York County Literacy Council will give away gently used books from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 18 at Starbucks, 2503 E. Market St., Springettsbury Township. YCLC celebrated York Literacy Week Sept. 3-10. The book give-away had to be rescheduled due to rain.
Celebrate Banned Books Week, Sept. 27-Oct. 3, by reading a "challenged" book.
The Top "banned" books on Yahoo! this week are:
1. "Harry Potter" (Series) (J.K. Rowling)
2. "Gossip Girl" (series) (Cecily von Ziegesar)
3. "To Kill a Mockingbird" (Harper Lee)
4. "Goosebumps" (Series) (R.L. Stine)
5. "The Outsiders" (S.E. Hinton)
6. "Lord of the Flies" (William Golding)
7. "Where's Waldo" (Martin Hanford)
8. "Of Mice and Men" (John Steinbeck)
9. "The Catcher in the Rye" (J.D. Salinger)
10. "Jumper" (Steven Gould)
11. "Bridge to Terabithia" (Katherine Paterson)
12. "Junie B. Jones" (Series) (Barbara Park)
13. "The Giver" (Lois Lowry)
14. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (Mark Twain)
15. "Captain Underpants" (Dav Pilkey)
16. "Flowers for Algernon" (Daniel Keyes)
17. "Brave New World" (Aldous Huxley)
18. "American Psycho" (Bret Easton Ellis)
19. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (Ken Kesey)
20. "The Lovely Bones" (Alice Sebold)
21. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" (Maya Angelou)
22. "James and the Giant Peach" (Roald Dahl)
23. "The Things They Carried" (Tim O'Brien)
24. "Go Ask Alice" (anonymous)
25. "A Time to Kill" (John Grisham)
Here are two book reviews from one of our readers, Marti Ronemus:
The two books I read this week couldn't have been more different. Let's start with everyone's current favorite, "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society," by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. It is set in 1947, immediately after the War, and in London and the channel island of Guernsey.
The York JCC is planning a party for author Elie Wiesel's 80th birthday and you are invited.
In Baltimore
The Baltimore Book Festival, featuring dozens of authors and booksellers, will be held next week in the city's Mt. Vernon neighborhood. Hours are 5 to 9 p.m. Sept. 26, and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 27 and 28 along the 600 block of North Charles Street.The roster of authors includes Bishop T.D. Jakes, Naomi Wolf, Walter Mosley, Daniel Mark Epstein, Omar Tyree, Ron Suskind and Sweet Potato Queen Jill Connor Browne among others.For details and event schedule, click wwwbaltimorebookfestival.com
In Washington
The 2008 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, will be held 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 27 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between 3rd and 7th streets (rain or shine). The event is free and open to the public.The festival will feature more than 70 award-winning authors, poets and illustrators.Authors at the festival will sign copies of their works for festival-goers, and children can meet storybook and television characters.For details, call (888) 714-4696 or visit www.loc.gov/bookfest.
The Book Nook will sell gently used books from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 20. The shop is located in the former Red Lion Country Club on Country Club Road in Red Lion. A supply of old Red Lion yearbooks will be available. Donations of good, clean used books will be accepted during the sale. All proceeds benefit the Kaltreider-Benfer Library.
East Berlin Community Library will hold its annual book sale during Colonial Day, Sept. 13, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sale tables will be set up outside the library at 105 Locust St. Parking will be available behind the library for $3 a car.
Tonya Pyles, administrative assistant for the York County Literacy Council, and Rebecca Wright, council volunteer, set up books for the York County Literacy Council Book Give-Away.
What better way to celebrate International Literacy Day (Sept. 8) then with a free book.
York County Literacy Council is sponsoring three free book give-aways:
Sept. 4, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Harp & Fiddle Restaurant, 10 N. George St., York;
Sept. 6, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Starbucks, 2503 E. Market St., Springettsbury Township;
Sept. 9, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Alex Pizza on the Hanover Square.
I needed a new book to read, so my husband recommended 'The Alienist.'
I must warn you, if you have a good imagination for picturing stories and a weak stomach,
this isn't a good combination for reading this book. Also, if you plan on having a life, I suggest not reading it. The 597 page book consumed my every free moment. Author Caleb Carr had me turning page after page and making excuses to read just one more chapter with each cliffhanger he delivered.
By BETH VRABEL
For the York Sunday News
What do a literature professor, a bookstore owner and a former librarian have in common? In addition to knowing a thing or two about books, they are often asked for recommendations from other readers.
Here are some favorite titles, recommended by those who've made a career out of knowing what constitutes good reading.
Our readers are: Colbey Emmerson Reid, York College assistant professor of modern
literature; Irene Ritson, owner of Recycled Reader Used Bookstore in York; and Suzy Hershey, former Village Library librarian and member of two local book clubs.
From short stories to fill up a free afternoon to fine literature to come back to again and again, here are some titles to add to your collection, and a few gift ideas for other readers in your life. Their picks:
Patriot Press has announced that "Shades of Gray: A Novel of the Civil War in Virginia," by Gettysburg author Jessica James, has won a gold medal for Best Regional Fiction in the Indie Book Awards contest and was a finalist in the Historical Fiction category. The book also garnered a silver medal for Best Regional Fiction in the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards.
Signed copies of "Shades of Gray" can be purchased from James through her Web site www.jessicajamesbooks.com.
Upton Sinclair's "Oil!" is the 1927 novel that the recent Oscar-winning film "There Will Be Blood" is loosely based upon.
Probably the most obvious difference is that, in "Oil!", the main character is "Bunny," the son of the book's central oil man, J. Arnold Ross.
Finish reading 'There will be corruption' »Speaking of summer reads, here are the top book-related searches on Yahoo!
Finish reading 'More for the beach' »Barnes&Noble.com has added three new features to its Barnes & Noble Studio multimedia site that are well worth a look.
In Guest Books, found out what writers read as authors talk about their top three favorite books. David Sedaris is featured this week.
5 Books selects five titles that will help readers sharpen their skills on a particular topic. Read all about wine.
The Book Files tells the story behind the book. This week’s featured book is James Joyce’s “The Dubliners.” Upcoming are Jerzy Kosinski’s “The Steps” and Dr. Seuss’ “Green Eggs and Ham.”
Visit http://www.barnesandnoble.com/bn-studio/videos-podcasts/index.asp?.
Those of you of a certain age (and you know who you are) who are members of AARP will want to check out Borders’ latest promotion.
Just go to www.borders.com and click on “Exclusive offer for AARP members.”
You can save from 10 to 35 percent on books purchased both online and at the store. And if you’re not a member, they will sign you up on the spot.
Occasionally getting older has its advantages.
Readers would rather curl up with a printed book than go online or read an e-book, a new Random House/Zogby poll finds.
Finish reading 'Readers prefer paper ' »
Ervin R. Stutzman, author of " Emma: A Widow among the Amish," will speak at Metzler Mennonite Church in Ephrata at 7 p.m. June 2 in a free program sponsored by the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's latest book, "Days of Infamy," written with historian William Forstchen, debuted at No. 11 on the New York Times Fiction Best-seller list this week.
This comes on the heels of the success of Gingrich’s non-fiction work, "Real Change: From the World that Fails to the World that Works," which spent 12 weeks on the NY Times Non-Fiction Best-seller list.
Gingrich joins the ranks of only a handful of authors who made the fiction and non-fiction list in the same year.
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