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2016 Shows

May’s Theme was “Summer Reading”

Recommended Books

Graduation – Next Chapter in Your Life
The Unfinished Revolution: Coming of Age in a New Era of Gender, Work, and Family by Kathleen Gerson
What Color is Your Parachute? by Richard Nelson Bolles
Oh, the places you’ll go! by Dr. Seuss

Beach Books and Summer Love
See Me: A Novel by Nicholas Sparks
The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan
A Painted House by John Grisham

Travel & Adventure
Annapurna, a Woman’s Place by Arlene Blum
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler

Olympics
Rome 1960 : The Olympics That Changed the World by David Maraniss
The boys in the boat : nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by David Brown
American hoops : U.S. men’s Olympic basketball from Berlin to Beijing by Cunningham Carson

Ambitious Summer Reads
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Iliad or Odyssey by Homer

Mystery
Hermit’s Peak by Michael McGarrity
Jim Chee series by Tony Hillerman
Longmire Series by Craign Johnson

Humor
America (The Book): A Citizen’s Guide To Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Songs Played

I Love My Library by Lunch Money

Fun Fun Fun by The Beach Boys

School’s Out by Alice Cooper

Summer Nights from Grease

Kokomo by The Beach Boys

Olympic Fanfare, Bugler’s Dream by the United States Navy Band

Main Title from Game of Thrones by Ramin Djawadi

I Shot the Sheriff by Eric Clapton

O, Canada by The Capitol Steps

In the Summertime by Mungo Jerry

Summertime by Dj Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April’s Theme was “Libraries”

Recommended Books

HU Reads Recommendations:
Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice
Zia Summer by Rudolfo Anaya
A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca

Librarian Recommendations:
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown
Scatter, Adapt, and Remember:  How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction by Annalee Newitz
A People’s History of Science:  Miners, Midwives, and ‘Low Mecanicks’ by Clifford D. Conner
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

DVD Recommendations:
Woman in Gold with Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds
Poisoner’s Handbook – PBS American Experience
Winter’s Tale – A ballet based on the Shakespeare play

 

Songs Played

I Love My Library by Lunch Money

Wrapped Up in Books by Brian Lee

Librarian by Morning Jacket

Love in the Library by Jimmy Buffett

Dewey Decimal Rap by Melvil Dewey

Lost in the Library by Judy Caplan Ginsburgh

Marian the Librarian from the original London cast of “The Music Man”

Librarian by Jonathan Rundman

Wordy Rappinghood by Tam Tam