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Do you hate the feeling that comes with reading a good book but not having anyone to talk about it with? Well, if you live in Glendale you can have a whole city of like-minded readers to share a book with. Well, maybe not a whole city, but at least those who pay attention to Glendale Public Library promotions. The library has a citywide reading event called "One Book One Glendale". Librarians want everyone in the city to read the same book. And if you don't read it, they'll peer over their glasses at you and guilt you into reading it.
The book is "When the Emperor Was Divine," by Julie Otsuka. Younger readers are being asked to read "Weedflower" by Cynthia Kadohata. Readers will have an opportunity to meet the authors in events at the Central Library next month (see the link above for more details). And as part of One Book One Glendale, with its focus on Japanese culture, Saturday, Nov. 3 will be Glendale Day at the Japanese American National Museum in the Little Tokyo section of downtown Los Angeles.