CATTAILS FROM THE OUACHITA PARISH PUBLIC LIBRARY RESOLVE TO... GROW, READ AND LEARN WITH THE LIBRARY’S RESOURCES! MUSIC AND AUDIOBOOKS FOR YOUR EARS EXPLORE THE LIBRARY’S MANY AUDIO OPTIONS GENEALOGY 101 & 102 THE LIBRARY CAN HELP YOU GET TO KNOW YOUR FAMILY HISTORY Ouachita Parish Public Library DECEMBER 2020/JANUARY 2021 IN THIS ISSUE 02 READING RESOLUTIONS WHAT SHOULD YOU READ NEXT BASED ON YOUR FAVORITE 03-04 CHRISTMAS MOVIE? MUSIC (AND AUDIOBOOKS!) 05-06 FOR YOUR EARS RESOLVE TO GROW FROM YOUNG ADULT FICTION 07 TO NEW ADULT FICTION RESOLVE TO LEARN A NEW HOBBY AND MEET YOUR 08 GOALS WITH KANOPY RESOLVE TO READ 09 WITH YOUR FAMILY LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND 10-11 BOOK CLUBS RESOLVE TO RESEARCH YOUR 12-14 FAMILY HISTORY Holiday Closures MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CHRISTMAS: NEW YEAR: DAY: All branches of the Ouachita Parish All branches will close early at 5 All branches will close Monday, Public Library will close early at 5 p.m. Wednesday, December 30 January 18 in honor of Martin p.m. Tuesday, December 22 and and remain closed through Friday, Luther King, Jr. Day. Regular hours remain closed through Sunday, January 1 for the New Year holidays. will resume Tuesday, January 19. December 27. Regular hours will Regular hours will resume Saturday, resume Monday, December 28. January 2. OUACHITA PARISH PUBLIC LIBRARY Set your reading goals for this upcoming year! Not sure where to begin? Play along READINGREADING all year with this bingo card. Don’t forget to ask your RESOLUTIONSRESOLUTIONS librarian for suggestions. We love recommending books to IN 2020, I READ BOOKS. our patrons! IN 2021, I ASPIRE TO READ BOOKS. B O O K S Book from the Book by a debut Memoir or Audiobook Mystery year you were author biography born Thriller Book set in Book in a genre Book to movie Book by an author the South you’ve never read adaptation with the same before name as you First book in Book set outside Book your Book with an Historical fiction a series the United States librarian suggests animal on the book for you cover Contemporary Graphic novel or Book with a one- A classic you’ve Re-read a book fiction book comic book word title been meaning you enjoyed to read Young adult book Book translated Award-winning Cookbook, field Book by an author from another book guide or DIY book of a different language culture than yours CATTAILS DECEMBER 2020/JANUARY 2021 2 WHAT SHOULD YOU READ NEXT BASED ON Whether you are a YOUR Scrooge or a Rudolph, we have your next favorite FAVORITE read at the Library (and all your favorite holiday CHRISTMAS movies are available to MOVIE? check out as DVDs!). The movie you love: The book you’ll love: LOVE ACTUALLY I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT YOU BY TERRY MCMILLAN If you love fiercely and follow your heart like your favorite character in Love Actually, you should read I Almost Forgot About You by Terry McMillan. *Available in print, large print, book-on-CD and on cloudLibrary as an e-book and e-audiobook The movie you love: The book you’ll love: THE GRINCH A MAN CALLED OVE BY FREDRIK BACKMAN If you find yourself hiding from your family in the kitchen on Christmas morning and relate to The Grinch, you should read A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. *Available in print, book-on-CD and on cloudLibrary as an e-book and e-audiobook, plus the movie adaptation available on DVD and on Hoopla The movie you love: The book you’ll love: DIE HARD THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER BY TOM CLANCY If your favorite season is hunting season and you consider Die Hard a Christmas movie, you should read The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy. *Available in print, book-on-CD and on cloudLibrary as an e-book, plus the movie adaptation on DVD The movie you love: The book you’ll love: HALLMARK MOVIES! MY KIND OF CHRISTMAS BY ROBYN CARR If you drink hot chocolate, wear fuzzy socks and have watched all the Hallmark movies on repeat since Halloween, you should read My Kind of Christmas by Robyn Carr. *Available in print, book-on-CD and on both cloudLibrary and Hoopla as an e-book and e-audiobook 3 OUACHITA PARISH PUBLIC LIBRARY The movie you love: The book you’ll love: HOME ALONE THE SPELLMAN FILES BY LISA LUTZ If you love your overbearing family but didn’t get leftHome Alone like Kevin, you should read The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz. *Available in print, book-on-CD, on cloudLibrary as an e-book and e-audiobook, and Hoopla as an e-audiobook The movie you love: The book you’ll love: A CHARLIE BROWN THE GOOD