Wallingford Public Library Association Annual Meeting: Our Doors Open to Curiosity a Publication of the Wallingford Public Libra

a publication of the Wallingford Public Library WORDS October 2018 Vol. 11 Iss. 10 The Golden Age of Horror Films Dr. Bizarro’s Strange & Obscure Facts of the 1930s and 1940s Wednesday, October 24th | 6:30-8:00pm Friday, October 12th | 10:30-11:30am Community Room | No registration required Community Room | No registration required An illustrated presentation based on Stephen Spignesi’s book Relive the Golden Age of Hollywood Horror Films with this Dr. Bizarro’s Eclectic Collection of Strange & Obscure Facts. Topics presentation about Hollywood movies and the colorful actors discussed (with a fascinating accompanying slideshow) include: who starred in them. Among the movies to be discussed include: • Bizarro Religious Phenomenon Dracula, The Wolfman, Frankenstein, and The Mummy, featuring • Bizarro Abilities of Savants actors such as Bella Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, and • Bizarro Last Meals Lon Chaney, Jr. We will also discuss how these films that • Bizarro Things People Eat were introduced in the 1930s & 1940s got a second life in the • Bizarro Tourist Attractions television programs of the 1950s. Presented by Leon DiMartino. • Bizarro Facts About the Titanic • Bizarro Celebrity UFO sightings …and more! Photo Credit: Stephen Spignesi is a New York Times bestselling author of more than 70 books. He is a retired Practitioner in Residence from the University of New Haven where he was nominated for an Excellence in Teaching Award. He lives in New Haven.

Wallingford Public Library Association Annual Meeting: Our Doors Open to Curiosity Monday, October 22nd | 7:00pm | Community Room Open to the public | No registration required Join us to celebrate our 138th year! After refreshments and a brief business meeting, we will enjoy a presentation by Lhakpa Sherpa, a Nepalese-American mountain climber who has climbed Mount Everest nine times, the most of any woman in the world! Lhakpa’s talk about her experiences climbing Mount Everest includes photos from three different summits and provides insight into the dangers and thrills of the climb. Lhakpa will also discuss her May-June 2019 Lhakpa Sherpa stands on the summit of Mount Everest in 2016 expedition, when she will be looking to reach the peak for the tenth time.

www.wallingfordlibrary.org | 203-265-6754 Children and Families

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Wallingford residents may pre-register starting 4 weeks prior to the Collaboration Station: Perler Beads program date. Registration opens to non-residents 2 weeks prior to Tuesday, October 16th | 6:30pm the program. Grades 3-5 | Collaboratory Arrange colorful perler beads on a peg board and iron them Reading to Rover together for a long-lasting design. A supervising adult must register Tuesday, October 2nd | 4:30pm – 5:30pm with each child. Ages 3 and up | Children’s Room Sign up for a specific 15-minute time slot to practice your reading Teddy Bear Clinic skills with a trained therapy dog! You don’t need to be a proficient Monday, October 22nd | 10:30am reader, just be able to turn the pages of a book. Ages 2-5 | Collins Room Meet Sniffles the Bear and some of the doctors from MedExpress Sensory Story Time Clinic to learn about hand washing, X-rays, splinters, and healthy Saturday, October 6th | 11:00am habits. Bring your own stuffed animal for a check-up! Birth – Age 10 | Collins Room Does your child have difficulty sitting through story time? If The Break-it Make-it Lab: so, this inclusive, interactive program of stories, songs, and movement may be just what you are looking for! Sensory Story Get to Know Your Pet Time is especially welcoming for children on the spectrum, those Wednesday, October 24th | 4:30pm with a variety of learning styles or sensory integration challenges, Grades 3-5 | Children’s Program Room and their families. Ever wonder what your dog or cat is thinking, or why they do what they do? Come find out and make some special treats for your pet! Sweet Treats: Lemon Cookie Dough Tarts LEGO Club Wednesday, October 10th | 4:30pm Saturday, October 27th | 10:30am Grades 3-5 | Community Room Grades K-5 (and grown-up guest) | Children’s Program Room Join us to test out your cooking skills! We will share a story and Bring your imagination and join us for an hour of fun with LEGO then make a delicious treat from scratch. This month, we will be bricks! At this program, kids and their grown-up will have a chance making lemon cookie dough tarts! to show off their building skills with LEGO bricks provided by the Library. Because the LEGO bricks pose a choking hazard, no younger siblings please. Story Walks @ Choate Thursday, October 11th | 9:30am or 2:00pm Ages 3-5 | Kohler Environmental Center Children’s Staff Picks Join retired kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Stowe to find hidden pages from a book along a trail through the woods and learn about nature along the way! Please meet us at the Kohler Environmental Miss Alyssa Center (211 East Main Street) and follow the signs to the The Blood Guard by Carter Roy footbridge. (Ages 9-14) 13-year-old Ronan Truelove’s world turns upside down when he discovers his Learn and Grow mother is involved with the Blood Guard, a secret society that protects a group of 36 Did you know that your child’s brain contains billions of neurons and the goodhearted individuals called The Pure. brain does the most growth in a child’s first five years? Talk to your child as much as you can and introduce new words every day! Miss Allison Loot by Jude Watson Text EZWPL to 313131 to receive one text message per week with (Ages 9-14) a tip to help your child (age 0-5) get ready to read. This is a free service, but standard texting charges may apply. In this fast-paced and action-packed international adventure, twins March and Jules race against time to try to plot a major jewel heist.

