tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258201112024-03-07T06:01:11.666-08:00Book Lovers Online GuideSuggestions for exciting reads on various topics updated weekly courtesy of Roseville Public Librarydenalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-24641157867022510162012-02-16T10:36:00.001-08:002012-03-27T10:07:00.921-07:00A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />An award winning story that is an emotional journey through guilt and grief.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Conor is a loner, invisible, angry, a thirteen year old boy who calls a monster to life. Death, love, grieving, guilt, torment-- all of these yet a true picture of a family facing the reality of terminal illess. Black and white illustrations by Jim Kay are stark images reflecting Conor's world.<br /><br /><br />Inspired by a story idea from Siobhan Dowd.denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-44879111827524503682011-11-17T14:35:00.000-08:002011-11-18T14:39:17.514-08:00Beth Revis<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Across the Universe</span><br /><br />Amy is floating, dreaming and waking with no sense of time, but upon awakening her life really goes downhill.<br /><br />Amy's family is in cryogenic stasis on a colonizing spaceship, Elder is the leader-in-training of the ship's non-frozen inhabitants. Someone left Amy to die, rescued by Elder, they team up to solve the mystery of the killings and the future of the ship's population. This teen dystopia novel asks the hard questions--What makes a good leader? How far will you go to save your way of life? What do children owe their parents? Does diversity cause discord? Good sci-fi plot with believable characters.denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-38460149959363170022011-10-08T15:25:00.000-07:002011-11-18T14:13:01.895-08:00Isaac Marion<br />Warm Bodies<br /><br />A zombie love story with characters you can identify with, music by Sinatra and the Beatles.<br /><br />R is a zombie whose days are filled with groaning, riding escalators, one word conversations, and an occasional hunt for humans in the nearby city. But R thinks about his world and feels pity toward his victims, during one life-altering encounter his........meal........ triggers intense memories and feelings. So R does the unprecedented and saves an teenage girl who should have been the second course. He is changing into something more........human. Julie is scared but defiant. Her whole life has been dedicated to survival of the human race currently trapped in small military enclaves awaiting the next undead onslaught. Together with sympathetic humans and zombies, they try to create a more humane world. Unusual plot with a familiar theme-- young idealists changing the world.denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-67116340789126655112011-10-07T14:42:00.000-07:002011-10-08T15:24:01.755-07:00<div>Louise Penny</div>Still Life<br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>Looking for an award-winning mystery series? Meet Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec...........</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>It's great to find a mystery author whose characters pull you into the story, a plot that intrigues and a setting you can visualize. Even better if the books are a series. Louise Penny's Three Pines series, begins with <span style="font-weight: bold;">Still Life</span> and the death of Jane Neal, a beloved schoolteacher and reluctant artist. Was it a hunting accident or deliberate? This is the question for Chief Inspector Gamache, a quiet, observant, happily married man who is drawn into Jane's group of grieving friends. The characters are rounded with compassion for their flaws but reader is not overwhelmed by details. Somewhat akin to Ngaio Marsh, Charles Todd, Julia Spencer-Fleming. <br /></div>denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-88062859706440273752011-09-30T11:44:00.000-07:002011-10-07T11:06:32.811-07:00<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 14"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///D:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CGROVER%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///D:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CGROVER%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///D:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CGROVER%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> 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Snapshots of a world gone mad, humans flee to the tundra to escape the zombie mobs but without adequate food or shelter, they go feral; a government administrator re-training white collar workers to dig latrines and shear sheep; a film producer creating propaganda films to stop the mass suicides. Not about zombies really, but people confronting hysteria, grief, fear, greed, hunger, climate change and social upheaval. Read it before the 2012 movie with Brad Pitt.denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-29496814757820193132011-02-16T12:36:00.000-08:002011-02-16T13:13:38.591-08:00Barbara Cleverly<br />The Joe Sandilands mystery series<br /><br />Cleverly sets the series in 1920s India, her protagonist is Joe Sandilands, former Army soldier, now a Scotland Yard detective on loan to the Bengali police force. However, Joe moves about to India's hot spots to solve crimes at the behest of the Viceroy's government. Exotic locale, colorful people, and intricate plotting. In book three, The Damascened Blade, Joe is visiting a friend in the Northwest Frontier, bordering Afghanistan, acting as bodyguard for a