Submitted by Grace Lillevig on Fri, 08/06/2010 - 12:04pm
NPR asked it's listeners to nominate and vote for the Top 100 Killer Thrillers. So, after 17,000+ ballots were cast on the 600 nominated novels, the top ten is:
HBO's ten part series The Pacific debuts on March 14. I'm sure we'll be watching it as my husband and I enjoyed Band of Brothers, which was by the same producers (Tom Hanks, Stephen Spielberg and Gary Goetzman). Unlike Band of Brothers, which was based on Stephen Abrose's book, The Pacific follows several main characters and is based on memoirs published after World War II. The following are tie-in books in HCPL's collection:
Submitted by Grace Lillevig on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 12:50pm
HCPL's Book Bites column appears monthly in Houston Family Magazine. Each column features suggested books for toddlers through teens. Get the new list every month in the magazine, available at all of our branches. Previous columns.
Submitted by Grace Lillevig on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 12:54pm
Mystery author Dick Francis died Sunday at age 89. Francis began his life as a successful horse jockey, where he won over 350 races. After retiring from racing, he took up writing and authored 42 bestsellers, which were set in the world of horse racing.
"What I was really hanging around for, I was trying to feel some kind of a good-by. I mean I've left schools and places I didn't even know I was leaving them. I hate that. I don't care if it's a sad good-by or a bad good-by, but when I leave a place I like to know I'm leaving it. If you don't, you feel even worse."