2 Introducing The Wonder Room

A Redesigned Space for Drop-In Programs an Evolving Community

Homework Help with Ms. Cabrera If you stopped by the Children’s Room over the summer Mondays & Wednesdays from 4:00pm to 8:00pm you may have seen a big colorful sign showing a new Ms. Cabrera, a bilingual teacher, is available after school layout for the back section of our Homework Help Zone. during the school year. This program is meant to help parents This space was originally designed to be an extensive understand their child’s assignments and to help children who don’t know how to begin. Reference Area, but with the evolution of online reference tools, those resources were downsized and moved to a different area several years ago. Instead of leaving this area as it is now, housing only a small Chess Club Saturday, October 6th | 10:00am–12:00noon collection of holiday books and a few tables and chairs, Grades K-12 | Children’s Room we envision a redesigned and vibrant space that can be Join master chess player, Wayne Aguiar to learn and play this used for multiple purposes including baby story times, classic strategy game. All are welcome: whether you are just hands-on STEAM programming, family maker activities, learning, want to improve your game, or just want to have fun. and an inspiring space for quiet study. Reading Buddies Friday, October 12th | 6:00pm-7:30pm We need to raise $75,000 in order to make this new Grades 1-2 | Children’s Program Room space a reality. No donation is too small to make Need a little extra reading help? Choate student volunteers will join a difference! If you would like to be among the 1st & 2nd graders for activities such as reading together, playing generous library lovers to support this initiative we interactive games, and doing group read-alouds and skits. can guarantee your donation will have a lasting impact on our community. You can donate online by going Big Ideas Book Club to: wallingfordlibrary.org/donate and specify “Wonder Saturday, October 13th | 10:30am Ages 3-6 | Children’s Program Room Room” in the comment section. You can also donate by Join us for a casual, inclusive cash or check at the Children’s Room Information Desk. book club for families who want to introduce their kids to big ideas We welcome you to come in and see the plans yourself through picture books, discussion, and and ask any questions you may have. We’re very excited age appropriate activities. Siblings about The Wonder Room and hope you will be too! are welcome! This month, we will be talking about self-acceptance. Registration is encouraged to help plan for craft supplies.

Edward Leonard’s Saturday Sing-Along Saturday, October 20th | 10:30am Birth – Age 8 | Community Room Put on your dancing shoes and join Edward Leonard for a fun family program that combines songs, dance, instruments, and of course, acting silly!

3 Teen Things

Anime Night: Food Wars! Thursday, October 4th | 6:00-8:00pm Community Room | Registration appreciated If you love anime and manga this is where you need to be…

This month we will be watching Food Wars! Yukihira Soma is a teen with a great enthusiasm for cooking. He dreams of surpassing his father, a great chef and restaurant owner, and so attends Totsuki Culinary Academy, a legendary and formidable cooking school for the greatest teenage chefs in Japan.

