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Dancing not only improves your cardiovascular health, it's also good for strength and flexibility. Additionally, it can boost your mood as well as increase cognitive performance. Dancing can also be a social activity that allows you to spend quality time with friends and family. You don't have to sign up for a dance class to experience the benefits of dancing because you can always just throw a home dance party! 

All you need is music and then you can decide your moves. Free form dancing is also a good option, especially if you're dancing with children, but either way, the library can support you in your home dance party plans.

Check out dance albums available to stream on Hoopla:

Latin: https://www.hoopladigital.com/genre/1064271582

Electronic: https://www.hoopladigital.com/genre/322087717

Reggae: https://www.hoopladigital.com/genre/322087729

Children's: https://www.hoopladigital.com/genre/1519301086

General dance: https://www.hoopladigital.com/genre/322084880

Get dance move ideas:

Hoopla Dance videos: https://www.hoopladigital.com/genre/1288697068

Check out one of our instructional dance DVDs. We have ballroom dancing, swing, foxtrot, latin, tango, and more.

Celebrate National Dance Day:

Mark your calendars for July 31st and read more about this day here.

You can also sign up children ages 4-9 for our Dance Your Cares Away Lit Lab: https://www.cantonpl.org/content/lit-lab-productions

Head back to 62 Days of Summer for more ways to participate in the summer program!

Looking to learn a new skill, hobby, or language? The Canton Public Library has many ways for you to learn over the summer. 

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Reading book reviews are a great way to find new titles to read, but have you ever considered writing them yourself? Sharing your critiques and compliments of books are a great way to help others evaluate whether they’re worth reading or not. Glowing reviews also help great books that just don’t happen to have a lot of marketing going into their publications, get more attention.

Anyone can write a book review, but there is an art to writing a good one that really tells others if a book is a good fit for them. Good book reviews are not too long, but at the same time get at what struck you most about the book. Book review readers want to know more than that you enjoyed it and would recommend it. You want to summarise the main themes of the book and pick out what you thought stood out to you the most (and whether it was good or bad). Compare it to other similar books.

Get some more ideas on how to format your book reviews here:

BOOK RIOT's "How to Write a Book Review"

Grammarly's "How to Write a Book Review"

What are some places you can share your book reviews?

The most common book review websites are Amazon.com and Goodreads.com, but who says you have to only leave your book reviews on sites people go to looking for reviews? Why not post them on Facebook or Instagram and see what your friends think? Maybe they’ll have some book review ideas to give back to you!