Oprah 2.0 Bookclub Pick!

Oprah's latest selection, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis, has been one of those debut novel Cinderella stories, and flurry of publicity has been fun to watch--and that from a book that was released only yesterday!  For more information on how to participate in Oprah's bookclub, check out the Oprah 2.0 website.

goodreads of the Year!

'Tis the season for "Best Books of the Year" lists!  And here's one of my favorites!
This week, Goodreads announced their Choice Awards 2012 winners.  I'm partial to this particular list because the site is a social network for book lovers (think Facebook for people who are habitually hiding behind a book cover), and the list is generated entirely by votes cast by the website users.
Anyway, without further ado, the winners are....
Best Fiction: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Best Mystery & Thriller: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Best Historical Fiction: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Best Fantasy: The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King
Best Paranormal Fantasy: Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
Best Science Fiction: The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
Best Romance: Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James
Best Horror: The Twelve by Justin Cronin
Best Memoir & Autobiography: Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Best History & Biography: Elizabeth the Queen by Sally Bedell Smith
Best Nonfiction: Quiet by Susan Cain
Best Food & Cookbooks: The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food From My Frontier by Ree Drummond
Best Humor: Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
Best Graphic Novel: The Walking Dead Volume 16: The Larger World by Robert Kirkman
Best Poetry: A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver
Best Young Adult Fantasy: Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Best Young Adult Fiction: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Best Middle Grade & Children's: The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
Happy Reading!
Best Picture Book: Olivia the Fairy Princess by Ian Falcolner

From Page to Screen -- Oz The Great and Powerful

Next on the list of cool books being made into movies, another chapter from Frank Baum's Oz books: Oz: The Great and Powerful. Check it out:



The cast is loaded with stars: James Franco, Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis and Michelle Williams, which is all well and good, but how cool do these special effects look??
The movie is scheduled for release on March 8, 2013.

Attention Book Groups

Lynn Austin's latest novel, "All Things New" is now available as a Book Group To Go Bag.  It is a historical novel about a family living in the South during the aftermath of the Civil War.  The heroine of the story, Josephine, must deal with the new reality of life after the war.  Her father and brother are dead, and her once privileged life is gone.  With skill and emotion, Lynn Austin brings to life the difficult years of the Reconstruction era by interweaving the stories of three women -- daughter, mother and freed slave.

Attention Book Groups

The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay

In 1939, as Hitler casts his enormous, cruel shadow across the world, the seeds of apartheid take root in South Africa.  There, a boy called Peekay is born.  His childhood is marked by humiliation and abandonment, yet he vows to survive and conceives heroic dreams--which are nothing compared to what life actually has in store for him.  He embarks on an epic journey through a land of tribal superstition and modern prejudice where he will learn the power of words, the power to transform lives, and the power of one.* 

* Description from Amazon

Available as a Book Group to Go bag.

Attention Book Groups

Do you like books by Jodi Picoult?  If so, here is an option for your book group.  In her book Lone Wolf, Jodi Picoult, the #1 New York Times bestselling sensation, tells a provocative story about family secrets, love and letting go in her unforgettable new novel.

World Book Night 2013--It's Time!!!

Remember last January, when we started talking about the first World Book Night that would be held in the US?  Great news! The event was a huge success, and the publishing industry is excited to bring it back for a second year.  And it's officially time to get World Book Night 2013 under way!  As of today, the application to be a book giver is available online.
For those of you who missed it, World Book Night is an event sponsored by publishers where volunteers are given boxes with 20 copies of a book that are theirs to give away.  The goal is to get a great book into the hands of someone who might not otherwise own a book, and in doing so, hopefully spread the love of reading.
If you have any questions, feel free to call the Reference Desk at 355-3720 or check out the WBN Frequently Asked Questions page.