Meet new friends, discuss your favorite manga, and snack on sushi with chopsticks. Open to all in grades 6-12.

3D Pen Workshop Wednesday, October 10th | 3:15-4:30pm Collaboratory | Registration required Come and try out the 3Doodler, a 3D printing pen which allows you to draw in the air with plastic to make objects! Use your drawing skills and learn tips and tricks to create an infinite number of possibilities. What will you create? Open to all in grades 6-12.

Halloween Needle Felting Tuesday, October 30th | 4:30-6:00pm Collaboratory | Registration required Enjoy the art of needle felting, a craft where soft, colorful wool fibers are meshed together using a very sharp burred needle. We will learn various techniques to create both flat and 3-dimensional projects with a Halloween Theme. Projects include making any kind of small object such as sculpted pumpkins, ghosts, bats, goblins or anything fun or scary! In this workshop participants will be using a very sharp needle which requires focus and fine motor skills. Please register is advance. Open to all in grades 6-12.

YA Pick of the Month from Teen Librarian, Jenn Nash Teen Craft and Homework Help Thursday, October 18th | 1:00-3:00pm Collaboratory | No registration required Scythe by Neal Shusterman Since Wallingford students have a half day on A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered October 18th, we will be offering homework help all those things, and has even conquered and jewelry making in the Collaboratory. Please death. Now scythes are the only ones who stop by. Open to all in grades 6-12. can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.

4 Gatherings

Knit @ WPL Mystery Book Group: Tuesdays, October 2nd & 16th | 6:00-7:30pm The Day the Rabbi Resigned Board Room | No registration required by Harry Kemelman Knit @ WPL is a place where knitters and crocheters Wednesday, October 3rd | 3:00-4:15pm can practice their work in the company of others. Community Room | No registration required Newcomers are welcome to join, but knitting experience In the midst of finding a new career, Rabbi Small is required. Why knit? Research shows that knitting supports a healthy encounters a suspicious death in the community and begins a search brain and helps elevate mood. What are you waiting for? Grab your for a killer in the town of Barnard’s Crossing. needles and yarn (we will provide materials if you are without) and come to a fun-filled evening. The group meets the first and third Tuesday of Copies of the book are available at the Information Desk. This Book each month. Group is moderated by Carole Shmurak, author of 11 books and Professor Emerita at Central Connecticut State University. WPL Play Readers Tuesday, October 2nd | 6:30-8:30pm Thursday Night Book Club: Collins Room | No registration required The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid The Wallingford Public Library Play Readers perform dramatic by Bill Bryson readings of comedies and dramas, monologues, scenes from William Thursday, October 18th | 7:00-8:30pm Shakespeare’s plays, and short plays of Thornton Wilder and Eugene Collins Room | No registration required O’Neill. Members of the group select plays and cast roles for members. In this nostalgic and hilarious memoir of growing You may join the WPL Play Readers as a spectator or participant. up in Des Moines, Iowa, in the 1950s, writer Bill Bryson shares stories about his all-American Saturday Mornings with Poetry childhood. He recreates the life of his loving but Saturdays, October 13th and 27th | 9:45am-Noon eccentric family and describes an upbringing that Board Room | No registration required is recognizable to any baby boomer and almost A meeting of people who love reading and writing poetry. SMwP foreign to anyone else. The book is a warm, provides poetic opportunities for anyone to share their poetry, discuss loving and laugh-out-loud description of what it the literary works of poets known and unknown, and expand skills in was like to come of age in postwar America. writing and editing poems in the shared camaraderie of comfortable, supportive members. Copies of the book are available at the Information Desk. Discussion moderated Wallingford Writers Community by Librarian Cindy Haiken. Refreshments will be served. Saturday, October 20th | 2:00-4:00pm Board Room | No registration required Wallingford Reads YA: Join the Wallingford Writers Community and discover how the The Apprentice’s Masterpiece: fellowship of other writers can help you pursue your writing goals! A Story of Medieval Spain by Melanie Little Monthly meetings are facilitated by award-wining author, Cheryl Bardoe, Thursday, October 25th | 7:00-8:00pm and creative writing teacher, Kristin Liu. All meetings include dedicated writing time, craft techniques for fiction and literary nonfiction, and the Board Room | No registration required opportunity to share work in a supportive, creative forum. It’s the Spanish Inquisition, and agents of oppression grow deadly for two teens. Fifteenth-century Spain is a richly multicultural society in which Jews, Muslims and Christians coexist. But under the zealous Christian Queen Friday Night Flicks Isabella, the country abruptly becomes one of the most murderously intolerant places on Earth.

