Entry: The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
Romantic, quirky and absolutely addictive. “Doctor Who” meets “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”. Catalogue link
Your Reviews:
Entry: December Boys (DVD)
Abandoned, Ave Maria, Adoption, Boys, Birthdays, Beach, Change, Competition, Companionship, Decision, Destiny, December. Catalogue link
Entry: Amelie (DVD)
I love this honey-sweet, non-cynical DVD. The Pollyanna heroine is wide-eyed with wonder. She’s pure altruism. Repeat viewings enhance – not disenchant. Niece’s namesake now. Catalogue link
Staff review: Spirit Animal – Zombi (CD)
A sprawling keyboard-based album that extends the boundaries of 70s electronica while pushing forward to the future. Catalogue link
Entry: Sour Sweet, by Timothy Mo
Hong Kong family move to London
See the English night and day
Sadness, laughter, crime and gambling
A lot to love
(And take-away)
Staff review: Mad Men, Season One (DVD)
A great series about Madison Avenue advertising executives in 1960, and their lives behind the gloss and glamour of their occupation. Catalogue link
Entry: Wee Free Men, by Terry Pratchett (Young Adult Fiction)
“I like this book because it is funny. I especially like Rob Anbody and Tiffany the Kelda and how she is very logical.” (Theo, age 10) Catalogue link
Entry: Avoid Being in the First Submarine, by Ian Graham (Children’s Non-fiction)
“It told me all about the early submarines. They kept sinking. I don’t know why the sailors keep getting into them.” (as discussed by Luke – aged 6 – to his dad!) Catalogue link
Staff review: The Tricking of Freya, by Christina Sunley
Icelandic-Canadian history plus family secrets that will out plus a clever use of language equals a really excellent read. Catalogue link
Entry: Live at Babeville, Ani DiFranco (DVD)
Ani is as cute, cheeky & kick-ass as ever in this toe-tapping, tear-jerking, smile-inducing showcase of talent at her very own “Babeville”
(The library doesn’t yet have this DVD, check out our collection of Ani DiFranco CDs in the meantime.)
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