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October 22, 2010

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Anonymous Kokomo Tribune The Kokomo Tribune Fri Oct 22, 2010, 12:00 AM EDT

THE ISSUE: The Howard County Reads program.

OUR VIEW: Vote for this year’s book selection online at howardcountyreads.org, or fill out a nomination form at any library in the county.

Candidate endorsements fill our in-box each day, as Election Day approaches. Yet there’s another vote under way you shouldn’t miss.

And Howard County Reads is waiting to hear from you.

The program was introduced in 2004. Its goal: To cultivate a love of reading and to promote a sense of community.

Planners from the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library and Greentown Public Library have taken community-building a step farther this year.

Between March 7 and July 31, county residents – as in previous years – nominated a personal favorite for consideration as this year’s Howard County Reads selection. Forty-seven books were nominated.

A committee of residents and library staff winnowed the nominated titles to a “top 10.” They are “Half Broke Horses,” by Jeanette Walls; “Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins; “People of the Book,” by Geraldine Brooks; “Same Kind of Different as Me,” by Ron Hall; “Sarah’s Key,” by Tatiana De Rosnay; “Stitches: A Memoir,” by David Small; “The Good Soldiers,” by David Finkel; “The Guernsey Literacy and Potato Peel Pie Society,” by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows; “The Secret Life of Bees,” by Sue Monk Kidd, and “To Kill a Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee.

Residents have until Oct. 31 to vote for one of the 10 books they want to read as the Howard County Reads selection. The winning title will be announced Nov. 11.

Both libraries have made it easy to participate. To vote for a title among this year’s top 10, you can do it online at howardcountyreads.org, or fill out a nomination form at any library in the county.

The most important part of Howard County Reads, however, is to get involved in this community activity. You can join one of the program’s book discussion groups, or form your own among friends and co-workers.

Howard County Reads will even provide your group a discussion leader.

If you want to host a book discussion, let organizers know by calling 765-454-4710 or e-mailing read@howardcountyreads.org.

We believe this will be the best year yet for the program.

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