Comments for Staff Picks http://staffpicks.icpl.org Mon, 13 May 2013 16:30:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Mystery! Science fiction! by Candice http://staffpicks.icpl.org/2013/05/msytery-science-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-21122 Candice Mon, 13 May 2013 16:30:11 +0000 http://staffpicks.icpl.org/?p=11514#comment-21122 That would certainly be a unique recording...now I'm having a horrible vision of one of the victims in the book (who is found buried with her skull placed in her abdominal/pelvic region) yelling 'Git een mah belly!' Ugh. That would certainly be a unique recording…now I’m having a horrible vision of one of the victims in the book (who is found buried with her skull placed in her abdominal/pelvic region) yelling ‘Git een mah belly!’ Ugh.

]]> Comment on Mystery! Science fiction! by Adam http://staffpicks.icpl.org/2013/05/msytery-science-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-21098 Adam Sun, 12 May 2013 16:50:52 +0000 http://staffpicks.icpl.org/?p=11514#comment-21098 Leave it to the Scottish to find a place for humor, however dark, in the story of a serial killer. If they decide to do an audiobook, maybe they should hire Mike Myers: he could do the voice of Fat Bastard from Austin Powers! Leave it to the Scottish to find a place for humor, however dark, in the story of a serial killer. If they decide to do an audiobook, maybe they should hire Mike Myers: he could do the voice of Fat Bastard from Austin Powers!

]]> Comment on It is written in the stars by Adam http://staffpicks.icpl.org/2013/05/it-is-written-in-the-stars/comment-page-1/#comment-20990 Adam Sat, 04 May 2013 14:17:10 +0000 http://staffpicks.icpl.org/?p=11501#comment-20990 What a perfect post for STAR WARS DAY: May the Fourth be with you! Now, will this book teach me how to build a Death Star... What a perfect post for STAR WARS DAY: May the Fourth be with you!

Now, will this book teach me how to build a Death Star…

]]> Comment on The Books That Mattered by Bond http://staffpicks.icpl.org/2013/04/the-books-that-mattered/comment-page-1/#comment-20871 Bond Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:28:19 +0000 http://staffpicks.icpl.org/?p=11367#comment-20871 For me it was a book called "The Girl Who Owned a City" by OT Nelson. It was the perfect book for the age when I was questioning whether adults really did know everything. This book did "kids surviving in a post-apocalyptic earth" way before the current trend. A very empowering read (with a clever girl as the main character, too!) For me it was a book called “The Girl Who Owned a City” by OT Nelson. It was the perfect book for the age when I was questioning whether adults really did know everything. This book did “kids surviving in a post-apocalyptic earth” way before the current trend. A very empowering read (with a clever girl as the main character, too!)

]]> Comment on The Books That Mattered by Evan http://staffpicks.icpl.org/2013/04/the-books-that-mattered/comment-page-1/#comment-20870 Evan Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:10:26 +0000 http://staffpicks.icpl.org/?p=11367#comment-20870 Richard Dawkin's "The God Delusion", was a mind blowing, perspective changing book, for me personally. Although, I wouldn't classify it with other favorites of mine, like "A heart breaking work of staggering genius", or last but not least "Game of Thrones"! Richard Dawkin’s “The God Delusion”, was a mind blowing, perspective changing book, for me personally. Although, I wouldn’t classify it with other favorites of mine, like “A heart breaking work of staggering genius”, or last but not least “Game of Thrones”!

]]> Comment on The Books That Mattered by Leah http://staffpicks.icpl.org/2013/04/the-books-that-mattered/comment-page-1/#comment-20867 Leah Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:26:40 +0000 http://staffpicks.icpl.org/?p=11367#comment-20867 What a great topic, Candice! When I reflect upon the books that really stood out for me during childhood--and that shaped my love for reading and my passion for stories--I must mention: "Harriet the Spy," "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler," "Island of the Blue Dolphins," "The Hobbit," "A Wrinkle in Time," and the "Betsy, Tacy" books (which were my mother's childhood favorites, too). Luckily, I get to kindle those same fires in my kids now. I have read, with my eight-year-old daughter, almost all of those books again, and I have loved every moment of it! What a great topic, Candice! When I reflect upon the books that really stood out for me during childhood–and that shaped my love for reading and my passion for stories–I must mention: “Harriet the Spy,” “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,” “Island of the Blue Dolphins,” “The Hobbit,” “A Wrinkle in Time,” and the “Betsy, Tacy” books (which were my mother’s childhood favorites, too). Luckily, I get to kindle those same fires in my kids now. I have read, with my eight-year-old daughter, almost all of those books again, and I have loved every moment of it!

