July Book Discussion: Co. Aytch

Thursday, July 16

6 p.m.

Library Board Room

Written in a folksy style, Watkins recounts funny stories as well as the horrible realities of war as he describes his experiences as a private in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

Copies of Co. Aytch by Sam Watkins are available for checkout at the Reference Desk. Questions are also available at the Reference Desk or by clicking here

Still Alice Read-Alikes

If you enjoyed June's book discussion Still Alice by Lisa Genova you might like these titles:

Iris and Friends: A Memoir of Memory and Desire, by John Bayley (Non-fiction 921 Murdoch)
Murdoch and Bayley had a long and loving marriage which ended as Murdoch was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and eventually passed away. This is his endearing chronicle and tribute to their final years together.

Deaf Sentence, by David Lodge (Fiction LODGE)
A funny, moving account of one man's effort to come to terms with deafness and death, aging and mortality, the comedy and tragedy of human life.

The Story of Forgetting, by Stefan Merrill Block (Fiction BLOCK)
Seth Walker, a smart teenager who is trying to cope as his mother declines into a rare early-onset form of Alzheimer's. Another loner, an elderly hunchback named Abel Haggard, who can not forget his losses, lives on the shrinking remnants of his family farm. Though generations apart these two men have an unusual connection.

June Movie: Milk

Tomorrow night, we will be showing Milk, starring Sean Penn. Milk is a biopic on the life of Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist who became the first openly gay elected official as a San Francisco supervisor in 1977.

The film won two Academy Awards: Best Actor (Penn) and Best Original Screenplay

Milk will begin at 6 p.m. and will run for 2 hours and 8 minutes in the Balkansky Community Room. A discussion will immediately follow the film.

July's movie: Doubt

Brave New World Read-Alikes

With May's book discussion behind us, anyone interested in books similar to Brave New World by Aldous Huxley might like some of these books that look at futuristic, "Utopian" societies:

Utopia by Sir Thomas More (Non-fiction 321.07 M)
More recounts a fictionalized meeting with a gentleman who describes the perfect land from which he hails. As he discussed his Utopian society, More subtly deflates the ideal by pointing out its short-comings.

1984 by George Orwell (Fiction ORWELL)
Winston Smith lives in a totalitarian society where what Big Brother says is what is best for all. Slowly, Smith discovers that things are wrong and sets out to make changes.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Fiction BRADBURY)
In the future, firefighters don't stop fires, they start them in order to burn books in a society that frowns on the spread of knowledge and deeper thought. Firefighter Guy Montag has a crisis of faith and begins to question the validity of burning books.

Anthem by Ayn Rand (Fiction RAND)
A science-fiction story about a totalitarian society where every aspect of life is controlled by the government - so much so that no one has names, only numbers. But what happens when one individual begins to ignore the collective WE and focuses on I?

June Book Discussion: Still Alice

June Book Discussion

Thursday, June 18

6 p.m.

Library Board Room

The June Book Discussion book is Still Alice, a novel about a woman who is losing her memories to a debilitating disease. As a result, her life is shaken and her relationships are forever changed.

Copies of Still Alice by Lisa Genova are available for checkout at the Reference Desk. Questions are also available at the Reference Desk or by clicking here.