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T.A.B. Photographers
“Butterflies” by Sydney Rehm “Flowers” by Sydney Rehm
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Dear Readers,
Did You Know… Thank you for picking up the third issue for this year! We always need submissions, so if you are interested in entering a piece, see Autumn has been called Deborah Elam. Book, song, & movie reviews, poetry, photos, the "hectic beauty of favorite quotes, and anything else you can think of, are welcome!! Hopefully, you had a wonderful summer and you are loving the new death." school year! We have several books to recommend to you that we According to superstition, recently read and enjoyed: The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson catching leaves in autumn Walker, Emma by Jane Austen, My Name is Memory by Ann brings good luck. Brashares, The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West, Made You Up by Cherophobia is the fear of Francesca Zappia, and 99 Days by Katie Cotugno. fun. Katie & Hannah As of 1998 there were as many museums (5,752) in Germany as in the United Kingdom and Italy combined! October 27th is National Tell a Story Day
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T.A.B. Song Review by Hannah Jones T.A.B. Librarian Interview
Hasina Chengara Unbreakable Smile by Tori Kelly
Rating:
Tori Kelly, an American singer and songwriter, released her debut album Unbreakable Smile on June 23rd, 2015. Unbreakable Smile was 1. Where are you from? #2 on Billboard 200. Featuring the I was born in East-Germany popular song “Nobody Love”, the but spent most of my life in a album also includes “Should’ve small town about 2 hours from Been Us”, “I was Made for Loving Frankfurt. You” (feat. Ed Sheeran), and “Art of Letting You Go.” The twenty-two year old musician’s 2. Why did you choose to be a “Nobody Love” song was the lead single of the album and was librarian? Coming from publishing her first top 100 hit in the United States peaking at number 60. working at a library was a good Tori Kelly has an unbelievably, amazing voice and is such a career change for me. It allowed me to be surrounded and talk talented songwriter. All of the songs on her album Unbreakable about books all day. Plus, I like Smile are genius. My favorites would be: Nobody Love, helping people and learn new Should’ve Been Us, I was Made for Loving You, Unbreakable things every day. Smile, and Anyway. I love the fact that she has written all of her songs—it makes the album more authentic! Anybody who is a 3. What is your favorite thing fan or pop, R&B, and/or soul music should check out Kelly’s about libraries? The smell of books. album (and her older two EP’s).
****************************************************************************** 4. What are your favorite books? I like the classics of T.A.B. Song Review by Sophia Rouse Tolstoy, Thomas Mann, Kafka, Milan Kundera etc. but also Life on Mars by David Bowie contemporary authors like Jonathan Franzen, Philip Roth, Michel Houellebcq, Bernhard Rating: Schlink, Zsuzsa Bank and Judith Herrmann. “It's a God-awful small affair
To the girl with the mousy hair 5. What is your favorite memory But her mummy is yelling no as a teen? And her daddy has told her to go Traveling to China But her friend is nowhere to be seen (Shanghai), Australia, New Now she walks through her sunken dream Zealand and Chile after high To the seat with the clearest view school before I went to the university.
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And she's hooked to the silver screen But the film is a saddening bore For she's lived it ten times or more She could spit in the eyes of fools As they ask her to focus on Sailors fighting in the dance hall Oh man look at those cavemen go It's the freakiest show Take a look at the lawman Beating up the wrong guy Oh man wonder if he'll ever know He's in the best selling show Is there life on Mars?”
This song is very uplifting for me personally. The piano helps tie the song into a piece that flows. It helps me when days get rough and stressful. The lyrics are weird just as David Bowie is, but that is what helps make the song complete for me. I am unique and so is this song.
