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Posted by KChin on Wed, Sep 24
September 2008
If you’re liike me, you have been disappointed more times than you can count with film adaptations of your favorite novels. All too often the transition from story to cinema is a bumpy ride at best, or a soul-starved rip-off at worst. Whether driven by economic, political, or catering to the-lowest-common-denominator forces, as far as audience intelligence goes, directors and producers too often succeed in bleeding the life out of stories, making the word “adaptation”...
Posted by JDavanza on Wed, Sep 24
Library Director’s Notebook
September 2008
If you’re liike me, you have been disappointed more times than you can count with film adaptations of your favorite novels. All too often the transition from story to cinema is a bumpy ride at best, or a soul-starved rip-off at worst. Whether driven by economic, political, or catering to the-lowest-common-denominator forces, as far as audience intelligence goes, directors and producers too often succeed in bleeding the life out of...
Posted by JDavanza on Fri, Sep 19
Chistopher Andreozzi Memorial Tournament Trophy on Display
The Chistopher Andreozzi Memorial Tournament Trophy was won in 2008 by the Barrington 7 and 8 year old Little Leaguers. It is currently on display in the glass case on the second floor of the library.
Posted by JDavanza on Tue, Sep 09
I just read The Secret Scripture and loved it. A very powerful and moving book that stays with you. Apparently other people, including the judges for Britain’s prestigious Booker Prize think so too. The Secret Scripture was among 6 books recently nominated for the Booker Prize. Read more in the following link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/books/10book.html?hp
Posted by JDavanza on Tue, Aug 26
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POWER TO THE POETS
Lisa Starr, Rhode Island Poet Laureate and The Writers’ Circle have teamed up to bring poetry programs to communities around the state. These free programs will reach out to the underserved in homeless shelters, schools, rehabilitation hospitals, community centers, retirement and nursing homes and the veterans’...
Posted by JDavanza on Tue, Aug 26
Event NotebookSeptember 2008
Living History
It’s a cliché, of course, that the past can be brought back and made current—but sometimes even clichés are true.
This September, Captain Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)—a veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War—will give a first-hand account of his experience as a fighter pilot in Korea.
In 1950, Lieutenant Hudner was a Naval Air Station at Quonset Point pilot on the aircraft carrier USS Leyte who made a daring...
Posted by JDavanza on Thu, Aug 14
Director’s notebook August 2008
One of my favorite types of novels is the kind that tells a story from multiple viewpoints. This might be through letters, diaries, or narratives from different characters. The Victorian novelist Wilkie Collins was especially adept at this type of novel: his novels The Woman In White and The Moonstone are classics of the multiple viewpoint novel.
Recently I read another novel that makes wonderful use of multiple viewpoint: The Secret...
Posted by KChin on Thu, Aug 14
Director’s notebook August 2008
One of my favorite types of novels is the kind that tells a story from multiple viewpoints. This might be through letters, diaries, or narratives from different characters. The Victorian novelist Wilkie Collins was especially adept at this type of novel: his novels The Woman In White and The Moonstone are classics of the multiple viewpoint novel.
Recently I read another novel that makes wonderful use of multiple viewpoint: The Secret...
Posted by JDavanza on Wed, Aug 06
How would you like to stay up-to-date on your reading by receiving a variety of email newsletters ranging from author interviews, to award-winning teen and children’s books, to lists of great new titles on different subjects? With BookLetters, the Library's readers advisory service on books and authors, you can do just that.
By signing up for BookLetters you’ll gain access to such features as online book discussions, the hottest new titles and authors, professional reviews of the...
Posted by JDavanza on Thu, Jul 31
I think I get it now. Why there are so many folks out there who LOVE to listen to recorded books. For the past few days I’ve been having a wonderful time listening to the Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner. I have been alternating between out loud laughter and intense contemplation about this book which attempts to find and explain why some places in the world appear to be significantly, in fact, even quantifiably, happier than...
