Calling all Fiction Fanatics and

Book Club Members

Come join us on Thursday, August 10th, at 7 p.m. in the Library Community Room as we wrap up our first-ever Adult Summer Reading Program. We'll be demonstrating NoveList, the library's fabulous fiction database, and several reading group and book review websites. Find a new favorite author, or share your favorites with others. We'll have a grand prize drawing and refreshments. Everyone is welcome! Please R.S.V.P. to Gayle Meldau at gmeldau@cityofmissionviejo.org

"Summer Down Under"

Film Festival

Continues with

Muriel's Wedding

On Saturday
July 22,
@ 6:30 in the City Council Chamber

Where do you find out about the books you read?
	Library staff
	Friends
	Newspaper bestseller lists
	Book stores
	Library website
	Other websites (Amazon, author sites etc...)
	Book clubs
	TV and Radio shows
Free polls from Pollhost.com

Downloadable Audiobooks have Arrived!

Access our new collection of eAudiobooks and eBooks through the library's website. This collections allows you to read or listen to full text digital versions of popular fiction and non-fiction titles anytime and anywhere you like without ever having to come to the library to check them out.

For more information about this new service visit our website.

Adult Summer Reading Program

June 15 - August 10, 2006

Join us for our Kickoff program with mystery author, Denise Hamilton, on Thursday, June 15th at 7:00 p.m. (see post below) and our Wrap-up Party on Thursday, August 10th at 7p.m. Read as many books as you like between those two dates and enter to win weekly prizes.

Fill out a raffle ticket each week to enter our weekly drawing, enter at the reference desk or e-mail your name, phone number and title of the book you've read to: libreference@cityofmissionviejo.org.

Looking for good books to read for the program? Download Audiobooks and eBooks from our website or take a look at our reading lists for recommendations.

If you have any questions about this program, call the reference desk at (949)830-7100 ext.4008. or visit the Adult Summer Reading program website.

eBooks at your eBrary

The library has extended its collection to include electronic versions of our most requested print books. If you see a book with the blue "e" shown above it means the library owns both a print and electronic copy of that book.

Now you can browse these three popular reference books from the comfort of your home:




the Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, Countries and Their Cultures, and Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia.


You can also study for a variety of different tests from the ASVAB to SATs with our Learning Express collection of eTestBooks.

Simply go to the catalogs and databases page on our website and open up the book of your choice.

Join Our Book Club!

Do you like to discover new authors? Do you enjoying discussing the book you’re reading with others? If so, we have the perfect group for you. The Readers Club (sponsored by the Mission Viejo Friends of the Library), meets every month to discuss recent fiction or nonfiction titles selected by the group.

Meetings are held from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. on the 4th Wednesday of the month; most meetings are held in the Saddleback Room in City Hall. Please call Shelley Fels at (949) 581-6414 for more information. No R.S.V.P. is necessary, and all are welcome!

Here are the books still to be discussed in 2006:

7/26 Wolves Eat Dogs by Martin Cruz Smith

8/23 The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman

9/27 The March by E. L. Doctorow

10/25 Caravaggio: Painter of Miracles by Francine Prose

11/15 The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr

Teen Financial Literacy Course

The Mission Viejo Library, in cooperation with Orange County’s Credit Union, is hosting a six week long Teen Financial Literacy Course taught by banking professionals.

The class is held Wednesdays, from 2-4 pm in the community room of the library. Teens must attend the orientation meeting this Wednesday, June 28, 2006. Parents are encouraged to attend the first and last meeting with their children.

The dates for the workshop are June 28, July 5,12,19,26 with graduation on August 2. Teens who participate in the program will receive community service hours and a certificate from the credit union. For more information contact Mary Anne at (949) 830-7100 ext. 4016

Our Free Wireless Service is Being Upgraded

Please note that our free wireless access to the Internet will be temporarily unavailable from Thursday, June 22 - Tuesday, June 27 for an upgrade. The upgrade will provide stronger signals throughout the building and a broader coverage area within the City Hall/Library complex.

If you need wireless access during this time, try these other local wireless hotspots:

It's a Grind
25522 Marguerite Parkway
Mission Viejo, CA 92692
949-768-2633

Diedrich's Coffee
26137 La Paz Road
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
949-699-0566”

Denise Hamilton, Best Selling Mystery Author, to Speak at the Library

Thursday, June 15, 2006
7:00 p.m.
City Hall Council Chamber

The Mission Viejo Library concludes its series of nationally-acclaimed author talks with a presentation and book signing by Denise Hamilton.

Denise was a Los Angeles Times reporter and Fulbright Scholar before she became a novelist. Each mystery provides insight into the many neighborhoods and people that make up Los Angeles. Denise’s just released novel “Prisoner of Memory” was featured in the Los Angeles Times Sunday Book Review on April 30. In this novel Denise’s background as a Los Angeles Times reporter covering the fall of communism gives us new insights into the Russian Mafia in Los Angeles. For more info about Denise's vist her website at http://www.denisehamilton.com

For reservations email stanton@cityofmissionviejo.org or call 830-7100, extension 4008. The “Writers Present” series is sponsored by the Friends of the Mission Viejo Library. Borders Express will be selling her books at the event.