visiting American heiress when one of the visiting Afghani leaders dies. Is it murder or an accident? When a government official and the heiress are kidnapped by the leader's friend, war becomes a real possibility. Joe is trying to solve the crime, rescue the hostages and avert a war. But this is not an action adventure story, people talk, observe and share information. With definite similarities to Agatha Christie and Ngaio Marsh, Joe has to decide if he should follow the law or do what is right.denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-21113500588429398122011-02-09T12:33:00.000-08:002011-02-09T12:52:49.610-08:00Jenny Cain mysteries by Nancy Pickard<br /><br />Lets go back a few years to a paperback whodunit series that you may have missed. Jenny Cain lives in Port Frederick, MA and works as the head of a charitable foundation. But this isn't a Jessica Fletcher cozy, Jenny is lonely, a bit insecure in her important position, her mother is in a coma and her sister hates her. She gets involved in a mystery by her family members, old friends or the foundation. For example in No Body, the third book in the series, her sixth grade teacher stumbles across an empty Civil War era graveyard, thus the title. Jenny's guy, a policeman, is out of town and his replacement is a real jerk. She follows the evidence despite him, working with a reporter to figure out who is killing the employees of a funeral home. Not just another cozy filled with quirky endearing characters, Pickard writes people of substance, with feelings and realistic reactions, some with not-so-nice qualities, some just creeps. So the overall effect is a bit funny, a bit sad and quite engaging. Plus I never can figure out who done it.<br /><br />first book: Generous Deathdenalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-768068971673150882011-01-25T10:41:00.000-08:002011-01-25T10:54:17.437-08:00The 13th hour<br />Richard Doetsch<br /><br />Nick is alone in an interrogation room, about to be charged for murdering his wife, a debonair man walks in, hands him a pocket watch and an envelope telling Nick he can change the past but he only has 13 hours. Pulled backward in time one hour at a time, Nick struggles with figuring out who killed Julia and how to stop it. Racing around, meeting the same friends and enemies over and over, unsure who to trust, watching friends die again and again, Nick realizes changing the past is dangerous to himself and everyone he touches. Fast-paced plot with sympathetic characters, similar in appeal to the book <em>Angels and Demons</em> and the movie <em>88 Minutes</em>.denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-38424025996672603572011-01-07T11:52:00.000-08:002011-01-07T13:40:58.133-08:00Book review<br /><br /><br />The Knife of Never Letting Go<br />Patrick Ness<br /><br /><br />Teen fiction, first book of Chaos Walking series, for readers over 14.<br /><br />How does a boy become a man? Todd, is turning 13 next month, a normal teenage boy with a dog by his side going to pick apples for his guardian. His village is populated by men, only men. A disease wiped out all the women and left the men broadcasting all their thoughts aloud. When Todd encounters a silence in the swamp behind the town, his old life is over. Part sci-fi, part non-stop chase, part coming of age, all compelling. Somewhat similar to The Golden Compass, fast-paced, emotional, with a dark tone, you are racing along side the narrator, just hoping.denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-40911339189896033512011-01-05T12:33:00.000-08:002011-01-05T13:57:20.168-08:00Book review<br /><br />A Memory Between Us<br /><br />Sarah Sundin<br /><br />Christian fiction set in 1943 England. Sundin presents a romance between Ruth, a hardworking American nurse supporting her siblings and Jack, an ambitious American pilot, torn between a desire for promotion and family expectations that he join the ministry. Ruth is afraid her secret will be exposed, losing her job and family. Jack wants to be the best only seeing the goal ahead. Sundin gives the reader historical details of nursing, combat and wartime Britain in a page turning inspirational melodrama. Characters throughout have difficult problems to challenge their love and faith. Similar in tone to Dee Henderson, also a inspirational author, this is a story for readers who like a sweet romance and action as well.denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-9034599982010665982010-09-28T13:16:00.000-07:002010-09-29T13:34:48.542-07:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#333399;">Teen fiction suggestions for Wrestlemania and reluctant readers in general</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">Brisick, Jamie</span><br /><em><span style="color:#6600cc;">Have Board, Will Travel: definitive history of surf, skate and snow</span></em><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">YA 797.32 Bri</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">Crutcher, Chris</span><br /><em><span style="color:#6600cc;">IronMan</span></em><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">Anger at his father fuels 17 year old Bo's quest for victory in the triathlon.</span><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">J Fic Cru</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><em><span style="color:#6600cc;">Whale Talk</span></em><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">T.J. is a senior, great at sports who puts together a swim team of misfits, to challenge the football jocks.