Next Book Discussion...

Join us on Wednesday, July 8th at 2:30!

We'll discuss:

  "Plainsong" by Kent Haruf

Plainsong is a bestselling novel by Kent Haruf. 

Set in the fictional town of Holt, Colorado, it tells the interlocking stories of some of the inhabitants.

Copies available at the 

Circulation Desk.

Refreshments always served.

ALL ARE WELCOME!

Book Discussion Today at 2:30pm!

Join us today at 2:30pm 

as the 

Merrick Library Book Discussion Group 

compares notes on 

"Some Luck" by Jane Smiley. 

It's always a lively discussion--join us! 

All are welcome. 

Refreshments served.

   

The newest issue of 

The New Yorker, 

shown above, 

is the annual Summer Fiction issue.  

Entitled "Secret Histories",

the issue features short works by 

Jonathan Franzen, 

Louise Erdrich, 

Karen Russell,

Zadie Smith and more... 

It's the "must bring to the beach" issue. 

I'll be reading mine. 

You can also come in and read it in our beautiful garden.

 It's on the shelf now at the 

Merrick Library. 

DVDs out Tuesday, June 9th...!

"Blackhat" - Nick is a gifted computer hacker just out of prison who might be the only means the FBI and CIA have in stopping a cyberterrorist on a spree that has covered half the world - stars Chris Hemsworth ("Thor: The Dark World") and Viola Davis ("How to Get Away with Murder:)

 "The DUFF" - the title refers to the latest teenage acronym meaning "Designated Ugly Fat Friend" - when Bianca (Mae Whitman, TV's "Parenthood") is hit with that label heaven help the popular crowd who devised it! - also starring Bella Thorne and Allison Janney (TV's "Mom")

"Healing"- from Australia - welcome to Won Wron Prison Farm, who believes that rehabilitaton of soon to be ex-cons begin with helping nurse injured eagles, falcons and owls

 "Kingsman: The Secret Service" - it is time for the world's most elite spy agency to train a new recruit - he's needed given the threat of possible mass genetic suicide - all-star cast includes Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Mark Hamill, Samuel L. Jackson and Mark Strong ("The Imitation Game")

"Project Almanac" - teenagers find the plans for and construct a time machine - they think all their problems will vanish with their apparatue - FAR FROM IT!

 "Serena" - that is the name of the new bride of timber baron George Pemberton in Depression-era North Carolina - need we mention that complications follow? - based on the novel by Ron Rash (in Merrick Library's Fiction Collection) and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Rhys Ifans and Toby Jones (TV's "Wayward Pines")

Join us on SUNDAY, June 7th!

Our 

Summer Reading Party!  

Fun for ages 1 to 101!

Party runs from 1-4!

Hop on a real fire truck

Meet some real superheroes!

Meet Star Wars & Ghostbusters characters

Visit the Ghostbusters Slime Lab!

Crafts for ALL ages, 

yes this means you too adults!

Enjoy some refreshments!

Get your beach reading started at the 

Merrick Library 

on Sunday at 1! 

See you then!

Please read this author...

I raved about her first novel: 

Now I must insist you read 
her second novel.  

I wouldn't be surprised if this one takes home 
more than a few 2015 prizes...

 “Yanagihara’s immense new book, A Little Life, announces her, as decisively as a second work can, as a major American novelist. Here is an epic study of trauma and friendship written with such intelligence and depth of perception that it will be one of the benchmarks against which all other novels that broach those subjects (and they are legion) will be measured.”
—Sam Sacks, The Wall Street Journal

DVDs out Tuesday, June 2nd and Thursday, June 5th!

"Black Sea" - that's where Captain Robinson (Jude Law) and other dismissed British Navy salvage workers are headed in a suspect Russian submarine financed by equally suspect backers to hunt for Nazi gold - also starring Scoot McNairy ("Gone Girl"), Ben Mendelsohn ("The Place Beyond the Pines") and Michael Smiley ("The World's End")

 "Eastern Boys" - from France - why are a group of Eastern European men none under the age of 25 hanging around a Paris train station? The answer might be costly to the curious!

"Focus" - three years ago, con artist supreme Nicky (Will Smith) trained beautiful Jess (Margot Robbie, "Wolf of Wall Street") - they ended becoming intimate and eventually splitting up - now Jess is back and a distraction! - also starring Gerald McRaney (TV's "House of Cards") and BD Wong (TV's "Law and Order SVU")

 "Jupiter Ascending" - not the planet, but Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis), a house cleaner who discovers she is an intergalactic noble and protector of Earth - also starring Channing Tatum and Eddie Redmayne ("The Theory of Everything")

"Killing Jesus" - from the National Geographic Channel - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard's mega-selling history comes to the screen tracing the events leading to the crucifixion of the man who truly changed the world forever!

 "McFarland USA" - based on the inspiring true story. It's 1987 and cross-country track coach Jim White (Kevin Costner) uncovers buried athletic potential in the poorest region of California, attracting national attention - winner of the Heartland Film Truly Moving Picture Award

Out on Thursday, June 5th:

"Fifty Shades of Grey" - 

At Last! The E.L James book series that has captured vast audiences worldwide begins on film as student Anastasia (Dakota Johnson) meets billionaire Christian (Jamie Dornan) - a superb supporting cast includes Jennifer Ehle ("The King's Speech"), Marcia Gay Harden (TV's "The Newsroom) and British singing star Rita Ora as Mia