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Taking the crown as the most checked-out adult title this year at San Jose Public Library branches is Kristin Hannah\u2019s \u201cThe Women,\u201d a compelling coming of age story. The prequel to \u201cThe Hunger Games,\u201d \u201cThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes\u201d by Suzanne Collins, remains the top pick for teen readers for the second consecutive year. And once again, a Dav Pilkey title comes out on top among children\u2019s books: \u201cDog Man: The Scarlet Shedder\u201d was the most checked-out title for that age group.<\/p>\n
All told, the San Jose Public Library recorded 8.1 million items checked out over the past year. For more information, visit: sjpl.org\/membership.<\/a><\/p>\n Neighborhood Notes<\/p>\n WILLOW GLEN>>Concerts on the Corner is presenting\u00a0Carols on the Corner,\u00a0a free musical celebration of the holidays, on Friday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m.\u00a0at First Congregational Church of San Jose, 1980 Hamilton Ave. Admission is free; donations of nonperishable food or cash will benefit the Campbell United Church of Christ\u2019s food pantry.<\/p>\n Featured performers include First Congregational Church\u2019s choir, bell choir and family band, as well as Ukulele Scramble, Harmonia California and the Bair Island Brass Quintet. Refreshments will be served after the performance.<\/p>\n For more information, visit firstccsj.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n >>Conductor Barbara Day Turner will lead the San Jos\u00e9 Chamber Orchestra in a New Year\u2019s Eve \u201cCelebration\u201d on Wednesday, Dec. 31, at 3 p.m. at St. Francis Episcopal Church, 1205 Ave. the program features guest artists pianist Jon Nakamatsu, cellist Evan Kahn, and clarinetists Jon Manasse and Alec Manasse. The concert will be followed by a reception and a bubbly New Year\u2019s Eve toast.<\/p>\n Tickets are $20-$85 at https:\/\/sjco.org<\/a>, 408-295-4416 or sjcorch@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Check out these reads Taking the crown as the most checked-out adult title this year at San Jose…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[184,7,13729,23,88,90,89,198,200,12465],"class_list":["post-85140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-holiday-events","tag-local-news","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-south-bay","tag-willow-glen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}