</span><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">YA Fic Cru</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">Harmon, Michael </span><br /><em><span style="color:#6600cc;">Skate</span></em><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">Ian and Sammy are on the run looking for a relative that can help.</span><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">YA Fic Har</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">Hobbs, Will</span><br /><em><span style="color:#6600cc;">Downriver</span></em><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">15 year old Jesse and other teens of a wilderness survival team abandon their leader, steal a van and raft the dangerous Grand Canyon.</span><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">YA Fic Hob</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">Horton, Ron</span><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;"><em>Extreme Athletes.</em> </span><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">Bios of 6 extreme sport athletes.</span><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">YA 796.046 Hor</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">Lipsyte, Robert</span><br /><em><span style="color:#6600cc;">Yellow Flag</span></em><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">Kyle must drive his injured brother's race car. Does he want to drive or does he want to race to win?</span><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">YA fic Lip</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">Lopez. Jack</span><br /><em><span style="color:#6600cc;">In the Break</span></em><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">Surfing is Juan's life but he drops everything to help his best friend get away from a bad home situation.</span><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">YA Fic Lop</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">Lynch, Chris</span><br /><em><span style="color:#6600cc;">Me, dead Dad and Alcatraz</span></em><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">With the arrival of Uncle Alex, who his mother always said was dead, 14 year old Elvin learns some important truths about his family and himself.</span><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">YA Fic Lyn</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span><br /><p><span style="color:#6600cc;">Lynch, Janet Nichols<br /></span><span style="color:#6600cc;"><em>Addicted to Her<br /></em>Rafa falls in love with Monique, but to please her he has to change his whole life. How can he let everyone else in his life down?<br />YA Fic Lyn</span></p><p><span style="color:#6600cc;">McGrath, Jeremy<br /></span><span style="color:#6600cc;"><em>Wide Open: a life in supercross<br /></em>YA 796.756 McG</span></p><p><span style="color:#6600cc;">Pyron, Bobbie<br /></span><span style="color:#6600cc;"><em>The Ring<br /></em>A 15 year old girl headed for juvenile detention finds an outlet through women's boxing.<br />YA Fic Pyr</span></p><p><span style="color:#6600cc;">Ralston, Aron<br /><em>Between a Rock and a Hard Place</em><br />Author amputated his own arm in order to survive his climbing trip.<br />796.5223 Ral</span></p><p><span style="color:#6600cc;">Smith, Roland<br />Peak<br />Peak Marcello wants to be the youngest person to summit Mount Everest.<br />YA Fic Smi </span></p><p><span style="color:#6600cc;">List compiled by YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Assn.)<br /></p></span>denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-87108322095144267012009-04-06T17:58:00.000-07:002009-04-06T18:32:45.519-07:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#663333;">Way fey</span><br /><br /> Popular fiction has recently taken a supernatural direction, here are three of my favorites.<br /><br />Emma Bull<br /><em><span style="color:#996633;">War for the Oaks</span></em><br />Minneapolis musician Eddi is chosen as the mortal key by the Seelie Court in their battle with the Unseelie Court for the control of the city. Trying to get a handle on reality she starts a band, learning her band members aren't quite human, she uses music to fight for herself and her city.<br /><br />Melissa Marr<br /><em><span style="color:#996633;">Wicked Lovely</span></em><br />Aislinn, mortal who sees Faeries, is courted by the Keenan the Summer King, Donia his former queen tries to warn her away. Loving someone else, Aislynn must make a choice that will be best for her and the human world.<br /><br />Nancy Werlin<br /><em><span style="color:#996633;">Impossible</span></em><br />Lucy has been in foster care since birth, a boy-next-door best friend, an insane mother and a curse on her family. Finding a hidden diary, Lucy believes she and her foster family can triumph over the evil being who is using her as a pawn.denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-23677214425460685532009-03-02T15:59:00.000-08:002009-03-02T16:55:39.719-08:00<span style="font-size:180%;">Recently read</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.elizabethboyle.com/">Elizabeth Boyle</a></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#009900;">Tempted by the Night</span><br /><br />Romance<br /><br />A magic ring grants Hermione her wish to become invisible at night to spy on Lord Rockhurst, current bad boy around London. In fact, he is a mortal, protected by faerie tendencies, guarding his district from demons--that's why he's always on the unsavory side of town. Will Rockhurst let someone else be his protector? Will Hermione feel worthy of his love? An interesting combo of historical and paranormal romance.