Archive for May, 2008
Who Killed Bugsy Malone?
At first, when I saw this bug, I got really excited.
This would be my chance to recommend bug books. Alas, it was dead. Was it a murder? Or just natural causes?
So, I thought, maybe this is a sign that I should say something about murder mysteries.
Agatha Christie was my first introduction to mysteries as a child. She wrote over eighty murder mysteries and I read them all. If you would like to read a mystery, but aren’t sure about the author give this search a try: Mystery fiction.
It’s must’ve been a pretty bug.
-Leslie
Add comment May 31, 2008
Smallest Library Customer EVER.
One of our staff found this little guy trying to make his way towards the library.
I think we need to make a smaller library card.
-Leslie
1 comment May 28, 2008
Emily Fowler is getting a little work done!
The concrete lattice was part of the library’s renovation that were completed in 1982. Parts of the tiles from the lattice have, in recent years, come off, and these gentleman have made the necessary repairs and are now staining the tiles.
O’Neil Ford was the primary architect for the 1982 renovation. You can read more about him and his brother, Lynn Ford, who was also took part in giving this library a unique look with his wonderful wooden carvings, by going to the Portal to Texas History
-Leslie
Add comment May 24, 2008
Slam
Slam is narrated by Sam, a sixteen year-old skater who accidentally impregnates his girlfriend and finds solace (most of the time) by talking to his Tony Hawk poster. I love Nick Hornby, so, needless to say, I liked Slam. It’s no High Fidelity or About a Boy, but it’s still high quality dude-lit (my own phrase for the male version of chick-lit, although the New York Times labels Hornby’s genre “male confessional”). I recommend this one to Nick Hornby fans of every age and to teens. As an added bonus for myself, Slam references my number one favorite musical artist of all time, Rufus Wainright.
-Dana
Add comment May 22, 2008
Daddy Hug
When I first saw Tim Warnes’ Daddy Hug, I expected another run-of-the-mill, cute, animal picture book showing various animal daddies doing the things that are most appropriate to their species. Daddy Hug begins that way, but redeems itself by being humorous instead of just sentimental and sweet–the high points being the look on the Daddy Orgutan’s face and the spread with the belching Moose. This book could have easily been mediocre, but Jane Chapman’s deft illustrations make it exceptional.
-Dana
Add comment May 20, 2008
True Crime
Who did the dastardly deed? Only London’s finest detective can solve this crime. Or can he?
In 1860 a shocking crime horrified all England and led to a national obsession with detection, ironically destroying, in the process, the career of perhaps the greatest detective in the land.
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale is a true mystery with all of the intrigue and suspense of a great novel. This page turner will keep you guessing about the identity of the murderer and fascinated by the challenges facing the first detectives of Scotland Yard.
See where the tough, quirky, knowing, and all-seeing detective that we know and love today…from the cryptic Sgt. Cuff in Wilkie Collins’s The Moonstone to Dashiell Hammett’s Sam Spade began.
-Kimberly
Add comment May 19, 2008
The Book Thief
Written from the point of view of Death, this wryly narrated book tells the story of Liesel Meminger, a young German girl living in the birthplace of Nazism during World War II. The Book Thief focuses on Liesel’s love of books and how books help her, her family and her community cope with the horrors of war.
If you love the written word, Zusak’s subject matter and writing style will pull you into Liesel’s world. Many people have trouble getting into the story at first, but I say give it at least one-hundred pages. I was hooked from page one; this is one the best young adult novels I have ever read. The Book Thief is highly recommended for both teens and adults.
-Dana
Add comment May 19, 2008