It is in this atmosphere that the Benvenistes, Won’t You Be My Neighbor? a family of scribes, attempt to eke out a living. Friday, October 12th | 6:00pm The family has a secret—they are conversos: Community Room | PG-13 Jews who converted to Christianity. Now, with This documentary paints a portrait of neighbors and friends turned into spies, fear hangs in the air. the life and work of children’s entertainer Fred Rogers, star of “Mister Rogers’ All teens and adults are welcome at this book discussion where we Neighborhood.” A former minister, Mister discuss Young Adult Literature. Lauren Rumi moderates. Copies of the Rogers creatively communicated themes of book are available at the Information Desk. empathy and acceptance.

Ocean’s 8 Friday, October 26th | 6:00pm | Community Room | PG-13 For book news and reading suggestions Debbie Ocean recruits seven women to help her steal a $150 visit our library book blog at million necklace at the Met Gala. northmainbooknotes.blogspot.com

5 October Events

31 WEDNESDAY 6:30pm | Computer Tutoring Spooky Staff Picks

Monday 10am-3pm Tuesday 10am-2pm Wednesday 1pm-7pm Thursday 1pm-4pm Friday 10am-3pm Saturday 10am-2pm The Strain October Specials: Doll Bones Her Fearful Symmetry by Holly Black by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan by Audrey Niffenegger Halloween and Horror, Fiction Trades Kari Jenn Cindy BOGO

First Saturday of the Month: BOGO with the exception Did You Know? of tote bags Try out our new interactive digital display screen Please note: The Book Seller no longer accepts donations on located next to the Book Return to discover upcoming Friday afternoons. events or learn about library staff and donors.

7 Happenings

Job Search Strategies Wills, Trusts, and Probate: Monday, October 1st | 1:00-2:00pm Ask a Probate Attorney OR Tuesday, October 9th | 6:30-7:30pm Tuesday, October 23rd | 7:00-8:00pm Collins Room | No registration required Board Room | Registration required Please bring your questions for this hour-long program. Attorney Steven Allinson, an attorney in Wallingford Do you need a new job, but don’t know where to begin? with vast knowledge and experience in Wills, Trusts, Maybe you’re ready to make a change, but don’t know and Probate, will speak and answer questions. At this where to look for help with your resume or how to find forum, the Attorney cannot give specific legal advice; all a job online. Join us for a one-hour job search strategy his responses will be procedural in nature and contain a workshop. We will review different library resources, public general overview of the law. Anyone is welcome to attend and online job search tools, and how to effectively use and the forum is free. your network in a job search. This class is great for anyone interested in learning different ways to approach looking Paper, Paper Everywhere! for a new position. Attendees are encouraged to bring What Do I Keep? their questions about specific jobs. One-on-one classes Wednesday, October 10th | 7:00-8:30pm will be offered separately for individual review of resumes, Community Room | Registration appreciated cover letters, and help with submitting online applications. Do you fight stacks of paper, hunt for permission slips, Personal email account, basic computer and mouse and/or can’t stand the condition of your kitchen table? knowledge required. Break the cycle of piling, hunting, and shuffling paper and This workshop is led by Librarian Sarah Eiseman. Prior stuff when Professional Organizer Anita Taylor shares to becoming a librarian, Sarah worked in professional the magic of creative systems and other unique ways to recruiting, professional development, and Human control those annoying mountains of stuff. Resources where she regularly reviewed resumes and other candidate material. Her work with applicants has Yoga with Ramesh Patel given her insight into common mistakes job seekers make, Saturday, October 13th | 10:00-11:00am Community Room | Registration appreciated things that are priorities for employers, and resources that This yoga class focuses on creating energy from within. can be used more effectively in a job search. It also concentrates on physical health and mental One-on-One Job Search Assistance well-being. During the class, we will focus on breathing Wednesday, October 3rd | 1:00, 1:30, or 2:00 techniques while doing the asanas (poses). The class will Tuesday, October 9th | 7:00, 7:30, or 8:00 be a slower pace and focus on developing clear and safe Monday, October 15th | 1:00, 1:30, or 2:00 alignment in foundational poses. Wednesday, October 24th | 7:00, 7:30, or 8:00 Monday, October 29th | 1:00, 1:30, or 2:00 Please bring your own yoga mat, and do not eat a heavy Board Room | Registration required meal before class.

