Stock Up On Summer Reading at the Swannanoa Library Half-Price Book Sale 

Summer is almost here, and it’s time to stock up on books for those lazy days at the beach. If you want to find lots of good reads, save yourself some serious cash, and help a good cause while you’re at it — there’s no better place to shop than the Swannanoa Library’s year-round used book sale. The library’s entire basement is filled with thousands of books offered at rock bottom prices all year long. But for the month of April, the already low prices will be slashed in half, with hardcovers going for 75 cents each, and paperbacks for 35 cents. It doesn’t get much better than that!

Books are organized by category (fiction is further organized by author’s last name), making it easy to find just what you want. The library is located at 101 West Charleston Ave., in Grovemont. Hours are Tues., 10 am – 8 pm; Wed. – Fri., 10 am – 6 pm; and Sat. 10 am – 2 pm. Proceeds from book sales go to the Friends of the Swannanoa Library and are used to enhance the library’s programs, services and collections. For more info, call the library at 828-250-6486.

The Swannanoa Library’s Winter Snowflake Challenge is back! Are you up to the challenge? Your mission is to read six books or more each month during February and March. Bring your list of completed books to the library, and add a snowflake to the library windows for our “blizzard” of reading. On April 1, three names from the snowflakes will be drawn for each of three age groups: Adults, Teens and Children. Prizes are gift cards from Barnes & Noble of $10, $15 & $25. “Books” may include audiobooks and graphic novels.

For more info, call the library at 828-250-6486. The Swannanoa Library is located at 101 West Charleston Ave. in Grovemont.

The Swannanoa Library is sponsoring a winter challenge for readers of all young-girl-studying.jpg ages. Read six or more books each month from January through March and you’ll be entered in a drawing for Barnes & Noble gift certificates. In addition, all participants will receive a credit for a free book from the library’s Bargain Basement Book Sale. For details and participation rules, please stop by the library at 101 West Charleston Avenue in Grovemont, or call 250-6486.