What to Read/Hear/View
Fall 2009: New Fiction Titles
Be sure to put in a request for these new titles coming out this fall:
9/8: The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
9/22: An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
10/5: The Professional by Robert B. Parker
10/6: A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris
10/12: Diary of Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
10/13: Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly
10/13: Pursuit of Honor by Vince Flynn
11/3: Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb
11/16: I, Alex by James Patterson
Fall 2009: Upcoming Movies Based on Books
Did you ever think about how many movies out there are actually based on books! Titles in bold are in the Round Lake Library’s collection. If you want a title that we don’t own, call or stop by the circulation desk and we’ll be happy to order you a copy.
The Informers, based on the book by Bret Easton Ellis
Julie and Julia, based on the book Julie and Julia by Julie Powell and My Life in France by Julia Child
Taking Woodstock, based on the book by Elliot Tiber
The Time Traveler’s Wife, based on the book by Audrey Niffenegger
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, based on the children’s book by Judi Barrett
Shutter Island, based on the book by Dennis Lehane
Whip It, based on the book Derby Girl by Shauna Cross
Where the Wild Things Are, based on the children’s book by Maurice Sendak
The Road, based on the book by Cormac McCarthy
Check out these Pulitzer winners in our collection!
| The Good Earth (1932) | Pearl S. Buck |
| Gone With the Wind (1937) | Margaret Mitchell |
| The Yearling (1939) | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
| The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | John Steinbeck |
| Tales of the South Pacific (1948) | James A. Michener |
| The Caine Mutiny (1952) | Herman Wouk |
| The Old Man and the Sea (1953) | Ernest Hemingway |
| To Kill a Mockingbird (1961) | Harper Lee |
| The Killer Angels (1975) | Michael Shaara |
| The Color Purple (1983) | Alice Walker |
| Ironweed (1984) | William Kennedy |
| Breathing Lessons (1989) | Anne Tyler |
| Rabbit at Rest (1991) | John Updike |
| The Shipping News (1994) | E. Annie Proulx |
| The Hours (1999) | Michael Cunningham |
| Empire Falls (2002) | Richard Russo |
| Middlesex (2003) | Jeffrey Eugenides |
| The Known World (2004) | Edward P. Jones |
| March (2006) | Geraldine Brooks |
| The Road (2007) | Cormac McCarthy |
Novelist (from EBSCO) NoveList is a fiction database with over 120,000 fiction titles. It allows readers to use a favorite author or title to locate other authors and titles of interest. It provides subject access, reviews, annotations, and includes Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Feature Articles.
Allreaders.com - Search by element of plot, character, setting, etc. to find a specific kind of book (or movie). Includes fiction genres (romance, mystery, etc) as well as literary fiction, biographies and history.
Booktv on CSPAN2 – the site for the popular cable show
October 19th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
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