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200805u/joseph-oneill">Joseph O'Neill</a></span><br /><span style="color:#009900;">Netherland</span><br />2002 New York City is the setting for this story of Hans, a Dutch man with an English wife and an American son. Scenes from his marriage, past, present and future overlap with his time alone in New York City, cricket subculture, past and present and his somewhat rocky friendship with Chuck from Trinidad. This sounds completely unlikely somehow it works: a European point of view of an American time and place and improbable connections between human beings.<br /><br />Famous author is coming to Roseville!<br />Tobias Wolff, author of Old School will be appearing at Martha Riley Library on Friday, March 6 at 6pm. Be there or be square.denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-50494058101783229082008-12-23T12:36:00.000-08:002008-12-23T12:57:28.670-08:00<em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Last post for 2008</span></em><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc6600;">Its been quite a year, hasn't it? I'm not quite ready to name my favorite book of the year, after all the year isn't over. So I will list a few more Roseville librarian favorites.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#339999;">Love Walked In</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Marisa de los Santos</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#339999;">Year of fog</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Michelle Richmond</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#339999;">Run</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ann Patchett</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#339999;">Hunger Games</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Suzanne Collins</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#339999;">Keturah and Lord Death</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Martine Leavitt</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#339999;">Animal, Vegetable, Miracle</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Barbara Kingsolver</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#339999;">Interpretation of a Murder</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Jed Rubenfeld</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#339999;">The Yiddish Policeman's Union</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Michael Chabon</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#339999;">The Mascot: The unraveling the mystery of my Jewish father's Nazi boyhood</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Mark Kurzem</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I hope you have a very nice holiday season and a very happy new year.</span>denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-77102892373698556642008-12-09T12:37:00.000-08:002008-12-09T12:47:14.424-08:00<span style="font-size:180%;">What your librarians are reading</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I asked your Roseville librarians for their favorites reads in 2008</span>.<br /><br /><span style="color:#663366;">Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell</span> by Susanna Clarke<br /><span style="color:#663366;">The Lost Duke of Wyndham</span> by Julia Quinn<br /><span style="color:#663366;">Mr. Cavendish, I Presume</span> by Julia Quinn<br /><span style="color:#663366;">Loving Frank</span> by Nancy Horan<br /><span style="color:#663366;">My Sister's Keeper</span> by Jodi Piccoult<br /><span style="color:#663366;">All We Know of Heaven</span> by Jacquelyn Mitchard<br /><span style="color:#663366;">Crank</span> by Ellen Hopkins<br /><br />I will post more later.<br />Visit the library we will be happy to help you find these books and more.denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-88576130880675445762008-11-29T14:54:00.000-08:002008-11-29T15:11:50.366-08:00Its been too long.................<br /><br />Just a quick post to let you know that we have a<strong> book sale</strong> coming up.<br /><br />Maidu Library<br />1530 Maidu Drive<br /><span style="color:#993300;">Sat. Dec. 6</span><br /><em><span style="color:#993300;">10am to 3pm</span></em><br />Lots of books to choose from, nonfiction, fiction-- both paperback and hardcover. <br /><br /><br />Held the same day as the Craft Fair at the Maidu Community Center--so you can complete all your holiday shopping at once!denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-14682544003409210482008-07-19T15:04:00.000-07:002008-07-19T15:40:22.436-07:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#000066;">Werewolves</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Paranormal is definitely normal</span>, what was once Horror is now mainstream.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000066;">Patricia Briggs</span><br /><em>Blood Bound</em> (first in the series)<br />Mercy is a shapeshifter, part of a wolf pack, friend to vampires and trolls, her day job is auto mechanic.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000066;">Brian Stableford</span><br /><em>Werewolves of London</em><br />Witches and werewolves wreaking havoc on the streets of London, what more could you ask for?<br /><br /><span style="color:#000066;">Alice Borchardt</span><br /><em>The Raven Warrior</em><br />Lancelot, Guinevere and werewolves in Camelot.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000066;">Tristan Egolf</span><br /><em>Kornwolf</em><br />Three words: Amish, werewolves, humorous.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000066;">MaryJanice Davidson</span><br /><em>Dead and loving it</em><br />Short stories about vamps and lycanthropes.