The latest display at the library has a book-to-movie theme. Many recently released and upcoming movies started as books: In Her Shoes, Shopgirl, The Constant Gardener, Memoirs of a Geisha (our book discussion book for December, contact the library for
Thrillers
Reading for those who like the edge of their seats: Brad Meltzer’s legal thriller The First Counsel, and Deadly Decisions by Kathy Reichs featuring recurring character Temperance Brennan, a forensic anthropologist, both very nice anonymous gifts found in the bookdrop.
On prizes and other things
The Man Booker prize was awarded to John Banville last week for The Sea. The Guardian’s Peter Preston has a comment on why genre fiction is never considered, even with its literary constructs. Does popularity preclude consideration? How many people