Do you need help with your resume, cover letter, or How to Keep the Stress Out submitting a job application online? Sign up for an of Holiday Shopping with Coupons Wednesday, October 17th | 6:30-8:00pm individual session to meet with Librarian Sarah Eiseman. Community Room | Registration appreciated Attendees are encouraged to bring past resumes, reference contacts, lists of past employers for the last three years, We all love the holidays, but the aftermath can be with dates and locations, and any other information horrifying. It’s no fun to pay for your holiday shopping that might be included in an application and/or resume. year round. What if you could cut your costs by a Personal email account, basic computer and mouse minimum of half? All it takes is some savvy shopping and knowledge required. a few tips and tricks.

Sessions are 30 minutes and attendees may sign up for up to Join Gina Juliano, The Connecticut Coupon Lady, as she three non-consecutive sessions. reveals how to: • Earn Amazon gift cards for free just by doing internet searches • Earn cash back on all the gifts you purchase online • Buy $25 restaurant gift cards for as little as $2 • Fill your kids’ stockings for free

8 Technology Classes

Wallingford Public Library: A to Z Introduction to Lynda.com Friday, October 26th | 6:30-7:30pm Wednesday, October 17th | 2:00-3:30pm | Board Room Collins Room | Registration appreciated Registration required Lynda.com is a leading online learning platform that helps anyone Whether you’re new in town, haven’t visited the learn business, software, technology, and creative skills to achieve Wallingford Public Library in ages, or are simply curious personal and professional goals. You can access their complete to learn more, you’re invited to join Library Director Jane courses with your Wallingford Public Library card. This class will Fisher for a slice of pizza and an engaging overview of the show you how to setup a Lynda.com account and how to start materials and services available at the Library. Jane will utilizing the courses to meet your learning goals. Please note: Lynda.com is only available to Wallingford Library cardholders. take you on an A to Z journey and show you why people frequently exclaim, “Wow! I had no idea I could do THAT at the library!” An optional tour of the library follows the iPad OS Hidden Features Monday, October 22nd | 2:00-3:30pm | Board Room presentation. Registration required Learn useful features of the iPad such as editing home screens, sharing content, notifications and notification center, quitting apps, gestures, copy/paste, the App Store and more. A fundamental Staff Throwback understanding of the iPad is required. Please bring your fully charged iPad and applicable passwords. All Hallow’s Eve is quickly approaching! Since the holiday has been turned into a night of frolic and costumes, we thought it would be Introduction to Libby fun to take a look back at some of our staff costumes from last year! Monday, October 29th | 10:00-11:30am | Board Room Who knows what we will dress up as this year? Registration required Join us to learn about the new Overdrive app named Libby. With Libby, you can check out audiobooks and eBooks to enjoy on your mobile device. Please bring your up-to-date Wallingford Library card, tablet and/or phone to class. In addition, please bring all necessary passwords to download apps. One-on-One Computer Tutoring Tuesdays | 4:15pm Wednesdays | 6:30pm Thursdays | 4:15pm, 6:30pm or 7:30pm Registration required Learn keyboard or mouse skills, word processing, Internet searching, online job applications, e-mail, or social media.