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T.A.B. Musical by Sophia Rouse
The (Somewhat Believable) Life of Oswald the One-Eyed Icelandic Prince
CHARACTERS
Prince Oswald- the misunderstood prince (played by Redmayne) King Edvard- the strict unwelcoming father (played by David Bowie) Queen Charlotte- the loving mother Prince Heinrich- the evil brother
The audience sees a dark stage. Then fog appears, coming from stage, right and left. Next, Oswald comes down from the top of the stage into center stage. (As he is ascending, the song, “Gods and Monsters” {The American Horror Story cover}, begins.) He begins singing as soon as he hits the stage. Then the aliens from Mars come and sing the background music in acapella form. As the song ends, everyone runs off stage.
The first scene begins as the royal family is at dinner and King Edvard is drilling Oswald about being a soon-to-be king. Oswald needs to find a wife, but insists that Earth people are just too mediocre and are quite a bore to him. So Oswald then suggests that he must go to Mars and find a weird bride that only has one eye just as he does.(As they argue, the orchestrated version of “Life on Mars?” plays) and Oswald then storms off stage (to his room) *insert scene change*. Oswald is busily at work (Fleetwood Mac’s song “Dream” plays) He sings along. Heinrich then enters after the song is over and explains that Oswald should follow his dreams and go to Mars Page 6 T.A.B. Newsletter and find his wife. (Knowing that Oswald won’t return, Heinrich hastily runs to tell his father his devious plan to kill Oswald so Heinrich, the responsible one, can take the throne.)
The next day, Oswald gets in the family spaceship and goes to Mars. (As he is getting the spaceship, the family is singing “Space Oddity”.) Oswald then departs towards the nearest wormhole. (As he enters the wormhole, the song “Under Pressure” plays. Oswald sings as the stage grows darker and darker and the song ends.) Then you hear a loud crash and see Oswald in a pile of sand surrounded by aliens. He is then escorted off to the King’s palace, where he sees a beautiful one eyed blue alien princess. Oswald then has to explain to the Royal Family from Mars who he is and why he is there. The King of Mars then takes a moment to think about the request of Oswald. Then he finally says that if Oswald wants to marry Liesel (the one-eyed princess) he must have an archery contest with the prince of Mars (Harold).
Oswald then grows worrisome, because the last time he had an archery contest, he shot his eye out. So that afternoon the entire sand desert Mars population watches the contest take place! (As they have the contest, the Mars population is singing “Icky Thump”.) Oswald wins! The king is surprised and grows mad at Oswald. Oswald then grabs Liesel, and they run off to the spaceship and launch off into space towards a wormhole. The stage goes darker and darker. Finally, the stage becomes lighter and a wedding scene is set on the stage. Edvard and Heinrich look incredibly bad and disgusted that Oswald succeeded. They get married. The entire cast comes on to stage and sing “Dirty Paws” and the stage grows darker as Oswald and Liesel are lifted off the stage and into darkness.
The End :)
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Author Spotlight by Sophia Rouse Name: Markus Zusak
Bio: He is from Australia. His parents were Austrian and German immigrants, who could neither read or write in English. Since they both couldn't communicate in English, they both pushed for their children to be able to. At age 16, Zusak began writing. He obtained a teaching degree from University of Sydney. Before officially becoming a professional author, he was a house painter, janitor, and, of course, a teacher. His first book, like many other authors, was rejected. Finally, The Underdog was published. His next novel, The Wolfe Brothers, won numerous awards. After that he published The Messenger (published in the U.S. as I am the Messenger). This book has won numerous awards abroad. The most nationally known book he published is called The Book Thief. This is his only book that has been turned into a movie.
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The Perfect Books to Read This Fall
Cozy Fire
Spiced Tea
Warm Blanket
Terrific Book
1. The Fall by Bethany Griffin
2. Compulsion by Katherine Hall 3. The Complete Tales of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
4. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
5. Legacy of Kings by Eleanor Herman
6. Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy
7. Blood and Salt by Kim Liggett
8. Hello, Goodbye, and Everything In Between by Jennifer E. Smith
9. A Treasury of Classic Poetry
10. A Madness so Discreet by Mindy McGinn
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