Attention Book Groups

If you have read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen or seen the movie you know all about the aloof Mr. Darcy, the beautiful Elizabeth Bennett and her sisters, and the vile Mr. Wickham.  In the novel by PD James the story continues.  Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth are now happily married and living at Pemberley.  Suddenly, late one evening Elizabeth's silly sister Lydia arrives in a carriage, screaming that Mr. Wickham has been murdered and stately Pemberley is thrown into a murder mystery.

Available as a Book Group To Go Bag

The Mennonite Returns!

Holland's favorite Mennonite has a sequel in the works!  Rhoda Janzen, author of Mennonite in a Little Black Dress appeared in the Book Buzz section of USA Today last week.  Janzen is an Associate Professor of English at Hope College and her first memoir sold over 500,000 copies.
Keep an eye on the blog--her new book, Does This Church Make Me Look Fat? A  Mennonite Finds Faith, Meets Mr. Right and Solves her Lady Problems is set to be released on October 2 and we'll be able to start taking holds soon.
Happy Reading!

An Invitation to READ!

Here's a special invitation just for you. Come in Come in! We have some golden tales to spin and you can find them all at your public library. We welcome you to summer reading.

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Summer Reading, Redux

And then I have to ask myself, what could you possibly need me for?

Via Teach.com and USC Rossier Online

Is anyone else just a little bit tempted to get this tattooed somewhere?

Ray Bradbury - Science Fiction Master - RIP

Ray Bradbury, pioneer of science fiction and champion of public libraries passed away Tuesday, June 5, 2012.


The author of the classic Fahrenheit 451 was one who shaped 20th century science fiction and embraced an imagination that both celebrated technology and cautioned against its abuse.  He educated himself through public libraries was a firm advocate of them.  Ray  Bradbury wrote for 70 years.  He was 91 years old.


"Libraries raised me. ... I couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.” - Ray Bradbury 


Read the New York Times Obituary

“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”  -- RB on Fahrenheit 451

From Page to Screen -- The Perks of Being a Wallflower

You've still got awhile to wait for the actual release, but here's your first look at little Hermoine Granger Emma Watson all growed up...

Get More: Nina Dobrev, Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, 2012 Movie Awards, New Movies

If you haven't read it yet, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is rather a cult classic among students and well worth a place on your Summer Reading list.  Especially considering that you have to wait until September 14 to see the movie...

Summer Reading Lists: The Biggies

Remember last week when I mentioned that ever news media source is going to come around to publishing a Summer Reading list?  Here's two of the big ones:

The Sunday Book Review for the New York Times released their list this weekend, which is surprisingly light on fiction. It did, however, come with this snazzy artwork that I cheerfully borrowed for this blog post.

The L.A. Times, on the other hand, brought out a veritable party of every sort of reading delineation you could possibly imagine!  And it's so pretty...  No really--lots of covers, book review links, the works!

Happy Reading!