NEIGHBOR: THE LIFE CHRISTMAS AND WORK OF FRED ROGERS BY MAXWELL KING If you savor every moment with your loved ones and love the hopeful message of A Charlie Brown Christmas, you should read The Good Neighbor: the Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King. *Available in print, large print, book-on-CD and on both cloudLibrary and Hoopla as an e-book and e-audiobook The movie you love: The book you’ll love: A CHRISTMAS STORY THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID BY BILL BRYSON If you had the craziest childhood ever like Ralphie in A Christmas Story, you should read The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson. *Available in large print, book-on-CD and on cloudLibrary as an e-book The movie you love: The book you’ll love: THE SANTA CLAUSE ALL ADULTS HERE BY EMMA STRAUB If raising kids wasn’t quite what you imagined it to be and you relate to Scott in The Santa Clause you should read All Adults Here by Emma Straub. *Available in print, large print and on cloudLibrary as an e-book and e-audiobook The movie you love: The book you’ll love: THE NIGHTMARE THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM BEFORE CHRISTMAS BY VICTOR LAVALLE If “fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair” gives you a thrill in The Nightmare Before Christmas, you should read The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle. *Available in print, book-on-CD and on cloudLibrary as an e-book and e-audiobook CATTAILS DECEMBER 2020/JANUARY 2021 4 DOWNLOAD THESE HOLIDAY FESTIVE FAVORITES ALBUMS WITH YOUR LIBRARY CARD BY USING THE You can borrow up to 7 items per HOOPLA APP. calendar month on the Hoopla app. Music albums are available for you to listen to for a week. Prefer physical CDs? These albums are available for check out on CD as well. A HOLLY DOLLY CHRISTMAS by Dolly Parton CHRISTMAS by Michael Bublé MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU by Mariah Carey A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS by the Vince Guaraldi Trio A MARY CHRISTMAS by Mary J. Blige Crazy In Love Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z I Wanna Go Curate your own Britney Spears workout playlist with Express Yourself (Re-Master.. your Library card by Madonna using the Freegal Music Waiting for Tonight WORKOUT app. Choose from Jennifer Lopez POPSTAR hundreds of thousands DJ Khaled feat. Drake of songs and download PLAYLIST This is What You Came For five items every week on Calvin Harris feat. Rihanna the app. We suggest you Who Do You Love The Chainsmokers & 5 Seconds of Summer start with these songs. Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo 5 AUDIOBOOKSAUDIOBOOKS Many children love AREARE AA JOYJOY being read to and I think TOTO READREAD I never grew out of it. HOW MANY AUDIOBOOKS HAVE YOU READ THIS YEAR? I have read 51 audiobooks this year. Of those, I listened to 30 on cloudLibrary, 16 on Hoopla and 5 books-on-CD. WHEN DO YOU LISTEN TO AUDIOBOOKS? The better question is, when don’t I? I listen to them while I commute back and forth to work. I listen while I fold laundry, garden and do other housework. I also like to sit on my porch with my cat curled up in my lap and a psychological thriller on my phone. What’s really fun is when my husband and I go on trips and I find an audiobook that we will both enjoy. Usually they end up being sci-fi or biographies. Together we have listened to Bossypants by Tina Fey, Ready Player One by Ernest Clive and many Bill Bryson books. But my favorite time to read audiobooks is the hour before I go to bed to wind down from the day. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT AUDIOBOOKS? I love hearing names and words that aren’t necessarily in English. Last year I read a book called The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani. It’s about a Pakistani family. I was able to hear how the names of people, cities and food are said instead of sounding the names out incorrectly. Your Library card gives you access to thousands of audiobooks, absolutely WHO ARE YOUR FAVORITE NARRATORS? free! There are three ways to listen to My favorite narrators are Bahni Turpin (The Gone Dead by Chanelle Benz), Kirby audiobooks with your Library card: Heybourne (Book of Numbers by Joshua Cohen) and Imogen Church (The Lying Game by Ruth Ware). cloudLibrary is the most popular way to listen to audiobooks in the Ouachita Parish Public Library. You can download WOULD YOU SAY YOU PREFER AUDIOBOOKS OVER up to 5 books at a time to your PRINT BOOKS? phone, tablet or computer with the Currently, I do but that doesn’t mean I never read traditional print books.