]]> Comment on The Books That Mattered by Nick http://staffpicks.icpl.org/2013/04/the-books-that-mattered/comment-page-1/#comment-20866 Nick Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:24:50 +0000 http://staffpicks.icpl.org/?p=11367#comment-20866 The Phantom Tollbooth still haunts me. I can't wait to read it to my son. A great book for children who might feel lonely or isolated, especially if they've just moved to a new place. The Phantom Tollbooth still haunts me. I can’t wait to read it to my son. A great book for children who might feel lonely or isolated, especially if they’ve just moved to a new place.

]]> Comment on The Books That Mattered by Candice http://staffpicks.icpl.org/2013/04/the-books-that-mattered/comment-page-1/#comment-20865 Candice Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:33:57 +0000 http://staffpicks.icpl.org/?p=11367#comment-20865 Carrie! I love picking books to read when traveling, and I have a great fondness for The Perfect Storm because of reading it on that trip with you--all of us on that trip read it, I think! I'm sending you a book for your birthday--it's no Nights In Rodanthe, but I think you'll like it. And, it would be okay with me if you DID live in a tree. Carrie! I love picking books to read when traveling, and I have a great fondness for The Perfect Storm because of reading it on that trip with you–all of us on that trip read it, I think! I’m sending you a book for your birthday–it’s no Nights In Rodanthe, but I think you’ll like it. And, it would be okay with me if you DID live in a tree.

]]> Comment on The Books That Mattered by Carrie http://staffpicks.icpl.org/2013/04/the-books-that-mattered/comment-page-1/#comment-20864 Carrie Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:59:58 +0000 http://staffpicks.icpl.org/?p=11367#comment-20864 Sorry about the typos. I'm running late for work. :-) Sorry about the typos. I’m running late for work. :-)

]]> Comment on The Books That Mattered by Carrie http://staffpicks.icpl.org/2013/04/the-books-that-mattered/comment-page-1/#comment-20863 Carrie Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:58:28 +0000 http://staffpicks.icpl.org/?p=11367#comment-20863 A friend of mine swears that we are changed by the places we travel to, the people we meet, and the books we read. One book has had the most profound influence on me, I think: Miss Twiggley's Tree by Dorthea Warren Fox. It's a picture book I read over and over as a kid, about an independent, eccentric old woman that lived in a tree house, and "She did what she liked and she liked what she did, but when company came, Miss Twiggley hid." I identified with her then, and I think I kind of turned out more than a little like her in the end. In spite of her shyness, she ends up opening her home the whole town because " When emergencies come, you don't think about you. You help all you can. And you never ask why. The the first think you know, you forget to be shy." I live in a second story apartment, not a tree, but people are always coming by when a crisis or transition is happening, and I am happy to have them. A friend of mine swears that we are changed by the places we travel to, the people we meet, and the books we read. One book has had the most profound influence on me, I think: Miss Twiggley’s Tree by Dorthea Warren Fox. It’s a picture book I read over and over as a kid, about an independent, eccentric old woman that lived in a tree house, and “She did what she liked and she liked what she did, but when company came, Miss Twiggley hid.” I identified with her then, and I think I kind of turned out more than a little like her in the end. In spite of her shyness, she ends up opening her home the whole town because ” When emergencies come, you don’t think about you. You help all you can. And you never ask why. The the first think you know, you forget to be shy.” I live in a second story apartment, not a tree, but people are always coming by when a crisis or transition is happening, and I am happy to have them.

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