Staff Picks

Oscar Oddities

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 With the Oscars this weekend, it’s fun to look back at some of the odd and interesting facts you may not have known about the big event: Tom Hank’s acceptance speech for his role in Philadelphia became the basis of the film In & Out. Oscar winners sign a contract stipulating they cannot sell their Oscar without first offering it back to the Academy for the sum of $1. One of the requirements to be nominated for an Oscar is that the movie has to be screened in an LA theater for at least 7 days. 3 people have turned …

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10 Books That Stayed With Me (That Maybe You Haven’t Read)

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Recently I noticed a social media post making the rounds in which you are supposed to list ten books that have stayed with you in some way.  The goal is not to overthink it, but simply take a few minutes and answer.  They don’t have to be great books or the “right” books, just books that have stayed with you, impacting you in some way.  So, in no particular order, here are ten books that have stayed with me: 1.     Nine Stories~ JD Salinger:  A collection of stories that is sometimes disturbing, but always full of melancholy.  My favorites are …

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Popular YA Reads

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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler by Phillip Hoose

If you have a middle schooler at home, chances are it’s difficult to get them to read. Finding a book that is written at their level and also of interest to them is not an easy task. Following are a few selections recommended by some area middle schoolers: The Boys Who Challenged Hitler by Phillip Hoose tells thetrue story of a group of boys who were resistance fighters after the Nazi invasion in Denmark. The Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor is about a 17 year old art student at a boarding school in Prague. Her sketchbook is …

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Happy Holidays!

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H ~ Here Comes The Easter Cat A ~ Animal Holiday P ~ Presidents’ Day P ~ Picture Book Of Hanukkah Y ~ Yuckiest, Stinkiest, Best Valentine Ever H ~ Hooray For St. Patrick’s Day! O ~ Orange You Glad it’s Halloween L ~ Long-Long’s New Year I ~ Independence Day D ~ Double Trouble Groundhog Day A ~ April Foolishness Y ~ Year Of The Perfect Christmas Tree S ~ Story Of Kwanzaa Ann Russell, Technology Librarian

Christmas Movies

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What’s your favorite holiday movie?  Is it White Christmas?  Love, Actually? A Christmas Story?  There are certainly many to choose from.  My ultimate favorite holiday movie is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacationfrom 1989.  A synopsis from the library’s copy of VideoHound’s Golden Movie Retriever says, “The third vacation for the Griswold family finds them hosting repulsive relatives for Yuletide.  The sight gags, although predictable, are sometimes on the mark.  Quaid is a standout as the slovenly cousin.”  Now that doesn’t sound very promising, does it?  But no matter how many times I have seen it, I swear – every time that …

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Winter!

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  Winter is upon us once again. Ice is slippery, take heed! Newly fallen snow beautifies. The books are waiting, Evening hot chocolate calls, Read to your heart’s content!  Sarah Duffy, Library Assistant