{"id":192,"date":"2013-12-19T16:32:31","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T22:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/?p=192"},"modified":"2013-12-19T16:32:31","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T22:32:31","slug":"check-it-out-jan-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/2013\/12\/19\/check-it-out-jan-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Check It Out . . . Jan 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is it really time to set some New Year&#8217;s resolutions?\u00a0 Eating less, exercising more, winning the lottery and starting a new hobby\u00a0seem to be popular with many.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve decided I only have three:\u00a0 1) Read more; 2) Read more; 3) Read more!\u00a0 So many books. . .so little time!\u00a0 Guess I&#8217;ll have to put down the cross stitching and pick up\u00a0one of the books on my list.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Not to mention the newspapers, magazines and my Bible.<br \/>\nI love to try new authors, so we have a large variety here in the Library.\u00a0 Quite often someone will tell me about a book or\u00a0an author they like, so I have the benefit of being able to get a first-hand opinion.\u00a0 I have noticed that more and more authors are writing\u00a0in series instead of stand-alone books.\u00a0 I suppose the intent is to capitalize on readers\u00a0that have gotten\u00a0hooked on a particular character or family.\u00a0 When the ending leaves you wondering what happens next, it&#8217;s probably a good indication that you&#8217;ll have to get the next book in\u00a0the series to find out.\u00a0 But, I don&#8217;t like to start a series unless I can finish it.\u00a0 So, I usually wait until the series is complete before I read it.\u00a0 Of course, that means it may be several years before I read a best-selling series.\u00a0 In the meantime there&#8217;s always plenty to choose from.\u00a0 So, whether you like a good mystery, biography or romance &#8211;\u00a0series or stand-alone, we have something for everyone.\u00a0 Start the new year out with a resolution to read.\u00a0 Come in and . . . Check It Out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it really time to set some New Year&#8217;s resolutions?\u00a0 Eating less, exercising more, winning the lottery and starting a new hobby\u00a0seem to be popular with many.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve decided I only have three:\u00a0 1) Read more; 2) Read more; 3) Read more!\u00a0 So many books. . .so little time!\u00a0 Guess &#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/2013\/12\/19\/check-it-out-jan-2014\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-check-it-out"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions\/194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}