What's in Your Library Bag Wednesday?

     Well, blog friends, What's in Your Library Bag this Wednesday? I have a couple of different books just waiting to be read, but with the holidays and my birthday fast approaching, I'm trying to plan a party and get Christmas cards done. So, I'm unfortunately not getting much read. I have been able to squeeze a few new movies in, though. That got me to wondering, are you not the big reader that I am? Do you keep coming back hoping that I will eventually suggest something that strikes your interest? How about movies? You know you love to watch movies? And I'm sure you always here that the book is better than the movie...maybe you aren't convinced.
     Here's a list of movies slated to come out in 2012. We have all of these books in the Library. Find one that sounds interesting and check it out. Then check back with me after you've seen the movie and let me know...was the book really better than the movie??

Hunger Games
One for the Money
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Great Gatsby
Fahrenheit 411
Breaking Dawn
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
War Horse
Sherlock Holmes: A game of shadows
Invention of Hugo Cabret
Admission
Anna Karenina
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire hunter
Odd Thomas
The Dogs of Babel
The Hobbit
The Lorax
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
The Perks of Being a Wallflower

It's Tuesday!!

Okay, it's Tuesday...but I can't resist!! I saw this trailer on facebook and I LOVED this trilogy!! Kinda hard to get into the beginning, but after that!! Awesomeness!! The movie looks very exciting!! Check it Out!!

What's in Your Library Bag Wednesday??? A Movie and some music

     For this week's edition of What's in Your Library Bag Wednesday, I thought I'd do a little review of a movie I watched recently.Temple Grandin is about a young woman with Autism and how she overcomes lots of odds stacked against her and learns to cope with her condition so that she can go to school and learn to help animals; specifically cows. The  movie begins with Temple going to visit her aunt's cattle ranch out West. A cool thing the movie does right from the beginning is show us with pictures and diagrams how Temple's mind with Autism works. For example, as they are pulling into her aunt's ranch, she gets out to swing the gate open and her mind is working through the angles the gate goes through to open. A little later in the film, Temple actually builds a self opener for the gate from these angles and images she sees in her head. There is another scene in school where the teacher asks Temple to read a page in the book. She looks at it and says, "Read it." The teacher doesn't believe her, and takes the book asking her to tell him what it says and she proceeds to read the page verbatim from the picture in her mind. Interspersed throughout the movie are flashbacks to when she was first diagnosed, how her mother dealt with it, kids in school, changing schools, and a teacher that had a great impact on her life.
    Not only does Temple need to overcome the obstacle of Autism, she must also overcome male chauvanism in her chosen field of study. Temple was born in the 1960s and went to college to study animal husbandry, more specifically cows. She visited feed lots and wrote her thesis on 'mooing'.She believed that cows were only raised for us so we should treat them with respect and not scare them all the time even if they are going to slaughter. The men in charge don't think that she belongs there and they do all they can to intimidate her. But, she stands tall for what she believes in and keeps coming back. The movie portrays her difficulties quite well, and I am sure we can all relate to a situation where someone felt they were superior to us, be it a man or just another person.
     This movie is actually based on the real life of Temple Grandin. Over 50 percent of the slaughterhouses in the United States today follow her design and she is also a professor that lectures worldwide on Autism. She beat the odds and shows us that Autism means "Different, but not less."



And Now for Some Music...

2nd Annual Beat the Blues Event
Friday, January 28th
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Music is free to all with pie/ice cream available for purchase. Proceeds going to support libraries in Haiti.

So, if you are feelin' "blue" this winter, come on in to the library and enjoy some good old fashioned blues music and company!

What's in Your Library Bag Wednesday??? Some Holiday Fun!

'Twas the Wednesday Before Christmas...

'Twas the Wednesday before Christmas and all through the library,
not a patron was reading, not even a mouse.
They all are out shopping, grabbing last minute gifts.
Wrapping packages, hoping no one is missed.

The children all are home celebrating,
no more school for 2 weeks!!
While the librarians are checking out movies
all day and all night.

What people are watching,
does bring holiday cheer....
Santa Puppies, The Santa Clause I, II, & III,
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer.

The Librarians step in and say
Watch your movies with care
Return them on time
'Cuz Santa Claus won't pay for your fine!!

Now Nora Roberts! Now Laurell Hamilton! Now James Patterson and Stieg Larsson!
On Danielle Steel! On Debbie Macomber! On Nicholas Sparks and Jodi Picoult!
To the circulation desk, to check out your books!!
Now read away, read away, read away all!

But please always remember,
we're here to help you
in any way that we can.
From computers, to books, to research, to movies..
we all too have a listening ear.

So, this 2010 holiday season
the librarians at the Waverly Public Library
wish you happy times and good cheer.
Happy Christmas to all
and to all a good read!