Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson

Join us Wednesday, March 1st at 2:30 

as the Wednesday Afternoon Book Discussion

 features the

 2017 Long Island Reads selection! 

We have this title on our 
Kindle and our Nook lending devices, too!

Recovering from the Oscars?

Our friends at Literary Hub came up with this list we think you'll like:

"If They Gave Oscars to Books: 2016 Nominees"

Check it out, it's pretty great!

Would you have nominated something different?

Are you red carpet ready for Sunday night?

We know Leo isn't nominated for any Oscars this year, but we can take a look at the 12 books he brought to the screen. 
A great list has been provided by Off the Shelf, 
so check it out.
Or you can just keep looking at the above gif. 

NASA finds 7 new exoplanets and they're 235 trillion miles away...

But you could just travel around right here on earth 
with these terrific titles... 
OR
take a look at our Travel section
OR
read an issue of National Geographic Traveler!
Read about the planetary discovery here.

In case you missed it...

The very first issue of The New Yorker was published February 21st, 1925. 

You can read the current issue and back issues right here with your library card.

You can also read 107 more magazines on your reading devices, laptop or pc!  
Getting your devices ready!

Wilson!! Tom Hanks has written a book...!

Yup, It's true! 
Tom Hanks has written, Uncommon Type: Some Stories. 


According to an interview with Entertainment Weekly, 
"..the collection comprises 17 stories, each having something to do with a different typewriter. (Hanks has an affinity for the machines, owning a collection of over one hundred vintage typewriters.)"

Expect it to hit shelves October 24th of this year. 
Hanks will also record the audio version.  
Read the Entertainment Weekly interview here!

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We'll be closed Monday, February 20, 2017.

From television to the movies, the Wall Street Journal compiled a great list of 44 fake presidents.
Enjoy!

Jessica Jones, I mean Krysten Ritter...

Here's this from Access Hollywood:

"Actress-producer Krysten Ritter is becoming a novelist.
Crown Archetype told The Associated Press on Wednesday that it had acquired Ritter's "Bonfire," a psychological thriller about an environmental lawyer and a company accused of dumping toxic chemicals. The book is scheduled for publication on Nov. 7. Ritter said in a statement that she welcomed the chance to "explore a character journey" and likened the writing process to studying an acting part.
Ritter is known for her starring role in the Netflix series "Jessica Jones." Her other credits include "Breaking Bad" and "Woke Up Dead."

We'll let you know as soon as the book is available!

Watch Jessica Jones on Netflix. It's amazing. 
 

Wanna see Ryan Gosling? He's in today's Friday Film!

Join us today at 2:00pm for a screening of,
"The Notebook" by Nicholas Sparks. 

Blood Drive Today 2-8pm. Walk-ins Welcome!

Come visit and help save a life! 

We love our patrons.

Happy Valentine's Day to all our Merrick patrons. 

Here's a little droll verse from poet Ogden Nash:

(sigh)...

A fairly complete list of romance titles can be found here. 

Or...

try some of the DVDs on for size.

Or...

try these poems.

While you wait for your copy of 1984 to arrive...

Try these on for size (courtesy of the NYPL):

"If you’re drawn to 1984 because of its dark science and creepy portrayal of Big Brother, try…"

The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan

Love Star by Andri Snaer Magnason

The Dispossesed by Ursula Le Guin

"If a desire to understand the dynamics of resistance and the authoritarian states is driving your desire for Orwell’s classic, try a few other classics…"

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonegut

"For more dark stories about societies in disarray, try…"

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Memory of Water by Emmi Itaranta

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

This title is getting lots of press lately. 
If you want to revisit this, place your reserve here!

We will be closed tomorrow, Thursday, February 9th, 2017. Be Safe!

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In the meantime, Access magazines!    
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Most of all: be safe.

February is Love of Reading Month...!

I thought that was every month...!

Search the catalog.

Look at our Staff Picks right here.

Look at our Wednesday Book Discussion titles here.
(and you can join us at the meetings too!)

Words from books...

Did you know that the word "tween" actually came from The Hobbit in 1937 to describe a hobbit between the ages of 20-33? Check out this great infographic for more word origins...it's worth a look!

Ahhhh Paris!

Keep your eyes open for these upcoming Parisian titles....

To Capture What We Cannot Keep by Beatrice Colin

Paris Street Tales by Helen Constantine

The Mistress of Paris by Catherine Hewitt

Paris Spring by James Naughtie

Are you ready for something other than football?

So you're just not that into it. 

We understand and 
we're open Sunday 1-5. 

Come in person to get the latest books and movies.

Or heck, download some of the 108 magazines right to your laptop, phone, e-reader...!

You can download books, audio books right here. 

The entertainment possibilities are endless.

Happy Superbowl LI  

(don't ya just love using Roman numerals?)

  

1 Book for 5 Boroughs...

This from the New York Times:


"On Wednesday the city announced its One Book, One New York program, in which residents of all five boroughs will be urged to read the same book starting in early March. During February, New Yorkers will vote on which book to read, choosing from these five finalists: Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me, Paul Beatty’s The Sellout, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah, Betty Smith’s A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao."  Read the full article here. 

Vote here!

#bookbeforemovie

Jodi Picoult's Small Great Things is about to get some serious star treatment!

Viola Davis and Julia Roberts are set to play the roles of Ruth Jefferson and Kennedy McQuarrie in Picoult's latest bestseller. 

In this Picoult book, parents-to-be at a hospital "insist that one of the nurses be reassigned; they are white supremacists and Ruth is black. The hospital complies, but Ruth is the only nurse available when the baby goes into cardiac arrest, and her caution about rushing to the baby's aid leads to tragedy—and a trial. What's crucial is the unfolding of a deeper understanding between Ruth and her (white) public defender, who's initially reluctant to make race an issue." - Library Journal