What books are next to be seen at the movies?

With 5 of the 9 films nominated for an Oscar based upon books,

what books will be featured next at the movies?

Monuments Men:  allied heroes, Nazi thieves and the greatest treasure hunt in history by Robert Edsel and Brett Witter (February 7)

Vampire Academy by Rachel Mead (February 14)

Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin (February 14)

Divergent by Veronica Roth  (March)

Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo (April)

Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon (May)

Make your book (or audio) request now so you will be ready for your night at the movies!  SH

Google Doodle: Celebrate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Google celebrates what would have been the 61st birthday of Douglas Adams, author of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, with this great Google Doodle. The Doodle features Ford Prefect's Towel, and the Guide itself - telling you not to panic.

Have you read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
Are you a fan of towels?
Do like the number 42?
Stop in the library to check out a copy of the book, eBook, or borrow the DVD today!

Read the books for 26 movies premiering in 2013

Read the books for 26 movies premiering in 2013

With the news waves saturated with the Golden Globes winners and Oscar nominations, we know that movies are very popular.  If you love to read the books that movies are based upon, it's time to start reading as 26 new movies fitting this bill have already been announced for 2013!

Waiting for us in the near future is Catching Fire, the sequel to the best seller Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and the movie of the same name.  Other authors getting the nod are Donald Westlake, Joe Hill, Joseph Finder, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Orson Scott Card, and more.  

Check out the link to plan your reading list now!

SH 

Release date set for Spielberg's Lincoln

Steven Spielberg's Lincoln has been scheduled for a November 9 limited release, expanding to more theaters on November 16.  The film, which focuses on the last four months of Lincoln's life, is based on portions of Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals : the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. Goodwin's book experienced renewed popularity after the 2008 presidential election when Obama referred to it as a blueprint for selecting his cabinet.

The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Robert Todd Lincoln, Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln, Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln and Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens. 

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