The Lottery is coming to the big screen...are you ready?

Shirley Jackson's classic short story is about to get the big screen treatment. Jackson's son will be the executive producer and Jack Wade Wall (When a Stranger Calls; The Hitcher) is set to write the screenplay. 

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is about the people of a village performing their annual lottery, with startling consequences.  

We'll keep you posted on this as we get more info, but click the link above to place your hold on this classic short story.

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Even MORE Staff Picks....!

We've added some great titles to our Staff Picks section!

Here's a sample, click the link to place a hold.

I'll Be Gone in the Dark I'll Be Gone in the Dark : One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
The Birdwatcher by William Shaw
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White

The Map of Salt and Stars, Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar

An American Marriage, Tayari Jones

Lawn Boy, Jonathan Evison

The Flicker of Old Dreams, Susan Henderson

Unbury Carol, Josh Malerman

The Removes by Tatjana Soli

The Which Way Tree by Elizabeth Crook

A People's History of the Vampire Uprising, Raymond A. Villareal

You Me Everything, Catherine Isaac

Where the Wild Cherries Grow, Laura Madeline

Beneath an Indian Sky, Renita D'Silva

Orange Blossom Days, Patricia Scanlan

My Last Love Story by Falguni Kothari
Hotel Silence by Ava Ólafsdóttir

    
   

These really are good ones!

Welcome to the party, pal...

Yep! DIE HARD celebrates it's 30th year this week... THIRTY! 
Slashfilm.com has put together a terrific series of articles about the movie. The first piece compares the 1979 book, Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp to the movie. 
Read that terrific article here. 

 

Best summer books as chosen by writers...

Writers like Jess Kidd, Ian Rankin, 
Salman Rushdie, Mary Beard, Kamila Shamsie and many others contribute to part one of this excellent Guardian piece about author favorites for summer vacation.

Love your cruises? Do not read this post about dramatic sea voyages!

Kate Christensen, 

author of the upcoming

The Last Cruise, 

recommends these dramatic 

real-life ocean perils:

Sea Change: Alone Across the Atlantic in a Wooden Boat by Peter Nichols

A Mile Down: The True Story of a Disastrous Career at Sea by David Vann 

In the Heart of the Sea: the Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick

Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl

Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea 

by Steven Callahan

Click here to see the whole interview 

with Kate Christensen

Reader's Choose the Great American Novelist...

GoodReads asked folks on Twitter and Facebook who they thought would wear this crown...here are the results. 

Click each link to reserve your books and audiobooks!

Toni Morrison

Stephen King

Donna Tartt

Jesmyn Ward

George Saunders

Cormac McCarthy

Barbara Kingsolver

Khaled Hosseini

Kristin Hannah

John Irving

Get your your e-titles here!

Try These Books to...TV Shows!

Here they are!

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
 - streaming on STARZ

Dear White People by Justin Simien, illustrated by Ian O'Phelan
 -  streaming on Netflix

Marriage Vacation by Pauline Brooks
 -  on TV Land

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- on BBC. 

Dietland by Sarai Walker
- on AMC

 Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
- season 1 premieres on HBO July 8, 2018. 

Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar
 - season 1 premieres on Hulu July 25, 2018. 

The Sinner by Petra Hammesfahr
 - season 2 premieres on TBS August 1, 2018. 

You by Caroline Kepnes
- season 1 premieres on Lifetime September 9, 2018. 

Wishing our Patrons a Happy & Safe Fourth of July!

We are closed on the 4th,

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magazines,

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learn a skill,

read Consumer Reports,

and more! 

ENJOY!

Don't forget the annual hot dog eating contest will take place at Coney Island tomorrow! 

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