Interested in ebooks, digital magazines, and streaming music and video from the library? Contact Janet Flewelling at (203) 265-6754 or [email protected] for individual instruction using your own device.

9 In The Collaboratory

Registration Required Ongoing Drop-In Programs

Laser Cut Jack-O-Lanterns Game Night! Tuesday, October 2nd | 7:00pm OR First and Third Tuesday of the month Thursday, October 4th | 3:00pm October 2nd & 16th | 6:30pm | Open to adults and teens Since putting actual pumpkins in our laser cutter would be too Bring your friends for an evening of board messy, we’re going to make wooden jack-o-lanterns. You’ll design and card games! Explore our collection of 30+ your own jack-o-lantern to be cut out on the laser cutter. Then games. Learn how to play a new one or return we’ll assemble and paint the pumpkins. These pumpkins are great to an old favorite. Have a game you love? Bring because they will not rot, so you can use them for years. it along and teach others how to play! Halloween Spell Books Bead ‘n Banter Tuesday, October 9th | 7:00pm OR Second Tuesday of the month Thursday, October 11th | 3:00pm October 9th | 6:30pm | Open to adults and teens Bring out your inner witch by designing the cover of your very own Bring your projects to work on, share spell book. Perfect for Halloween décor or keeping track of all your inspiration, ideas, patterns, & sourcing, and spells and potions. join us to chat about all things beading. This drop-in group is for adults interested in Witch’s Broom making jewelry who are willing to learn from Wednesday, October 10th | 6:30pm and share with each other. This is not a class Customize your own witch’s broom for Halloween to be part of a or workshop. Bring your own supplies and costume, to adorn your home or for midnight rides! a portable task light if you need one. Basic jewelry making tools are available at the Library. Assorted Leaf Crafts Tuesday, October 16th | 7:00pm OR Open Sew Thursday, October 18th | 3:00pm Third Wednesday of the month | October 17th | 5:00-9:00pm Bring autumn inside by using leaves to make a variety of crafts Bring your unfinished projects, either machine or including leaf coasters, leaf wall hangings, and leaf rubbings. Make hand sewing to work on or just stop by to get ideas as many as you can; you won’t “leaf” empty handed! for your next project. There are 4 portable sewing machines (or bring your own) and there are also lots Needle Felting Fun of tools to share including rotary blades, cutting Monday, October 22nd | 6:00pm mats, cutting table, scissors, rulers, and more! Enjoy the art of needle felting, a craft where soft wool fibers are meshed together using a very sharp burred needle. You will learn various techniques to create both flat and 3-dimensional projects such as bookmarks, appliques, “paintings” and small sculpted Max Facts by Max Spurr animals that could be ornaments or pins. We’ve recently added new items to our Book Page Pumpkins circulating things collection! We now have Tuesday, October 23rd | 7:00pm OR Thursday, October 25th | 3:00pm an auto code scanner, a digital projector, Create festive fall décor by turning an old book into a beautiful and a Brother sewing machine. The auto orange pumpkin. code scanner is a valuable resource for DIY mechanics. It plugs into your car, and tells you Vinyl Aprons why the Check Engine light has turned on. Our digital projector has Tuesday, October 30th | 7:00pm OR HDMI and component cable hook ups, perfect for watching movies Thursday, November 1st | 3:00pm or playing video games, giving you the big screen theater experience Customize an apron with vinyl decals, just in time for Thanksgiving! right at home. Using our Silhouette Cameo, we’ll cut out designs on heat transfer vinyl and then iron them on to aprons. Basic computer skills required. Please note: This is a repeat program. Due to space constraints, please do not register for this program if you have attended previously.

Talking TED Thursday, October 11th | 7:00pm | Registration required New discussions on the second Thursday of each month Join Librarian Cindy Haiken to watch and discuss a popular TED talk. In October, we will be watching and talking about Susan Cain’s humorous and thought-provoking TED talk “The Power of Introverts.”

