Room

ROOM (2010) is the story of a five-year-old called Jack, who lives in a single room with his Ma and has never been outside. When he turns five, he starts to ask questions, and his mother reveals to him that there is a world outside. Told entirely in Jack’s voice, ROOM is no horror story or tearjerker, but a celebration of resilience and the love between parent and child.

An international bestseller as soon as it was published in August 2010, ROOM has won the Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize (for best Canadian novel), the Commonwealth Prize (Canada & Carribbean Region), and the Canadian Booksellers’ Association Libris Awards (Fiction Book and Author of the Year). It was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Orange Prize, the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award, International Author of the Year (Galaxy National Book Awards) and the Governor General’s Award. The NEW YORK TIMES named it as one of their five best fiction titles of 2010, and Salon gave it a Salon Book Award for Fiction.  The American Library Association have given it an Alex Award (for an adult book with special appeal to readers 12-18) and the Indie Choice Award for Adult Fiction. The Canadian Library Association have named it as an Honour Book in their Canadian Young Adult Book Award.  ROOM was Amazon.ca and Indigo’s Best Book (as well as a Heather’s Pick) of 2010, fiction winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards, Top Pick of the Channel 4 TV Book Club, and also chosen by the Richard & Judy Book Club. The audiobook version won the PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY Listen Up Award.

Between the Covers

The library is re-starting our book club. Our new name is Between the Covers Book Club. We will meet the 3rd Monday of the month at Noon in the first floor meeting room to discuss the book of the month. Copies of the books will be located on the first floor of the library and are provided by The Friends of the Demopolis Public Library. Bring your own lunch and we will provide drinks and dessert.  The following is the schedule for Between the Covers: 

Monday, September 19 at Noon: Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo

Monday, October 17 at Noon: Room by Emma Donoghue

Monday, November 21 at Noon: Out of Mormonism by Judy Robertson

Monday, December 19 at Noon: I Still Dream About You by Fannie Flagg

Monday, January 23 at Noon: 19th Wife by David Ebershoff 

Monday, February 20 at Noon: Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

Shelfari

Check out Shelfari! Shelfari let's you see what your friends are reading, create virtual bookshelves for your books, and keep track of what you've read.  You can also discuss your favorite books in a book club.Shelfari’s groups are a great place to meet other readers like you. There are groups for just about everything — from fans of your favorite genre to book clubs located in your city. After you’ve joined a group, you can follow your groups’ discussions here. Start following the Demopolis Public Library today and see what books we recommend!

Take A Walk On The YA Side

More and more adults throughout the country are reading YA (Young Adult) titles. Cindy Dobrez, middle school librarian, Booklist blooger and a former chair of ALA's Best Books for Young Adults says, "There are very few adults who have forgotten their adolescent years, and a walk down memory lane can be cathartic. The angst and coming-of-age issues are much the same." As adults, we're still going through many of the same issues and battles.

Books for teens are designed to hook readers and keep them reading. In most cases, the first 15 pages of a YA novel introduce the protagonist, plot, source of dramatic tension, something that can take almost 50 pages in an adult novel. The emotions and motivations of the characters are front and center. There may be unreliable narrators, there is rarely unintelligble subtext. The end result is an immediate connection to the book's characters and their experiences. Whether it's first love or a first-time vampire encounter, adult readers seeking emotional connection without irony will find it in the YA collection. (Library Journal 6/15/2011)

Check Out These Hot Young Adult Authors at Demopolis Public Library:

-M.T. Anderson
-Libba Bray
-Cassandra Clare
-Eoin Colfer
-Melissa De La Cruz
-Sarah Dessen
-Sonya Hartnett
-Scott Westerfeld
-Markus Zusak

Always a bridesmaid, never a bride.....

Last One Down the Aisle Wins is the perfect book for any single girl, especially during wedding season. The authors give 10 keys to a fabulous single life now and an even better marriage later. This book will shows you how to:
-Develop and improve emotional health, body image, and confidence
-Take risks and tap into your adventurous side
-Create a dependable network of friends and mentor relationships
-Identify and avoid the top ten reasons women marry too young

 

Books at the Movies

Anner has a disply table on the first floor with books that have been made into movies this year. Whether you like to read the book the book first or watch the movie and then read the book, we've got you covered.

Check Out these titles this summer:

                                                    
*I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (Feb. 18, 2011)
*Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (March 11, 2011)
*Beastly by Alex Finn (March 4, 2011)
*The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (March 18, 2011
*Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen (April 22, 2011)
*Something Borrowed by Emily Griffin (May 6, 2011)
*Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater (June 17, 2011)
*One Day by David Nichollas (July 8, 2011)
*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2 by J.K. Rowling (July 15, 2011)
*The Help by Kathryn Stockett (August 12, 2011)
*We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (November 18, 2011)
*Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer (November 18, 2011)
*The Invention of Hugo Caberet by Brian Selznick (November 23, 2011)
*The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson (December 21, 2011)

Adult Summer Reading Program-Novel Destinations

Librarian Anner Gray has recently graduated from The University of West Alabama with her Master's of Education Degree in Library Media. Since graduating, she has been preparing for the Adult Summer Reading Program that kicks off on June 27 with a Sushi Rolling Class at 1 p.m.

Books Make it to the Big Screen

The best selling book, Water For Elephants, has been made into a movie and is being released April 22, 2011.

Here's the quick rundown on the book: 

• Water for Elephants is a great story from start to finish.
• Water for Elephants has interesting, well-developed characters.
• Water for Elephants is a well-researched glimpse into circus life during the Great Depression.
• Jacob is orphaned during the Great Depression.
• Jacob runs off with a circus.
• Glitz, glamour, murder and mayhem under the Big Top.
• Seventy something years later, Jacob finally tells his story.
• From train to tent to nursing home, the pages turn. 

The movie stars:

• Robert Pattinson
• Reese Witherspoon
• Christopher Waltz
• Paul Schneider

If you haven't read the book, come check it out @ the library. If you can't make it to theaters to see the movie, don't worry! We will definitely get the movie when it hits stores so you can check it out @ the library.

 Something Borrowed is also a best selling book that is now a movie. It hits theaters on Friday, May 6, 2011.  

Rachel White is the consummate good girl. A hard-working attorney at a large Manhattan law firm and a diligent maid of honor to her charmed best friend Darcy, Rachel has always played by all the rules. Since grade school, she has watched Darcy shine, quietly accepting the sidekick role in their lopsided friendship. But that suddenly changes the night of her thirtieth birthday when Rachel finally confesses her feelings to Darcy's fiance, and is both horrified and thrilled to discover that he feels the same way. As the wedding date draws near, events spiral out of control, and Rachel knows she must make a choice between her heart and conscience. In so doing, she discovers that the lines between right and wrong can be blurry, endings aren't always neat, and sometimes you have to risk everything to be true to yourself.

 

The film starsKate Hudson, Ginnifer Goodwin and John Krasinski-what a cast!

New Year....New Books

Start your new year off with books, audio book on  CDs and DVDs at the library! Don't forget you can now download audiobooks and ebooks at the library.(These do not work with the Kindle.) Please blog about  the books you enjoy reading or listening to or make suggestions on books that you would like to see added to the library.