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000066;">Carrie Vaughn</span><br /><em>Kitty and the Midnight Hour</em><br />Kitty hosts a talk radio show helping supernatural creatures while trying to hide her own identity.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000066;">Stephen Cole</span><br /><em>Wounded</em><br />Two teens rebel against a werewolf family and search for a cure.denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-91874476383925992162008-07-05T14:37:00.000-07:002008-07-05T15:31:33.022-07:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#333399;">Book</span> vs. <span style="color:#006600;">film</span></span><br /><br />I recently finished reading <a href="http://www.tolkiensociety.org/">J.R.R. Tolkien's </a>Fellowship of the Ring for the first time. I had already watched <a href="http://www.lordoftherings.net/index_flat.html">Peter Jackson's film</a> of the same name, this is the reverse of what I usually do. Though I did enjoy the film, I'm afraid the old adage is true-- the book is better than the movie.<br />All the poetry in the book is lost in the film, songs are an intricate part of <a href="http://gollum.usask.ca/tolkien/index.html">Tolkien</a>'s world building. Although it is hard to imagine Orlando Bloom breaking into song as the fellowship forges ahead in their quest. The viewing public today finds it hard to imagine a warrior who can sing about his troubles. Of course, some of the scenes have been shortened or left out but I think two points bothered me the most. One, the hobbits are not dopey, child-like klutzes in the book. Pippin and Merry are clever, observant and helpful, it is Frodo who gives the show away in the Prancing Pony not Pippin. But Frodo slips on the ring at the end of a <em>song</em>, once again hard to visualize the leading character, dancing and singing on a barroom table. The other critical difference is that Boromir is a much more slimy bugger in the book and isn't killed by Orcs in Frodo's defense. All of which reminds of another reason I enjoy a book more thoroughly, when I forget which character has which name from this village or that, I simply flip backward until I find the right passage. No luck with backing up the DVD, I can never find the remote.denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-16246847868528102202008-06-25T17:24:00.001-07:002008-06-25T18:37:30.343-07:00<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#993300;">Summer</span> Reading Program has started!</span><br /><br />If you have a child between the ages of 5 and 18, we can help you keep them reading through the summer!<br /><br />Stop by any of our three libraries to pick up a log sheet, read 20 minutes a day for four weeks and come back for your prize. Teens have to read for 30 minutes a day for four weeks.<br /><br />Coming events:<br /> for 5-12 <br />July 1 Science Wizard at Riley Library<br />July 8 Music Mike at Riley Library<br /><br /> for 13-17 <br />July 10 Teen Movie Club at Maidu Library<br />July 11 Teen Party at Riley Library<br /><br />Please call us for more information at 774-5221 or check <a href="http://www.roseville.ca.us/library/summer_reading_club.asp">this </a>out.denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-90912274603696709032008-06-14T10:03:00.000-07:002008-06-14T12:05:50.539-07:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;">Flag Day</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">History of the holiday</span>--<a href="http://www.usflag.org/history/flagday.html">click here</a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Betsy Ross</span>--<a href="http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/">click here</a><br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">official website</span>--<a href="http://www.nationalflagday.com/default.asp">click here</a><br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;">for the kids</span>--<a href="http://www.crayola.com/calendar/detail.cfm?event_id=55&year=2008">click here</a><br /><br />Books at the Roseville Public Library<br /><br />The Flag, the Poet and the Song: the story of the Star Spangled Banner<br />Irvin Molotsky 2001<br /><br />So Proudly We Hail: the History of the United States Flag<br />William Rea Furlong 1981<br /><br /><strong>Please plan to come to the Susan Wooldridge Poetry Workshop at <span style="color:#000099;">Riley Library</span> on <span style="color:#3366ff;">Wed. June 18 at 6pm</span>. For all ages, learn about and practice the art of poetry.</strong>denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-87419948385503937292008-05-17T16:11:00.000-07:002008-05-17T16:36:43.034-07:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#333399;">Brown v. Board of Education Decision</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">May 17, 1954</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.brownvboard.org/">This is the website.</a><br /><br />James T. Patterson<br />Brown v. Board of Education: a civil rights milestone and its troubled legacy<br /><br />Peter Irons<br />Jim Crow's children: the broken promise of the Brown decision<br /><br />Harvey Fireside<br />Brown v. Board of Education: equal schooling for all<br /><br />Richard Kluger<br />Simple justice: the history of Brown v. Board of Education and black America's struggle for equality<br /><br />Elizabeth Jacoway<br />Turn away thy son: Little Rock, the crisis that shocked the nationdenalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-19736888349619160522008-04-26T09:29:00.000-07:002008-04-26T12:16:52.119-07:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;"><strong>guys in <span style="color:#999999;">white</span> hats</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:180%;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.cjbox.net/">C.J. Box</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Joe Pickett series</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#996633;"><em>Open Season</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Set in Wyoming, Game Warden Joe Pickett, is a hard-working man with his principles intact. Kind of unusual in fiction, but not in this list. The setting is really a large part of the story as Pickett is in the middle between environmentalists and ranchers/developers. Joe is the key to the story, his character is very rich, he isn't perfect so he is likeable. A very good story to start off a great series.