10 The Last Words

Pages by Chris Ciemniewski New in Novels by Cindy Haiken

The 1930s and 1940s horror films have immortalized monsters like Frankenstein In Salem’s Lot, Stephen King writes that “when fall comes…it stays and Dracula in the public consciousness. awhile like an old friend that you have missed. It settles in the way However these interpretations are very an old friend will settle into your favorite chair and take out his pipe different from the literary counterparts on and light it and then fill the afternoon with stories of places he has which they are based. Just as there are been and things he has done since last he saw you.” Here are some many portrayals of these characters, there perfect new novels to settle into your favorite chair with this month: are many books that chronicle their pop culture history and influence. The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton – More than 150 years after an artist retreat on the River Frankenstein: How a Monster Became an Icon (823.7 FRA) features Thames ends in murder, theft and ruin, a London essays from a variety of authors and historians separated into three archivist finds a photograph and a sketchbook and is parts. The first part covers the origins of Mary Shelley’s creation, determined to discover a mansion’s secrets. the literary themes, and the significance of the work while the second part dissects the later media and marketing portrayal of the character. A third part offers a confluence of the two and analyzes Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami – This imaginative how the icon has changed and what Mary Shelley might think of the homage to The Great Gatsby is an epic story of love, war and art. monster today. Melmoth by Sarah Perry – This follow-up to the bestselling The A couple of perfect follow-ups to this collection are Making the Essex Serpent finds Helen, an English translator working in Prague, Monster: The Science Behind Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (823.7 disbelieving a local monster legend before a friend’s disappearance HAR) by Kathryn Harkup which further discusses the scientific reveals that Helen is being watched. advancements and speculation present during the novel’s writing, and The Lady and Her Monsters (823.7 MON) by Roseanne Monticello The Reckoning by John Grisham – The best-selling which explores Shelley’s scientific obsessions and experiments in author returns to Clanton, Mississippi, where a young human anatomy. war hero accused of the mid-20th-century murder of a local reverend refuses to defend his actions during Finally, Frankenstein: A Cultural History (823.7 HIT) by Susan a bizarre trial. Tyler Hitchcock traces the transformation of this character from misunderstood creation to pop culture icon and delves into the reasons the character is so endearing across multiple forms of Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver – The award-winning author of media. The Poisonwood Bible describes the experiences of a woman whose efforts to protect her family from sudden unemployment are shaped Although Frankenstein’s history is complex, Dracula’s history goes by the story of an ostracized 19th-century science teacher. back even further with Bram Stoker looking to Vlad the Impaler as insipration for his character. In Search of Dracula (809.335 MAC) The Witch Elm by Tana French – Left for dead by by Raymond T. McNally and Radu Florescu looks at the literary well burglars while partying with friends, a happy-go-lucky of vampire folklore that Stoker drew from to create his icon of a charmer takes refuge at his run-down ancestral home vampire as well as inspiration he received from the historical figure, before a grisly discovery reveals an unsuspected Vlad Dracula. family history.

Who was Dracula? (823.8 STE) by Jim Steinmeyer investigates why Dracula alone has stood the test of time as the definitive vampire Also notable this month are the 11th Michael Bennett novel by while so many others have come and gone from the spotlight. James Patterson (Ambush), the 13th installment in the Irish Country Steinmeyer looks at multiple facets of the character and how those series by Patrick Taylor (An Irish Country Cottage), the 19th V.I. facets are amplified in different reinventions of the character. Warshawski novel by Sara Paretsky (Shell Game), the 4th Stephens and Mephisto mystery by Elly Griffiths The( Vanishing Box), the 11th You can read more about the influence Universal had on the horror Virgil Flowers novel by John Sandford (Holy Ghost), the 29th Agatha genre in the 1930s and 1940s in The Monster Movies of Universal Raisin mystery by M.C. Beaton (The Dead Ringer), and new novels by Studios (791.43 NEI) by James L. Neibaur. Neibaur chronicles each Elin Hilderbrand (Winter in Paradise), Mitch Albom (The Next Person of their films individually and examines thier reception and impact You Meet in Heaven), Nicholas Sparks (Every Breath), Frederick on the future of horror cinema. Forsyth (The Fox), Stephen King (Elevation) and Michael Connelly (Dark Sacred Night).

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