Reviews

Staff Review

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins


Rated by Library Staff (not verified)
Jul 22, 2010

games.GIF The Hunger Games has been recommended to me repeatedly by many of my coworkers and library patrons. Since I grew up under a totalitarian regime, I usually try to avoid reading about such regimes, because I have enough personal experience to last me a lifetime. Therefore it took me over a year and half to finally give it a try.

Staff Review

American Subversive by David Goodwillie


Rated by Library Staff (not verified)
Jul 21, 2010

american-subversive.jpg American Subversive is the story  of  professional blogger Aidan Cole and the Page Roderick a home-grown terrorist.  From the beginning we know they are in hiding(but not together) and the remainder of the book is devoted to telling us why.  The story is told in the alternate voices of Page and Aidan and the prologue ends with the following stateme

Staff Review

The Road [DVD], directed by John Hillcoat


Rated by Library Staff (not verified)
Jul 19, 2010

theroadmovie.jpgWe all know movies can be a tremendous letdown if the source material (generally a book) was very good. And in fact, the film adaptation of "The Road" got mixed reviews, though perhaps some of those were unfair.