DPL Staff Picks for April!

Check out what the staff has been reading!

Fiction
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen (FIC ALLEN)
Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn (PBK RAYBOURN)
Strange As This Weather Has Been by Ann Pancake (FIC PANCAKE)
New-Slain Knight (The Haunted Ballad Series) by Deborah Grabien (FIC GRABIEN)
Catering to Nobody, by Diane Mott Davidson (PBK FIC DAV)
Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey (PBK SF LAC)

Nonfiction
Female Chauvinist Pigs by Ariel Levy (305.42 LEV)
Hope’s Boy by Andrew Bridge (362.73309 BRI)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah (966.404 BEA)

Children’s
The Black Book of Secrets by F.E. Higgins (J FIC HIGGINS)

April book/film club discussion and May's book & film

April's book (Don't Eat This Book by Morgan Spurlock) and film (Super Size Me by Morgan Spurlock) discussions were well attended. Both the film and book were about Spurlock's experiment in eating only McDonald's food morning, noon, and night for a month to see how detrimental it would be to his health and well-being. All discussion attendees were mortified at the extreme effects his experiment had on his body in such a short time, and we were equally distressed to read statistic after statistic of the declining health of Americans, the questionable practices of the food industry in processing food, and so on. Some of us were left wondering, "What can I eat, anyway?" But, I am proud to report that we snacked on healthy fruits and vegetables during our discussions - with "light" veggie dip with zero trans fat. :-)

Next Book Club book/meeting: Thursday, May 15 - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne. Copies of the book are available at the library.

Next Film Club film/meeting: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - The Graduate, starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft. AND, we have copies of the original book by Charles Webb on hand as well, in case you want to compare the book to the film! Copies of the film and book will be available for checkout at the library two weeks prior to the discussion night.