BY JESSALYN KIRCHHOFF<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don’t have a date for this Valentine’s Day? Then Hays Public Library can be of assistance, setting you up with a blind date – a blind date with a book, that is. The Hays Public Library will host a Blind Date with a Book event on Tuesday. Attendees will be able to pick a book that is wrapped in paper and tagged with a few hints about its personality to then sit in the HPL community commons to enjoy their \u2018date\u2019 with snacks and drinks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Blind Date with a book begins at 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HPL Public Services Librarian, Jessica Shields, explains while this is not an event that is new for the library, it is classically a fan favorite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is an event that has been done in the past and was a huge success for the library as well as the community,\u201d Shields said. \u201cWe have received fantastic feedback in the past, and it is a great way to delve into your love of books on the day made for love, Valentine\u2019s Day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for the selection guests can expect to see and have the potential to \u2018date,\u2019 Shields lists a few genres that will be present without giving any hints as to the titles that will be there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere will be a variety of genres. Some will be romance focused, while others will showcase spell-binding worlds,\u201d she said. \u201cThe goal is to have a mysterious book selection that will intrigue all. No exact titles will be revealed at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The best part of this activity? It is a come-and-go type event. This means individuals can attend on their own time and spend as much or as little time as they want. Shields expands on this with event specifics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Blind Date event is passive and is on one\u2019s own time frame,\u201d she said. \u201cHowever, the complimentary food and snacks will be out for the hour starting at 5:30 p.m.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shields then touches on the purpose of this event, as well as the ulterior motive behind others like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is a literacy-based event meant to get the community involved in reading and hopefully, get everyone to fall in love with a new book,\u201d Shields said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unable to attend on V-Day? Not a problem. HPL currently has a whole display dedicated to romance novels that they recommend readers come in and checkout.
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For more information on the Hays Public Library and its upcoming events for the month of February, check out its website at https:\/\/hayslibrary.org\/<\/a> and its event calendar at https:\/\/hayslibrary.evanced.info\/signup\/Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BY JESSALYN KIRCHHOFF Don’t have a date for this Valentine’s Day? Then Hays Public Library can be of assistance, setting you up with a blind… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":71094,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3397,11],"tags":[12531,3126,14325,13925,15047],"class_list":["post-71093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-area-news","category-news","tag-blind-date-with-a-book","tag-hays-public-library","tag-hpl","tag-jessalyn-kirchhoff","tag-jessica-shields"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Blind-Date-with-a-Book.png?fit=512%2C288&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71093"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71145,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71093\/revisions\/71145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}