Nicole Lane
Want to make new connections, keep your brain sharp, relieve stress, exercise your brain, increase your creativity, grow new brain cells, and be transported? Read more and join a book club! Cleveland Clinic’s Dr. Michael Roizen says, “Companionship and intellectual stimulation—and thinking quickly during book club discussions—all of these things are very healthy.”
A lot of people might not know that the Dearborn Public Library has a collection of nearly 150 book-club kits! Each kit contains ten copies of the book and questions to facilitate conversations. Kits, which are stored at the Henry Ford Centennial Library, can be reserved up-to-a-year in advance with reservation- software called Kit Keeper.
Librarian Nicole Lane orders Adult Fiction and the Book Club Kits. She also does a lot of work on the marketing and social-media side. Plus, she supervises the Adult Pages who shelve materials at Henry Ford Centennial Library. Nicole says, “I love my job. Happily, I’ve spent my last five years with the Dearborn Public Library.”
Additionally, she extols the patrons with whom she has contact: “I am blown away not only by the number of book groups in Dearborn, but by their dedication and resiliency, especially during this past year! While I assumed many would take a hiatus, most groups found ways to continue their book discussions via social distancing outdoors, video chats, and Facebook groups.”
She also observes: “The groups’ loyalty to each other and reading makes me proud to take care of this well-loved collection. I take a lot of suggestions from those who use the kits when selecting and ordering new titles. Many of these patrons are extremely well-read which inspires me to read more widely myself.”
Check out Some of Nicole Lane’s favorite titles in the HFCL collection:
THE ROUND HOUSE by Louise Erdrich
THE OTHER AMERICANS by Laila Lalami
PACHINKO by Min Jin Lee
BANDIT by Molly Brodak
SING, UNBURIED, SING by Jesmyn Ward
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President - Dr. Denguhlanga Julia Kapilango
Vice President - Leslie Windless, M.S.
Interim Treasurer - Brianne Goodwin
Secretary - Brianne Goodwin
Anne Gautreau
Zacki Khaled
Brian Church
Valerie Murphy-Goodrich
Erin Snapp
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