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Based on the Icelandic tradition of Jolabokaflod, attendees and library staff gather to discuss their favorite recent books and find their next great read. Cookies and hot cocoa will be served.
Library staff will share some of their favorite books of 2025, buzz about forthcoming titles and offer advice for finding your next book to read or give as a gift.
Jolabokaflod, or the Yule Book Flood, originated during World War II when foreign imports were restricted, but paper was cheap. Iceland could not support a year-round publishing industry, so book publishers flooded the market with new titles in the final weeks of the year and the tradition of exchanging books as gifts in December was born.