Adult reading program a big hit

The Adult Summer Reading program, "Fishing for a Good Book," was very popular in its first year with over 1,000 entries. The program ran from July 1 to August 31 across the three West Hartford Library branches and was administered by librarian Ann Marie Salerno.
---- The program was easy: Read any book, rate the book on a "fish form," then drop the form into the Summer Reading fish bowl (forms and fishbowls were located at all of the West Hartford Library branches). Patrons must have been 18 or older to participate. There were fish bowls located at each library branch. Fish Forms requested the book read, author, the persons' name, and a brief review of the book if they wanted.
---- All entries had a chance to win weekly prizes with a drawing for a gift card to a local business for each branch. Lisa Gassner, a patron from the Bishops Corner Library, won the grand prize drawing of a Kindle Fire HD. The adult summer reading program was made possible with generous funding from the Friends of the West Hartford Public Library. Overall, the program was a big success, staff said.