISBN is 9780985491086.
Library staff are not able to read, review, or even hear about every new book available.  (This article offers a quick explanation of just how many books are released every year.)  Marie adds over 3,000 titles each year to Ruidoso Public Library's shelves.  When publishers release over 300,000 new books (not counting self-published or anniversary releases), it is easy to see how 1% looks lovely on our shelves, but is only a single drop in a very large bucket.  We welcome your insight and input on which titles to watch.

Partnering with Lincoln County Health

Cora at the Lincoln County Health Offices, next door to the library, would love your help.

She collects specific recyclables for a group called TerraCycle Personal Care and Beauty Brigade for the benefit of Feed My Starving Children.  Cora is also planning a Mobile Packing event for Ruidoso this Fall.  A later blogpost will share the details for that event as they become available.

The idea is: collecting these items earns money.  TerraCycle then contributes that money to Feed My Starving Children.  FMSC meals cost less than a quarter (22 cents).  Each item submitted from the list below earns two (2) pennies for FMSC.

This is a win-win situation.  You can recycle your disposables while helping a charity.  TerraCycle finds buyers to reuse the plastics in paving stones for your garden among other items.

Cora is collecting the following recyclables at the Lincoln County Health Center (105 Kansas City Rd, Ruidoso, NM  88345).  If you have other ideas for displaying a collection container, please post a comment below.

lipstick cases
mascara tubes
eye shadow cases
shampoo bottles  (including caps, triggers
conditioner bottles
bronzer cases
foundation packaging
body wash containers
soap tubes
soap dispensers
lotion dispensers
shaving foam tubes (not cans)
powder cases
chapstick tubes
lotion tubes
face soap dispensers
face lotion jars
eyeliner cases
eyeliner pencils
eyeshadow tubes
concealer tubes or sticks
hair gel tubes
hair paste jars
lip liner pencils

NB: Hair spray cans, nail polish bottles, and nail polish remover bottles are not acceptable.

300th blog post! Garden Club plant sale this Saturday!

Back in March (on the first day of Spring this year, in fact) Ruidoso Public Library's blog celebrated it's fourth blogoversary (or anniversary of the first blog post).  Thank you for reading with us or joining us, sending us to friends, or subscribing by email.

I hope this blog connects with you.  I am so happy when a blog reader, during a visit, mentions reading about a library service or event here.

If you have any suggestions to help the library reach more (non-)readers in Lincoln County, please comment below, email, or call us.

This Saturday, June 1, join the Lincoln County Garden Club from 9 am to noon in front of Ruidoso Public Library.  They are selling small herbs and flowers to get your garden growing.  This is a fundraiser to support the xeriscaped gardens maintained by the Lincoln County Garden Club at the library and the hospital.

Visit early for the best selection.  Stay to chat with local gardening experts about your Lincoln County gardening questions.

P.S. Ruidoso Public Library is closed today to observe Memorial Day.  We will open Tuesday at 9 am.  The website and our online services, Gale, Overdrive, Mango, Universal Class, and Heritage Quest for Genealogy, are still available.  Why not visit them on our e-branch tab?

Energy, Taxes, & Groups that meet @ the library

Busy week and weekend ahead!

Tonight is the deadline to file your taxes, or request an extension.

Friday visit the Ruidoso Convention Center for the Lincoln County Renewable Energy Conference and Trade Show.  That's April 22, 8am to 5pm, and it's free!  Learn about job opportunities, green building, and energy efficiency.

Saturday is the Lincoln County Solar & Sustainability Tour, 10am-4pm.  Visit businesses, houses, and gardens to see many sustainable activities, buildings, and appliances.  Visit with locals and learn what has worked here!

Ruidoso Public Library has a conference room available for meetings of non-profit groups.  Book clubs, condo associations, the Daughters of the American Revolution, & a mountain biking interest group have read our policy and filed requests to use our conference room.  The room is available during regular hours.  If you have an interested group, please ask a librarian during your next visit.