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Vote: Best book of the year is …

It’s the competition of literary proportions: the Prose Bowl. Will your favorite win?

Vote online for Sno-Isle Libraries’ favorite book of 2015. Librarians narrowed it down to 32 of the most popular recent books, arranged in sports-style brackets, and they’re looking for your help in determining the community’s favorite.

The list, which reaches back to the last half of 2014 to capture the fall publishing schedule, spotlights the most popular titles based on circulation and hold requests. More than 300 titles were considered before being whittled for a balance of genre, gender, perspective and audience, with a slight bias toward local and regional authors. See the full list on the Sno-Isle blog by searching “Prose Bowl” at www.sno-isle.org.

The winning book will be announced Jan. 11. Customers with the most accurate brackets will be invited to make a featured booklist. A Sno-Isle library account is not required, but an email address is for votes to count.

More info: tinyurl.com/ProseBowl

Scramble: Find sea floats on Whidbey

The annual Sea Float Scramble, a free family event, is set for 11 a.m. Jan. 9 at Sea Wall Park in Langley on Whidbey Island.

Glass artist Callahan McVay, of Callahan’s Firehouse, created 200 handblown glass floats, which will be hidden in plain view, with no digging necessary, and up for grabs when the ribbon is dropped. A second hunting area for young children (age 5 and younger) and disabled persons will be at Second and Anthes streets.

More info: 360-929-9333, mainstreet@whidbey.com

Resolve: Red Cross seeks blood donors

January is National Blood Donor Month, and the American Red Cross hopes you will resolve to roll up your sleeves this year and become a regular donor.

Donors with all blood types are needed, but especially those with types AB, O, B negative and A negative.

To organize a blood drive, contact the Snohomish County chapter at 425-252-4103.

More info: redcrossblood.org, 800-733-2767

Bloodworks Northwest (formerly known as the Puget Sound Blood Center) has a local blood donation center at 2703 Oakes Ave. in Everett. The organization also offers several blood drives.

Upcoming blood drives in Everett open to the public:

7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Jan. 12 outside the Mariner High School gym, 200 112th St. SW

7:30-10:30 a.m. Jan. 20 outside the Community Transit administration building, 7100 Hardeson Road

8-10:30 a.m. Jan. 20 in the parking lot at BE Aerospace, 11404 Commando Road

12-2:30 p.m. Jan. 20 outside Building 728 at Quadrant I-5 Corporate Park, 728 134th St. SW

12-3 p.m. Jan. 20 in the parking lot at SNBL labs, 6605 Merrill Creek Parkway

9-11:30 a.m. Jan. 26 outside WSIPC, 2121 W Casino Road

11 a.m.-5 p.m. Jan. 26 outside the Everett School District administration building, 3900 Broadway

1-4 p.m. Jan. 26 outside Jamco at the 80th Street Business Center, 1111 80th St. SW

11 a.m.-noon Jan. 27 by appointment outside The Everett Clinic, 3901 Hoyt Ave.

More info: 425-740-2909, www.bloodworksnw.org

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