Archive for September, 2007
Banned Books Week
The American Library Association sponsors a “Banned Books Week” every year (this year Sept. 29-Oct. 6). They do this for a couple of different reasons: it increases circulation and it brings up the subject of censorship for people to debate. I don’t promote banned books because I feel that it is something my community doesn’t […]
Into Thin Air
I began a new book this week called Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. He is the same author who wrote Into the Wild, which I have been promoting! I promise after this one I will branch out to a different author! I think one of the things I like most about Jon Krakauer is […]
Into the Wild
It comes out in theaters today!!! This movie has been in the works for a decade! Directed by Sean Penn, this should be as accurate of account as we are going to see!
Read on,
Lloyd the LibrarianYesterday
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Brittney Oberley.
Kite Runner
“There is a way to be good again.” You will see this quote from the book Kite Runner displayed on many of the posters promoting the movie, which comes out this November. Kite Runner is a heavy read, but is worth the emotional struggle on the part of the reader. It provides a glimpse into […]
Henry David Thoreau
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, an obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board. The hospitality was as cold as the ices.
-Henry David Thoreau (Walden, or Life in […]Into the Wild
I am currently reading Into the Wild! This book follows the steps of a young man named Chris McCandless who forgoes a life of wealth and comfort to travel across the US, Mexico, and Canada. Chris finally ends his adventures in Alaska where he is found dead by some moose hunters. This is disclosed on […]
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