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Donald Harstad</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Carl Houseman</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#996633;"><em>Eleven Days</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Deputy Sheriff Carl Houseman has a dry sense of humor which contrasts nicely with the humidity of the Iowa summer. Satanic cults and ritualistic killing makes this a high tension thriller with a low-key, no nonsense narrator who keeps up the one-liners. Lots of fun with this series, which I confess a partiality for since I am an Iowan.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.craigallenjohnson.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Craig Johnson</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Walt Longmire series</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#996633;"><em>The Cold Dish</em></span><br />Set in Wyoming, Sheriff Longmire is a widower, a father and a good friend. He is also in charge of the murder investigation of Cody Pritchard, who raped Melissa Little Bird, but got off easy with a suspended sentence. Lots of humor, textured characters and a protagonist that is easy to like. Wonderfully written, the descriptions of Wyoming countryside brought the story to life. I really enjoyed this book and the ending was quite a surprise.denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-38380774463148478322008-04-19T10:26:00.000-07:002008-04-19T10:51:55.383-07:00<span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><span style="color:#006600;">Earth Day in Roseville</span></strong>!</span><br /><br />Today at Mahany Park (intersection of Woodcreek Oaks and Pleasant Grove) the city is celebrating Earth Day. Lots of activities for adults and kids .<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;">Recent books of environmental interest:</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#003300;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Safe trip to Eden</span>: 10 steps to save planet Earth from the global warming meltdown</span><br /><em>David Steinman</em><br /><br /><span style="color:#003300;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">This is my planet</span>: the kids' guide to global warming</span><br /><em>Jan Thornhill</em><br /><br /><span style="color:#003300;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Natural remodeling for the not-so-green house</span>: bringing your home into harmony with nature</span><br /><em>Carol Venolia</em><br /><br /><span style="color:#003300;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">A new green history of the world</span>: the environment and the collapse of great civilizations</span><br /><em>Clive Ponting</em><br /><br /><span style="color:#003300;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Terra</span>: our 100-million-year-old ecosystem--and the threats that now put it at risk</span><br /><em>Michael Novacek</em><br /><br /><span style="color:#006600;">Enjoy this beautiful day!</span>denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25820111.post-70413092090823435732008-03-22T14:31:00.000-07:002008-03-22T15:45:55.972-07:00<span style="font-size:180%;">Mystery series <em>I like</em> </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">(set in Great Britain)</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.deborahcrombie.com/">Deborah Crombie</a><br />Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series<br /><em>A Share in Death<br /></em>Set in contemporary London, Duncan and Gemma are police detectives who happen to be in love. I like this one because of the relationships and the stories that focus on different areas of Britain.<br /><br /><a href="http://charlestodd.com/homepage/">Charles Todd<br /></a>Ian Rutledge series<br /><em>A Test of Wills</em><br />Rutledge is a WWI veteran now a Scotland Yard detective, but he is haunted by another presence, Hamish MacLeod, a man he ordered shot during the war. This series is set in 1919, the detective is a fractured man burdened with memories, trying to find some peace. Dark, emotionally compelling but not graphically violent. I feel immersed in the time period.<br /><br />Reginald Hill<br /><em>Dalziel and Pascoe series</em><br />Here's a <a href="http://www.mysterylist.com/hill.htm">link</a> that explains better than I can. Just wonderful but everyone's taste is their own.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jacquelinewinspear.com/">Jacqueline Winspear</a><br />Maisie Dobbs series<br /><em>Maisie Dobbs</em><br />Set in 1929 England, Maisie is opening a detective agency and remembering the war.<br /><br /><span style="color:#993399;">Please attend the next big library event on Friday, April 11: A Night of Science Fiction with Kim Stanley Robinson, Jeff Carlson and Ellen Klages. 7pm at Riley Library. Please call 774-5221 for more details.</span>denalibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852902770130530483noreply@blogger.com0